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please let the devil in by GracefulLeopard, PolynomialPandemic
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
15 Jun 2026
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It's too late for the running humans, though. Phoenix can catch up easily, finally breaking through the rubble into the small opening.
Except. It would have to leave Nightwing.
For a moment it hesitates–it really wants to chase, to play, today has been so boring. But. Nightwing. Ally. Needs its help.
It goes to the same opening the humans went through and peers inside.
Nightwing manages a ‘Hello,’ but just barely. The not-cryptid sounds tired. Wheezy. Not good. Underneath the disguise, Nightwing is just a person, and people die so easily.
It would know.
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Phoenix rescues a bird. Dick realizes just how much Phoenix knows about the Bats. There are hair pets.Series
- Part 2 of came back cryptid
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come out feeling like hope by GracefulLeopard, PolynomialPandemic
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics)
13 Jun 2026
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Dick fucking Grayson sure has a way of derailing all of Jason’s plans, that’s for sure.
He was expecting to find something different. An exhausted Nightwing leading city repair and rescue efforts, clearly overworked. A stressed and worried older brother, concerned about his little brother’s injuries from the big bad Red Hood. Even something related to Jason being the Red Hood, whether it was pissed or confused or whatever. Not–
Not this. Not a bundled up lump of man with unwashed hair and empty eyes lying on the bed in a messy hotel room, talking about having seen Jason before (despite Jason knowing he hasn’t) and implying that Jason is going to take him to die.
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Red Hood comes looking for Nightwing. Jason Todd doesn't like what he finds.
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Tripod Grace by GracefulLeopard, PolynomialPandemic
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types
04 Jun 2026
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Grace pushes himself back from the micro-scope, a movement he has done many many times before without any problems. This time, though, his clumsiness makes him fall back.
Generally, Grace is okay at catching himself. Most of the time he tries to pretend he didn’t trip, or simply yells “I’m fine!” after he straightens up.
Grace doesn’t catch himself. He falls, and his body hits the ground, and Rocky hears horrible, terrible snaps.
Grace’s body is not supposed to make those noises. They are breaking noises.
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On the way to Erid, Grace takes a tumble and breaks something. Rocky has a bad time.
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[Podfic] I Learned To Drown Young by GLeoPods (GracefulLeopard), PPan Pods (PolynomialPandemic)
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
25 May 2026
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“I’m kinda fucked either way, if the pit's wearing off.”
No. No, he’s not, because Dick refuses to let him go.
“I’ll kill Ra’s Al Ghul myself if I need to,” Dick says, and means it with every fiber of his being, “I’m not letting you die again.”
Jason watches him carefully, like Dick is a porcelain vase about to topple. “The Pit didn’t revive me,” he says slowly. “You know that. I won’t die if it wears off.”
“You’re just going to take this?” He demands, pushing himself fully upright and staring Jason down, disbelief warring with his fury. ”You, Jason fucking Todd, are going to lie down and let yourself fade away? Just like that?”
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The effects of the Lazarus Pit are wearing off.
Jason didn't want any of the Bats to know he was deteriorating, especially not Dick. But now that he does, nothing can stop Dick from trying to heal his brother.Except, maybe Jason is saving Dick as much as Dick is saving Jason.
Podfic of I Learned To Drown Young
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[Podfic] turn the lights off by GLeoPods (GracefulLeopard), PPan Pods (PolynomialPandemic)
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
14 May 2026
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One of Bruce’s many cars pulls up, and Jason waves goodbye to the secretary, opens the door and sits, starting to ask, “So, why’d you pull me out, A?”
For a few seconds, there isn’t a response. Then, an unfamiliar voice replies; “To give you the opportunity of saving his life.”
Jason’s already reaching for the doorhandle, ready to open the door and–
“If you run, Alfred Pennyworth will die.”
That stops him in his tracks. Slowly, Jason turns his head to look at the driver.
“Buckle your seatbelt, Robin,” the Red Hood says.
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Tim Drake died a hero, one whose shoes Jason can't possibly fill.
Unrelatedly, the Red Hood is in town. He's got a robin to steal, two bats to kill, and luckily, a lot of time to spend with his kidnappee.
[reverse robins]
Podfic of turn the lights off by GracefulLeopard, PolynomialPandemic.
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- Part 6 of turn the lights off
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came back cryptid by GracefulLeopard, PolynomialPandemic
Fandom Batman - All Media Types
15 Jun 2026
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turn the lights off by GLeoPods (GracefulLeopard), GracefulLeopard, PolynomialPandemic, PPan Pods (PolynomialPandemic)
Fandom Batman - All Media Types
14 May 2026
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Red Hood Tim and Jaybin!
fics are placed in the series chronologically (but may not have been posted that way)
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A World Without Sunlight (Hope) by GracefulLeopard, PolynomialPandemic
Fandom Batman - All Media Types
12 Apr 2026
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Weapons–people trained from a young age to act as a tool wielded by an organization–are not uncommon in the criminal underworld. A good Weapon is strong, obedient, and efficient. A great Weapon is reliable, smart, and loyal.
The Demon, Ghost, Hooded Jay and Shrike are all good Weapons. But together, they're great ones.
(Together, they're also brothers.)
