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I have 148 stories published in 12 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 735906 times and 222 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1169 of my 4,771 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1291 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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1169 of my comments have received 1291 Great Feedback votes

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Very beautiful and, as others

Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2021

Very beautiful and, as others have said, complex and rewarding many repeated reads. Such a worthy POD and POW! Your poems are always so enriching.

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Posted in After the Blizzard

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If Boris Johnson isn't

Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2021

If Boris Johnson isn't evidence of a conspiracy by someone somewhere to screw us all over, I don't know what is.

Thanks for reading, celtic!

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Posted in Pad Life 14: The Joy of Jabbing

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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??

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Posted in Swallow-tailed Kites

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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.

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Posted in We Are Stars

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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...

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Posted in part 6

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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...

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Posted in The Theory of Everything (take 2)

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