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ajspedding.bsky.social @ajspedding.bsky.social · 4h

I wish I had answers for you because that tattoo would be amazing.

ajspedding.bsky.social @ajspedding.bsky.social · 2d

Otters have pockets. Skin pockets. :D

ajspedding.bsky.social @ajspedding.bsky.social · 2d

Tattoo enabler here! That design would look amazing! Have you spoken to an artist? They might have the answers you need. (Psst. Get the tattoo!) :D

SNAFU: CONTAGION AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT – RPL JOHNSON

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Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 @jolantru.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, I have a YA fantasy out!

www.snowywingspublishing.com/book/fire-he...

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#YAfantasy #sapphic #swords

The promo graphic/banner for the Fire Heart duology. Cover art is by Yasu Matsuoka.

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ajspedding.bsky.social @ajspedding.bsky.social · 2d

Next Author Spotlight for SNAFU: Contagion is a go!
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We’re edging close to halfway with our Author Spotlights, with me wanting to spotlight every two days before print publication (ebook and Audible are already available)… which means I’m gonna have …

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Brent McGregor @brentmcgregor.bsky.social · 4d

Looking for something dark to read? There’s a heap of bloody 🩸 💀 👻 good horror books available this month as part of a promotion INCLUDING my novel, BLOOD TIDE, and short story collection STRANGE MURMURINGS. Click on the Link below to find out more!
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SNAFU: CONTAGION AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT – DAVID MCLACHLAN

ajspedding.bsky.social @ajspedding.bsky.social · 4d

We're at it again! The next in our Author Spotlight series for SNAFU: Contagion is here with David McLachlan! Check it out!
amandajspedding.com/2025/10/11/s...

NUMBER SIX! Let’s Sesame Street our way out of that intro and into the next in Cohesion Press’ Author Spotlight for SNAFU: Contagion with David McLachlan stepping onto the stage. It’s a vast stage,…

ajspedding.bsky.social @ajspedding.bsky.social · 5d

This pic was taken nine years ago at a panel on horror writing as is one of my faves. Like, ever. It's said a picture tells a thousand words. Here, it's the faces :D

ajspedding.bsky.social @ajspedding.bsky.social · 5d

WiP 😏

ajspedding.bsky.social @ajspedding.bsky.social · 5d

Huzzah!

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ajspedding.bsky.social @ajspedding.bsky.social · 6d

Number three on that list made me smile!

SNAFU: CONTAGION AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT – DYLAN DEMASI

ajspedding.bsky.social @ajspedding.bsky.social · 6d

And here's Author Spotlight #5 for Cohesion Press' SNAFU: Contagion! Welcome, Dylan Demasi!
amandajspedding.com/2025/10/09/s...

Brrring! Brrring! Brrring! Brrring! This is Cohesion Press calling for the next in our SNAFU: Contagion Author Spotlight! (Stop rolling your eyes. As much as I love onomatopoeia, sometimes it reads…

SNAFU: CONTAGION AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT – L.J. VISSER

ajspedding.bsky.social @ajspedding.bsky.social · 8d

NEXT! That's right, LJ Visser is here in the next instalment of Cohesion Press' Author Spotlight for SNAFU: Contagion, which is hot off the press! Well, my press, which is my blog... and I'll see myself out...
amandajspedding.com/2025/10/07/s...

FOUR! That’s the Author Spotlight number we’re up to for Cohesion Press’ SNAFU: Contagion, and we’re kicking this Spotlight off with our second Aussie in the series, he of the very cool name:…

SNAFU: CONTAGION AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT – AYSLINE MCGRATH

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Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 @jolantru.bsky.social · 10d

ICYMI.

Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 @jolantru.bsky.social · 10d

Always proud of what I have done.

Artists: @yasuartstudio.bsky.social and Amorn Settithorn.

Copies of Fire Heart, Cold Steel and Wolf's Path.

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ajspedding.bsky.social @ajspedding.bsky.social · 10d

The third instalment of Cohesion Press' Author Spotlight for SNAFU: CONTAGION is here. Meet Aysline McGrath -- she's awesome!
amandajspedding.com/2025/10/05/s...

Roll up, roll up! Our third Author Spotlight for SNAFU: Contagion is here, and we’re trotting over to the other side of the globe to meet Aysline McGrath. I mean, I’ve met her (virtually, of course…

SNAFU: CONTAGION AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT – BENJAMIN SPADA

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ajspedding.bsky.social @ajspedding.bsky.social · 12d

The next in Cohesion Press' Author Spotlight for SNAFU: Contagion is up! Let's go Ben Spada!
amandajspedding.com/2025/10/03/s...

Look who’s back in town! Not only our next Author Spotlight, but the man behind it. Benjamin Spada is currently squatting in Australia. We’ve allowed it. He writes good stuff. Ben’s up north a-ways…

SNAFU: CONTAGION AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT – MARTIN LIVINGS!

ajspedding.bsky.social @ajspedding.bsky.social · 13d

Bunny binky! So very cool. Love your rabbit!

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ajspedding.bsky.social @ajspedding.bsky.social · 14d

The first of Cohesion Press' Author Spotlights for SNAFU: Contagion is here! And kicking it off is: Martin Livings!
amandajspedding.com/2025/10/01/s...

Hola! The countdown for the release of SNAFU: Contagion has begun! And in the lead-up for the October 31 spawning, Cohesion Press is gonna fan-girl (yes, Geoff too) our way through the amazing auth…

A LITTLE BIT OF SPRUCING AND A TOUCH OF CONTAGION

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ajspedding.bsky.social @ajspedding.bsky.social · 17d

Due to technical difficulties (let me live the dream)... a repost with the correct cover! Yes, there were two covers for SNAFU: Contagion, and my finger slipped. Twice. Shh.
Here we go!
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<<clears out cobwebs; side-eyes spiders as they pack their bags in a huff (that squeal wasn’t me, I swear…)>> <<dusts bookshelves, trying not to summon demons (it’s touch and go)&…

ajspedding.bsky.social @ajspedding.bsky.social · Jun 12

Right? How pretty is she!

ajspedding.bsky.social @ajspedding.bsky.social · Jun 12

SNAFU: Contagion had an incredible submission call.
We were blown away by the quality, so we've selected 18 amazing stories, resulting in a projected wordcount for Contagion around 115-120,000. And a brand new cover to celebrate this massive tome! ToC soon, with Jonathan Maberry headlining!

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ajspedding.bsky.social @ajspedding.bsky.social · May 3

I done did my democracy, ate requisite sausage sanga, and devoured a lamington on the two-minute walk home.
Let's keep the fascists out.
#NoVoldemort

ajspedding.bsky.social @ajspedding.bsky.social · May 3

It was an alive spider 😏

ajspedding.bsky.social @ajspedding.bsky.social · Apr 9

Whyyyyy?😭😭😭