Multifandom Horror 2020

Thank you for writing or drawing for me! I’m within_a_dream on AO3 and I have a tag of previous letters on this journal if you want to take a look at some of my previous requests. I’ve requested both fic and art and both focusing on/not focusing on sexual content for all fandoms.

I'm so sorry this took so long! If you started working before I unlocked, I will still love anything you came up with.

Feel free to include any of the 4 archive warnings, and to have happy or bittersweet or ambiguous or unhappy endings!

DNWs

• Pregnancy, mpreg, oviposition


• Removal of genitals


• Insect or animal parasites (supernatural appendages with minds of their own and plants or mushrooms growing out of people are fine!)

General Likes

• Ghosts! Vanishing hitchhikers, staying overnight in a haunted house, and ghosts helping the characters solve their own murder are particular faves. I especially love skeptics being haunted.


• -Time loops, especially time loops that involve the POV character and/or their friends dying over and over until they can figure out how to break the loop


• Characters Coming Back Wrong from death, whether as evil or just as changed


• Using folklore or urban legends in horror premises


• Body horror, especially focused on characters feeling that their modified bodies are now alien to them


• Pretty much any type of gore


• Characters doubting their reality and unsure if the horror they’re experiencing is real or a hallucination

Art Likes

• Any art style or medium is great!


• Limited color palettes (especially all in greyscale except for blood colored red)


• Grotesque/inhuman characters or monsters


• Injuries: bruises, blood, broken bones, gore


• Clothing porn

Check out my Nonconathon and Smut for Smut letters if you would like to gift me something sexual and want more guidance!

Les Misérables - Victor Hugo

Ships

• Cosette Fauchelevent/Eponine Thenardier

Horror Tags

• Dark Fantasy: I would love any dark fantasy takes on these two, really. I am fond of blood magic, and if you want to do something explicit, blood magic crossing the line into bloodplay is very hot! I also really love darker fairy stories, whether you go with the traditional fantasy tropes about the Fae or something a bit more unorthodox. This ship seems like especially fertile ground for something to do with changelings – Cosette as the human child stolen by the Thenardiers, or Eponine as the unfortunate fairy left with the Thenardiers as Valjean steals Cosette away to Fairyland, and them meeting again at some point?


• Gothic Horror: Something with one of the two as an innocent (or not so innocent) governess sent to a sinister mansion could be very fun! I could see either the Thenardiers or Valjean as a Gothic villain. Or one of the characters as a ghost haunting the other! Or perhaps Cosette is set to marry Marius (or already has), only to find out that he has several dark secrets, including a wife locked in his attic...


• Paranormal Horror: My first thought here is Eponine haunting Cosette, but the two of them together being haunted by any other dead character from canon or an Original Ghost Character would also be very fun! Or perhaps Cosette being haunted by an entity that looks and acts like her mother, but turns out to be something malevolent. Cosette and Eponine as ghost-hunters or ghost-fighters in 19th century Paris would be great too!


• Psychological Horror: I would love to see Eponine pulling a Single White Female on Cosette, especially if you keep it set in 1830s France. Or an Eponine-lives AU where Cosette nurses Eponine back to health, but Eponine slowly realizes that Cosette is keeping her imprisoned. I am also very open to antagonists who aren’t part of the ship, I just don’t have any prompts for them! If you have other ideas please feel free to run with them


• Religious Horror: My first thought when seeing this subgenre was that given Cosette’s convent school upbringing and her general innocence in the book, it would be really fun to see her get possessed. Especially if you play with the possession bringing out her own darker desires (e.g. an "impure" attraction to Eponine?) Or perhaps Eponine and/or Cosette as badass demon hunters (especially if you keep the fanwork canon-era!)

A Charm of Magpies series – K. J. Charles

Ships

• Lucien Vaudrey/Stephen Day


• Jonah Pastern/Ben Spenser


• Ned Hall/Crispin Tredarloe

Horror Tags

• Dark Fantasy: Honestly, just a gift that goes with canon-typical magic would be perfect here. I love the horror potential of warlocks and stripping practitioners for their power, and would love to see a gift where one of my requested ships has to deal with this (maybe someone kidnapping Stephen or perhaps Jonah or Crispin to harness their magic?) Or just more fighting magical monsters and warlocks post-canon!


• Folk Horror: I would so love to see any of my ships coming across a strange town post-canon and finding themselves facing down a cult. For general premises, I could see Lucien and Stephen ending up somewhere on their post-canon vacation, or Ned and Crispin having to investigate something and getting in over their heads. Or perhaps an AU where the town Jonah and Ben settle in during Jackdaw is much more sinister...I would really love to see how the classic folk horror tropes would mesh with magical protagonists, and what kind of groups might arise in the Charm of Magpies world. Maybe an isolated village unaware of the larger magical community, possibly sacrificing outsiders or doing blood or bone magic?


