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1 My Year of Being Younger Patrick Lenton , 2021 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , November 2021; 'Starting my dream job in my thirties, I was insecure about being surrounded by people younger than me. Seeing an opportunity to rebrand, I took inspiration from TV and lied about my age.' (Introduction)
1 1 y separately published work icon Sexy Tales of Paleontology Patrick Lenton , Sydney : Subbed In , 2021 23265967 2021 selected work short story

'A pile of rats having an identity crisis. A sexy robot rebellion. A velociraptor revenge wedding. The world’s horniest scientist. Enter Sexy Tales of Paleontology: a world of queer romance, (dis)connection, and artifical intelligence told with Patrick Lenton’s idiosyncratic bizarreness and heart.

'Lenton’s short stories combine laugh-out-loud humour with an honest-to-goodness sensibility. Sci-fi oddities, pop culture, a lesser-known Kardashian who lives on the moon, and a deft turn of comic absurdity bound through this truly queer romp of a book. But beyond all this, at the beating heart of the book, is the foolishness, horror, and delight that is love and heartbreak and 43 rats.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon Uncle Hercules and Other Lies Patrick Lenton , Sydney : Subbed In , 2019 17384942 2019 selected work essay

'Prepare to have your heart warmed, tickled, shattered, and put back together with sticky tape as Uncle Hercules and other lies barrels through a collection of tender and tenderised non-fictions.

'Shortlisted for the Scribe Non-fiction Prize, Uncle Hercules and other lies is gooey with incroyable half-fibs, formative moments, and bad life choices. Think Lydia Davis meets Arthur Bradford but on a chair lift; or John Waters meets Leslie Knope by a happenchance procured by a snake. Also, Skyrim Dog.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 A Robust Game of Manball Patrick Lenton , 2019 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Growing Up Queer in Australia 2019; (p. 310-313)
1 Farewell, Stars Hollow Patrick Lenton , 2018 single work short story
— Appears in: Going Down Swinging , no. 39 2018; (p. 29-36)
1 Control Variable Patrick Lenton , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Review of Australian Fiction , vol. 23 no. 3 2017;
1 King of the World Patrick Lenton , 2015 single work prose
— Appears in: Best Australian Comedy Writing 2015; (p. 44-52)
1 1 y separately published work icon A Man Made Entirely of Bats Patrick Lenton , Australia : Spineless Wonders , 2015 8271229 2015 selected work short story

'"A Man Made Entirely of Bats" is a collection of short stories and flash fiction by one of Australia’s newest voices. Comedic and absurd, these stories are an entertaining exploration of the concept of super heroes and of the super strange in our world.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 Swimming, and Other Unnatural Things Patrick Lenton , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Going Down Swinging , no. 35 2014; (p. 32-38) Going Down Swinging Online 2020;
1 Watch Yourself Patrick Lenton , 2013 single work prose
— Appears in: Seizure : A Journal of New Writing , no. 5 2013; (p. 90-93)
1 Shiela Discovers Magnetism Patrick Lenton , 2011 single work short story humour
— Appears in: Tide , no. 8 2011; (p. 9-11)
1 Cabbages and Kings Patrick Lenton , Adam Norris , 2011 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , August/September no. 198 2011; (p. 23-24)
1 The Neighbour Herd Patrick Lenton , 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: Tide , no. 7 2010; (p. 36-37)
1 Sexy Tales of Paleontology Patrick Lenton , 2010 single work drama humour

''Sexy Tales of Paleontology' has everything you could possibly want: science, evil corporations and a lumberjack! When a group of scientists are taken over by an un-self-consciously evil corporation, a clash of ethics and robots ensue. Expect hysterical geologists in pit fights with paleontologists, flamboyant glam-pop mercenaries breaking out in song and the world's worst narrator.'

Source: The Sydney Fringe website, www.thesydneyfringe.com.au (sighted 15/11/2010)
1 Stories from the 428 Donna Abela , Kit Brookman , Tahli Corin , Matt Edgerton , Joanna Erskine , Šime Knežević , Patrick Lenton , Jasper Marlow , Brooke Robinson , Alison Rooke , 2010 anthology drama 'Buses are a necessary part of Sydney life and inspire rage and romance in equal measure. A group of Australia’s impressive award-winning and emerging playwrights have collaborated to create a unique show inspired by conversations, scenes from the bus window, overseen text messages or perhaps the person sitting across from them on the 428 bus from Circular Quay to Canterbury.' Source: http://storiesfromthe428.com/?page_id=526 (Sighted 16/09/2010).
1 The Flower Crab Patrick Lenton , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: Tide , no. 5 2008; (p. 23-26)
1 Memory i "I am not an efficient nomad", Patrick Lenton , 2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tide , no. 4 2007; (p. 55)
1 Fuck Stalin i "Stucco light and", Patrick Lenton , 2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tide , no. 4 2007; (p. 54)
1 Uncle Jeremy Has Turned Into a Tree Patrick Lenton , 2007 single work short story
— Appears in: The Best Australian Stories 2007 2007; (p. 158-160)
1 Life Has One Hump Patrick Lenton , 2006 single work prose
— Appears in: Tide , no. 3 2006; (p. 46-49)
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