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# JP Rindfleisch IX
JP Rindfleisch IX (he/they) is a US indie author of cozy queer fantasy and strange fiction, based in Illinois. Official website and shop: https://shop.jprindfleischix.com (9thBooks.com redirects here). Publisher: 9th Publishing & Associates. Represented by Elaine Spencer, The Knight Agency.
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## Henbane Hollow (cozy queer witchy suburban fantasy)
Setting: Henbane Hollow, a hidden magical neighborhood in Greenwych, Connecticut. Found family, witchcraft, werewolves, budding romance, and an HOA set on making everything cookie-cutter. Reading order: The Owlet Café (optional prequel), Mandrake Manor (Book 1), Belladonna Bed & Breakfast (Book 2).
The Owlet Café (prequel short story, 75 pages, shop exclusive, free ebook): Ragana wakes up in her own grave with no magic and opens a café in a town with terrible coffee.
Mandrake Manor (Book 1, 2023): Mat inherits a Victorian manor on one condition, he cannot live there alone, so his best friend Frankie and August (nonbinary) move in. JP's first solo novel. 2025 IPPY Silver Medal, LGBTQ+ Fiction. No on-page spice, fade to black. Kindle Unlimited. Audiobook: Tantor Media, narrated by Kirt Graves.
Belladonna Bed & Breakfast (Book 2, out February 28, 2027): August's dreamwalking goes wrong and a new B&B opens in town. Fades to black. Audiobook coming from Tantor Media. Signed preorders on the shop.
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## Tales of Valdaes (cozy queer fantasy, alchemy, MM romance)
Started as a standalone and grew into a series. The main series follows Rowan Mosswood.
Mosswood Apothecary (Book 1, 2025): botanical alchemist Rowan takes over a failing greenhouse in Frostfern Valley, with a shadow ferret and a carpenter named Jimson. Slow-burn MM romance, no on-page spice. Comps: Legends & Lattes, The House in the Cerulean Sea, Studio Ghibli. 2025 American Writing Awards Finalist. Audiobook: Simon Maverick, narrated by Kirt Graves. Illustrated special edition sold only on the shop.
The Alchemist Baker of Rosen (side story set two hundred years before Mosswood Apothecary, out December 8, 2026, in print, ebook, and audiobook): a refugee baker feeds his neighbors with forbidden magic. Sweet queer romance. Read before or after Mosswood.
A Mosswood Apothecary sequel is in progress and will also be on audio.
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## NRDS: National Recently Deceased Services (with Jeff Elkins)
Queer found-family paranormal workplace comedy about an underfunded government agency for ghosts in the rural Midwest. Season 1 (2023) and Season 2 (October 1, 2026). Kindle Unlimited.
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## Tamarack Coven (with Crista Rae)
Bone and Ward (Book 1, out April 15, 2027): a fire watch turns into an elk and lands at a magical queer commune. Cozy, steamy queer poly romance.
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## Other books
Story Hypothesis: The Missing Piece of Your Fiction Puzzle: a writing craft guide on theme. The Mnemosyne: a queer sci-fi short story, free ebook. JP also co-wrote the Leah Ackerman series, a dark paranormal academy series, with A.B. Cohen (Kindle Unlimited).
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## About JP
Three Story Method certified editor and Dialogue Doctor, co-host of Write Wrong Repeat, founder of Rockford Area Writers (80+ members). Streams writing sprints on Twitch as CheshirePope. Every print book on the shop ships signed. Ships internationally.
Reader FAQ: https://shop.jprindfleischix.com/pages/faq · Henbane Hollow: https://shop.jprindfleischix.com/pages/henbane-hollow · Tales of Valdaes: https://shop.jprindfleischix.com/pages/tales-of-valdaes · Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141502098