Writing Masterpost
The Magnus Archives
One-shots
“Sunk cost fallacy” Word count: 1,602 CW: Internalized aphobia Summary: Jonathan Sims tells Martin he is asexual, unsure where the admission will lead.
Multichapter Fics
“It has to be you” Word count: 44,733 Chapter 20/? Summary: Jon is acting really strange, mentioning names Martin doesn't recognize, looking for something he never describes. And the way he looks at Martin gets to him, like he's more than just the incompetent employee who Jon didn't even initially want there. When Jon asks Martin for help, Martin has no idea why, but he's certainly not going to refuse.
“The Eye of the Storm" Word count: 5,351 Chapter 3/? Summary: Jonah Magnus is a young and directionless man with an interest in the esoteric and macabre. When his closest friend Barnabas Bennett introduces him to Sir Robert Smirke, he starts to develop allies and enemies, as he drifts towards an alluring new purpose.
The Mechanisms
One-shots (in a series?)
"The Hanged Man Rusts (and it's a shame)” Word count: 1,896 CW: Blood, death, implied religious trauma/abuse Summary: By the gallows in a damned metal wasteland, on a hill most people care to avoid, Galahad speaks to the hanged man who never responds. He thinks this man is quite beautiful, and when the hanged man finally opens his eyes and speaks to him too, he cannot forget those eyes. Even if they're leading him to his final fate.
Dungeons & Daddies
One-shots
“The love wolf and his pack” Word count: 1,882 CW: Mutual co-dependency, feeling out of place, loneliness Summary: Father had lost a son that day. Lark had lost a father. And Sparrow, desperately clawing at the remains, had managed to lose neither of them. Because Sparrow aspired to be a love wolf, and he would under no circumstances allow his pack to fall apart on his watch.
“Broken” Word count: 3,801 CW: Strong internalized aphobia, feeling broken, mutual co-dependency, Lark and Sparrow arguing, unresolved tensions Summary: In which Sparrow experiences aroace feelings and is fairly certain it’s just yet another thing that’s wrong with him.
"Necessities" Word count: 1,451 CW: Strong internalized aphobia, feeling broken, unresolved tensions Summary: When Sparrow tells his father he has found a girlfriend, Henry seems incredibly happy and proud. When Sparrow kisses Rebecca, she doesn’t seem to notice that Sparrow isn’t fully feeling it. Sparrow needs to keep it up, because he likes taking part in such a normal form of happiness, even if he can’t seem to get it right.
"Diversity win!" Word count: 2,747 CW: Strong internalized aphobia, feeling broken, sex mention Summary: During an interrogation, Sparrow has a surprisingly insightful conversation with an FBI agent about his romantic and sexual orientation.
"Something unlasting" Pairing(s): Nick/Lark, Cassandra/Nick Word count: 1,960 CW: Implied sex but not mentioned or described, unresolved tensions, unhappy ending Summary: There’s something between Lark and Nick they both refuse to name.
"Excerpts from the journals of the Oak family - Part 1: Hildy Russet" Word count: 2,183 CW: Horror elements, deterioating mind, death, eldritch/lovecraftian horror things, unhappy cryptic ending Summary: Excerpts from the journal of Hildy Russet of the San Dimas Defender.
