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11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 699661 times
and 203 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1112 of my 4,612 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1218 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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There are hints all the way
Posted on Fri, 07 Feb 2020
There are hints all the way through this, but the ending still comes as an horrific jolt. Another vote for the car crash here.
Read full commentPosted in homemaker
The whole farage-o keeps
Posted on Fri, 17 Jan 2020
The whole farage-o keeps reminding me of Leslie Phillips's lascivious 'Ding Dong'. I bet Mark Francois stands up to salute a buxom Brexit when it goes by.
Read full commentPosted in The Bongs of Ben
Read this several times and
Posted on Sat, 04 Jan 2020
Read this several times and enjoyed it more each time. Surreal in the best sense of the word.
Read full commentPosted in The first step
There will be so many things
Posted on Fri, 03 Jan 2020
There will be so many things vanishing soon. A lovely eulogy for those things that we have already lost.
Read full commentPosted in You can’t cling to something once it has gone.
Wonderful use of language - I
Posted on Sun, 29 Dec 2019
Wonderful use of language - I have read this aloud several times now, enjoying it more each time. The dark humour and the little details that build up the picture, the rhythm like a piece of music itself. A tremendous read.
Read full commentPosted in The emergency bassoonist
This is exactly my Christmas
Posted on Thu, 26 Dec 2019
This is exactly my Christmas tree! Stuff handed down, and a lot of stuff my children made when they were little. The tree is a real presence at our family Christmas. Lovely poem, Penny.
Read full commentPosted in Threads of Christmas...past to present
So passionate and visceral,
Posted on Tue, 24 Dec 2019
So passionate and visceral, it makes you gasp. A brilliant evocation of pain, and the last two lines are magnificent.
Read full commentPosted in forgive
A truly lovely and moving
Posted on Sun, 22 Dec 2019
A truly lovely and moving piece. Well deserved Pick of the Day!
Read full commentPosted in God rest ye merry, gentlemen
This searing piece of poetry
Posted on Sat, 14 Dec 2019
This searing piece of poetry 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 The Worst
This is our Poem of the Week!
Posted on Thu, 21 Nov 2019
This is our Poem of the Week! Congratulations!
Read full commentPosted in Mars
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