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
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!!!!
Comments that made me smile, sandwiched among beta reader critiques. This linked short story collection is getting polished slowly but surely.
June 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Comments that made me smile, sandwiched among beta reader critiques. This linked short story collection is getting polished slowly but surely.
“when you give a girl a goldfish” is in PRINT, accompanied by a bunch of great BULL shorties!
March 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“when you give a girl a goldfish” is in PRINT, accompanied by a bunch of great BULL shorties!
Here is an excerpt of “One Man’s Trash,” published in Fahmidan Journal. I am so proud of this story!
www.fahmidan.net/issue-21/one...
www.fahmidan.net/issue-21/one...
March 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Here is an excerpt of “One Man’s Trash,” published in Fahmidan Journal. I am so proud of this story!
www.fahmidan.net/issue-21/one...
www.fahmidan.net/issue-21/one...
Our library staff just found all of these books HIDDEN underneath our shelves. Disgusting behavior.
February 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Our library staff just found all of these books HIDDEN underneath our shelves. Disgusting behavior.
Ahh, actually my 2025 submissions are off to a great start! 🥹
January 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Ahh, actually my 2025 submissions are off to a great start! 🥹
Revising a whole manuscript (this year) looks a lot different than cranking out individual stories (last year). The lack of submissions is making me uneasy, even though I am essentially putting in the same amount of work. 😅
January 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Revising a whole manuscript (this year) looks a lot different than cranking out individual stories (last year). The lack of submissions is making me uneasy, even though I am essentially putting in the same amount of work. 😅
Tis the season for holiday angst! Here is a fun little micro I wrote for FlashFlood Journal about tension during the holidays. ❤️💚
December 24, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Tis the season for holiday angst! Here is a fun little micro I wrote for FlashFlood Journal about tension during the holidays. ❤️💚
Someone applaud: I finally committed to using my stickers! 😆
December 21, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Someone applaud: I finally committed to using my stickers! 😆
Here is a poem about a true encounter that still stumps my friend and me to this day. This is “Midwest Phantom,” published in Occulum.
occulum.net/2024/12/14/m...
occulum.net/2024/12/14/m...
December 16, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Here is a poem about a true encounter that still stumps my friend and me to this day. This is “Midwest Phantom,” published in Occulum.
occulum.net/2024/12/14/m...
occulum.net/2024/12/14/m...
Here is an excerpt from my new story, "Partners in Crime." It's a queer-awakening western about two cowboys on the run.
When I saw PULP lit mag's submission call for Queer Westerns, I dropped every project I was working on to write this. It was honestly so much fun.
issuu.com/pulplitmag/d...
When I saw PULP lit mag's submission call for Queer Westerns, I dropped every project I was working on to write this. It was honestly so much fun.
issuu.com/pulplitmag/d...
December 10, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Here is an excerpt from my new story, "Partners in Crime." It's a queer-awakening western about two cowboys on the run.
When I saw PULP lit mag's submission call for Queer Westerns, I dropped every project I was working on to write this. It was honestly so much fun.
issuu.com/pulplitmag/d...
When I saw PULP lit mag's submission call for Queer Westerns, I dropped every project I was working on to write this. It was honestly so much fun.
issuu.com/pulplitmag/d...
double monitors 🤝 double stories to work on
December 3, 2024 at 8:34 PM
double monitors 🤝 double stories to work on
Time to start turning these purple tabs in the lefthand column to blue! After that will be revisions on the collection as a whole to connect these linked stories seamlessly.
November 25, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Time to start turning these purple tabs in the lefthand column to blue! After that will be revisions on the collection as a whole to connect these linked stories seamlessly.
Signs you’re still very early in your writing career: nobody shows up to your local writers workshops 🥲
November 21, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Signs you’re still very early in your writing career: nobody shows up to your local writers workshops 🥲
Do you ever find yourself beaming at your half-written project like this because you’re enjoying it so much? Or is that just me?
November 17, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Do you ever find yourself beaming at your half-written project like this because you’re enjoying it so much? Or is that just me?
Six-hour writing marathon!
November 16, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Six-hour writing marathon!
Happy to share my poem/art hybrid “Spirit Box” in Moss Puppy Magazine’s new issue The Boneyard. 🤍
www.mosspuppymag.com/issue7
www.mosspuppymag.com/issue7
November 14, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Happy to share my poem/art hybrid “Spirit Box” in Moss Puppy Magazine’s new issue The Boneyard. 🤍
www.mosspuppymag.com/issue7
www.mosspuppymag.com/issue7
My best friend/critique partner and I have taken a vow of sentience—to wean ourselves of the addictive cycle of consistent doomscrolling, pull ourselves out of our own heads, and make decisions with intention rather than going through the motions. We hope to grow more in touch with reality.