• Killer Horror: So we’ve already got a taste of some of the ships tracking down murderers, but I would love to see any of them caught in a cat-and-mouse game with a magical killer. I would especially love if the killer has some new and/or unusual form of magic, I loved the unusual practitioners we saw in the series. The magical characters having to interact with non-magical law enforcement is also very fun! And I am always a fan of a climax involving one of the protagonists being kidnapped by the killer.


• Monster Horror: I really just want to see what kind of magical monster/s my requested ships could end up fighting! The fight at the climax of Rag and Bone was so much fun, and I would love any of my ships tracking down and fighting another monster. Drawing from folklore would be especially fun, especially something Stephen and Lucien could come across while abroad.


• Paranormal Horror: Ghosts!! Given the appearance of Crane’s brother and the warlock from Rag and Bone, there’s precedent for ghosts in canon, and I would love to see a fanwork that runs with that (or like, art of Crane’s headless brother is very welcome, I love a good creepy ghost). Perhaps Crane and Stephen stay in what turns out to be a haunted house post-canon, or a curse is awoken in London or the Cornish countryside. I love paranormal horror that gets into the lore behind the ghost, who they used to be and what’s keeping them from passing on and/or what’s making them attack the protagonist.

Green Men series – K. J. Charles

Ships

• Randolph Glyde/Saul Lazenby


• Hugh Barnaby/Max Isaacs

Horror Tags

• Body Horror: This is an obvious choice for Barnie and Max. I would love all manners of fanworks about them, from the initial acquisition of the tentacles (and feel free to go medical horror here), to how it feels to use them, to the struggle to keep them under control during nightmares or when they get mad, to art of what the tentacles actually look like. And for Randolph and Saul, if you’ve read The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal, we see that magic in this universe sometimes comes along with body modifications, and I’d love to see either or both of them finding themselves needing to undergo a...change to further their work. Saul is connected to Camlet Moat, perhaps that connection starts to change him in unexpected ways. Or maybe there’s another ritual that Glyde has to undergo to uphold his position, with even worse effects than the scars the last one left him with


• Dark Fantasy: The book really falls into this category already, and I would love more along the magic and fight scenes we see in canon! I love the folkloric aspects of the book, and would love to see more along those lines. Feel free to pick your favorite extant folklore, or just make something up!


• Folk Horror: This is another one that’s pretty much canon. I’d love to see either ship face down another group meddling with dark forces, or coming across a sinister town during the course of an investigation or just accidentally. Or maybe one of them is targeted as a potent human sacrifice!


• Killer Horror: I would so love to see either ship tracking down a serial killer, perhaps someone sacrificing people for magical purposes or using magic to do the killing. I am always a fan of a climax involving one of the protagonists being kidnapped by the killer. Them having to interact with mundane law enforcement and/or the government would also be delightful – perhaps one of them falls under suspicion for the murders, or the killer is intentionally framing them.


• Paranormal Horror: Ghosts!! I love everything related to ghosts, so really you can’t go wrong here. I love paranormal horror that gets into the lore behind the ghost, who they used to be and what’s keeping them from passing on and/or what’s making them attack the protagonist. One of the characters getting possessed would also be really fun. And with the book having cases of previously-mythical "paranormal" events coming to life since the destruction of the veil, one thought I had was the character having to face down the return of Spring-Heeled Jack (this could overlap with Killer Horror). I’m also fond of hitchhiking ghosts – perhaps one of them picks up a ghost who ends up following them home and making their life hell.

Lilywhite Boys Series – K. J. Charles

Ships

• Templeton Lane/Susan Lazarus


• Jerry Crozier/Alexander "Alec" Pyne-ffoulkes


• Jerry Crozier & Templeton Lane

Horror Tags

• Folk Horror: I have no specific prompts for this one, I just love the genre and would love to see any of my ships face down a cult or a sinister isolated city or what have you. Alec’s family home is so isolated, you could perhaps utilize that. The one train in and out could be a great asset to a horror story. Or an investigation takes Susan to a small village with something to hide? Or a jewel heist goes sideways. Just put the characters somewhere creepy and get weird with it and I will love it!


• Gothic Horror: So it was Alec’s backstory that made me request this – isolated manor, mysterious deaths, killers on the loose...it just screams for a gothic horror take. You’re welcome to add some ghosts or other creepy elements if you would like! And if you’d prefer something not covered by canon, I could totally see Susan going undercover as a governess somewhere (perhaps after the previous one mysteriously disappeared) and finding herself in the midst of a horror story. Or anywhere else you would like to go with this genre!


