gremlininthemachine
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Object: cardboard shoe box, pilfered from Crystal's overflowing wardrobe; location: the London office, on top of their desk; box contents: several labeled cassette tapes enclosed in plastic cases, along with a handwritten note in perfect script; note contents: "Dead Boy Detective Agency - Recorded explanation for my unannounced absence is enclosed. Sincerely yours, Edwin Payne" | Or, the fic where Edwin no longer wants to exist and seeks to make that reality. Inspired by Thirteen Reasons Why, knowledge of series canon not required.
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- Part 1 of the case of the black spout
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your hangman hands have got me cold by gremlininthemachine
Fandoms: 9-1-1: Lone Star (TV 2020)
31 Jan 2023
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At this rate, Carlos's hair was going to turn entirely gray by the time he reached thirty. // Writing prompt: "Please calm down, you're going to make yourself sick."
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- Part 7 of 100 x 100 Drabble Challenge
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in the hearts of men / in the arms of mothers by gremlininthemachine
Fandoms: 9-1-1: Lone Star (TV 2020)
30 Jan 2023
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Once the initial shock of Carlos's secret wore off, TK began to worry about what it meant for his interactions with Carlos's family. Good thing Andrea was there to set him straight.
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- Part 6 of 100 x 100 Drabble Challenge
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better men have hit their knees & bigger men have died by gremlininthemachine
Fandoms: 9-1-1: Lone Star (TV 2020)
29 Jan 2023
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When TK and Carlos hosted another celebration of their engagement so more of their friends and family could attend this time, they didn't expect Gabriel and Judd to get into a pissing match when they stepped out to pick up the food.
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- Part 5 of 100 x 100 Drabble Challenge
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running down to the riptide; taken away by the dark side by gremlininthemachine
Fandoms: 9-1-1: Lone Star (TV 2020)
28 Jan 2023
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Of all the answers Carlos was expecting when he asked the question, it wasn't exactly this. // Writing prompt: "Hey TK, how did you end up with a fish tank anyway?" Oneshot, exactly 3k words.
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- Part 4 of 100 x 100 Drabble Challenge
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Dennis collapses. Robby panics. Their secret doesn't survive either event.
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"I can survive being your secret," Robby says quietly. "But I need to be the name they call."
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05 Jul 2026
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It’s funny, almost. Jud had done everything right. Everything he could. Stood against Wicks and his wickedness. Tried to protect his flock. Believed in the best in everyone, in all of them, when they gave him every reason to doubt. Helped the detective and helped the chief and laid bare every part of himself that he wanted to hide away, to keep safe in the dark. Helped find a killer, and another killer, and forgave them both. Forgave everything.
Did everything right. Did everything he was supposed to, and more. Everything he possibly could have. And he still lost it, the thing that meant the world to him, despite all that.
It shouldn’t surprise him, though. He knows better than anyone that God has a sense of humor.
Or: A slight divergence from the movie’s ending in which Jud does everything right, and still loses everything. Almost.
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03 Jul 2026
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The Devil Won't Know Of The Love I Just Couldn't Let Go by podcast_official
Fandoms: Knives Out (Movies)
05 Jul 2026
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During the closure of Our Lady, Jud is spiraling. Blanc, as usual, comes to his rescue.
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03 Jul 2026
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There hasn't been an omega in the Lightwood family for generations, and Alec is intent on making sure that nobody finds out that he's the first. Then he meets Magnus Bane, who turns his world upside down.
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01 Jul 2026
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Every warlock has a soulmate. 98% of the time it’s another warlock, but sometimes it’s a mundane, a seelie, or even a Shadowhunter. Until their name appears on the warlock’s chest (and their corresponding soulmate’s), there’s no way to know.
Enter Alec Lightwood, who wakes up at fourteen with a warlock’s name on his chest. Horrified at what it means, he keeps it hidden. But five years later, Magnus Bane is captured by a team of Shadowhunters, and it’s only a matter of time before someone sees Alec’s name on his chest.
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29 Jun 2026