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I have 136 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 664212 times and 202 of my stories have been cherry picked.
1115 of my 4,688 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1220 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

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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A Pillock's Castle (2)

Some day my plumber will come.

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1115 of my comments have received 1220 Great Feedback votes

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You can't beat a bit of

Posted on Mon, 01 Jul 2024

You can't beat a bit of Hawkwind to cheer up the soul. And it sounds as though you definitely needed a bit of soul cheering.

You see, that's what I like, a bit of education with my highly enjoyable reading. I never knew wasps and figs...

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Posted in Holiday on Ice

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Thu, 27 Jun 2024

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

Cover image by Li Qun, free to use at Wikimedia Commons:...

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Posted in This Rose Garden

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At last, something that makes

Posted on Thu, 27 Jun 2024

At last, something that makes sense of the whole damn fiasco! Thank you, Paul.

Each day I think we must have reached the summit of plonkerdom, and each day a new peak appears.

I have to disagree with celtic - after the Biden-Trump...

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Posted in Boris and the Hustings

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Tue, 25 Jun 2024

Each day is a victory...and a mountain to climb. This brilliant poem is our Facebook and X Pick of the Day. Please do share.

Picture by Michael Klajban, copyright free at Wikimedia Commons:...

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Posted in parched

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Yes, we are, we are indeed.

Posted on Fri, 21 Jun 2024

Yes, we are, we are indeed. And the worst of us are almost certain to make that leap into the unknown, and all I hope is that when they get wherever they're going they meet the same fate as the human space travellers in 'Don't Look Up'. (If you...

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Posted in Escape Stupidity

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I think we can all sympathise

Posted on Sat, 22 Jun 2024

I think we can all sympathise with Alfred's question. Justice and respect seem fairly basic things to desire - as you say, who would think they could be so difficult!

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Posted in Alfred Muggins’ Easter Dream

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Thank you for posting this,

Posted on Sat, 22 Jun 2024

Thank you for posting this, Di, definitely one from the heart. It is so sad when young people feel a vote is worthless and they have no investment in democracy. It is very true that many people feel the climate crisis is something vague in the...

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Posted in "For, being green, there is great hope" (quote from Shakespeare's HENRY VI PART 2, ACT 3 SCENE 1)

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Thanks, Ewan. It certainly is

Posted on Wed, 19 Jun 2024

Thanks, Ewan. It certainly is blame the other. I had a conversation with someone the other day who thinks minimum wage is the problem. It's too high, apparently. Destroying businesses. The boats too, of course, destroying everything else, but...

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Posted in Now Is The Summer Of Our Discontent

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Pick of the Day

Posted on Mon, 17 Jun 2024

Evocative and haunting, this is our Facebook and X Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.

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Posted in West of Ireland

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I don't like flying either,

Posted on Sun, 16 Jun 2024

I don't like flying either, but it's worth it to get to Malta. Beautiful place. It's donkey's years since I went but I have very fond memories.

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Posted in Malta Part One

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