Happy Halloween! I wanted to update my horror fic rec list from last year with some shiny new additions! There's some stuff that was posted after I made last year's list and some older fics that I missed out on.
All of these fics are complete and have no/very light shipping. Iāve only linked 1 fic per author so this list doesnāt get bloated, but all of these wonderful authors have other fics just waiting for you to read them ā¤ Some definitely freaked me out more than others, but Iām not gonna give any particular ratings since āscaryā is so subjective. All fics are properly tagged and you know your own limits better than I do.
Also feel free to add on your own recs!
If you see an āN/Aā instead of a Tumblr UN that means there wasnāt one linked in either the ficsā notes or authorās bio. If you know the author or are the author yourself feel free to let me know so I can edit the post :] And now in no particular order I present:
The Immeasurable Dark: @tinkertoysdamn I always love a good House of Leaves inspired story! If youāve read HoL is you know whatās up. If not expect a fucked-up house and impossibly large spaces, funky text formatting and footnotes, maybe a minotaur.
a pilgrimage: @tooomuchtofu Divine Tree arc bad ending. Told from the PoV of an unnamed worshiper on their first visit to āthe capitalā aka an overgrown Seasoning City. Uses second person pov wonderfully to build the dread.
And Who Is Killing Me?: @sammikovland Koyama beats the shit outta Mob a little harder than in canon, hospitalizing him and delaying the 7th Division rescue arc by [TIME NOT FOUND]. The Awakening Lab kids are so minor I tend to forget they even exist, but oh my god does this author make you care about them! This fic is written with great suddenly swapping PoVs that keep you feeling off kilter without making you lose track of the story. Itās the longest fic on this list by far but 100% worth every second of it. A real gut punch.
Adoration: (N/A) The Divine Tree takes a particular interest in Reigen. I donāt think Iāve ever seen anyone properly touch on how creepy the Psycho Helm constructs themselves are like this fic has. God, those things freak me out so much. Features āshippingā in the sense of a sentient broccoli becoming fixated on a guy. Keep in mind that the Psycho Helms look like Mob if you think thatāll squick you out, but for me personally it added to the horror.
Similarities: (N/A) Reigen receives a fucked up email. Ends on the sillier side, but BOY is that email fucked up!
The Water Ran Clean: @agentlove A Mogami-mentors-Mob AU and a damn fine one at that. Love the sort of fragmented style itās written in, and the exploration of Mogamiās fucked up moral code is great. Thereās some Choice viscerally described imagery here šš Features a drawing of Mob covered in blood just in case that freaks you out; but worry, itās not his :]
An Outlier Among a Sea of Common Denominators: @hebezunet A rewrite of the early Divine Tree arc that asks the question weāve all been too scared to consider: What if the brainwashing was like cordyceps? In particular I want to highlight the opening scene where after eating the broccoli powder cookies Teru has to physically rip florets out of his body to resist being brainwashed. Very gnarly stuff.
Prison Surveillance: (N/A) Touichirou was a very bad boss so Hatori pulls a The Ring to torment him in Psychic Supermax Prison. Was written pre-season 3 so Hatori doesnāt work for the government.
Stairs: (N/A) Reigen and Mob have a job in the woods. There are some stairs. Inspired by an r/nosleep story which the author links to if youād like to check that out as well.
Fight, Flight, or Fraud: @cowardlybean So everyoneās got a really specific supernatural fear, right? Something that could absolutely never happen in real life but when you see it in media it freaks you the fuck out? Mine is someone I know being killed and replaced by an evil doppelganger and Iām the only one who knows. Iāve not seen anything since The Magnus Archives thatās properly captured that fear like this fic, which is some of the highest praise I can bestow.
In Quicksand: @ghoststrawberries Reigen catches a nasty cold and by that I mean he gets possessed. Very fun the way Reigenās train of thought and feeling shifts around as the evil spirit tries to influence him while heās unconsciously resisting it. The scene where the gang realizes Reigenās been possessed is a real āOOOOOH, SHIT!!!ā moment, but I wonāt spoil ;D
Playing Human: (N/A) Espers and psychic powers might not be real but spirits are. Poor baby Mob is a ghost possessing his own dead body. Features Dimple as the bad guy.
Perfect System: @teruthecreator Another what if the broccoli won fic but from Shou's PoV. After a month of Ritsu ignoring his texts Shou decides to go see what's up. Things are going poorly.
[Minegishi-Centric] Backlash: (N/A) Some good plant body horror that's not broccoli based lol.
it's not that bad, really: (N/A) Reigen succumbing to the Divine Tree's brainwashing. The slow slide of his PoV becoming more and more distorted is very well paced.
Out of sight: (N/A) Mob is walking home from school and gets the urge to go to the commercial district for some reason? And he gets the feeling someone should be calling him around now even though that's never happened?? Eh, it's probably nothing. Just ignore the totally featureless building and it'll probably go away.
Mithridatism: If I may be so self-indulgent to list one of my own fics here :3 Absorbing evil spirits while still alive was actively killing Mogami and I wanted to dig into that! Features āHEY, DONāT EAT THAT!!ā style of body horror.
thinking about the moth psycho 100 AU and remembered that we have Mogami taking full control of Reigenās body when Reigen sleeps (Jekyll and Hyde moment for them) so he can go and like, consume spirits to get stronger and thought that I should draw that :)
Also thinking about what if Mogami doesnāt leave fully after that part in the World Domination Arc and since Reigen can see him now after Mob kicked Mogami out of Reigenās head, Reigen calls on him to help him when heās about to go confront Suzuki (i just donāt want Mogami to leave š„ŗ /silly)
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