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An AU where Jason and Damian bond in the League, which alters Jason's Red Hood priorities once he returns to Gotham :)
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June/July 2021 Stardust Telephone by eosofthedawn, Falstarin, GracefulLeopard, grimfey (renardroi), HorribleTimes_MiserablePleasures, MinMinh, spice_ghouls, telephonestardust
Fandom Dream SMP, Minecraft (Video Game)
10 Aug 2021
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These stories were written as part of the telephone writing game on the Chasing Stardust server. Essentially, playing a game of telephone, but with writing prompts! Each person came up with a prompt and it got passed on down the line, with everyone only being able to see the section of story directly before theirs. The result is a series of stories with continuity breaks and surrealist / absurdist elements.
Coauthors on works are the prompt writers for the fic. They may or may not have contributed to the work itself (some prompt writers may choose to write wrap-up snippets), but are listed as the only coauthor so that we don't need all of the participants as coauthors.
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Fal (Falstarin), Took (foolofatook001), Leo (GracefulLeopard), Stickers, Errol (HorribleTimes_MiserablePleasures), Whoop, Moon (Moonscar), Vee (pointvee), Hawk (Feliadox), Kakti (FlowerFox), Syares (syares), Ozzie (octopus_defence), Ketty (PolynomialPandemic), Cat (HappyCatTail), Exe (Xeamon_exe), Lumi (Liminalumi), Cookies (free_cookiesx), Crow (Alecellent), Bee (AHumbleBumbleBitch), Kat (RandomeProjectedKat), Bread (Blanksandwich), Space (Koolady), Gal (Gal_Writes_shit), Grim (grimfey), Ties (MinMinh), Fenn, and Tet- Words:
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The Layer That Holds You by cloudberryyy
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026), Sesame Street (US TV)
25 Mar 2026
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When porcupinesarentreal said, "In a universe where Grace goes back to earth, he would absolutely kill it on Sesame Street."
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Back on Earth, Ryland Grace discovers that surviving the impossible does not automatically tell you what to do with the life you got back.
Then Sesame Street invites him on to explain buoyancy to Elmo, Big Bird, and Cookie Monster.
What starts as a simple science segment turns into something gentler and stranger: a lesson about floating, about being held up, and about the quiet ways a person can begin to find their place again.
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17 Jun 2026
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“It’ll be all right,” Nie Mingjue murmured to Nie Huaisang, who was curled in his arms, shaking and terrified. "It’ll be all right. We’ll manage, somehow.”
He didn’t believe a word he said, of course. How could everything be all right?
Their father was dead. Murdered – Wen Ruohan had put him down like a rabid dog, wringing his neck and tossing him aside. He’d then announced that Nie Mingjue and Nie Huaisang, now orphans, would be brought back to the Nightless City and taken into the Wen sect to be his wards, to be appropriately reeducated and brought up well. Brought up properly.
Nie Mingjue didn’t know what to expect when they arrived. He didn’t think it would be anything good.
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17 Jun 2026
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The good news is that Lan Jingyi has found a mentor, friend, and constant companion through the difficulties in life.
The bad news is that that’s because he’s been accidentally possessed by the Yiling Patriarch.
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15 Jun 2026
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Covered in Bees by ScarlettStorm
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
22 Oct 2020
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“Cloud Reccesses Apiary,” says a toneless, deep masculine voice, with zero question in it. Wei Ying doesn’t care, because whoever possesses that voice is probably going to come save him from bees like a fucking hero while wearing like, a suit of armor. That’s what you wear to catch bees, right?
“I have like, so many bees outside my front door right now,” he says, mouth running out ahead of him before he can even begin to think about reining it in. “It’s like a sandstorm of bees out there. There are so many bees. I got out of my car and there were just bees and I don’t want these bees. Do you want these bees? Please tell me you will come get these bees. I can’t leave my house and I have enough food for maybe a week but then I’m gonna have to learn how to cook dry beans and no one wants that, especially not me.” Wei Ying runs out of air, takes a breath, and belatedly adds, “My name is Wei Ying. Hi.”
Or: The beekeeping AU that no one asked for.
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12 Jun 2026
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Ave Maria by nopaintjustpain
Fandom Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
30 May 2026
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I lived with this hunger long before the Hail Mary. This is nothing new. I’m fine.
Right up until Rocky asks another question.
“When last time you touch other human person skin, question?”
Oh. Oh no. “When I… a few days after I first woke up here.”
Rocky starts to relax for a split second, but then tightens when something occurs to him.
“Grace crewmates dead when you wake up. You said this, statement. You not even know your own name, remember nothing, see dead bodies, confirm?”
I nod, because if I open my mouth I will gag.
“When last time Grace touch ALIVE human person, question.”
I swallow thickly. I don’t answer aloud because I know Rocky can hear the hitch in my breath. My stomach churns with fresh bile. He senses my vital signs tick over into stress patterns and goes very, very still again.
“Grace. When last time, question.”
I clench my jaw so hard my temples ache, and beg him with my eyes to just stop.
“Grace. Please say not when… when Evil Stratt humans put you to sleep.”
I can taste grass.
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AKA: Grace starves for more than just food on the journey to Erid.
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11 Jun 2026