Bethany Cutkomp
@bdcutkomp.bsky.social
writer of surreal and existential works | library associate | Thomasonian managing editor | BotN nom | currently drowning in manuscript revisions | she/her
published works: https://bdcutkomp.wixsite.com/portfolio
published works: https://bdcutkomp.wixsite.com/portfolio
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Every time I write a line that I think sounds killer I feel like some sort of magical warlock.
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Every time I write a line that I think sounds killer I feel like some sort of magical warlock.
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If you or anyone you love has trouble sitting still, read this bite-sized story by @bdcutkomp.bsky.social.
"My teachers exchange concerns abt the pacing the rocking the bouncing..Theyve got it all wrong."
xraylitmag.com/in-another-life-i-am-a-direct-descendant-of-sharks-by-bethany-cutkomp/fiction
"My teachers exchange concerns abt the pacing the rocking the bouncing..Theyve got it all wrong."
xraylitmag.com/in-another-life-i-am-a-direct-descendant-of-sharks-by-bethany-cutkomp/fiction
IN ANOTHER LIFE, I AM A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF SHARKS by Bethany Cutkomp
And if I do not keep moving, I will pass away. They call this ram ventilation, a shark’s way of breathing. My invisible gills demand the same method of survival. Since hatching from your womb, I have ...
xraylitmag.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
If you or anyone you love has trouble sitting still, read this bite-sized story by @bdcutkomp.bsky.social.
"My teachers exchange concerns abt the pacing the rocking the bouncing..Theyve got it all wrong."
xraylitmag.com/in-another-life-i-am-a-direct-descendant-of-sharks-by-bethany-cutkomp/fiction
"My teachers exchange concerns abt the pacing the rocking the bouncing..Theyve got it all wrong."
xraylitmag.com/in-another-life-i-am-a-direct-descendant-of-sharks-by-bethany-cutkomp/fiction
Thank you so much @xraylitmag.bsky.social for giving this story the perfect home! 🦈
i really like this 500 word story by Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social !
it's about that boy we all knew once, who rides his bike everywhere & can't sit still in class.
make sure to read 'In Another Life, I Am a Direct Descendent of Sharks' !!
xraylitmag.com/in-another-l...
it's about that boy we all knew once, who rides his bike everywhere & can't sit still in class.
make sure to read 'In Another Life, I Am a Direct Descendent of Sharks' !!
xraylitmag.com/in-another-l...
IN ANOTHER LIFE, I AM A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF SHARKS by Bethany Cutkomp
And if I do not keep moving, I will pass away. They call this ram ventilation, a shark’s way of breathing. My invisible gills demand the same method of survival. Since hatching from your womb, I have ...
xraylitmag.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Thank you so much @xraylitmag.bsky.social for giving this story the perfect home! 🦈
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I’ve got a micro in @folklorereview.bsky.social’s fantastic Skeletal series!
www.folklorereview.com/mico-series-...
www.folklorereview.com/mico-series-...
October 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I’ve got a micro in @folklorereview.bsky.social’s fantastic Skeletal series!
www.folklorereview.com/mico-series-...
www.folklorereview.com/mico-series-...
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Thank you to everyone that joined our first virtual reading! 💚
It was so great to hear from some of our contributors on a deeper level and share some incredible perspectives from different parts of the globe together. We love this community!
It was so great to hear from some of our contributors on a deeper level and share some incredible perspectives from different parts of the globe together. We love this community!
October 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Thank you to everyone that joined our first virtual reading! 💚
It was so great to hear from some of our contributors on a deeper level and share some incredible perspectives from different parts of the globe together. We love this community!
It was so great to hear from some of our contributors on a deeper level and share some incredible perspectives from different parts of the globe together. We love this community!
This will be a great opportunity to gain a sense of who we are and what our vibes are before we open for Issue No. II subs!
Come celebrate our contributors and stick around for our open mic! The link will go live about 15 minutes before on our website thomasonian.com
Come celebrate our contributors and stick around for our open mic! The link will go live about 15 minutes before on our website thomasonian.com
Join us for Thomasonian’s first virtual reading event!