• Killer Horror: Listen I just really love characters being pitted against killers. Perhaps someone from the Lilywhite Boys’ past comes back to haunt them, killing off people involved in the criminal underworld, and they have to investigate to avoid being killed themselves. Or maybe Susan finds herself on the trail of a killer. I am always a fan of a climax involving one of the protagonists being kidnapped by the killer!


• Paranormal Horror: Ghosts!! Perhaps Crozier or Lane steal some jewelry that turns out to be haunted. I’d love to see one of them putting on a piece of jewelry, or giving it to their respective love interests, and through that getting possessed by a ghost. I’d also love to see Susan come across a ghost during an investigation. Or for Alec, his backstory and the plot of Any Old Diamonds lends itself very well to some vengeful ghosts (perhaps the deaths at the end are caused by paranormal activity rather than Alec’s dad? Perhaps Alec coming back to his home awakens some spirits?)

Sins of the Cities Series - K. J. Charles

I enjoy all three of the canon couples so feel free to bring the other two into gifts for this fandom if you’d like!

Ships

• Justin Lazarus/Nathaniel Roy

Horror Tags

• Killer Horror: We already see these two facing down murderers in canon, but I’d love to see more in this genre! With Nathaniel being a reporter and Justin being an enquiry agent, there are plenty of opportunities for them to come across a serial killer. I’d love to see them having to investigate a killer that the police aren’t taking seriously. I am always a fan of a climax involving one of the protagonists being kidnapped by the killer.


• Paranormal Horror: I would love to see Justin, after a whole life faking paranormal phenomena, come face-to-face with an actual ghost. Or alternatively, Justin has always been able to see ghosts – perhaps he engineers his seances to keep real spirits as far away as possible, or perhaps on occasion ghosts actually show up. If you go for actually-psychic Justin, I love paranormal powers that take a lot out of the people who have them, and would love to see channeling/talking to spirits causing Justin physical pain. In addition, you know the sex game where Justin pretends to be possessed? I would so love for either of them to actually get possessed by a ghost and rape the other. In addition to or instead of any of this, I would love to see an evil spirit masquerading as Tony, or a twisted-by-death-or-paranormal-forces-or-something Actual Tony menacing Nathaniel.

Overlord (2018)

In addition to my prompts below, feel free to just give me more of the type of horror we see in canon. It was very much my thing and I’d love to see more fighting Nazis and/or zombies, and/or the body horror we got in canon!

Ships

• Chloe Laurent & Paul Laurent


• Edward Boyce/Jacob Rosenfeld


• Edward Boyce/Jacob Rosenfeld/Lyle Tibbett


• Solo: Chloe Laurent


• Solo: Edward Boyce

Horror Tags

• Body Horror: If you want to just go with "more of canon", I would be thrilled! I love the weird serum effects and horrible experiments we see in canon, and would love any fanworks expanding on them. For something outside of what canon already covers, I’d love to see more of Chloe interacting with her aunt, or perhaps post-canon Jacob discovers that his brief time imprisoned has left him with some...unusual side effects.


• Folk Horror: My first thought here was a genre swap, with a more folk horror take on the town and on the Nazis’ goals. The creeping horror of the soldiers realizing something is wrong here, more wrong than a typical occupation, would suit folk horror very well, I think. I’d love to see Wafner wanting any of my requested characters as a sacrifice, and perhaps a dark god (real or imagined) that the Nazis are trying to awaken.


• Monster Horror: I requested this thinking of the zombies, so more combat like in the movie would be great! But characters running across other monsters is also very welcome. Perhaps post-war when Boyce returns home, there is a loup-garou lurking in the bayous, or they end up fighting another monster on the battlefields before the war ends. I’d also love to see Chloe fighting any sort of monsters you’d like to throw at her, in an AU or as part of something pre-canon (listen, shallowly, Chloe wielding a flamethrower was very hot and I would like more along those lines)


• Paranormal Horror: I am requesting this for basically every fandom because I just love ghosts so much! It would be fun if the Nazis were trying to harness ghosts instead of making a superserum – you could use the crypt to great effect here, I think, and I would love to see ghosts from all eras attacking any of my requested characters/ships. Being haunted by the ghosts of characters who die in canon would also be super fun – perhaps one of the soldiers kept a memento from Ford or Chase, and their tortured spirit is attached to it? Or Wafner follows them out of the village, which could be absolutely terrifying.


• Violent Horror: I’m mostly requesting this because I loved the violence in canon and would love to see more of it! I would be especially into any of the characters losing a limb (and possibly adjusting to that after the war ends, although that’s getting out of the horror genre a bit). Broken bones (especially compound fractures) are also super great! But honestly go wild and I will love it!