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ajspedding.bsky.social
@ajspedding.bsky.social
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Award-winning writer and graphic novelist, editor, caffeine-addict, owned by cats and wascaly-wabbits. She/her.
Owner, Phoenix Editing.
Editor-in-chief, Cohesion Press.
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SNAFU: Contagion, out in the world!
crutledge.bsky.social Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · Oct 29
Boom! Amazon sent this out a couple of days early. Features my story 'Plague Pit; starring Sir Gawain and some UK spec ops. @ajspedding.bsky.social @jmreynolds.bsky.social @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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It's SNAFU: Contagion Author Spotlight time! And this time we're dragging Josh Reynolds to Cohesion Press' stage. (He's mostly willing, methinks...)
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SNAFU: CONTAGTION AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT – JOSH REYNOLDS
It’s SNAFU: Contagion Author Spotlight again, and this time we’re bringing you a name you probably recognise (we’re actually bringing the whole person, not just the name… I mean, it’s not like we’v…
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October 21, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Next up in Cohesion Press' Author Spotlight for SNAFU: Contagion is Michael Wegener!
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SNAFU: CONTAGION AUTHOR BIO – MICHAEL WEGENER
Taking another step over the halfway mark for Cohesion Press’ Author Spotlight for SNAFU: Contagion, we’re dragging Michael Wegener with us! Michael isn’t an Aussie per se, but we’d most happily we…
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October 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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I've been chatting with another editor about the use of AI, and that conversation basically boiled down to: Fuck AI in its plagiarising asshole.
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ALT: Schitt'S Creek GIF
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October 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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And Cohesion Press' Author Spotlight for SNAFU: Contagion continues with another Aussie -- Aaron Beardsell!
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SNAFU: CONTAGION AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT – AARON BEARDSELL
Well, lookee here! Another Aussie kicking back on Cohesion Press’ Author Spotlight stage for SNAFU: Contagion! Maybe we’re the contagion… it’s been said. Yeah-nah, we’re too laid back for all that …
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October 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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We're at the halfway mark of the Author Spotlights for Cohesion Press' SNAFU: Contagion, and it's with a Mark -- Mark Oxbrow!
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SNAFU: CONTAGION AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT – MARK OXBROW
HALFWAY! That’s right, we’re halfway through Cohesion Press’ Author Spotlight series for SNAFU: Contagion, and today we are ushering another Aussie onto the stage – Mark Oxbrow! (Okay, technically …
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October 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Next up in Cohesion Press' Author Spotlight for SNAFU: Contagion is Marcus Field!
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SNAFU: CONTAGION AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT – MARCUS FIELD
Roll up! Roll up! Cohesion Press’ next Author Spotlight is here in the form of Marcus Field! It’s an interesting form, filled with much horror, a touch of terror, and a sprinkling of malevolence. T…
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October 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Yes, I have a YA fantasy out!

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#YAfantasy #sapphic #swords
The promo graphic/banner for the Fire Heart duology. Cover art is by Yasu Matsuoka.
October 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Next Author Spotlight for SNAFU: Contagion is a go!
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SNAFU: CONTAGION AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT – RPL JOHNSON
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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October 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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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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October 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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We're at it again! The next in our Author Spotlight series for SNAFU: Contagion is here with David McLachlan! Check it out!
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SNAFU: CONTAGION AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT – DAVID MCLACHLAN
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,…
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October 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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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
October 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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WiP 😏
October 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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And here's Author Spotlight #5 for Cohesion Press' SNAFU: Contagion! Welcome, Dylan Demasi!
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SNAFU: CONTAGION AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT – DYLAN DEMASI
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…
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October 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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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...
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SNAFU: CONTAGION AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT – L.J. VISSER
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:…
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October 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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ICYMI.
jolantru.bsky.social Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 @jolantru.bsky.social · Oct 5
Always proud of what I have done.

Artists: @yasuartstudio.bsky.social and Amorn Settithorn.
Copies of Fire Heart, Cold Steel and Wolf's Path.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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The third instalment of Cohesion Press' Author Spotlight for SNAFU: CONTAGION is here. Meet Aysline McGrath -- she's awesome!
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SNAFU: CONTAGION AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT – AYSLINE MCGRATH
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…
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October 5, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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The next in Cohesion Press' Author Spotlight for SNAFU: Contagion is up! Let's go Ben Spada!
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SNAFU: CONTAGION AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT – BENJAMIN SPADA
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…
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October 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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The first of Cohesion Press' Author Spotlights for SNAFU: Contagion is here! And kicking it off is: Martin Livings!
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SNAFU: CONTAGION AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT – MARTIN LIVINGS!
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…
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October 1, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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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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A LITTLE BIT OF SPRUCING AND A TOUCH OF CONTAGION
<<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)&…
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September 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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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!
June 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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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
May 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Whyyyyy?😭😭😭
April 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Hells, yes! Trailer for S4 of Love, Death + Robots is here! Super-pumped for this, and yes, there's a SNAFU story in this season. Get this in your eyeballs!
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LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS VOLUME 4 | Official Teaser | Netflix
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April 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Finally flowering 😍
February 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM