Dear Summer of Horror Creator '24

Hey, thanks so much for making something, I'm sure I'll love whatever you come up with. I'm very easy to please and I don't really have many DNWs aside from those explicitly listed, so if it's not on the list assume I'm cool with it and feel free to get creative! I'm also down to receive fic of any rating from Gen to Explicit, shippy or non-shippy, so just go where the story takes you :)

Find me as timegoesby on AO3, I'm always open to treats (*￣3￣)╭

Some General Likes:

Angst | Character Studies | Fluff | Slice of Life | Found Family | Hurt/Comfort | Hurt No Comfort | Whump | Pining | Power Dynamics | Complicated Relationships | Misfits Coming Together | Canon-Divergent AUs (fix-it, make it worse, what-if, role swap, etc.) | Darkfic | Casefic | Mystery | Bickering/Banter | Enemies/Rivals to Lovers | Friends to Lovers | Lovers to Rivals | Good/Bad/Open Endings | Worldbuilding | Missing Scenes

Some Horror Likes:

Eldritch Horrors | Gore | Isolation | Existential Dread | Violence | DD;DNE | Supernatural Creatures | Unreliable Narrator | Body Horror | Delusions/Insanity | Religious Zealotry/Cults | Nature as Indifferent/Unforgiving | Magical Realism | Liminal Spaces

General DNWs:

1st or 2nd person POVs (unless it's epistolary) | Out-of-universe/Mundane AUs (unless stated otherwise)

Smut-related DNWs:

Daddy/Mommy Kink | Infantilisation | Piss/Scat/Vomit | Pregnancy | Underage (under 16)

Ghost Wax

Luca Eso & Owen Voncid, Luca Eso & Phillipa "Pip" James
Subgenres: Body Horror, Comedic Horror, Cosmic Horror, Folk Horror, Monster Horror, Paranormal Horror, Supernatural Horror

I usually like my horror played straight but this fandom is great for comedic horror too! I'm mainly after casefic featuring either (or both) of the two lovely pairs mentioned above, though a fic exploring their relationship dynamics while dealing with the horrible things that usually happen at their jobs is cool too! Since the creators have openly stated that the Ghost Wax universe is one where "everything is real", feel free to go wild with the kinds of horror/entities/situations they come across, the spookier the better haha. I would prefer something taking place pre-season 1 finale but if you want to try to tackle the aftermath of that be my guest!

Malevolent

John & Arthur Lester
Subgenres: Body Horror, Cosmic Horror, Folk Horror, Gothic Horror, Medical Horror, Monster Horror, Paranormal Horror, Psychological Horror, Religious Horror, Supernatural Horror, Survival Horror, Violent Horror

I would be thrilled with either shipfic or genfic for these two :)
I'm a big fan of the Cthulhu mythos so any inclusion of creatures from it, or original inventions following the spirit of the classic eldritch monstrosities, would be fun! Otherwise putting the two in a situation where their relationship is tested (again) would be great. I prefer the dynamic of John+Arthur in the same body and the usual difficulties that arise from it, but if John getting his own body is part of the horror of the situation that is more than welcome!

The Magnus Archives

Martin Blackwood & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
Subgenres: Body Horror, Cosmic Horror, Dark Fantasy, Folk Horror, Gothic Horror, Medical Horror, Monster Horror, Paranormal Horror, Psychological Horror, Religious Horror, Supernatural Horror, Survival Horror, Violent Horror

I would be thrilled with either shipfic or genfic for these two :)
I'm mainly looking for a casefic in the spirit an early episode, perhaps with Martin and Jon investigating one of their latest statements. I'd also be open to something set during the last season with the horrors of the ruined world, especially if it involves Jon using his beholding powers to horrific effects.

Mushishi

Solo: Ginko, Solo: Mushi Characters, Ginko & Mushi Characters
Subgenres: Body Horror, Cosmic Horror, Folk Horror, Medical Horror, Monster Horror, Paranormal Horror, Psychological Horror, Supernatural Horror, Survival Horror, Violent Horror

There is so much potential for horror with Mushi characters, feel free to go wild! My favourite type for this is the kind of horror that comes from knowing nature is strange, cold and unforgiving and will do things that we as humans may consider horrific but to a Mushi may just be as innate to it as breathing is to us, like the mushi that live inside pillows and literally make a person's dreams come true, both good and bad, or the one that traps its victims in a perpetual time loop. Ginko is usually an observer to these kinds of occurrences, but it would also be interesting to see what he would do if the Bad Things were happening to him and how he would overcome them (or even if he would).

SAYER

Solo: Any (SAYER) Solo: Worldbuilding (SAYER)
Subgenres: Body Horror, Cosmic Horror, Institutional Horror, Killer Horror, Medical Horror, Psychological Horror, Science Fiction Horror, Survival Horror, Violent Horror

Hell yeah evil Artifical Intelligence baby! This fandom is perfect for some scifi/medical/psychological horror shenanigans, especially given how willing SAYER is to literally use humans to achieve its goals. Also a fan of FUTURE's childish torture games and OCEAN's ruthless ambition and marked lack of care for the individual humans in its charge. Any sort of story set in this universe would be a delight!

Cthulhu Mythos

Solo: Any (Cthulu Mythos) Solo: Worldbuilding (Cthulu Mythos)
Subgenres: Body Horror, Cosmic Horror, Folk Horror, Gothic Horror, Monster Horror, Psychological Horror, Religious Horror, Supernatural Horror

Big fan of the mythos and its monsters, feel free to use one of the well-known ones or even make one up! Also feel free to take known characters from Lovecraft's (or related) works, make your own Original Character to subject to the horrors, or take your favourite fandom and just turn this into a Classic Cthulhu AU. I prefer the Classic Cthulhu setting (the 1920s time period specifically, New England region optional) but I'd also be happy with different time periods as long as the setting sticks to the theme of Normal People against Unknowable Outside Horrors.