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In 1919, telegraph operator Stede Bonnet returns from the Great War with no memory and no voice, unable to recall what happened to break his mind. On his first night at home, he sees the translucent image of a man he knows is Ed in the mirror, except that this Ed comes from 1719.
Just as Stede knows that he's lost his Ed, this Ed has lost his Stede, and neither of them knows why. Reaching out across these broken lines of connection over two centuries, they'll work together to remember the endings of their stories, and to find what they've lost.
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20 Jun 2026
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Lois is a good mom. No, scratch that, a great mom. There just might be one small area that she's lacking in, and she's got a plan to fix it. After all, how hard can it be?
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13 Jun 2026
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A Journey Unknown by Acewithapaintbrush
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
21 May 2026
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“What is a ‘field trip’?”
The unexpected question makes me stop in my tracks. I stumble over my own two feet and almost bite my own tongue which is a new low, even for me. If I keep going like this I am never going to beat the clumsy human allegations. At least Rocky is not here. If he’d witnessed my latest embarrassing blunder he would have found ways to tease me about it for a week straight. It’s unfortunate that my class has to see me like this but they are a lot more forgiving and understanding of their ungraceful teacher than my best friend. A fact I like to hold over his head from time to time.
Not that he cares. He maintains that he’s earned the right to mock me as much as he likes after having to watch me stumble and fall repeatedly over the same threshold for four years.
And maybe he’s not wrong.
Don’t ever tell him I said that.
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There is no way Grace can take the pebbles on a field trip. At least not without help.
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- Part 2 of Teacher Grace's Extraordinary Curriculum
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12 Jun 2026
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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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12 Jun 2026
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While Clark is going through eight months of hell, life at home carries on.
A companion piece to Ghosts of Lubania, exploring events from Lois’ perspective.
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- Part 2 of Lubania
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11 Jun 2026
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Five years after becoming Superman, Clark is de-powered, knocked from the sky, and subjected to the worst that humanity has to offer. Nineteen years later, a peace summit forces him to confront the man and the place that nearly broke him.
A Superman & Lois take on Lubania and its aftermath.
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- Part 1 of Lubania
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10 Jun 2026
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It's Clark and Lois' first date, and Clark wants everything to be perfect. So of course, it goes catastrophically wrong.
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09 Jun 2026
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Kyle Cushing has never liked Clark Kent. It’s going to take most of a lifetime to change his mind.
Brief glimpses of Clark and Kyle's unusual relationship over the years.
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09 Jun 2026
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Clark flew away from their date night three hours ago. But there's nothing to worry about, right? He's Superman.
Lois is about to find out just how wrong she is.
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09 Jun 2026
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The Smallville High Class of 2025 by scribblethecalico
Fandoms: Superman & Lois (TV 2021)
24 May 2025
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It’s time for Jonathan and Jordan’s high school graduation! There’s just the matter of the commencement address… and who better than Superman himself to give it?
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09 Jun 2026
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As Clark’s powers steadily weaken through the years, he discovers a unique joy of humanity – pollen allergies.
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09 Jun 2026
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Clark invites Lois to his apartment during a terrible thunderstorm.
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09 Jun 2026
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Young Clark's heat vision kicks in, and it terrifies him.
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09 Jun 2026
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Lois learns Clark's ultimate secret, and struggles in the aftermath.
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09 Jun 2026
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"Move faster," Jack spits, and Holland can hear his partner's teeth grinding together right next to his ear.
"I'm sorry," Holland snaps back. "I wasn't planning on having to haul your fat ass out of here when I thought of this particular escape route." Part of Holland is aware you shouldn’t say shit like that to someone who’s just been shot, to a business associate who currently has a waterfall of blood running down where your sides are pressed together, to a friend who you had been thinking about kissing out of sheer relief mere seconds ago, but look, there his mouth goes, once again.
Healy looks even more pained than before. "You're callin' me fat? Really, now, of all possible times?" He sounds more amused than offended though, and Holland is definitely putting a pin that. He’s going to remember this and they’re going to come back to this conversation, booze and blood and explosives be damned.
(or, Healy almost dies on a case gone bad and March worries about him in the messiest way possible)
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- Part 1 of The Double Down
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31 May 2026
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March had his palm read once, years back, by a hack psychic in a gaudy tent at some old timey carnival Holly had begged to go to. She'd taken one look at his craggy hands – two fingers bandaged at the time - and told him, in no uncertain terms, that if he didn't slow down, boy, he was gonna hurt himself. He tipped her very badly.
Suffice to say, he did not often have the appearance of a man in control of his own destiny.
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30 May 2026
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A few weeks after starting the Nice Guys agency March gets drunk, Healy gets a strange inkling, and Holly watches The Parent Trap.
Not for the first time, Jackson wonders why he agreed to this partnership. But there’s something he can’t quite put his finger on, something about the soft, hapless, helpless way March loves his daughter and knows what a screwup he is, that makes something funny happen inside Jackson’s chest. He hasn’t eaten yet today but it feels almost like his stomach is twisting, like he’s about to do something stupid and completely out of his own control even though Jackson Healy has always prided himself on how well he keeps himself under control.
Not food poisoning, Jackson thinks. March poisoning.
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28 May 2026
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my friends are up in mountains (and im drowning in lakes) by Shadowstorm66
Fandoms: Mission: Impossible (Movies)
07 Jul 2025
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It's easy, he tried to tell himself. There's nothing to it. Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid.
But he was. He was and he had always been. And now, with the bubbles swirling around him, pockets of air straight from his lungs, Ethan understood that it had all come to this moment. All the teasing and jokes and the pitying looks and the raised eyebrows. Feet in the water, feeling the flood rush toward him. Take the step, go into oblivion. So cold. Slippery sandtileporcelain, nothing to grab him when he fell.
I am afraid. I am afraid I am going to die. I am afraid I'm going to drown.
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17 May 2026
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“Why don’t you send him a letter?” says Goose.
Maverick stares at him. “Why would I do that?”
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Lo and behold, Maverick and Iceman still don’t have their shit together.
Goose's distress knows no bounds.
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- Part 2 of no fear, just faith
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13 May 2026
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Maverick and Iceman stare at each other a lot. Goose despairs.
Or; Goose is the best wingman.
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- Part 1 of no fear, just faith
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13 May 2026