Scott Stein
@sstein.bsky.social
Latest novel: THE GREAT AMERICAN BETRAYAL "Best Comedy Books of 2022" —Vulture
English professor, novelist, satirist, father, husband, dog owner, gardener, liker of good beer
https://scottsteinonline.com
English professor, novelist, satirist, father, husband, dog owner, gardener, liker of good beer
https://scottsteinonline.com
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Scott Stein
@sstein.bsky.social
· Dec 3
If you're a literary/film agent or work in animation, television, streaming, comics, video games, my novels are available for adaptation. They've been compared to Douglas Adams, Twin Peaks meets Futurama, Monty Python meets Sam Spade. See reviews from Publishers Weekly (starred), Vulture, Kirkus.
Say what you want about gremlins, but they know how to party.
December 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Say what you want about gremlins, but they know how to party.
Good morning to the student emailing on the Friday between Christmas and New Year's to ask if my upcoming winter literature course they're enrolled in, "Major Authors: Franz Kafka," has a lot of reading, so they'll know whether they should drop it or not.
Good morning only to the students emailing on the Saturday between Christmas and New Year’s to see about negotiating their fall grades.
Extra credit to those who thought that my easygoing classroom manner meant that you didn’t have to turn in the final assignment!
Extra credit to those who thought that my easygoing classroom manner meant that you didn’t have to turn in the final assignment!
December 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Good morning to the student emailing on the Friday between Christmas and New Year's to ask if my upcoming winter literature course they're enrolled in, "Major Authors: Franz Kafka," has a lot of reading, so they'll know whether they should drop it or not.
Chinese restaurant was not messing around.
December 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Chinese restaurant was not messing around.
And Tiny Tim, who’s had just about enough of the size-based nickname.
December 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
And Tiny Tim, who’s had just about enough of the size-based nickname.
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As Tiny Tim awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a NOT dead person.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, where the shadows lie, One Tim to rule them all, One Tim to find them, One Tim to bring them all, and in the darkness, bind them.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, blew up the Death Star.
December 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
As Tiny Tim awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a NOT dead person.
As Tiny Tim awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a NOT dead person.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, where the shadows lie, One Tim to rule them all, One Tim to find them, One Tim to bring them all, and in the darkness, bind them.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, blew up the Death Star.
December 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
As Tiny Tim awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a NOT dead person.
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"In retrospect, looking back was a mistake," Lot's wife said.
December 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"In retrospect, looking back was a mistake," Lot's wife said.
I never stopped using blue books.
December 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I never stopped using blue books.
If my neighbors invite me to their Christmas party, should I shout “Fuck your cultural hegemony” or should I eat cookies and drink eggnog? Be careful how you vote; I’m outnumbered. Also, the cookies are good.
December 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If my neighbors invite me to their Christmas party, should I shout “Fuck your cultural hegemony” or should I eat cookies and drink eggnog? Be careful how you vote; I’m outnumbered. Also, the cookies are good.
This kind of thing would/should lead to failing a paper in a first-year composition course.
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This kind of thing would/should lead to failing a paper in a first-year composition course.
When I was a kid, my Italian uncle and my aunt, who's Jewish like the rest of the family, had a Christmas Eve party every year. Most (not all) attendees were Jewish, because lots of family came and our Christian friends were often busy with their own family.
I'm sorry, but this is the stupidest fucking talking point.
Guys, it's a holiday celebrating the birth of (from my perspective, and being blunter than I normally would given the context) a dead Jewish carpenter y'all somehow think is/was God incarnate
You can't make that non-religious, sorry.
Guys, it's a holiday celebrating the birth of (from my perspective, and being blunter than I normally would given the context) a dead Jewish carpenter y'all somehow think is/was God incarnate
You can't make that non-religious, sorry.
Christmas is a non religious holiday. I stand by that.
December 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
When I was a kid, my Italian uncle and my aunt, who's Jewish like the rest of the family, had a Christmas Eve party every year. Most (not all) attendees were Jewish, because lots of family came and our Christian friends were often busy with their own family.
It’s become a Christmas tradition for me to bring a variety of beer to New York to share with my sister and brother-in-law. Beery Christmas.
December 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It’s become a Christmas tradition for me to bring a variety of beer to New York to share with my sister and brother-in-law. Beery Christmas.
My most popular course is "Superheroes in America." Why? 1) It's an Honors course and meets a requirement for graduation for Honors students. 2) It's fully online and can fit any student's schedule. 3) It's a fun pop culture topic that is accessible and of interest to many. 4) I'm good.
but classes that fill at BIG NUMBERS (90+) meet gen eds and are on legible topics like the 1960s, the history of soccer, or cool medieval stuff. Military history podcasts and books are popular and often extremely awesome but do not neatly convert to undergrad enrollments.
December 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
My most popular course is "Superheroes in America." Why? 1) It's an Honors course and meets a requirement for graduation for Honors students. 2) It's fully online and can fit any student's schedule. 3) It's a fun pop culture topic that is accessible and of interest to many. 4) I'm good.
Do NOT get Jerry wet
ever since i was a little boy i wanted to grow up and become a Midnight Leftovers Gremlin
December 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Do NOT get Jerry wet
It's Christmas Eve morning. Santa is carb-loading and downing pseudoephedrine.
December 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It's Christmas Eve morning. Santa is carb-loading and downing pseudoephedrine.
Professors of #academicsky, what are you teaching next semester? Will you be working on syllabi over winter break? I'm teaching courses I've taught before, so the revisions I have to make at this point are minor. I'll mostly be tweaking assignments.
December 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Professors of #academicsky, what are you teaching next semester? Will you be working on syllabi over winter break? I'm teaching courses I've taught before, so the revisions I have to make at this point are minor. I'll mostly be tweaking assignments.
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The Q-men making some mutant chili
pretty lucky professor xavier's last name started with a cool letter or we might have gotten the l-men or something
December 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The Q-men making some mutant chili
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If you tell LinkedIn not to show you any content about AI, it disintegrates
December 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
If you tell LinkedIn not to show you any content about AI, it disintegrates
The O-men have mutant projectile vomiting powers
pretty lucky professor xavier's last name started with a cool letter or we might have gotten the l-men or something
December 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The O-men have mutant projectile vomiting powers
The C-men making mutant pornos
pretty lucky professor xavier's last name started with a cool letter or we might have gotten the l-men or something
December 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The C-men making mutant pornos
The Q-men making some mutant chili
pretty lucky professor xavier's last name started with a cool letter or we might have gotten the l-men or something
December 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The Q-men making some mutant chili
Everyone is too tired and depressed to murder
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Everyone is too tired and depressed to murder
Even the good guys are bad.
Also where are we as a fucking country where the dude who thought ”Mulan” was fatally undermining Western civilization turns out to be the (relatively) principled conservative
The dissolution of the Heritage Foundation and liquidation of its assets will be bloodless if the few remaining fascist swine allow it to be.
December 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Even the good guys are bad.
If you tell LinkedIn not to show you any content about AI, it disintegrates
December 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
If you tell LinkedIn not to show you any content about AI, it disintegrates
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Every Bluesky bio is "I'm just some rando" and every LinkedIn bio is "Certified Achiever of Excellence"
December 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Every Bluesky bio is "I'm just some rando" and every LinkedIn bio is "Certified Achiever of Excellence"