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1131 of my 4,717 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1238 votes
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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Full of life and character -
Posted on Fri, 16 Apr 2021
Full of life and character - it's like watching a film. Use of dialect often divides the crowd, and I'm not always a fan because for the uninitiated it can require a lot of work to get in the rhythm. But I think your stories prove that if the...
Read full commentPosted in Liberties (Part Two)
Beautiful, Paul - struck a
Posted on Wed, 14 Apr 2021
Beautiful, Paul - struck a chord with me as with so many others. Lovely to see it as POD.
Read full commentPosted in Setting Sons
There's a lot to be said for
Posted on Thu, 08 Apr 2021
There's a lot to be said for simple, angry and direct. We need more of it.
This just about sums it up for me. Thank you.
Read full commentPosted in Hoist Your Colours
Great rhythm to this and lots
Posted on Sun, 28 Mar 2021
Great rhythm to this and lots of striking imagery. Really enjoyed it.
Read full commentPosted in Don't Dance With The Serpent
Pick of the Day
Posted on Thu, 25 Mar 2021
This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day! Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it too.
Read full commentPosted in The Last Time I Saw Fungie (2005)
A wonderful piece, Penny. I
Posted on Sun, 21 Mar 2021
A wonderful piece, Penny. I've had four cats, two sets of two, over the years, down to the last one now! Like your husband, I wasn't brought up with animals, and got the first moggies only because my kids were desperate for a pet and we weren't...
Read full commentPosted in "The Canines of My Life"
What a wonderful story -
Posted on Thu, 25 Mar 2021
What a wonderful story - thanks for putting in the link. I wasn't aware of this before. That last verse brings a definite little prickling of the eyes. It'sgreat to know that, for once, our species is showing respect and love for another.
Read full commentPosted in The Last Time I Saw Fungie (2005)
As you say, Paul, so hard to
Posted on Tue, 16 Mar 2021
As you say, Paul, so hard to believe the equinox is very nearly here! I hate the long nights, so I literally take note every day of how much more daylight we've had until we reach the equinox. It always raises my mood. Such a lovely binding...
Read full commentPosted in Vernal Equinox
I feel as though I've had a
Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2021
I feel as though I've had a day out! Thank you, Jenny. What a wonderful memory.
Read full commentPosted in Lydford Gorge
The fact that you can take
Posted on Sun, 07 Mar 2021
The fact that you can take something so traumatic and turn it into a thing of such beauty says so much about your power as a writer and a person. Thanks for sharing it, Rachel.
And as both someone's child and someone's parent, I've always...
Read full commentPosted in My Mother’s Name
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