{"id":7142,"date":"2021-12-14T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/?p=7142"},"modified":"2023-07-07T07:42:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T13:42:46","slug":"whats-not-to-love-about-a-literary-smorgasbord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/14\/whats-not-to-love-about-a-literary-smorgasbord\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s not to love about a literary sm\u00f6rg\u00e5sbord?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;text-align: center;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Email\",\"Print\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"big\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"bxwretlind\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"What%27s%20not%20to%20love%20about%20a%20literary%20sm%C3%B6rg%C3%A5sbord%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today marks the release of a true literary sm\u00f6rg\u00e5sbord of short stories, novellas and bad poetry. I&#8217;m talking about my collection <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3XI0yx1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Regarding Dead Things on the Side of the Road<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those who have been with me on this writer&#8217;s journey for a long time, you may be wondering why this is news. Last year, between writing <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46EKZdt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Out of Due Season<\/a><\/em> and its sequel, I decided to return to this collection, dust it off and make some minor changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3XI0yx1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Regarding Dead Things on the Side of the Road<\/a><\/em> is a journey, and in all our journeys, we trip, we scrape our knees, we bleed. I ask you to bleed with me. Who knows? I might return later with a second volume. There is enough stuff laying about to make it so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3XI0yx1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dead_things_ad.jpg\" alt=\"Regarding Dead Things on the Side of the Road covers\" class=\"wp-image-6331 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dead_things_ad.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dead_things_ad-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dead_things_ad-768x595.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p id=\"a-buffet-of-tales-to-ease-all-your-dark-and-twisted-cravings-benjamin-x-wretlind-is-known-for-writing-outside-the-box-whatever-that-box-happens-to-be-in-this-collection-of-fourteen-short-stories-two-novellas-and-some-bad-poetry-his-talent-for-the-bizarre-the-horrific-and-even-the-soft-and-quiet-is-put-on-display-for-you-to-analyze\"><strong>\u201cA Buffet of tales to ease all your dark and twisted cravings\u201d<\/strong><br><br>Benjamin X. Wretlind is known for writing outside the box, whatever that box happens to be. In this collection of fourteen short stories, two novellas, and some bad poetry, his talent for the bizarre, the horrific, and even the soft and quiet is put on display for you to analyze.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Covering ground from 1991 until 2021, each story is forwarded by Benjamin\u2019s own short take on why or how it was written. From the opening story exploring the psyche of one of mythology&#8217;s oft-vilified characters to a bizarre journey into the mind of a man who believes the walls are talking to the almost autobiographical story of a man looking for the horizon,&nbsp;<em>Regarding Dead Things on the Side of the Road<\/em>&nbsp;will keep you entertained if not thinking deeply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re looking for a literary sm\u00f6rg\u00e5sbord, this collection is right for you. This is not thematic, rather the journey of a writer from humble beginnings to the humble present. 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