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I have 137 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 678093 times and 203 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1130 of my 4,716 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1237 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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My stories

Gold cherry

Pillock's Castle (3)

The journal ponders the ideal family.

Corruption

Exploring the background to events in my story 'I Wish I Might'. Started off as a response to the IP 'Tramp', stalled, and then brought back to life by this week's IP.

Daisy and The Chalet Woman (Pt 3)

Kati formulates a plan. An ending. Possibly not THE ending. Still needs a lot of work.
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Cherry

Daisy and The Chalet Woman (Part Two)

Part Two. Still don't know the ending.
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Cherry
Story of the week

Daisy and The Chalet Woman (Part One)

I am really struggling with this one. I've got two thirds of the way through and I now have about three endings, all entirely different, and I can't decide. I don't even know what genre to put it in. Depends on the ending...
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1130 of my comments have received 1237 Great Feedback votes

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Yes, do carry on! I really

Posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2024

Yes, do carry on! I really want to know what's happening.

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Posted in Tom's Secret

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Yes, no longer as picturesque

Posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2024

Yes, no longer as picturesque as you describe, Turlough, but I think they have tried to make efforts to clean it up. It still floods with great enthusiasm.

Lovely poem!

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Posted in Tang Hall Beck

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Very enjoyable. Goldilocks

Posted on Sat, 20 Jul 2024

Very enjoyable. Goldilocks was indeed an invader of privacy and a breakfast thief!

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Posted in They said, 'Trespassers will …

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This is beautifully

Posted on Tue, 23 Jul 2024

This is beautifully constructed, the driving rhythm capturing the pounding emotions. That feeling of increasing panic and inevitability, and then the release, only for it to start up again. Great piece of work.

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Posted in BREAK DOWN OF A BREAKDOWN

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Poem of the Week

Posted on Fri, 19 Jul 2024

It's also our Poem of the Week! Congratulations!

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Posted in Rain at the Forest Cafe

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Fri, 19 Jul 2024

This beautifully reflective poem is our Facebook and X Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.

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Posted in Rain at the Forest Cafe

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And this is the kind of place

Posted on Fri, 19 Jul 2024

And this is the kind of place I would like to spend my time - the chance to covertly spy on other people, but also to just allow imagination to roam free. Beautifully evoked, Paul.

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Posted in Rain at the Forest Cafe

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Thank you for this Rhiannon -

Posted on Thu, 11 Jul 2024

Thank you for this Rhiannon - I have been having exactly the same experience! Like you, I couldn't get access to an NHS dentist for a while and when I finally went to a private one recommended to me, I needed a lot of work doing. Extractions,...

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Posted in Extract!

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Absolutely beautiful, as ever

Posted on Thu, 11 Jul 2024

Absolutely beautiful, as ever, and - also as ever - so much to learn! I knew toads in general were connected with witches and magic, but I hadn't realised the natterjack had such a particular place.

'I dreambeetle by moon's waters' - that...

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Posted in Natterjack

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Really intriguing, Paul. I

Posted on Wed, 10 Jul 2024

Really intriguing, Paul. I think it's great when real life events spark off something as thoughtful as this.

The Henge indeed has seen off a lot worse than this in its time, and as far as I'm aware the orange powder didn't do any real...

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Posted in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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