Benjamin X. Wretlind

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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2011
  • Latest Book:
    April 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Sketches from the Spanish Mustang

1 - The Retribution of Nathan James (May-2011)
2 - The Rebirth of Veronica Draper (Jun-2011)
3 - Mighty Chief Chappose Picks Berries (Jul-2011)

Book List in Order: 20 titles

  • Regarding Dead Things on the Side of the Road

    Benjamin X. Wretlind is known for writing outside the box, whatever that box happens to be. In this collection of fourteen short stories, his talent for the bizarre, the horrific, and even the soft and quiet is put on display for you to analyze. Some...

  • Castles

    When Maggie was six, she hid from desert storms under the sink where the Comet and Windex were kept. Now twenty, she welcomes the storms. Maggie has been abused, torn apart by the sins of others and constantly feels as if she is living on the verge o...

  • The Retribution of Nathan James

    Sketches from the Spanish Mustang - 1

    There was no longer a wellspring of tears or a firestorm of rage. The surge of feeling that enveloped Nathan James the last few weeks like a disastrous hurricane had now ebbed and dissipated, leaving only a dull numbness, a grey blanket of cold, emot...

  • The Rebirth of Veronica Draper

    Sketches from the Spanish Mustang - 2

    "A win," Betty said, "as your father would say, is not a loss."Veronica let a small smile creep to the edges of her lips. "He was profound."Betty let out a snort then looked at Veronica's machine. She pointed at the wheels. "That, daughter, is a win....

  • Mighty Chief Chappose Picks Berries

    Sketches from the Spanish Mustang - 3

    Dan shook a memory from his jarred head. Iron Horse. He replayed the man's voice, the inflection, the words. It was all familiar, even after two years out of the big house and on parole, the voice was familiar . . . chilling. Synapses connected, neur...

  • Cpl Thomas Tweed's War

  • The Five Fortunes of Fulano

    Fulano couldn't move. His body felt heavy. Running away was out of the question. Screaming for help would be futile, the cry forever lodged in his throat unable to escape. The fear gripped him so much more than before. He tried to open his mouth to s...

  • Sketches from the Spanish Mustang

    Haley Spencer sits at a table in a casino in Cripple Creek, Colorado. She is broken, alone, and she is waiting. She's waiting for redemption, waiting for a chance to prove she can really see through someone else's eyes. And as she waits, she sketches...

  • The Independence of Carolyn Woltkowski

    She crept up behind the wall of a house and waited, her breath exploding in front of her. She could backtrack, wait for the others to pass her along the highway then jog to the north, keeping to the shadows. For all she knew, though, they'd split up,...



  • A Difficult Mirror

    Four-year-old Justine has been lost to the world and with her an ability feared by many. But the balance of power has been shifting for years, and Justine may be able to tip those scales for good...if someone can find her in a pitiless place of sorro...

  • Sunset at Maior Pales

    CYN-4329-2316-ACBS-092134853a--known to itself as Cletus and assigned a male gender in one of its first acts as an AI consciousness--has a bug in its programming. Against all logic, the ghost of a young man has muddled its circuits and promised to gi...

  • Sunset on Maior Pales

    Just how does a robot gain a soul?Cletus, an AI consciousness, has a bug in its programming that leads it to hear the voice of a young man, the ghost of Boone Richards. In exchange for a soul, Boone tasks Cletus with a mission that threatens to upend...

  • Out of Due Season

    Wretlind knocks it out of the park with this first installment in the series, and readers like me are going to happily buckle up for the Second Transit. - B.R. O'Hagan, author of Scoundrel in the Thick and Martin's WayWhat if humanity had a second ch...

  • Beneath Gehenna

    When an alert goes out to the paying members of the disaster bunker known as New Eden, recently wealthy yet highly dysfunctional Geoffrey and Portia Thompson grab their survival bag, let the staff of their palatial Plymouth Commonwealth estate go, an...

  • Difficult Mirrors

    Combining horror, fantasy & mystery with elements of the traditional hero's journey, A Difficult Mirror contains a unique & detailed plot, rich characterization & a very real sense of danger… - Michael K. Rose, author of The Emberlyn Chro...

  • Sunshine and Shadow

    Like many things in life and society, what lies under the surface threatens the future. Where do you go when the storms come and your paradise rebels?On a cold and rainy September afternoon, Father Elijah Jonas convinced his followers to aban...

  • Beans of Anafi

    ...a short but captivating novel that every young adult must read...a beautiful book - Readers FavoriteEmbark on an exhilarating adventure with Alexandros Iraklidis, a timid farm boy who yearns for something more. Feeling trapped in the routine of hi...

  • All We Leave Behind

    Following the exodus from rising floodwaters, the surviving descendants of those who came to create a society on a planet far from Earth have struggled to rebuild within the remains of an ancient temple. Now, as disease and an unfamiliar environment ...

  • Aebris Rising

    Aebris is rising, and it's all Levi's fault.While fishing on the watery planet Minor Pales, Levi Hurley finds an alien who claims to be from the impossible island of Aebris. Rather than throw his odd catch back, he smuggles the creature onto the Ames...



  • The Widening Gyre

    From the ashes of common ancestors, can new societies forge a united path?When Abel, exiled from the Col'kasid, is discovered by a scout team from an unknown tribe, he finds himself embroiled in a struggle for peace. Together with Kaius, a New Emilia...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Benjamin X. Wretlind has published 20 books.

Benjamin X. Wretlind does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Widening Gyre, was published in April 2024.

The first book by Benjamin X. Wretlind, Regarding Dead Things on the Side of the Road, was published in April 2011.

Yes. Benjamin X. Wretlind has 1 series.
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