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Following in his grandmother's footsteps, Jon Sims is a potion-maker who uses his magic to support the people of his hometown, Fairside. One evening, a sudden downpour causes Martin Blackwood, the courier who delivers Jon's supplies back and forth, to knock on his door for assistance.
That first simple, cordial encounter gradually develops into something like friendship, maybe even something more. But making a new friend isn't the only trial Jon finds himself up against - something strange is brewing in Fairside, and if a solution isn't found, the outcome could be disastrous.
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05 Aug 2026
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Martin finds them eventually, tapered white wax, twenty or thirty of them beside a box of ancient (but dry) matches, and a little brass dish with a slot that just about fits the base of the candle. He feels like Scrooge, fitting the whole thing together, tucking a few more into his pocket before striking a match -
Which immediately goes out.
“Oh, fuck you,” Martin says into the murk.
Again -
And again, the fire vanishes. Quick and efficient as a breath. He shivers in the sudden cold.
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Martin Blackwood inherits an old country house, but there are more inhabitants than he first realises. When eventually the paranormal occurrences become too frequent and dangerous for him to ignore, he has to turn to a group of misfit ghost hunters for help.
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- Part 1 of paranormal activity
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24 Jul 2026
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Jonathan Sims is a first time English professor at a lower tier university in London who absolutely hates poetry. Unfortunately, he has been put in charge of a poetry class. Despite his reluctance, he vows to make this the most comprehensive poetry class he can. His students will EARN their grades, and he will accept nothing less than perfect form! Half rhymes get half marks!
Martin Blackwood is a former employee of a tea shop who adores poetry. After spending several years working part time jobs to support himself and his ailing mother, he has managed to scrap together enough funds and a high school equivalency diploma so that he can take some courses and get a job where he won't have to be on his feet all day. Delighted to have room in his schedule for one elective, he naturally pursues a poetry class. Unfortunately, his new professor hates the subject. And he seems to hate Martin, too.
Then Tim decides to get the whole class to write increasingly sappy love poetry about their professor to hand in as assignments for a prank and despite refusing to take part, somehow this still makes things worse for Martin specifically.
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24 Jul 2026
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Love and Nonsense at Leitner Press by The_KickIt_Domain
Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)
11 Dec 2021
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Jonathan Sims enjoys his work as an editor for Leitner Press, even if it does put him in touch with a rotating cast of bizarre occult and esoteric authors (bug-enthusiast Jane Prentiss and flagship author and recluse Jonah Magnus to name a couple).
Then one day, his publisher and mentor Gertrude Robinson disappears without a trace and is replaced by her boneheaded son, Michael. To make matters worse, Jon has been assigned a new assistant (who he absolutely does NOT need, thank you very much), Martin Blackwood.
Martin has a couple secrets up his sleeve:
1) His very undistinguished secret career
2) His all-consuming crush on his new bossSeries
- Part 1 of Love and Nonsense AU
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24 Jul 2026
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Unable Are the Loved to Die (and darling you'll live forever) by BoschWannabe
Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)
14 Mar 2022
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The voice that spoke up was deep and smooth, mouth shaping around the words with sharp edges and a taciturn disposition that Martin had never heard before. It seems that the Archivist and his Temple were to forever keep Martin on his toes when it came to expectations.
“Listen, I understand that you’re here to fulfill some great duty to your city by sacrificing yourself to me, but I really don’t have the time. Let’s just rain check it this time and we can start it up again in the next two years when I don’t have very important business to handle.” Still the Archivist had not looked up at Martin.
Martin’s eyes rose in disbelief, brow already furrowing. There was no way he heard that right, right? “Excuse me?”
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Martin was supposed to be the biennial sacrifice to the Archivist this year. But it seems that the Archivist has a different idea.
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24 Jul 2026