The Magnus Archives Fic Recs

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Some notes: A large percentage of these contain at least one of ao3's archive warnings, and many of those contain more than one (it occurred to me 80% of the way through making this that maybe I should add warning tags, but I'm impatient and don't want to fiddle with formatting anymore at the moment, so this is it for now). I'll add to this list as I continue to read in the fandom. Lastly, I think all of these are great, but my extra-favorites are marked with an ✵ 

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And so on and so forth by Ruler_of_Nope_Island.
Martin Blackwood & various other characters, 700 words.
   Martin gets on with it.


✵ Ave Imperatrix, morituri te salutant by Aesolucian.
Gertrude Robinson & Elias Bouchard, Gertrude Robinson & original characters, 7k words.

   Two of Gertrude's assistants are dead, there's a new Head of Institute, and everything has become so much more complicated.


The Hand That Feeds You by Aesolucian.
Statement fic (ambiguous entity), 1k words.
   Statement of Victoria Tran regarding a cat owned by her friend Tia Whitehead, given October 3, 2001.


Hitchhiker by thingswithteeth.
Statement fic (The Corruption), 3k words.
   Here’s some advice for free: never take a job offer from someone who finds you crying into the blueberry muffin you bought with the last of your pocket change at a just-off-campus café.


Imperfect Specimen by PartiallyStars_MostlyVoid.
Statement fic (The Web), 3k words.
   Statement of Llewellyn Morgan. Regarding the donation of an unusual specimen jar to the Magnus Institute, originally resident in the archival basement of Shropshire County Natural History Museum. Recording by Kat Vandemeer, Assistant Archivist to the Usher Foundation. Statement begins.


✵ Loudmouth by PartiallyStars_MostlyVoid.
Statement fic (The Flesh), 3k words.
   Statement of Ulla Ness, regarding a peculiar transformation. Original statement given March 14th, 1999. Audio recording by Christopher Peake, in an… unprofessional capacity.


may you find your rest where no eyes may see you slumber by gayprophets.
Adelard Dekker & Gertrude Robinson, 500 words.

   It’s not as shocking as it could be - really, it takes much more than death to surprise Gertrude these days. Still, she has to sit in silence for a moment, processing. 

   Adelard Dekker is dead.


Meltdown by Louffox.
Statement fic (The Corruption), 3k words.
   Statement of Marie Fuchs, regarding an agricultural disease testing locker meltdown. Statement taken six June, two thousand and six. Statement recorded by Martin Blackwood, Archival Assistant. Statement begins.


Wreckage by Ruler_of_Nope_Island.
Martin Blackwood & Basira Hussain, background Basira/Daisy, 1k words.

   Basira and Martin clear out some of their friends' flats.



 

 

F/F

don't go there, we know you love a nightmare by phonemicengineer.
Agnes Montague/Gertrude Robinson, Agnes Montague/Jude Perry, 6k words.

   Gertrude has been remade in a thousand small ways until sometimes her own body is alien to her. She would be resentful if she didn’t also know that she’d do it all again to stop the Lightless Flame.

   or

   Two not-quite humans try to be human together. This is not a love story.


Ever Lead You Back by cuttooth.
Alice "Daisy" Tonner/Basira Hussain, 3.6k words.

   Her mum taught her that sailors used the stars for navigation, out at sea. They could never get lost, because the stars would always lead them where they needed to be, steady and changeless. Daisy could use some direction these days. For all these years the Hunt, the thrill of the chase, the pulse in her ears, that was the star she followed. Her true north wherever it led her. Now she doesn’t even recognize the constellations anymore.

   She’s not a detective, and she’s not a hunter. She’s not sure she’s anything.

   Daisy finds her way.

Give Me Your Answer, Do by Zai42.
Alice "Daisy" Tonner/Helen, 1k words.

   Before the world ends, the Distortion makes a friend or enemy or ally.


Hyena by Ruler_of_Nope_Island.
Alice "Daisy" Tonner/Georgie Barker, 2k words.
   Georgie finds the local hunter very interesting.


Moritat by thatyourefuse.
Gertrude Robinson/Mary Keay, 3k words.
   Case number 0131227. Gertrude Robinson, concerning some details of her relationship with Mary Keay, beginning in late 1964.
   Statement recorded directly to tape, 27th of December, 2013.


✵ Rut by Ruler_of_Nope_Island.
Alice "Daisy" Tonner/Julia Montauk, 2k words.
   Two hunters go into rut.

✵ you can live in my body if the world is unjust by elephantastic.
Alice "Daisy" Tonner/Basira Hussain, 5k words.

   Some days, it seems like all she got back from the Buried is a Daisy-shaped hole, but tonight, in their bed, warm from the blankets and Basira's body heat, mouth still sweet with mango, projecting heady intent with every move, Daisy feels solid enough to have her own gravitational pull.

   Basira pitches into it head first.

M/M

✵ (series) The Bee Movie, but every time they say the word 'bee' someone becomes a living hive by sugarboat.
Elias Bouchard/Jon Sims, Martin Blackwood/Jon Sims, 8k words spread across two fics (So Hey, Let's Be(e) Friends! and Keep me so Unwell). 

M/F

At the Seams by pendrecarc.
Not!Sasha/Tim Stoker, 3k words.
   Statement of Tim Stoker regarding a one-night stand with his coworker.