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Thomasonian @thomasonianmag.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Issue III submissions open on October 1st! Keep your eyes peeled for updated submission tips (including our new category: ART)

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Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

If you are a fan of nature and science writing, join us for @thomasonianmag.bsky.social virtual reading (Aug 22nd at 3PM PST / 6PM EST) 🌿 There will be an open mic afterwards, so anyone is welcome to read!

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Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I love that patrons greet me as “librarian lady” whenever they see me out in public ☺️

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Daniel Miller @danielmiller.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

If you are in and or around Mid-Missouri tomorrow, come thru 😘 ft. @johnwaddy.bsky.social @bdcutkomp.bsky.social Daren Dean @cbwell.bsky.social @abbymanzella.bsky.social @cshrumly.bsky.social and me (shaking ass ((jk (((or am I?))))))

Flyer for a reading at One to One Printshop in mid-Missouri

This World Will Never Run Out of Strangers
With Readings By...
John Waddy Bullion
Bethany Cutkomp
Daren Dean
Colin Brightwell
Abby Manzella
Cody Shrum
and Daniel Miller
7/10 & 7pm

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Daniel Miller @danielmiller.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Really stoked to see that the Dodo Eraser reading I took part in is now uploaded to Youtube, along with 7 more readings from the series! Was thrilled to read alongside such great writers here!!! If interested, my pieces start at 1:17:00, and I was clearly not paying attention to how I was framed

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Dodo Eraser #7 (4/28/26): Bethany Cutkomp, Jameson Draper, Daniel Miller, Travis Shosa + 3 more

YouTube video by Dodo Eraser

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Thomasonian @thomasonianmag.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Thomasonian Issue II - Photography Contributors

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Thomasonian @thomasonianmag.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Thomasonian Issue II - Nonfiction Contributors

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Thomasonian @thomasonianmag.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Thomasonian Issue II - Poetry Contributors

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Thomasonian @thomasonianmag.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Introducing our Issue II Contributors!!! We’re psyched to share a bunch of thoughtful pieces and perspectives by these brilliant humans soon!

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Writing is a process. So make mistakes! Don't be scared. You can always fix them later ✏️

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Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Thank you @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social for publishing this fun mixed media piece called "CAPTCHA," which pretty much sums up what working in a public library has been like lately. (Best viewed on a widescreen device!) To read the full piece, visit fifthwheelpress.com/anth9-backen...

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Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

You ever read a page of a book so good that it makes you want to stand up on your chair or climb up on your desk?

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Shout out to all the lit mag editors & readers just doing their best in this new AI world, often for little or no money, because they believe in writing & art & supporting the people who create it. There's no easy or clear path through this mess AI's creating, but I appreciate you all trying.

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Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Writing a little flash story on a park bench beneath leaves letting through dappled sunlight. May pull out the sketchbook, too.

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Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com · 04/05/2026

Guys, ANGEL DOWN won the Pulitzer Prize. Let’s get nuts.

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Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

This story by @danielmiller.bsky.social had me clutching the edge of my seat. It’s just so cryptic and fascinating.

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Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I don’t recommend driving through two separate tornado warnings while running on less than an hour of sleep. But if you do, make sure to blast a movie soundtrack over it, because the background music makes the insanity feel cinematic.

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Veruca's Alt @verucas-alt.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The people banning books are never the same people who actually read books.

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Thomasonian @thomasonianmag.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Hey, our website is back up and running, just in time to let you know that Thomasonian is closing Issue II nonfiction submissions on May 1st! Visit thomasonian.com/submit to send something nature and/or science related our way.

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Caleb Bethea (they/them) @calebbethea.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I write to find out if my characters are mad at me.

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A.S. King @as-king.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

One of the silliest things about writing for young people is the shade authors get for it—as if it’s easier. This shows me that A. You don’t understand that this is where the big work is being done to help children build empathy and critical thinking, and B. You haven’t read the right books.

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Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

By the way, an update on my whale son 🥲

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Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Already teary-eyed and I haven’t even seen the trailer yet.

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Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Bummed that the work I’m most proud of lately (beefing up the stories in my linked collection with lore and parallels) is too long to share aloud in readings and open mics.

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Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

So honored to have a new poem out in the lovely @wildroofjournal.bsky.social ! In an age where technology and algorithms are robbing people of their sense of self, here is a piece to remind you of your humanity. 🫀 Check out the rest of Wild Roof Journal’s issue here: wildroofjournal.com/issue-33/

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Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Wrote a new story today. Feeling powerful.

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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I’m sorry the whole world is shit and ALSO robots have stolen my favorite punctuation mark so I think I deserve a little treat

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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

editing is so funny because you really can make something worse and then you have to trace back your steps and it's like oh i shouldn't have changed this whole paragraph, just these two sentences.

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Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Delighted that my eel story is included in Ghost Parachute’s anthology of flash fiction!

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Elena Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Fairy wren doodle

Fairy wren bird on some yellow daisies sketched in colored pencil

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 26/02/2026

Writing a book is such a nightmare. That's the fun part!

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Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Rooting for everyone in the Olympics, because how amazing is it that every individual worked SO hard to get to where they are today? This is their moment!

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Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

My whale is ON THE MOVE. GO, MY SON.

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Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

If you ask me to yap about deep sea creatures, I WILL DELIVER. 👏

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Wild Roof Journal @wildroofjournal.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Check out our new interview with Sophia Indelicato & Bethany Cutkomp, who share their insights into @thomasonianmag.bsky.social, a publication showcasing knowledge about the natural world from the minds who pay it the most attention. wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/plotting-t...

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Thomasonian @thomasonianmag.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Is it really almost the end of Issue II submissions? Time flies when you’re reading excellent work! If you were still planning to send us something, it’s not too late! The Thomasonian Team is eager to read your last-minute nature and science pieces. #litmag #naturewriting #photography

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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

"success" in a creative field for me means understanding more deeply what i want to do creatively—and getting to do it

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Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

This was such a delight! Thank you Tom for inviting me to share some work aloud with you all! Everyone’s sets were phenomenal.

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Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

in three days’ time, these marvelous poets will be gracing us with their excellent work! sign up at the 🔗 below to listen in live — there’s no better way to start 2026 :) 💡

NIGHT LIGHT
THURSDAY 1/22
9PM EASTERN
ZOOM

ROBIN ARBLE
JOHN COMPTON
BETHANY CUTKOMP
TOMMY WYATT BLAKE

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Thomasonian @thomasonianmag.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Where are our nature & science writers at??? #litmag #naturewriting #nonfiction #poetry #photography

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I have to say, as a man with two mothers, I find the derisive deployment of language like "lesbian" and "lover" by those on the far right who are trying to justify Renee Good's death particularly disgusting and dehumanizing. These women. They are wives. They are a family. That's it.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/01/2026

A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.

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Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Book 4 of 2026: Whalefall by Daniel Kraus, recced to me by @bdcutkomp.bsky.social — seriously unlike anything I’ve ever read. Fascinating science writing around an absurd premise with supernatural elements (communing with the dead) but somehow it all WORKS. I was riveted. #BookSky

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Whalefall

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of 2023 by Boo…

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Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Looks like 2025’s story motifs were brought to you by altered realms of existence and the depths of the sea!

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Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

This made my entire year. Thank you so, so much! 💙

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Bethany Cutkomp @bdcutkomp.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Recommended my favorite book to my therapist AND my dentist today. Now that’s what I call a productive day.

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