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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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Thank you so much for the
Posted on Sat, 04 May 2019
Thank you so much for the Pick. Cat and Little Cat want to know if Golden Cherries are edible. They are both happy to give it a go, in the public interest.
Read full commentPosted in Pad Life 2: X Marks The Spot
Thank you Luigi. Perhaps we
Posted on Sat, 04 May 2019
Thank you Luigi. Perhaps we should try letting the cats run the country and put all the politicians on medication...
Read full commentPosted in Pad Life 2: X Marks The Spot
You are paying your mum the
Posted on Sat, 27 Apr 2019
You are paying your mum the greatest compliment ever by bringing her alive again here, and sharing your memories. A very moving tribute to both her and your sister.
Read full commentPosted in One Chance And I Blew It
'Warmth implied, not rendered
Posted on Wed, 24 Apr 2019
'Warmth implied, not rendered' - captures it beautifully. A haunting quality permeates the sadness in this.
I don't know what version of the song you know, but I grew up hearing the Frank Sinatra version, which in my own view is the best...
Read full commentPosted in In the wee small hours of the morning...(that's the time I miss him most of all)
A survivor of the past brings
Posted on Tue, 23 Apr 2019
A survivor of the past brings its own echoes, subtly and insistently drawing us back through time. This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Do share/retweet if you enjoy it too.
Image: In the Public Domain, via Wikimedia...
Read full commentPosted in The Ducking Stool In Leominster Church
It's often difficult for us
Posted on Mon, 22 Apr 2019
It's often difficult for us to get our heads round the sheer numbers involved in these terrible events, and thinking of those heartbreaking individual stories makes it real. I assume that this is what the perpetrators of atrocities don't do -...
Read full commentPosted in "Has My Son Got The Right Idea.....?"
Marvellous use of an object
Posted on Tue, 23 Apr 2019
Marvellous use of an object at rest as a gateway to the past, and to reflections on human nature. I could see the ducking stool, and feel the cool and maybe slightly musty atmosphere that you find in so many old churches that lay their history...
Read full commentPosted in The Ducking Stool In Leominster Church
Bastards all round. As
Posted on Sun, 21 Apr 2019
Bastards all round. As insert said, I wish horrible assaults like that really were a thing of the past. As for the SoB, I was appalled to hear people trying to minimise it all by saying it was OK because the laws were unlikely to be fully...
Read full commentPosted in Throwing Stones
As likely an outcome as any
Posted on Sun, 21 Apr 2019
As likely an outcome as any other!
Read full commentPosted in Game of Moans 9: ‘Final’
Very sad, as you say. It
Posted on Fri, 19 Apr 2019
Very sad, as you say. It does always seem so unfair when young people don't even get the chance to start their lives properly.
Read full commentPosted in Bradley Walsh Shot Dead In Scotland!
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