Bethany Cutkomp

That’s so exciting! I can’t wait to read yours.

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

At some point, a library patron dropped this in the return bin and I absently stuck it in my book, baggie and all. It’s been one of my “bookmarks” ever since.

Fairy wren bird on some yellow daisies sketched in colored pencil

Fairy wren doodle

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

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!

My first contribution to #smallpoemsunday!

@tomsnarsky.bsky.social

#poetry #poem #smallpoem #silence

a little love poem 💗

YAY!!!!

My whale is ON THE MOVE.

GO, MY SON.

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

BIG MOOD

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.

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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

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

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

NIGHT LIGHT THURSDAY 1/22 9PM EASTERN ZOOM ROBIN ARBLE JOHN COMPTON BETHANY CUTKOMP TOMMY WYATT BLAKE

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 :) 💡

Where are our nature & science writers at???

#litmag #naturewriting #nonfiction #poetry #photography

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.

so precious 🩵

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.

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

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

YAYYY!!!!

Ahhh! Isn’t it astonishing? It brings forth a level of awe unmatched to any other book I’ve ever read. Thanks for reading my rec—I love any opportunity to share this feeling of wonder with other readers!

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

Happy new year! Cheers!!!

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

Heck yeah, THREE recommendations in one day! 🤩

WHALEFALL by Daniel Kraus! I carry it around with me just about everywhere! 🐳

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