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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Completely unintentionally, Hob found he had opened a small outpost of his Temple to Dream of the Endless; students on their knees on the prickly blue carpet squares, while Dream reclined in front of them, being petted ceaselessly, receiving stories as offerings.
Hob's students absolutely love the cat that haunts his office.
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06 Oct 2026
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Humans cannot see Death at work.
But Hob can.
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04 Oct 2026
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or: Dream of the Endless Goes To Uni
When Hob spots Dream of the Endless in the front row of his survey course on 20th c. history, he could perhaps be forgiven for assuming it was out of curiosity, to study his new human boyfriend while Hob went about his weirdo human life, or maybe as part of some kinky student-teacher roleplay thing.
It's not like Dream was there to actually learn about the 20th century that he just so happened to miss while imprisoned, right?
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29 Sep 2026
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"Dream?"
The name falls off the man’s lips, hushed and breathless, and it stirs an answering feeling in Morpheus’ chest, something tugging deep behind the cage of his ribs, an incomprehensible yearning to be this man’s Dream.
"I fear you mistake me for another,” he says, at last.
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Or, retired Morpheus tries to navigate human life without the foundation of his memories, and a chance encounter is the catalyst he needs to find himself.
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25 Sep 2026
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After eighteen months of mutual pining (which they each believe is unrequited) Jud and Blanc find themselves snowed in at the Thrombey Mansion. Add in a treasure hunt, hallucinogens, and the return of old ghosts and who can say what truths will be uncovered?
A "They-Go-Upstate-and-Do-Drugs" Variation
And I can finally say that the smut starts in Chapter 13. Look, we've all started a slow burn and been like, "Yea...but how slow, yo?" Or is that just me?
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- Part 1 of The 'Back to the Old House' Verse
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14 Sep 2026