Celebrate our Issue 1 contributors while they read/discuss their pieces, and stick around for a nature/science open mic at the end. Whether you bring a piece for our open mic, or just come to listen, we’d love to have you!
Celebrate our Issue 1 contributors while they read/discuss their pieces, and stick around for a nature/science open mic at the end. Whether you bring a piece for our open mic, or just come to listen, we’d love to have you!
October 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This will be a great opportunity to gain a sense of who we are and what our vibes are before we open for Issue No. II subs!
Come celebrate our contributors and stick around for our open mic! The link will go live about 15 minutes before on our website thomasonian.com
Come celebrate our contributors and stick around for our open mic! The link will go live about 15 minutes before on our website thomasonian.com
Reposted by Bethany Cutkomp
🪿CNF🪿
Perfect yearning and loving and leaving
WHEN REALITY THINS by @bdcutkomp.bsky.social
“This may be our last time together before you move to the coast, thousands of miles away from here.”
sillygoosepress.com/issue-five/w...
Perfect yearning and loving and leaving
WHEN REALITY THINS by @bdcutkomp.bsky.social
“This may be our last time together before you move to the coast, thousands of miles away from here.”
sillygoosepress.com/issue-five/w...
When Reality Thins — SillyGoosePress
I need something to wash down this lump in my throat. Premature grief is a familiar flavor but it burns my tongue just the same. All of my best friends are moving away at once, and I can barely stand ...
sillygoosepress.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🪿CNF🪿
Perfect yearning and loving and leaving
WHEN REALITY THINS by @bdcutkomp.bsky.social
“This may be our last time together before you move to the coast, thousands of miles away from here.”
sillygoosepress.com/issue-five/w...
Perfect yearning and loving and leaving
WHEN REALITY THINS by @bdcutkomp.bsky.social
“This may be our last time together before you move to the coast, thousands of miles away from here.”
sillygoosepress.com/issue-five/w...
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“But what is the opposite of a ghost? A body that wants to be found.”
Another trip to the beach in this opposite-of-ghostly tale by @bdcutkomp.bsky.social, Haunter of the Shore
Issue 6: #Nostalgia
epistemiclit.com/current-issu...
Another trip to the beach in this opposite-of-ghostly tale by @bdcutkomp.bsky.social, Haunter of the Shore
Issue 6: #Nostalgia
epistemiclit.com/current-issu...
HAUNTER OF THE SHORE -
Do you believe me?
epistemiclit.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
“But what is the opposite of a ghost? A body that wants to be found.”
Another trip to the beach in this opposite-of-ghostly tale by @bdcutkomp.bsky.social, Haunter of the Shore
Issue 6: #Nostalgia
epistemiclit.com/current-issu...
Another trip to the beach in this opposite-of-ghostly tale by @bdcutkomp.bsky.social, Haunter of the Shore
Issue 6: #Nostalgia
epistemiclit.com/current-issu...
I have a new story out called "Haunter of the Shore" with a magazine that I adore. Thank you so much @epistemiclit.bsky.social for giving this piece a home!
Issue 6: Nostalgia is LIVE!
Read, share, and tell us YOUR pieces of nostalgia!
Congratulations and THANK YOU to all of our contributors — this issue is yours! We’re privileged to shepherd your work into the world!
epistemiclit.com/current-issue/
Read, share, and tell us YOUR pieces of nostalgia!
Congratulations and THANK YOU to all of our contributors — this issue is yours! We’re privileged to shepherd your work into the world!
epistemiclit.com/current-issue/
Current Issue -
digital literary anthology accepting submissions based on theme to open conversations aimed at interpersonal understanding.
epistemiclit.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I have a new story out called "Haunter of the Shore" with a magazine that I adore. Thank you so much @epistemiclit.bsky.social for giving this piece a home!
