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Sticky Fingers: Confessions of a Marginally Repentant Shoplifter

Sticky Fingers: Confessions of a Marginally Repentant Shoplifter

Middle-class Catholic boy spends dedicated high school days (and some years afterwards) sharpening his shoplifting skills.

2022

Studiolo Secondari

Studiolo Secondari

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A Gland’s Lament

[I interviewed an endocrine gland and hey, they have feelings too!]

Jun 14

A Gland’s Lament

Jun 14

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Painless Pulp and Sweet Surrender

[My attempt at a Mickey Spillane-style pulpy story, from a ways back. I wrote a different, definitely NSFW version as well, but I can’t…

May 24

Painless Pulp and Sweet Surrender

May 24

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Take a Punctuation Mark Out to Lunch

[A piece I wrote for the fine WriterUnboxed site a decade or so ago]

May 17

Take a Punctuation Mark Out to Lunch

May 17

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Poems for the Poemless

Just in case you found yourself without poems today, here are a few of my oldies but sillies. [Note: I am ignorant of meter and most poetic…

Apr 23

Poems for the Poemless

Apr 23

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A Conversation with a Gopher

Seen Someone with Attitude? Wait Till You Walk By a Gopher’s Land

Apr 18

A Conversation with a Gopher

Apr 18

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All the Pretty Horses

The Captivating (and Sometimes Vulnerable) Horses of Vieques

Apr 2

All the Pretty Horses

Apr 2

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Unjust Desserts

[I resurrected a years-old moldering short-short story of mine and thought it peculiar enough to post. Note: my dietary habits differ from…

Feb 12

Unjust Desserts

Feb 12

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Sometimes the Halloween Mask Hides the Demon’s Face

[Going through some old essays, and this one still has some amusement]

Aug 15, 2023

Sometimes the Halloween Mask Hides the Demon’s Face

Aug 15, 2023

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Man Melts Under Self-Induced Sunstroke

[Update: I did the presentation. I did not die. Video proof below]

Aug 7, 2023

Man Melts Under Self-Induced Sunstroke

Aug 7, 2023

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Deconstructing Modern Dating

Watch out—it’s a jungle (or a bouquet, or a fried egg sandwich) out there!

Jun 16, 2023

Deconstructing Modern Dating

Jun 16, 2023

Tom Bentley

Tom Bentley

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I'm a writer and editor of fiction, nonfiction, and travel pieces | Also a business copywriter | As well as a general balderdash tosser | www.tombentley.com

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