Sutton Strother
@suttonstrother.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, nerd. Dungeon Master when planets/schedules align. Potato chip connoisseur. Blue raspberry in human form.
All published work at suttonstrother.wordpress.com
All published work at suttonstrother.wordpress.com
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'Haruspex' by Sutton Strother
The liver wasn’t Plan A. She tried prayer, fasting, Reddit, TED Talks, psychic hotlines, tarot, I Ching, even tyromancy (the wheels of cheese in her fridge have started to mold).
Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/haru...
The liver wasn’t Plan A. She tried prayer, fasting, Reddit, TED Talks, psychic hotlines, tarot, I Ching, even tyromancy (the wheels of cheese in her fridge have started to mold).
Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/haru...
So thrilled for this lost story of mine to find new life at @ellipsiszine.bsky.social It's one of my favorite things I ever wrote.
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So thrilled for this lost story of mine to find new life at @ellipsiszine.bsky.social It's one of my favorite things I ever wrote.
'Haruspex' by Sutton Strother
The liver wasn’t Plan A. She tried prayer, fasting, Reddit, TED Talks, psychic hotlines, tarot, I Ching, even tyromancy (the wheels of cheese in her fridge have started to mold).
Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/haru...
The liver wasn’t Plan A. She tried prayer, fasting, Reddit, TED Talks, psychic hotlines, tarot, I Ching, even tyromancy (the wheels of cheese in her fridge have started to mold).
Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/haru...
July 3, 2026 at 12:17 PM
So thrilled for this lost story of mine to find new life at @ellipsiszine.bsky.social It's one of my favorite things I ever wrote.
So thrilled for this lost story of mine to find new life at @ellipsiszine.bsky.social It's one of my favorite things I ever wrote.
'Haruspex' by Sutton Strother
The liver wasn’t Plan A. She tried prayer, fasting, Reddit, TED Talks, psychic hotlines, tarot, I Ching, even tyromancy (the wheels of cheese in her fridge have started to mold).
Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/haru...
The liver wasn’t Plan A. She tried prayer, fasting, Reddit, TED Talks, psychic hotlines, tarot, I Ching, even tyromancy (the wheels of cheese in her fridge have started to mold).
Read more: www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/haru...
July 3, 2026 at 12:17 PM
So thrilled for this lost story of mine to find new life at @ellipsiszine.bsky.social It's one of my favorite things I ever wrote.
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Have you seen our June issue? pitheadchapel.com/volume-15-is...
Cover Art
JANELLE PAULINO
Fiction
@keithwoodruff.bsky.social
@suttonstrother.bsky.social
TRAVIS FLATT
ANTHONY BROWN
Nonfiction
LAUREN GIARD
REBECCA WATKINS
JESSE LACY
Prose Poetry
BEN STARR
@ezhang77.bsky.social
JOY YIN
Cover Art
JANELLE PAULINO
Fiction
@keithwoodruff.bsky.social
@suttonstrother.bsky.social
TRAVIS FLATT
ANTHONY BROWN
Nonfiction
LAUREN GIARD
REBECCA WATKINS
JESSE LACY
Prose Poetry
BEN STARR
@ezhang77.bsky.social
JOY YIN
Volume 15, Issue 6
COVER ART BY JANELLE PAULINO FICTION GRIEF WORK, LLC BY KEITH WOODRUFF BELLY BY SUTTON STROTHER THE CENTAUR DANCES THE GIDDY-UP BUCK BY TRAVIS FLATT PET LOVER BY ANTHONY BROWN NONFICT…
pitheadchapel.com
June 22, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Have you seen our June issue? pitheadchapel.com/volume-15-is...
Cover Art
JANELLE PAULINO
Fiction
@keithwoodruff.bsky.social
@suttonstrother.bsky.social
TRAVIS FLATT
ANTHONY BROWN
Nonfiction
LAUREN GIARD
REBECCA WATKINS
JESSE LACY
Prose Poetry
BEN STARR
@ezhang77.bsky.social
JOY YIN
Cover Art
JANELLE PAULINO
Fiction
@keithwoodruff.bsky.social
@suttonstrother.bsky.social
TRAVIS FLATT
ANTHONY BROWN
Nonfiction
LAUREN GIARD
REBECCA WATKINS
JESSE LACY
Prose Poetry
BEN STARR
@ezhang77.bsky.social
JOY YIN
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Hi friends! I have a new story out today in the June issue of @pitheadchapel.bsky.social
that can best be summarized as "divorced dad has a weird time at the YMCA" and I hope you'll give it a read!
