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Rix Flix Short Stories Books in Order

Part ofJ Jackson Bentley Books in Order

See the Rix Flix Short Stories by J Jackson Bentley in order, with quick summaries, series background, and where these Orlando capers begin.

Last updated: July 10, 2026

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Rix Flix Short Stories books in publication order

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The Hufflepuff Heist

by J Jackson Bentley

2022

Rick and Nikki get pulled into another fast-moving Orlando mystery when a theft turns fan fun into real danger. It keeps the RixFlix mix of jokes, pop culture energy, and sudden suspense moving at a sprint.

2

Zero Days Without Incident

by J Jackson Bentley

2022

Rick and Nikki are theme park vloggers until a move into true crime puts them in a serial killer's sights. In Orlando, the people doing the chasing suddenly become the hunted.

Rix Flix Short Stories books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Zero Days Without Incident"

    Zero Days Without Incident

    by J Jackson Bentley

    2022Rix Flix Short Stories, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Hufflepuff Heist"

    The Hufflepuff Heist

    by J Jackson Bentley

    2022Rix Flix Short Stories, Book 2

Series background & context

This part of Bentley's catalogue starts with Rick and Nikki, a pair of Florida vloggers who are much better prepared for theme parks, road trips, and camera angles than they are for real danger. That is the basic charm of the Rix Flix stories. The leads are not trained investigators. They are enthusiastic creators who keep stumbling into situations that would be safer if they simply turned the camera off and went home.

Of course, they do not.

Zero Days Without Incident lays down the formula. Rick and Nikki are making content around Orlando's parks, then drift into true crime and suddenly find themselves in a serial killer's sights. The danger is real, but the tone stays lighter than Bentley's London or Dubai thrillers. There is room for jokes, park references, couple energy, and the kind of low-stakes chatter that makes the high-stakes turns hit a little harder.

The Hufflepuff Heist keeps that same spirit alive. This side of the Rix Flix setup leans into fandom, playful mystery, and the idea that a day built around fun can spin into trouble very quickly. The stories know exactly how much mileage they can get out of Florida heat, queue culture, themed spaces, and the gap between internet confidence and genuine peril.

These books are short, fast, and easy to dip into. They are thriller stories, but they do not take themselves too seriously all the time, and that is part of the point. Rick and Nikki feel like people who wandered in from a different sort of book and then had to learn, very fast, that murder plots do not care about your upload schedule.

If you want Bentley in a brisker, more playful mode, this is a good place to look. The stories work best if you enjoy Florida settings, pop culture nods, and ordinary people getting in far deeper than they intended.

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Richard Reis

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Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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