airyfairy
Primary tabs
I have 135 stories published in
11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 551628 times
and 200 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1063 of my 4,600 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1157 votes
Hello! I am an old crone who very much enjoys reading SF, urban fantasy and horror. 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. My new website is currently under construction, and you are cordially invited to come and have a peep at the blogs and free stories there. 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.)
https://bsky.app/profile/janeayrie.bsky.social
https://www.facebook.com/janeayrie.writer
Magic in so many ways, Rachel
Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2021
Magic in so many ways, Rachel.
'I don't know where home is - it is not in the lexicon of those in perpetual motion' - such a wonderful, resonant line.
When are we going to see a new collection from you??
Read full commentPosted in Swallow-tailed Kites
I love that opening line -
Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2021
I love that opening line - 'when stars sing their last song'. That's just so evocative, Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in We Are Stars
I don't know how I've missed
Posted on Sat, 30 Jan 2021
I don't know how I've missed all the parts of this Di - what a wonderful, magical story! You have really captured essence of cat in that dialogue. Mary is such a captivating young heroine.
Now I've caught up with it all, can't wait to...
Read full commentPosted in part 6
I'm an atheist, and have been
Posted on Fri, 05 Feb 2021
I'm an atheist, and have been since my student days, when I tried to become a Christian. I had a vague, background faith, but felt I really wanted to find the 'real thing'. I read, I listened, I joined a Christian group, I went to places of...
Read full commentPosted in The Theory of Everything (take 2)
Beautiful indeed. I may have
Posted on Fri, 22 Jan 2021
Beautiful indeed. I may have something in my eye.
Read full commentPosted in To a Lone Sailor
Not nonsense at all. Or, if
Posted on Fri, 15 Jan 2021
Not nonsense at all. Or, if it is, I wish I could write nonsense like this!
Read full commentPosted in Apple Tree
A beautiful way of describing
Posted on Tue, 12 Jan 2021
A beautiful way of describing the world at the moment. 'A stifling room alone with all the layers I've ever worn.' Absolutely spot on. Thank you.
Read full commentPosted in The Edge of Colour
Pick of the Day
Posted on Mon, 04 Jan 2021
This thoughtful and poignant poem is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it too.
Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
Read full commentPosted in Memento
Really interesting. I know
Posted on Tue, 05 Jan 2021
Really interesting. I know there are many demands on local authorities' funding, but the preservation of something like this should never be in question. Lovely picture, too.
Read full commentPosted in Eleanor Cross
It is hard to let go. I had
Posted on Mon, 04 Jan 2021
It is hard to let go. I had a very similar thing, texts with people about members of the family who subsequently passed away, and it was a long time before I deleted them. It felt, as you say, as though I was deleting the people. If it...
Read full commentPosted in Memento
Pages