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11 collections on the site.
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I write all sorts, some of it SF, urban fantasy and horror, a lot of it not. Sometimes I can even be funny, so I'm told. My short stories have appeared in the anthologies 'Cold Iron: Ghost Stories from the 21st Century' (Iron Press) and 'Science Fiction For Survival: An Archive For Mars' (Valley Press), as well as in magazines ranging from the literary magazine 'Dreamcatcher' to 'Writing Magazine' and 'The People's Friend' (the latter definitely not SF, urban fantasy or horror). I do regular local spoken word events, and needless to say there is a novel on the go. Do come and have a peep at the blogs, stories and audio at https://www.janeayrie.com - you can even go mad and sign up for my newsletter! Plus the usual social media stuff. All details below. Thanks for dropping in! (Oh, the picture is of my highly critical personal editor.)
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This is lovely, Rhiannon -
Posted on Fri, 15 Jul 2022
This is lovely, Rhiannon - life is indeed a continual voyage of discovery, and you have captured it so well here.
Read full commentPosted in The Age of Discovery
It's true, we often don't
Posted on Thu, 14 Jul 2022
It's true, we often don't even give a thought to what people do until they're no longer there to do it. I love the way the details about Paddy's obsession with Trump make him so real to us. He sounds like a wonderful character.
Read full commentPosted in Paddy
'Flat shelves of rocks
Posted on Fri, 15 Jul 2022
'Flat shelves of rocks shuffle like playing cards dealt on baize' - that's an amazing image. Beautiful piece of writing.
Read full commentPosted in St Audrey's Bay Waterfall
Pick of the Day
Posted on Thu, 07 Jul 2022
An alternative but uncomfortably believable version of present times (even more uncomfortable when you realise it was originally written to be a dystopian version of the near future!) this is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please do...
Read full commentPosted in Smokescreen
Pick of the Day
Posted on Tue, 05 Jul 2022
With brilliant characters and a racking up of tension that makes your skin prickle, this is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day! Please share/retweet if you enjoy it too.
Read full commentPosted in The Miracle of Maldon (Part Two of Three)
Pick of the Day
Posted on Mon, 20 Jun 2022
A beautiful and apt poem for the summer solstice. This reminds us both of our connections and what should should be our rights when it comes to the land, and it's our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it...
Read full commentPosted in we the land
Poem of the Week
Posted on Mon, 13 Jun 2022
This is our Poem of the Week - congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in (This Life) Part 7: Resilience
Pick of the Day
Posted on Tue, 07 Jun 2022
Another beautifully written chapter of this completely gripping tale - and it's our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day! Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it too.
Picture copyright free from Pixabay.
Read full commentPosted in The Castle (16)
This poem makes me feel
Posted on Sun, 29 May 2022
This poem makes me feel better and calmer just reading it. It's our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day! Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it too.
Picture copyright free from Pixabay.
Read full commentPosted in If I can just get through the day
As Di said, this seems a
Posted on Fri, 27 May 2022
As Di said, this seems a rather abrupt way to give you the diagnosis. But maybe it's a safety mechanism for some doctors, in that detachment may seem like the only way of coping with so regularly having to give bad news.
I'm sorry it wasn...
Read full commentPosted in Janus 13
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