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I have 143 stories published in 12 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 726453 times and 212 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1148 of my 4,719 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1264 votes

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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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Sibelius Lobey (Part Two)

One Saturday in a small town in the summer of 1970. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Sibelius Lobey (Part 1)

One Saturday in one small town, in the summer of 1970. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Pick of the Month

Pad Life 12: Summer's Here!

It's toes weather... Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Pad Life 11: I Can't Find anything Funny To Say About This

Sometimes the frivolity just runs out. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Doll

Response to this week's IP. Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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1148 of my comments have received 1264 Great Feedback votes

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Wonderful piece, Jane!

Posted on Sat, 22 Jan 2022

Wonderful piece, Jane! Although slightly disappointed - I was convinced the photo was a picture of an alien! Great fun to read. 

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Posted in Beavers Fag Break (they mostly come at night, mostly)

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Fri, 24 Dec 2021

As has already been mentioned, this is the best yet of an already very enjoyable series - and it's our Christmas Eve Pick of the Day! Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it too.

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Posted in A Christmas Boris

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Beautiful poem and an amazing

Posted on Sun, 28 Nov 2021

Beautiful poem and an amazing gift! 

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Posted in A Beech poem for Di

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This is lovely, Jenny. It

Posted on Wed, 27 Oct 2021

This is lovely, Jenny. It struck a real chord with me - in a few days it will be the anniversary of when I lost my dad, and you capture so well how those moments stay with us, happy and sad. Until my parents died, I was a bit sceptical of people...

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Posted in Blessings Dear Late Mum And Dad

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Sun, 29 Aug 2021

A beautiful, thoughtful meditation on the cycle of life - this is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day! Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it too.

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Posted in In The Beginning (for Monarch butterflies)

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Tue, 24 Aug 2021

This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please do share/retweet if you found it as moving as I did.

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Posted in Kabul Airport

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Marvellous, Drew. Shan't be

Posted on Sat, 03 Jul 2021

Marvellous, Drew. Shan't be forking out to take my double vaccinated self to a writers' retreat in Corfu any time soon then. 

'In the interest of intellectual freedom and expression for two weeks you try writing in the nude. You are thrown...

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Posted in You

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Well done with this, Penny -

Posted on Thu, 01 Jul 2021

Well done with this, Penny - still loving it! I particularly enjoy the way you blend the modern - ordering online and the car - with something very very much older. And all the lovely details which really bring the characters and the setting to...

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Posted in "Willow's Tail" 12

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It is such a complicated

Posted on Wed, 12 May 2021

It is such a complicated issue, and pushing further and further into the habitats of other species is not the answer to any of our problems. In fact it may make them worse -  it facilitates the 'jumping' of diseases to humans from other animals...

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Posted in The Last Elephant

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I love these - they take me

Posted on Wed, 05 May 2021

I love these - they take me right out of my ordinary day and give me a bit of magic and laughter.

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Posted in "Willow's Tail" 6

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