pitheadchapel.com/belly/
that can best be summarized as "divorced dad has a weird time at the YMCA" and I hope you'll give it a read!
pitheadchapel.com/belly/
Belly
Sutton Strother Chuck Woolery, that smug prick, won’t quit smirking. A week into his sick leave, Randy starts keeping a tally of smirks per episode while he watches Love Connection. By the second w…
pitheadchapel.com
June 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Hi friends! I have a new story out today in the June issue of @pitheadchapel.bsky.social
that can best be summarized as "divorced dad has a weird time at the YMCA" and I hope you'll give it a read!
pitheadchapel.com/belly/
that can best be summarized as "divorced dad has a weird time at the YMCA" and I hope you'll give it a read!
pitheadchapel.com/belly/
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I went from reading a few books a year to around one a week. I wanted to write down how I got there, how it involved rethinking my relationship to attention, and why I believe reading books can heal your brain. I hope this gives you something useful! johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/how-i-lear...
How I Learned to Read Way, Way More
I had to rethink my relationship to attention
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
June 9, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I went from reading a few books a year to around one a week. I wanted to write down how I got there, how it involved rethinking my relationship to attention, and why I believe reading books can heal your brain. I hope this gives you something useful! johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/how-i-lear...
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“He’s not even sick, really, just single, which feels like a kind of sickness, or like having a tumor excised, except the surgeon forgot to sew anything up after."
"Without her, he feels raw, ripe for infection.”
@suttonstrother.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/belly/
"Without her, he feels raw, ripe for infection.”
@suttonstrother.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/belly/
Belly
Sutton Strother Chuck Woolery, that smug prick, won’t quit smirking. A week into his sick leave, Randy starts keeping a tally of smirks per episode while he watches Love Connection. By the second w…
pitheadchapel.com
June 6, 2026 at 8:43 PM
“He’s not even sick, really, just single, which feels like a kind of sickness, or like having a tumor excised, except the surgeon forgot to sew anything up after."
"Without her, he feels raw, ripe for infection.”
@suttonstrother.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/belly/
"Without her, he feels raw, ripe for infection.”
@suttonstrother.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/belly/
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"Chuck laughs in that smarmy way where you can’t quite tell if he’s laughing at you or with you..." The brilliant @suttonstrother.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social
Hi friends! I have a new story out today in the June issue of @pitheadchapel.bsky.social
that can best be summarized as "divorced dad has a weird time at the YMCA" and I hope you'll give it a read!
pitheadchapel.com/belly/
that can best be summarized as "divorced dad has a weird time at the YMCA" and I hope you'll give it a read!
pitheadchapel.com/belly/
Belly
Sutton Strother Chuck Woolery, that smug prick, won’t quit smirking. A week into his sick leave, Randy starts keeping a tally of smirks per episode while he watches Love Connection. By the second w…
pitheadchapel.com
June 6, 2026 at 8:50 PM
"Chuck laughs in that smarmy way where you can’t quite tell if he’s laughing at you or with you..." The brilliant @suttonstrother.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social
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I'm still doing a GoFundMe to help my parents rebuild after a devastating house fire. The costs of doing so, with an uninsured house, are extremely high. My parents are elderly and low-income and my disabled brother lives with them. I deeply appreciate shares of this link!
gofund.me/ac93c03d5
gofund.me/ac93c03d5
Donate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe Clark
On January 24th, our childhood home burned down. Our parents lost 50… Chloe Clark needs your support for We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild.
gofund.me
March 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I'm still doing a GoFundMe to help my parents rebuild after a devastating house fire. The costs of doing so, with an uninsured house, are extremely high. My parents are elderly and low-income and my disabled brother lives with them. I deeply appreciate shares of this link!
gofund.me/ac93c03d5
gofund.me/ac93c03d5
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to close out the @nobordersbooks.bsky.social pop-up my band did a (legally distinct from the other thing you've heard of) Diny Tesk Concert. teeny weeny itsy bitsy work surface performance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXzE...
FAITH/VOID: Diny Tesk Concert
YouTube video by FAITH/VOID
www.youtube.com
June 3, 2026 at 1:28 PM
to close out the @nobordersbooks.bsky.social pop-up my band did a (legally distinct from the other thing you've heard of) Diny Tesk Concert. teeny weeny itsy bitsy work surface performance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXzE...
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help us get a permanent spot for No Borders so we can do more cool stuff like that imo!!! givebutter.com/no-borders-c...
No Borders Collective
worker-owned bookstore coming soon to astoria!
givebutter.com
June 3, 2026 at 1:56 PM
help us get a permanent spot for No Borders so we can do more cool stuff like that imo!!! givebutter.com/no-borders-c...
