Hey! I’m JP Rindfleisch IX, curator of things Dark, Strange, and Queer.

I am the author of the 2023 American Writing Awards Finalist in LGBTQ Fiction, Mandrake Manor, which is a LGBT Cozy Suburban Fantasy.

I also have a Paranormal Humor and Queer Romance, cowritten with the wonderful Jeff Elkins called, NRDS: National Recently Deceased Services. Think Brooklyn 99 meets Ghostbusters.

If you are looking for an Urban Fantasy series, I have the first in a huge Dark Urban Fantasy story world co-written with the amazing A.B. Cohen called Dark Pawn.

AND if you are a writer and looking for some nonfiction, check out Story Hypothesis, which is my take on how to use character wants and needs to construct a resonating theme for your stories.

For nearly 300 years, descendants of the Mandrake family have kept the community of Henbane Hollow hidden from the mundane world.

Now, Mathias Mandrake has inherited the family manor with no clue about his family’s past.

He and his two friends must navigate a new world of magical beings, hellbent HOA board members, and budding relationships while they are tested as the new guardians.

Can they juggle it all, or will they risk the world discovering Henbane Hollow so they can live a normal life?

Mandrake Manor, a 2023 American Writing Awards finalist for LGBTQ Fiction, is a LGBT Cozy Suburban Fantasy full of magic, love, and mayhem.