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fiction for the boldly curious.

J.P. Hostetler

As the subtitle suggests, this is a place for the boldly, insatiably, and endlessly curious to keep their minds brimming with possibilities.
The Sky Belongs to the Dreamers was the first book I ever 1) finished and 2) published. It's dear to me. At only 2,000 words and illustrated, it's a children's fable about a caterpillar who finds herself hopelessly trapped in a spider's web.
Around Curiosity's Edge is a young adult fantasy series I started while living in Germany in 2018. At its core, this story is about leaving the comfort zone, and finding out that, once you do, the world beyond what you know isn't as scary as it may seem.
Currently I'm hard at work on several new projects including an adult speculative fantasy book set in modern Los Angeles, a gothic romance time-trave tale set across different periods history in Aachen, Germany, and a biotech thriller set in and around a cloud laboratory.
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Listing some of the upcoming in-person events I'll be doing below:
Meet the Author Night @ Strasburg-Heisler Library: April 24, 2025 | 6:45pm EST
Book Signing @ Lancaster Troll Market: Date TBD
Book Signing @ Barnes & Noble: Date TBD
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