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.
More Normal Things would be a massive hit.
November 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
More Normal Things would be a massive hit.
Take the thanks and sell them on eBay.
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Take the thanks and sell them on eBay.
"GOAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!!!!"
"Um, Coach, the game hasn't even started."
"Um, Coach, the game hasn't even started."
Belfast youth football coach expelled after posting cocaine prices on league group chat
Belfast youth football coach expelled after posting cocaine prices on league group chat
List detailed times and costs for ‘proper pure bags’ and specified cash payment
A Northern Ireland football club has removed a coach who posted an apparent menu of cocaine prices in a group chat for a youth league.
The list of prices for “proper pure bags” detailed times and meeting locations and specified cash payment. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"GOAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!!!!"
"Um, Coach, the game hasn't even started."
"Um, Coach, the game hasn't even started."
People say we have a loneliness epidemic, but doesn't that mean it's contagious? So you have to be around other people to get it? Clearly, solitude is the only way to end the loneliness epidemic.
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
People say we have a loneliness epidemic, but doesn't that mean it's contagious? So you have to be around other people to get it? Clearly, solitude is the only way to end the loneliness epidemic.
Time to make the Thanksgiving meatballs.
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Time to make the Thanksgiving meatballs.
I plan on taking the thanks whether people are giving it or not.
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I plan on taking the thanks whether people are giving it or not.
My preparations for upcoming courses are conflicting. I'm teaching an undergrad course called "Writing Your Novel" this winter and developing a core MFA course about novel structure at the same time as I am... 1/2 #academicsky
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My preparations for upcoming courses are conflicting. I'm teaching an undergrad course called "Writing Your Novel" this winter and developing a core MFA course about novel structure at the same time as I am... 1/2 #academicsky
Scalzi™️ hallucinations are entertaining rather than society-destroying.
Well, yes, that's the problem. It wouldn't be helping, it would just be making more work for me because I would have to clean up its prose. I want to write my own stuff, not edit what an LLM puts out. Plus I am more energy efficient.
I anticipate that if you asked an AI to help you write anything, the quality would be LESS than if you just did it yourself.
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Scalzi™️ hallucinations are entertaining rather than society-destroying.
The students in our MFA program have published the latest volume of their literary journal Paper Dragon (with some help from Drexel Publishing Group).
drexelpaperdragon.com/volume-10/
drexelpaperdragon.com/volume-10/
Volume 10 - Paper Dragon
drexelpaperdragon.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The students in our MFA program have published the latest volume of their literary journal Paper Dragon (with some help from Drexel Publishing Group).
drexelpaperdragon.com/volume-10/
drexelpaperdragon.com/volume-10/
For the first time in maybe 20 years, I will not be carving the turkey on Thanksgiving. Having a little wrist problem, probably from being on the computer all the time, so I asked new nephew (niece got married in August) if he would do it. I guess I will turn to dust soon.
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
For the first time in maybe 20 years, I will not be carving the turkey on Thanksgiving. Having a little wrist problem, probably from being on the computer all the time, so I asked new nephew (niece got married in August) if he would do it. I guess I will turn to dust soon.
Rush Hour minus the usual nuance
This is disgraceful toadying to someone who could well be dead, out of office, or both by the time this reanimated corpse knuckle-drags itself to the screen. Some context: Ratner directed the state-approved Melania doc that is coming to Prime, so he's now a friend of The Family. >
I teased this last night in What I’m Hearing but now confirmed: Paramount WILL release Rush Hour 4 after prodding from Trump on behalf of Brett Ratner. Distribution deal. Producer Tarak Ben Ammar is lining up financing. Get ready for the dumbest possible state-controlled media.
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Rush Hour minus the usual nuance
Writing a novel = Create problem. Solve it. Solution causes new problem. Solve it. Rinse. Repeat.
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Writing a novel = Create problem. Solve it. Solution causes new problem. Solve it. Rinse. Repeat.
Reposted by Scott Stein
As Mike Kafka awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into the coach of the New York Giants.
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
As Mike Kafka awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into the coach of the New York Giants.
Ready for the holidays. (Content warning: beer)
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Ready for the holidays. (Content warning: beer)
As Mike Kafka awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into the coach of the New York Giants.
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
As Mike Kafka awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into the coach of the New York Giants.
Reposted by Scott Stein
Flowers in my garden committing wage theft against the sun
Anti-solar NIMBYs aren't beating the accusations of being pretty dim bulbs. "Extracting from the sky" is a good one
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Flowers in my garden committing wage theft against the sun
I am going to continue making Coach Kafka jokes even if no one likes them.
Coaching the New York Giants is a real trial.
November 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I am going to continue making Coach Kafka jokes even if no one likes them.
Parents and advisors of college students who are applying for internships and co-op jobs: you might want to encourage them to at least visit the website of the organization before they interview for the position.
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Parents and advisors of college students who are applying for internships and co-op jobs: you might want to encourage them to at least visit the website of the organization before they interview for the position.
Coaching the New York Giants is a real trial.
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Coaching the New York Giants is a real trial.
Star Wars would be better without the force [ducks]
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Star Wars would be better without the force [ducks]
Flowers in my garden committing wage theft against the sun
Anti-solar NIMBYs aren't beating the accusations of being pretty dim bulbs. "Extracting from the sky" is a good one
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Flowers in my garden committing wage theft against the sun
The sun is the victim of wage-theft.
People who use language like this crack me up, ok I'm capitalistically using the sun to power my home without pollution, whatcha gonna do about it sport
Anti-solar NIMBYs aren't beating the accusations of being pretty dim bulbs. "Extracting from the sky" is a good one
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The sun is the victim of wage-theft.
Nuke that sandwich from orbit (microwave)
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Nuke that sandwich from orbit (microwave)
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, your feet are stinky and you should wear a tie."
"It honors our country."
Yeah, the thing that's going to bring America back to its glory days is me showing up for my Frontier Airlines flight in a tux.
Yeah, the thing that's going to bring America back to its glory days is me showing up for my Frontier Airlines flight in a tux.
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, your feet are stinky and you should wear a tie."
Giants name Kafka as coach and they fail to finish games.
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Giants name Kafka as coach and they fail to finish games.