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it is in absolutely everybody’s best interests to develop some hobbies aside from Phone
Someone actually did a study a while back that showed the most effective way to get women out of TERF groups wasn’t people trying to change their minds, it was them getting literally any benign hobby, like learning other languages or taking up needlework
You know who isn't getting radicalized? Guys who do ships in a bottle. Embrace model-building and avoid the pitfalls of right-wing extremism
June 2, 2026 at 12:14 PM
it is in absolutely everybody’s best interests to develop some hobbies aside from Phone
Given how broken social media algorithms are at this point, it feels damn near impossible to get anyone's eyes on anything, but my little brother just told me he loved my new story so much he read it twice, and now I don't care if anyone else reads anything I write ever again.
😭😭😭😭😭😭
😭😭😭😭😭😭
June 2, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Given how broken social media algorithms are at this point, it feels damn near impossible to get anyone's eyes on anything, but my little brother just told me he loved my new story so much he read it twice, and now I don't care if anyone else reads anything I write ever again.
😭😭😭😭😭😭
😭😭😭😭😭😭
Hi friends! I have a new story out today in the June issue of @pitheadchapel.bsky.social
that can best be summarized as "divorced dad has a weird time at the YMCA" and I hope you'll give it a read!
pitheadchapel.com/belly/
that can best be summarized as "divorced dad has a weird time at the YMCA" and I hope you'll give it a read!
pitheadchapel.com/belly/
Belly
Sutton Strother Chuck Woolery, that smug prick, won’t quit smirking. A week into his sick leave, Randy starts keeping a tally of smirks per episode while he watches Love Connection. By the second w…
pitheadchapel.com
June 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Hi friends! I have a new story out today in the June issue of @pitheadchapel.bsky.social
that can best be summarized as "divorced dad has a weird time at the YMCA" and I hope you'll give it a read!
pitheadchapel.com/belly/
that can best be summarized as "divorced dad has a weird time at the YMCA" and I hope you'll give it a read!
pitheadchapel.com/belly/
Genuinely the only AI statement I want to see anywhere that publishes creative work.
On the eve of our submission window opening, we felt we should add an AI policy
June 1, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Genuinely the only AI statement I want to see anywhere that publishes creative work.
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The people cry out for Jarnathan
We should be two “D&D Honor Among Thieves” sequels deep.
May 31, 2026 at 9:28 PM
The people cry out for Jarnathan
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This one took a while to write. Put out an essay about the links between fandom and consumerism, and its effect on how we interpret fiction. Hope y'all enjoy!
We Might Have To Get A Little Less Fandom-y
Mo Drammeh There is something really wrong with the way we talk about books on the Internet. When I have a discussion with my real life friends — which I do...
buttondown.com
May 19, 2026 at 2:29 PM
This one took a while to write. Put out an essay about the links between fandom and consumerism, and its effect on how we interpret fiction. Hope y'all enjoy!
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.......but you could so easily just Google that
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“When writing my latest novel… I asked this advanced model what kind of songs my protagonists would be listening to at a dance, a few dozen years ago, and AI gave me a few titles…”
May 19, 2026 at 4:43 AM
.......but you could so easily just Google that
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Binged all of Baby Reindeer and caught up on Half Man this week, and it's safe to say I am officially a Richard Gadd Enthusiast.
May 17, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Binged all of Baby Reindeer and caught up on Half Man this week, and it's safe to say I am officially a Richard Gadd Enthusiast.
Binged all of Baby Reindeer and caught up on Half Man this week, and it's safe to say I am officially a Richard Gadd Enthusiast.
May 17, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Binged all of Baby Reindeer and caught up on Half Man this week, and it's safe to say I am officially a Richard Gadd Enthusiast.
My secret 3rd thing is hearing a song or seeing a meme and saying, "That's so [character I made up in my head]!"
You're not going to make any money doing this and no one is going to read it, so you must hope for a secret third thing to happen
March 9, 2026 at 6:05 PM
My secret 3rd thing is hearing a song or seeing a meme and saying, "That's so [character I made up in my head]!"
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I know it doesn't happen this way, but I'm still manifesting:
The dream cover for my book features this ashtray sitting on a formica table with three cigarettes burning in it.
The dream cover for my book features this ashtray sitting on a formica table with three cigarettes burning in it.
February 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I know it doesn't happen this way, but I'm still manifesting:
The dream cover for my book features this ashtray sitting on a formica table with three cigarettes burning in it.
The dream cover for my book features this ashtray sitting on a formica table with three cigarettes burning in it.