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My book’s about to be available at the local library 🥹

The Bungled Heist listing at the Odenton Library in Maryland.

Hit 50 sales, which for me, is incredibly rad. Thanks to every one of you that’s read, shared, reviewed, or at least thought about doing one of those things. 🫡 #booksky

"A FUN NOT REALLY A HEIST, NOT REALLY A ROMANCE, DEFINITELY A COMEDY. SMALL BUT PERFECTLY FORMED."
THE
BUNGLED
HEIST
A short story
4.4 STARS
ON AMAZON
4.27 STARS
GOODREADS
CHRIS TODD

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 20/09/2026

Somebody also gave up after one page so you win some you lose some lol.

One page read of the free kindle version on 9/17

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 20/09/2026

After a goose egg in August, my short story is back on the board! 🚀

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 31/08/2026

I am confident that this will be your favorite 35 page heist, romance, comedy read of the year. 📕 a.co/d/0drbJETT

A rom-com-heist gone wrong.
This is delightful
A fun not really a heist, not really a romance, definitely a comedy.
Small but perfectly formed.

Goodreads review of The Bungled Heist

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 30/08/2026

August is turning into a big month for reviews of the Bungled Heist. This one isn’t as glowing, but I love it anyway!

A quick easy read. The story was okay, but I wanted something more from it.

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 16/08/2026

Sales may have slowed, but still so cool to see reviews come in. This person got it. 💜 💜

Five star review of my book: This is delightful
A fun not really a heist, not really a romance, definitely a comedy.
Small but perfectly formed.

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 15/08/2026

Absolutely tearing through this book today.

Comedy Book by Jesse David Fox next to a Starbuck’s Chicago coffee mug with a coffee lip stain on it the OP is a little embarrassed about.

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 07/08/2026

Page three in my Detroiters in the sports card industry pilot. #Thirdpagethirsday #scriptsky

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 03/07/2026

My feed is more writing and CBB—but if there are any sportos in the mix: Just completed this big pairing for my basketball card collection 🙏

Two galactic showstoppers in BGS 9 of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 26/06/2026

Ok, but I want this actually. 🦀 @theonion.com

Disney old bay bundle ad from the Onion.

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 21/06/2026

Father’s Day writing fuel from the fam. 💜 #scriptsky

Snacks, books, and booze for Father’s Day.

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 11/06/2026

Ready for the @cbbworld.bsky.social DC show. @omgitsemilyward.bsky.social you’re the best. 🫡 Gotta find Ganz. Heynong, man. Hines I’m Prov To Meet You. Balcony Report. Bruba Go Do.

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 30/05/2026

Love the pictures I’ve gotten from readers 💜 A short story perfect for every one of the seasons: Summer. Winter. Cat.

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 22/05/2026

Remembering this career lowlight today.

iMessage “I forgot I took PTO today and I’m sitting in the office like a whole fool”

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 15/05/2026

I’m very proud of the book. I hit my sales goals and hit double-digit reviews with > 4 stars on Goodreads & Amazon. 🙏 I’ll find the energy to re-promote it and/or release something new someday! (The Bungled Heist available on Amazon)

Chapter 10 of the bungled heist read at the beach

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 15/05/2026

If anyone’s wondering what month five looks like for a self-published short story writer:

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 06/05/2026

My publisher (me) is reminding me nobody will buy the book if i don’t talk about it. 👇👇 It’s been out for five months, still has 4.5 stars, and is a fun lil rom-com of a short story. a.co/d/00TOptGm

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 18/04/2026

It would make sense if it was these guys.

The Bithday Boys from IFC where Bob Odenkirk wants his children to be DJs

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 06/04/2026

Last day to get The Bungled Heist for FREE on Kindle before it becomes expensive forever 😱 According to these customer pics…it’s great for cold weather, warm weather, and cats! #booksky 👉👉 a.co/d/03FfRq9t

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 05/04/2026

Self-published a short story this year that’s a lot of fun. A quick read to get your energy back before jumping into something meaty! a.co/d/01o5fPZH

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 05/04/2026

Last month I thought to myself “I’ve promoted this too much” and then looked to see I only posted twice. 🫠 Anyway—the Bungled Heist is FREE on Kindle until Monday! It’s funny and fun. a.co/d/0hkZrPmU

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 02/04/2026

The world is bad, but the deals on Amazon are good?! My short story is FREE for the next five days. Zero money from you. And zero money to Amazon. Win-win. If you read it/like it more than 3 stars I’d love a review!! #booksky 👉👉 a.co/d/004DbhH0

The bungled heist (a book) is free on Amazon. It’s got decent ratings! Above 4.

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 25/03/2026

I don’t know if I’ve shared this one yet. Opening scene of Comedy Bang! Bang! The TV Show! The Movie! WIP and it’s unlikely I’ll finish this one any time soon. But should be a fun stunt script to write. #scriptsky @cbbworld.bsky.social @scottaukerman.bsky.social

Opening scene of a CBB movie where an older Scott Aukerman comes home to find an old man stealing his Emmy.