November 9, 2024 at 4:46 AM
My best friend/critique partner and I have taken a vow of sentience—to wean ourselves of the addictive cycle of consistent doomscrolling, pull ourselves out of our own heads, and make decisions with intention rather than going through the motions. We hope to grow more in touch with reality.
Exposed Bone Vol. I is finally here! 🦴
My story “Domestic Labyrinth” kicks off an insane lineup of gorgeously unsettling pieces. I highly recommend giving this a read!
www.exposedbonemag.com/vol-1
My story “Domestic Labyrinth” kicks off an insane lineup of gorgeously unsettling pieces. I highly recommend giving this a read!
www.exposedbonemag.com/vol-1
May 10, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Exposed Bone Vol. I is finally here! 🦴
My story “Domestic Labyrinth” kicks off an insane lineup of gorgeously unsettling pieces. I highly recommend giving this a read!
www.exposedbonemag.com/vol-1
My story “Domestic Labyrinth” kicks off an insane lineup of gorgeously unsettling pieces. I highly recommend giving this a read!
www.exposedbonemag.com/vol-1
This is my favorite story I’ve ever written—“Mind Junkie” published in The Hooghly Review 🧠
This is only part of it, but find my full story starting on page 203 and check out everyone else’s stunning work in this issue!
www.thehooghlyreview.com/issues/issue...
This is only part of it, but find my full story starting on page 203 and check out everyone else’s stunning work in this issue!
www.thehooghlyreview.com/issues/issue...
May 2, 2024 at 11:07 PM
This is my favorite story I’ve ever written—“Mind Junkie” published in The Hooghly Review 🧠
This is only part of it, but find my full story starting on page 203 and check out everyone else’s stunning work in this issue!
www.thehooghlyreview.com/issues/issue...
This is only part of it, but find my full story starting on page 203 and check out everyone else’s stunning work in this issue!
www.thehooghlyreview.com/issues/issue...
I have a sapphic folk horror story that just released, published in All Existing Literary Magazine, titled “Lake Gossamer.”
💧🌿🖤
Read the whole piece and check out Issue 3 on All Existing’s site here!
allexistinglitmag.wixsite.com/allexisting/...
💧🌿🖤
Read the whole piece and check out Issue 3 on All Existing’s site here!
allexistinglitmag.wixsite.com/allexisting/...
April 23, 2024 at 2:45 PM
I have a sapphic folk horror story that just released, published in All Existing Literary Magazine, titled “Lake Gossamer.”
💧🌿🖤
Read the whole piece and check out Issue 3 on All Existing’s site here!
allexistinglitmag.wixsite.com/allexisting/...
💧🌿🖤
Read the whole piece and check out Issue 3 on All Existing’s site here!
allexistinglitmag.wixsite.com/allexisting/...
So happy to share a story about urban explorers dressed as ghosts, titled “disappearing act” — published in Roi Fainéant Press 👻
View the full story and explore the rest of this amazing issue here:
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/disappe...
View the full story and explore the rest of this amazing issue here:
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/disappe...
April 16, 2024 at 2:05 PM
So happy to share a story about urban explorers dressed as ghosts, titled “disappearing act” — published in Roi Fainéant Press 👻
View the full story and explore the rest of this amazing issue here:
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/disappe...
View the full story and explore the rest of this amazing issue here:
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/disappe...
BRUISER magazine surprised me with a publication for my short story “Greetings From the Milky Way.” 🛸🐄
This story is a fun one. Enjoy!
www.bruisermag.com/cutkomp_milk...
This story is a fun one. Enjoy!
www.bruisermag.com/cutkomp_milk...
February 24, 2024 at 8:54 PM
BRUISER magazine surprised me with a publication for my short story “Greetings From the Milky Way.” 🛸🐄
This story is a fun one. Enjoy!
www.bruisermag.com/cutkomp_milk...
This story is a fun one. Enjoy!
www.bruisermag.com/cutkomp_milk...
Here is a sample of my saddest and most personal work of fiction yet: “Blizzard Brain” published in londemere lit ❄️
To read the full story and the rest of these gorgeous pieces, check out londemere lit’s issue Winter Reminiscence here.
londemerelit.weebly.com/issues.html
To read the full story and the rest of these gorgeous pieces, check out londemere lit’s issue Winter Reminiscence here.
londemerelit.weebly.com/issues.html
February 17, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Here is a sample of my saddest and most personal work of fiction yet: “Blizzard Brain” published in londemere lit ❄️
To read the full story and the rest of these gorgeous pieces, check out londemere lit’s issue Winter Reminiscence here.
londemerelit.weebly.com/issues.html
To read the full story and the rest of these gorgeous pieces, check out londemere lit’s issue Winter Reminiscence here.
londemerelit.weebly.com/issues.html
First time holding my writing in PRINT from an official literary magazine!
February 6, 2024 at 3:24 AM
First time holding my writing in PRINT from an official literary magazine!