Brendan Stephens
@bstephens.bsky.social
writer | assistant professor | nonfiction editor for Aquifer: Florida Review Online | metal head
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I just found out a picture of me as a child has been sold as a postcard for like 30 years. Where are my residuals?
September 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I just found out a picture of me as a child has been sold as a postcard for like 30 years. Where are my residuals?
Bianca hates my faculty headshot, but all I care about is my students knowing I was having a good hair day.
August 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Bianca hates my faculty headshot, but all I care about is my students knowing I was having a good hair day.
This is me after moving back to Texas.
June 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This is me after moving back to Texas.
I entered a local art exhibit with some b/w photography. I got some major imposter syndrome when it comes to photography, but trying new things is pretty sick, right?
March 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I entered a local art exhibit with some b/w photography. I got some major imposter syndrome when it comes to photography, but trying new things is pretty sick, right?
If you know, you know.
February 16, 2025 at 5:04 AM
If you know, you know.
Best debut novel I’ve read in years.
February 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Best debut novel I’ve read in years.
Reading a great book, but it says that a EDM dance club is full of crust punks. All punks may seem “crusty” but crust punks are a whole thing. Not all of us train hop with a pit bull named Fetus. Unless Aus Rotten is reuniting in the dance club, the crust punks should be panhandling outside.
February 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reading a great book, but it says that a EDM dance club is full of crust punks. All punks may seem “crusty” but crust punks are a whole thing. Not all of us train hop with a pit bull named Fetus. Unless Aus Rotten is reuniting in the dance club, the crust punks should be panhandling outside.
I consider myself as a prose writer, but occasionally I write poetry and sometimes those poems even get published. Stoked to be in the new issue of Orca.
February 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I consider myself as a prose writer, but occasionally I write poetry and sometimes those poems even get published. Stoked to be in the new issue of Orca.
I’m teaching my class on debunking conspiracies and afterwards I see this in the department group chat.
January 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I’m teaching my class on debunking conspiracies and afterwards I see this in the department group chat.
Winter issue of the Georgia Review! Can’t wait to see my story in print!
December 24, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Winter issue of the Georgia Review! Can’t wait to see my story in print!
Finished off my blackout tattoo sleeve.
December 15, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Finished off my blackout tattoo sleeve.
Even without me ever mentioning fantasy, one of my students picked up the vibe that I would appreciate a 3D printed sea dragon.
December 12, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Even without me ever mentioning fantasy, one of my students picked up the vibe that I would appreciate a 3D printed sea dragon.
Wait, since when has it been a part of the Duolingo lore that their mascot is thirsty for Dua Lipa?
December 2, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Wait, since when has it been a part of the Duolingo lore that their mascot is thirsty for Dua Lipa?
In my office listening to metal when a student pops in to ask if I’ve ever heard of a band called “Korn, spelled with a K,” and I felt like Aslan.
March 12, 2024 at 10:41 PM
In my office listening to metal when a student pops in to ask if I’ve ever heard of a band called “Korn, spelled with a K,” and I felt like Aslan.
Sometimes you’re walking with a little Gator-Ade and the universe tells you to take a sexy picture.
March 5, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Sometimes you’re walking with a little Gator-Ade and the universe tells you to take a sexy picture.
Just hit my 1000 day Duolingo streak. I’m approaching my goal of being an unbearable guy who orders in Spanish at Mexican restaurants, earning eye rolls from everyone.
October 26, 2023 at 7:09 PM
Just hit my 1000 day Duolingo streak. I’m approaching my goal of being an unbearable guy who orders in Spanish at Mexican restaurants, earning eye rolls from everyone.
I’ve got a comic up on @therumpus.bsky.social today! Art by the overly-talented @ediequinn.bsky.social.
October 5, 2023 at 4:22 PM
I’ve got a comic up on @therumpus.bsky.social today! Art by the overly-talented @ediequinn.bsky.social.
It’s October and a stray black kitten just came onto our porch and sat next to our pumpkin.
October 4, 2023 at 12:41 AM
It’s October and a stray black kitten just came onto our porch and sat next to our pumpkin.
When you’re incredibly busy but you feel like the world is missing a black metal cover of Temple of the Dog.
September 15, 2023 at 9:34 PM
When you’re incredibly busy but you feel like the world is missing a black metal cover of Temple of the Dog.
Got a headshot for my campus profile, and I can’t tell if I look professional or sarcastic.
August 30, 2023 at 5:57 PM
Got a headshot for my campus profile, and I can’t tell if I look professional or sarcastic.