I.O. Scheffer
My goal as a writer is to create stories that resonate with people who often feel unseen, left out, and misunderstood.
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I strive to write realistic, rootable characters and compelling plotlines that make readers examine not only the story in front of them but the lens through which they read it.
Welcome to my website!
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I hope you feel as much joy reading and consuming my works (much like a goat eats drywall) as I did writing them (much like a worker putting up drywall)!
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Thanks for stopping by,
I.O. Scheffer
I.O. Scheffer's Available Works
Horror & Suspense
The YA Fantasy Series
Fearghus Academy:
October Jewels
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Anna Addison's life in London, 1864, is drab and miserable. It takes meeting an intimidating young woman, Nichole Harvey, to change everything. After a terrible first impression, Nichole teaches Anna that she has magic flowing through her veins. Agreeing to leave Earth to enter a fantastical place known as Domhan, Anna treats this move as a fresh start, giving herself a new name and attending the esteemed “Fearghus Academy”.
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As she gains an education and makes friends, everything seems wonderful, until tragedy strikes.
With one friend dead, the dangers of attending Fearghus Academy become clear. Going to a school that aims to train kids with “high potential” to be skilled fighters is risky enough as it is, but that risk skyrockets when Anna catches the attention of criminals who thrive on the destruction and mutilation of others.
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Can Anna survive the danger she finds herself in with the knowledge she's learned in class, or will she fall victim like so many others to this enigmatic force?
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Genre: YA Fantasy / Adventure / LGBTQ+
BOOK 2 IS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON (& other stores)
Fearghus Academy:
Crystal Shards
The year is 1865. Artesia (Anna) Addison has completed one semester at the best school in Domhan, Fearghus Academy. Now her magic class is harder, and the missions are more demanding. With her friendships growing stronger and her heart opening up, she feels that she can finally call this world her own.
Eilam Deforest is an important member of Artesia’s team, and his life is quickly unfolding. An encounter with a demon haunts him long after the mission ends, his criminal parents escape from prison, then an underclassman goes missing soon after.
When frightening circumstances make it so that Eilam vanishes from their lives, Artesia’s group must figure out how to work with a familiar but less friendly face: Evelyn Smith. This happens as the search-and-rescue for their ex-dead classmate kicks into gear. Everyone must fight with all that they have, together and on their own. Losing means much worse than a bad grade.
Alptraum Engel won’t go easy on them.
BOOK 3 IS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON
Fearghus Academy:
Precarious Gems
Domhan, 1865
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After a summer of processing some personal revelations, the sixteen-year-old "fire user," Artesia Addison, returns to Fearghus Academy where she sees all her friends she hasn't seen over the summer. She wasn't the only one who took time to explore herself - Eilam Deforest has a new set of friends and his secrets seem to be stacking.
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The new school year introduces a fresh set of challenges, including the opportunity to compete in a global magic tournament that takes place in another city, where the top eight schools from around the world send select students to fight for the glory of first place.
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Artesia and her school-assigned group make it into the tournament. While in this new city, Guiscard, Artesia meets a girl from another academy and the two hit it off. But feelings of guilt brought on by Artesia's Earthly upbringing make this new social territory confusing. Even frightening. As she's trying to work through her conflicting emotions, she has to fight increasingly dangerous battles.
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No matter how busy she and her friends get with the tournament, the city's criminal underworld takes no breaks. The criminal mastermind Alptraum Engel has disruptive plans for the tournament, for Fearghus Academy, and for Artesia.