What an honor to be included among such stunning pieces/writers. Thank you for reading and featuring one of my favorite pieces I've ever written, @turnandwork.com, I appreciate it more than you know!
Shortlist short stories continued (3/3):
Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social
Lisa Ferranti in @fictivedream.bsky.social
Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social in Hearth and Coffin
Links to all the stories here:
Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social
Lisa Ferranti in @fictivedream.bsky.social
Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social in Hearth and Coffin
Links to all the stories here:
The Shortlist for September 5, 2025 - Turn & Work
Nonfiction by Hannah Grieco, and fiction from Emily Rinkema, Spencer Nitkey, Amy DeBellis, Bethany Cutkomp, Jess Dolan, Terena Elizabeth Bell, Aaron Burch, and Lisa Ferranti.
www.turnandwork.com
September 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
What an honor to be included among such stunning pieces/writers. Thank you for reading and featuring one of my favorite pieces I've ever written, @turnandwork.com, I appreciate it more than you know!
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Next up, #Fiction contributors! A nice mix of new and former:
Ute Orgassa - @uteorgassa.bsky.social
Chris Cottom - @chriscottom.bsky.social
Gary Finnegan - www.instagram.com/finnegan6893/
Barbara Reese Yager - www.linkedin.com/in/barbaraya...
Bethany Cutkomp - @bdcutkomp.bsky.social
Contd —
Ute Orgassa - @uteorgassa.bsky.social
Chris Cottom - @chriscottom.bsky.social
Gary Finnegan - www.instagram.com/finnegan6893/
Barbara Reese Yager - www.linkedin.com/in/barbaraya...
Bethany Cutkomp - @bdcutkomp.bsky.social
Contd —
September 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Next up, #Fiction contributors! A nice mix of new and former:
Ute Orgassa - @uteorgassa.bsky.social
Chris Cottom - @chriscottom.bsky.social
Gary Finnegan - www.instagram.com/finnegan6893/
Barbara Reese Yager - www.linkedin.com/in/barbaraya...
Bethany Cutkomp - @bdcutkomp.bsky.social
Contd —
Ute Orgassa - @uteorgassa.bsky.social
Chris Cottom - @chriscottom.bsky.social
Gary Finnegan - www.instagram.com/finnegan6893/
Barbara Reese Yager - www.linkedin.com/in/barbaraya...
Bethany Cutkomp - @bdcutkomp.bsky.social
Contd —
When my co-editor and I graduated with a BFA in Creative Writing, we both had no idea what we would do with our degrees.
Years later, we created a nature literary magazine featuring creatives from around the world, and it is now available to read online.
thomasonian.com/read
Years later, we created a nature literary magazine featuring creatives from around the world, and it is now available to read online.
thomasonian.com/read
ISSUE ONE IS HERE!
Learn a thing or two about our beautiful earth from the minds who pay it the most attention in Thomasonian No. 1!
Happy reading!
Learn a thing or two about our beautiful earth from the minds who pay it the most attention in Thomasonian No. 1!
Happy reading!
September 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
When my co-editor and I graduated with a BFA in Creative Writing, we both had no idea what we would do with our degrees.
Years later, we created a nature literary magazine featuring creatives from around the world, and it is now available to read online.
thomasonian.com/read
Years later, we created a nature literary magazine featuring creatives from around the world, and it is now available to read online.
thomasonian.com/read
Reposted by Bethany Cutkomp
September 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Reposted by Bethany Cutkomp
ISSUE ONE IS HERE!
Learn a thing or two about our beautiful earth from the minds who pay it the most attention in Thomasonian No. 1!
Happy reading!
Learn a thing or two about our beautiful earth from the minds who pay it the most attention in Thomasonian No. 1!
Happy reading!
September 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
ISSUE ONE IS HERE!
Learn a thing or two about our beautiful earth from the minds who pay it the most attention in Thomasonian No. 1!
Happy reading!
Learn a thing or two about our beautiful earth from the minds who pay it the most attention in Thomasonian No. 1!
Happy reading!
