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Brendan Stephens @bstephens.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Here is the writer crew at @vermontstudioctr.bsky.social. What an unbelievable residency with so many talented folks.

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Brendan Stephens @bstephens.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

At the Vermont Studio Center to crush pages.

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Brendan Stephens @bstephens.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

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?

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Brendan Stephens @bstephens.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Bianca hates my faculty headshot, but all I care about is my students knowing I was having a good hair day.

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Brendan Stephens @bstephens.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

This is me after moving back to Texas.

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Brendan Stephens @bstephens.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

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?

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Brendan Stephens @bstephens.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Best debut novel I’ve read in years.

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Brendan Stephens @bstephens.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

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.

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Brendan Stephens @bstephens.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

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.

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Brendan Stephens @bstephens.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I’m teaching my class on debunking conspiracies and afterwards I see this in the department group chat.

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Brendan Stephens @bstephens.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Winter issue of the Georgia Review! Can’t wait to see my story in print!

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Brendan Stephens @bstephens.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Finished off my blackout tattoo sleeve.

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Brendan Stephens @bstephens.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Even without me ever mentioning fantasy, one of my students picked up the vibe that I would appreciate a 3D printed sea dragon.

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Brendan Stephens @bstephens.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Wait, since when has it been a part of the Duolingo lore that their mascot is thirsty for Dua Lipa?

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Brendan Stephens @bstephens.bsky.social · 12/03/2024

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.

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Brendan Stephens @bstephens.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

Sometimes you’re walking with a little Gator-Ade and the universe tells you to take a sexy picture.

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Brendan Stephens @bstephens.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

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.

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Brendan Stephens @bstephens.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

It’s October and a stray black kitten just came onto our porch and sat next to our pumpkin.

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Brendan Stephens @bstephens.bsky.social · 15/09/2023

When you’re incredibly busy but you feel like the world is missing a black metal cover of Temple of the Dog.

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Brendan Stephens @bstephens.bsky.social · 30/08/2023

Got a headshot for my campus profile, and I can’t tell if I look professional or sarcastic.

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