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The Greatest Act of Optimism by Acewithapaintbrush
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
30 Apr 2026
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The Eridian thrills a high sound that doesn’t get picked up by the translator which means that it has no clear meaning. Like when a human gasps or sucks in a deep breath. It actually sounds a little like that. When they notice that I’m staring straight at them they scramble back into their hiding spot and hold very still.
A child, I realize with a start.
That’s a child!
“Hey,” I call and the kid squeaks again. I was about to get to my feet but abort the movement and crawl closer on my hands and knees until I'm inches away from the xenonite wall. I wait and it takes me much too long to realize that they don’t have to peek around the corner to see if I’m still there.
“Hey there,” I try again, my voice low and calm. It’s my teacher voice, the one I use for shy and scared students.
Used.
The fact that I haven’t had to use it for years and it still comes to me automatically almost knocks the air out of my lungs but this is not about me, it’s about making sure the little pebble doesn’t die of fright from the scary alien. “Hi, I’m Grace. It’s alright, you don’t have to be scared.”
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How Grace finally gets back into a classroom, where he belongsSeries
- Part 1 of Teacher Grace's Extraordinary Curriculum
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25 May 2026
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Long ago and far away, the world fit in a neat little box.
John’s life was charmed (in his opinion, at least), with days of play by the stream or in the workshop, racing father’s sleighs in winter and flirting with pretty workers in the mill. It was fun. His older brother Yellow was the responsible one, anyway—John was, he’d learned early on, “unplanned,” and so wasn’t expected to do anything.
Well. He was expected not to do things. Not to get anyone pregnant, not to steal from the till or stores, not to make a laughingstock of father’s name in town or with traveling merchants. Easy. John was careful in bed, had a big enough allowance that he didn’t need to steal, and he both tipped well in town and made friends with merchants. People trusted Yellow to deal with the hard things, but people liked John, and that was even better.
Yes, indeed, life was charmed, sweet through and through like warm honey-cake. At least, until his father died.
Written for Lovely, Dark, and Deep: the Malevolent Fairy-Tale Zine. Apologies to everyone. This is very silly.
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13 Apr 2026
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John Lester. Arthur thought about him carrying that name around everywhere he went and grit his teeth like he was chewing sand. It was his own damned fault for telling John to pick whatever he wanted; he’d had plenty of opportunity to lay down ground rules, it wasn’t John’s fault Arthur had run out of other Lesters quite some time ago with no plans to bolster numbers.
Not that he’d been much more enthused to gift his name to Bella. Why couldn’t he seem to stop comparing the scrap of the King in Yellow he’d stolen to his dead wife?
(In which John and Arthur take up private investigating together once they find their way out of the Dreamlands and into separate bodies.)
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05 Jan 2026
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The Poetry Archive is a non-profit organization dedicated to archiving and expanding works of notable poets in history. Thanks to a sizable donation by Ivy Dowd the archive is proud to present our newest section on 20th century poet John Doe. Works include selected poems, new works, previously unseen interviews, photographs, and letters.
Any profits from physical editions will be donated the The Lester and Doe Foundation for the Arts.
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18 Dec 2025
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After Addison, Arthur and John didn't go to New York - they just went home, and set up shop in as PIs in Arkham. Now several months later, having completed work for a wealthy client, they find themselves invited to a fancy dinner party with New England's elite occultists. But among the rich and famous diners are two unexpected guests: "Andrew" Larson, Arthur's one time nemesis, and Peter Yang, back from the dead but not quite right. After an awkward dinner, and an introduction to a mysterious supernatural artifact, a corpse is discovered. It's up to Arthur and John to solve the murder and stop the artifact before it unleashes its eldritch magic on them all.
Or is it? Maybe instead, Arthur and Peter fool around in the back room and they miss the drama. Maybe Arthur and John can stop the murder entirely. In this Choose Your Own Adventure there are multiple endings and more than one way to make it to midnight.
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- Part 1 of What Was Left on the Mountain
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25 Nov 2025
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Life by Lost Ways by zuzeca
Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast), The King in Yellow - Robert W. Chambers, Cthulhu Mythos - H. P. Lovecraft
02 Oct 2025
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After the deaths of his wife and daughter, a heartbroken Arthur Lester forsakes Earth for an opportunity aboard an intergalactic space station, populated by strange species from every corner of the galaxy. He answers an ad for an apartment for rent, and learns his would-be roommate “John Doe” [Name: Untranslatable into Human Speech] is a member of an alien species to which humans have a violent—and often fatal—visual reaction.
Arthur, blinded following the accident which left him widowed, decides to give the arrangement a go.
Yet as friendship kindles and they grow closer, Arthur learns that John’s past, as full of secrets as John himself, harbors not only terrifying mysteries of old gods, but a growing threat. One which will force both John and Arthur to the edge of known space, and back to the shores of the Lake of Hali, to face a darkness which threatens all of Carcosa.
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03 Oct 2025
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Arthur & John have succeeded. They have their own separate human bodies, escaped the eldritch horrors, returned to New York, and even managed to admit to their feelings for one another. The worst is over. It should be. But, how are they supposed to behave as though those horrors never happened? And after all that time trying to find home-they never considered horror could be there too.
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- Part 3 of Freedom in the Flesh
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17 Sep 2025
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“I want you to scar me.”
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John has a close call on a job. Arthur overthinks things.
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- Part 2 of Let Me Wrap my Teeth Around the World
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10 Sep 2025
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Bilbo liked Erebor, he really did. Even if everyone seemed convinced he was going to leave.
In which soil causes international incidents, Thorin is over-dramatic, and dwarves are rubbish at keeping secrets. Oh, and they build a garden. Eventually.
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09 Jul 2025
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"Bilbo never bothers denying that he is a slight, little bit, probably infatuated with Thorin. It’s not something that bothers him. Really. He’s pretty sure that everyone very likely has a little flutter in their chest for the dwarf. He’s something grand and unattainable.
And it’s really much safer if it stays that way."
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- Part 1 of A Cultural Misunderstanding
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13 Jun 2025
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For the first time in years, Hinata Shoyo will give an exclusive interview to talk more about himself and his personal life, including what it's like to live in Brazil, about his routine and relationships. And when it comes to the romantic ones, Shoyo has been in a secret relationship for over five years, which only his closest friends and family know about.
Or; In which Shoyo traces his feelings from the past to the present through interviews and moments shared with his beloved ones, showing glimpses of his personal life where he is not only an athlete, but also an older brother, a son, a friend, and the someone better of his secret lover.
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29 Jun 2024
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A look at Hinata's birthdays through the years.
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28 Jun 2024
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May You Be Forgiven (pt 1) by Haydenn11
Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
27 Aug 2023
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I forgive you.
Satan, he was an idiot. How could he think his wasted heart would ever compare to Heaven asking Aziraphale back with open arms, as Supreme Archangel, no less? Crowley never stood a chance. It took every ounce of self-control he possessed not to dash across the street and into the celestial elevator with Azriaphale, principals be damned, or blessed? But, Crowley couldn’t go back. He wouldn’t. He had at least that much self-respect left. He’d never belong in Heaven; he could never be happy there. And neither could Aziraphale, but his stupid, stubborn angel never could reconcile that fact.___
After the events of episode six of GO2, Crowley must learn to live without Aziraphale and Aziraphale must navigate his new life as Supreme Archangel of Heaven.
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- Part 1 of May You Be Forgiven
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10 Aug 2023