Reposted by Bethany Cutkomp
Today’s the day! FEAST OF THE PALE LEVIATHAN, my first novel, is officially out! Pre-orders are signed and getting shipped, you can request this at your local shop or library, you can get it off @bookshop.org, you can buy copies at Evening House (sites down atm for maintenance, but soon!)
August 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Today’s the day! FEAST OF THE PALE LEVIATHAN, my first novel, is officially out! Pre-orders are signed and getting shipped, you can request this at your local shop or library, you can get it off @bookshop.org, you can buy copies at Evening House (sites down atm for maintenance, but soon!)
Reread GOODBYE DAYS by @jeffzentner.bsky.social just to feel something 🥲😭
August 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Reread GOODBYE DAYS by @jeffzentner.bsky.social just to feel something 🥲😭
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they say you can’t read in dreams, but last night I navigated Submittable
August 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
they say you can’t read in dreams, but last night I navigated Submittable
Had to stay cool and collected while working an author event for @danielkraus.com but internally I was thinking OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD DANIEL KRAUS IS AT MY LIBRARY TO TALK ABOUT HIS ASTONISHING WORK!!!!
August 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Had to stay cool and collected while working an author event for @danielkraus.com but internally I was thinking OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD DANIEL KRAUS IS AT MY LIBRARY TO TALK ABOUT HIS ASTONISHING WORK!!!!
So proud and excited to celebrate these creatives in our inaugural issue!
The Thomasonian Team is STOKED to announce the contributors for our inaugural issue releasing later this summer!
Thank you to everyone who has submitted to us. It's been so lovely looking at each and every piece!
Thank you to everyone who has submitted to us. It's been so lovely looking at each and every piece!
July 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
So proud and excited to celebrate these creatives in our inaugural issue!
I've got a new nonfiction piece out in @sillygoosepress.bsky.social about true insane encounters my dear friend and I experienced before she moved across the country. Thank you to the editors for publishing this strange sliver of my life!
sillygoosepress.com/issue-five/w...
sillygoosepress.com/issue-five/w...
When Reality Thins — SillyGoosePress
I need something to wash down this lump in my throat. Premature grief is a familiar flavor but it burns my tongue just the same. All of my best friends are moving away at once, and I can barely stand ...
sillygoosepress.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I've got a new nonfiction piece out in @sillygoosepress.bsky.social about true insane encounters my dear friend and I experienced before she moved across the country. Thank you to the editors for publishing this strange sliver of my life!
sillygoosepress.com/issue-five/w...
sillygoosepress.com/issue-five/w...
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Our biggest issue yet! SGP5 is all honkin’ yours 🪿⭐️🫶🏻 sillygoosepress.com/issue-five
July 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Our biggest issue yet! SGP5 is all honkin’ yours 🪿⭐️🫶🏻 sillygoosepress.com/issue-five
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July 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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That feeling when you’re reading a library book that’s so good you know you’re going to buy a copy anyway, dammit.
July 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
That feeling when you’re reading a library book that’s so good you know you’re going to buy a copy anyway, dammit.
Reposted by Bethany Cutkomp
someone pull the fire alarm so we can get out of this timeline
June 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
someone pull the fire alarm so we can get out of this timeline
Every time @danielkraus.com posts about the making of Whalefall, it makes me teary-eyed with excitement. If you think I talk a lot about my favorite book, just wait until it appears on the big screen! 🐳
Giant newsletter today:
- Whalefall set visit & photos
- Angel Down has crashed into my house
- Athanasia: secret 6-year project revealed!
- I adopt a whale?
Subscribe for free here:
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- Whalefall set visit & photos
- Angel Down has crashed into my house
- Athanasia: secret 6-year project revealed!
- I adopt a whale?
Subscribe for free here:
landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/lan...
June 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Every time @danielkraus.com posts about the making of Whalefall, it makes me teary-eyed with excitement. If you think I talk a lot about my favorite book, just wait until it appears on the big screen! 🐳