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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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I like the idea of them as
Posted on Sun, 28 Jun 2020
I like the idea of them as funeral directors. I love that painting, too.
Read full commentPosted in Bluebottle
Wonderful stuff, Luigi! I do
Posted on Sat, 27 Jun 2020
Wonderful stuff, Luigi! I do sometimes wonder where the sock-eating monsters come from. Do they come with each house, or each washing machine, or are you allocated one at birth that just follows you around?
Greatly enjoyed this.
Read full commentPosted in The Case Of The Disappearing Sock
Such thoughtful words, Jenny,
Posted on Sat, 27 Jun 2020
Such thoughtful words, Jenny, sums up a lot of what I've been thinking. I feel so much for the young people, with so much uncertainty ahead of them. The times may be less dangerous for them physically, but I think it's going to be so difficult...
Read full commentPosted in Uncertain Days
Just caught up with both
Posted on Wed, 17 Jun 2020
Just caught up with both parts of this, Penny, and very much enjoying it. The blending of modern day life and the 'magic' realm is very well realised. My only thought - and it's just fleeting - is that there are a lot of POV changes in a...
Read full commentPosted in "Antediluvian Trouble" Chapter 2
Beautiful poem, Penny, really
Posted on Wed, 17 Jun 2020
Beautiful poem, Penny, really captures the child in all of us. Definitely in need of some magic at the moment.
Read full commentPosted in "Could It Be Magic?"
Going to cut this one out to
Posted on Sun, 14 Jun 2020
Going to cut this one out to keep, as we used to say in old fashioned times. 'The perish of groynes' - among so many wonderful phrases, this one took me right into the scene. So much sadness, and a small, tentative, desperate hope. Marvellous...
Read full commentPosted in Shark Eye Shell
It's nice to know that there
Posted on Tue, 09 Jun 2020
It's nice to know that there are still some decent people around.
Re 'selling sand to the Arabs' - the fact that you've raised a query about it indicates that perhaps you're not totally happy about it yourself? I know we have other...
Read full commentPosted in The Bathroom Window.
Fascinating. As I was
Posted on Sun, 07 Jun 2020
Fascinating. As I was reading it I was thinking 'Samuel Delany, I hope one of these links refers to Samuel Delany' and there he was, included in the book list in the very first link! He is one of my absolute heroes, and the book on the list,...
Read full commentPosted in Afrofuturism - Speculative Fiction. A re-imagining of self.
As others have said, hope
Posted on Mon, 08 Jun 2020
As others have said, hope that you're OK, Jane. This is brilliant, I was particularly held by the phrase 'the rubble of yesterday'. That is exactly what it feels like.
Read full commentPosted in Grief is a Shower of Rocks
I hope you have your old lady
Posted on Sun, 07 Jun 2020
I hope you have your old lady kitten for a while yet. They do indeed stay in your heart, even when you can't see them any longer.
Read full commentPosted in Iriecat
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