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 24/03/2026

Sooooo close to double digit ratings on both Goodreads & Amazon. 😊 #booksky

The Bungled Heist on Goodreads with a 4.25 rating

The bungled heist on Amazon with a 4.6 rating

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 21/03/2026

Technology has gone too far.

A basketball puppet thing on the March Madness broadcast

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 21/03/2026

I’ll finish with this one. I write nonfiction from time to time. This is part one of a 4-part (maybe 5?!) series on why I am this way. That is a “comedy nerd.” From childhood to adulthood how did comedy become so important to me? iamchristodd.com/humor/making...

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 21/03/2026

This one is just a clumsy portmanteau run amok. Haiku + koozy = haikusies A bunch of haiku about drinks and the things that keep them cold. 🤷‍♂️ (please don’t count the syllables) iamchristodd.com/humor/2017/1...

The Haikusies
Orange juice today
Quenched my morning desires well
Toothpaste almost ruined it
Sweat on my warm brow
Frosted mug chills only my hand
No ice, soda still flat
Beer is good in mugs
Beer is good in cans and bottles
Beer ruins relationships
Hammocks sway in breezes
The bucket of ice still fresh
Too poor for drinks

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 21/03/2026

All my essays I’m just trying to be Steve Martin. The goat. In this one, I’m literally writing my version of his essay. Like a cover band, but for writing. That’s probably a thing? iamchristodd.com/humor/steve-...

Contemporary Drivel (A literary cover of Steve Martin’s Drivel)

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 21/03/2026

Legibility aside, this one is fun and really speaks to what I like to write. Affable things. “There’s no tension in your writing” Yeah, man. I’m stressed out enough in real life. (slightly easier to read in a browser) iamchristodd.com/humor/affabl...

Affable, a fake newspaper that’s just pretty fun and nice.

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 21/03/2026

The Washington Fancy was like @theonion.com but didn’t survive the satire wars of the 2010’s. This one is years old and maybe still too relevant. iamchristodd.com/humor/nobel-...

Jun 1 After Taking a Hard Look at the World, Nobel Committee Rescinds All Previous Peace
Prizes
Headlines

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 21/03/2026

Let’s start with The List App “The List App?!” you say “The List App!” I say For a very brief time it was an amazingly creative space for using the list structure to write fun things. My lists including “Jokes Famous Comedians Would Make If They Were Children” iamchristodd.com/humor/catego...

A fake joke by a child Steven Wright: The directions on my homework said to read each question carefully and show all my work. So I took a picture of myself reading the book with a magnifying glass. I got a really big A.

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 20/03/2026

Not one accusation of being written by AI. Probably because it took almost a decade to write 34 pages. 😅 🔗 for whoever wants to be review number 10!! a.co/d/075I4SAd

The Bungled Heist by Chris Todd on Amazon.

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 17/03/2026

I'd Understand if More People Stopped to Ask Me if this Baby I'm Carrying was Kidnapped So many free essays and bits to read anytime at iamchristodd.com/humor/baby-n...

I'm a dad. A biological dad to be specific. But I get that I don't put off dad vibes. My vibes could be better described as failed entrepreneur' or 'day
drinker? Either way, I'm very comfortable in a hoodie. Which is fine. But since I know who I am, I guess what concerns me is that more people don't stop my daughter and I to see if she's been kidnapped.
To be clear, she's not being kidnapped. She's safe.
I'm her father and her mother knows where she is.
BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT. If my baby girl was ever being pushed in a stroller by a guy that looked like me? Id be concerned.

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 13/03/2026

For #firstpagefriday — a script I’ve abandoned! The cold open is as far as I got. 🫣 It was meant to be a Freaks and Geeks meets I don’t know what yet. Roughly based on me and my more literary inclined college friends at a liberal arts school. #scriptsky

A cold open for a TV show where the characters are playing beer pong with juice which is a fairly nerdy thing to do at college.

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 10/03/2026

Love it. Not quite as grand, but this is my hometown skate rink

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 09/03/2026

A regular reminder that it’s amazing Chris responds at all. And it’s usually kind even when the person submitting clearly hasn’t read enough McSweeney’s in 2011 to be submitting anything. 🫣 (might be able to submit this one again in a year or two!)

Chris respectfully declining to publish a bad humor essay!

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 28/02/2026

This isn’t going to solve anything, but it’s still nice. 🛹

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Chris Todd @iamchristodd.com · 24/02/2026

I’m 3 away from 50 copies sold and that might seem like a small milestone but it’s really cool!! I don’t have 50 friends so someone’s taking a chance on me 💜 👉 a.co/d/0aFwyDgR

"THIS IS A ROM-COM DISGUISED AS A THRILLER DISGUISED AS A MEMOIR. I LOVED EVERY PAGE OF IT"
VIA FIVE-STAR AMAZON REVIEW
THE
BUNGLED
HEIST
A short story
CHRIS TODD

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