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Fay Irwin (pen name)

@fantasyscience.bsky.social

640 followers 870 following 400 posts

Chemist by day, fantasy writer by night. My past includes stints as a legal secretary, martial arts instructor, and rock'n'roll clarinettist. Over 50 publications to date, but they're all in science journals. She/her

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · Aug 15

Currently querying The Ember and the Crown, an adult fantasy about a farmer-turned-mage who finds herself trying to save a prince, stop a war, and get out of an arranged marriage. All well dealing with unruly magic that keeps bringing objects to life.

Favourite trope: Not enough bedrolls

Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 17h

I'm only telling the truth!

Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 17h

Right? The worst.

Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 17h

The bats are just minding their own business! The people, however, are making a mess of things, as always.

Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 17h

Not at K-Pop Demon Hunters? This whole thing just had me.

Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 17h

I've read the first two chapters and am already (platonically) in love with Prom. And the other person, even though they scare me.

Kris Arden @karden.bsky.social · 21h

MURDERBOT x ARCANE x WWDITS
It sucks to be a pacifist vampire, but Prometheus can’t hide-and-hibernate forever. When they wake to find vampires threatened by humanity, Prom must face the bloodthirsty sister they once failed and decide whether to protect family or their culture
#DVPit #A #F #CF #LGBT

Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 17h

I'm too scared to read this, but @jenniferluce.bsky.social is such an amazing writer, everyone else should read it.

Jennifer Luce @jenniferluce.bsky.social · 22h

Cursed with a gumiho, Mina has spent centuries feasting on souls to become a god & now she's one away. But when she falls for her last target, she must face her demons & sever the curse before the gumiho consumes her from the inside out—or achieve godhood & become something monstrous
#DVPit #H #R #A

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 17h

A whole book about escaping a mansion? Yes please.

Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 17h

I've loved all your pitches for this book, but this might be my favourite. Yes to the themes!

Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 17h

This book is so sweet and snuggly.

E. O'Mara @eomara.bsky.social · 20h

From Peter Pan to Scrooge, it takes FOUR PLAYS for Nicole to build her confidence, convince her ex that community theater is good for their daughter, and land the leading man.
FOUR PLAYS is for lovers of cozy slow-burn romance and musical theater.
#DVPit #A #CR #WF

Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 17h

I'm sold. This sounds great.

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 17h

You should read this. Yes, you.

E. O'Mara @eomara.bsky.social · 22h

What if DARK MATTER was told from a woman’s perspective? And involved collaborative (self) body snatching?

OUR ELSEWHERE follows as widow Mara chases her husband through death, merging with multiple versions of herself in worlds increasingly different from her own.

#DVPit #A #F #WF #SpecFiction

Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 17h

Dying bats (sob), but still bats.

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 17h

*eyeball emoji*
I want to read.

Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 17h

Like Clash of the Titans, but better. Cool!

Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 17h

On an alternate Earth, two chemists must race against time, corporations, and cultists to prevent global famine. But their feelings for one another are as explosive as their experiments...

CHEMPORTAL is The Love Hypothesis x Project Hail Mary x Pride and Prejudice. With bats.

#DVPit #A #SF #R

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 19h

Same.

Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 19h

Dream big, right?

Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 19h

I love that the werewolf is a grocer. So cute.

Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 20h

Vampires = vices. Definitely. Sounds like so much fun (except really scare).

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 20h

I'm so intrigued.

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 20h

This is an amazing setup. Poor Avery.

Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 20h

This sounds so cool. And I want the trees to board a ship (can we have pirate trees, please?)

Katrin @nordlichtinla.bsky.social · 1d

STARLING HOUSE x CAST AWAY x GRADY HENDRIX

A woman left for dead on a deserted island finds an injured shipwreck survivor on a boat full of bodies and has to figure out who to trust as the sentient forest that has protected her starts attacking the newcomer.

#DVPit #H #A #MH

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 20h

#F #A / #YA #DVPit

Goals:
- Improve crop yields
- Breed chickens
- Marry someone (not a total jerk)

Revised goals:
- Eat all the food in the palace
- Stop accidentally bringing objects to life
- Get out of arranged marriage (to a total jerk)
- Stop the mage (who???) from controlling my mind

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K.A. Hela ✨ Prepping for edits...again✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 21h

Oh Hot Banshee with bones in your hair.....If only you have just one more...umm...bone.

Anna is querying gothic horror 💌 @annahirsch.bsky.social · 21h

When Ciarán hunts down his family’s banshee to learn who will die, he doesn’t expect to be seduced by her instead. As he follows a path of macabre desire, and the devastating bubonic plague turns one tragedy to many, Ciarán must choose between the living and the dead.

#DVPit #A #H #HF #JV #LGBT

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 22h

Thank you for noticing. I'm very proud of that.