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Fandoms: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - Harlan Ellison
02 Oct 2025
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Incredulous, Ted’s mouth was agape; he stared at the cavernous ceiling, tracing the grime and the patterns on its rusted surface. Ted had never imagined he could find himself in this situation. Ever again. Feeling that way. He had no idea what to do. His body itched, begged him to take action.
Set somewhere during the first months after the main five are captured.
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They were sitting on bean bags on the balcony, sharing a cigarette. It was Curly’s flat; the views were pretty decent. Especially considering the city they were in. Jimmy’s hand rested on his stomach as he stared at the sunset. Curly watched him. Jimmy’s eyes were gentle. His hair looked soft and clean. Not greasy, not damaged due to shitty shampoo. Jimmy’s hair looked just right.
‘I forget, how long will this one last?,’ asked Jimmy, turning to look at his friend. Curly ran his tongue over the lower surface of his upper teeth. Jimmy’s gaze turned curious at Curly’s doubtful expression.
‘Twelve months and a half,’ Curly muttered after a few seconds.
Jimmy threw his head back with a groan. Curly gave him a worried look, which he hid from his friend as he sat up again.
‘Hey, it’s not the longest we’ve been out there,’ Curly stated, passing him the cigarette.
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Curly and Jimmy’s last night on Earth is spent at Curly’s flat.
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Michael had shown him pictures. Taken haphazardly with his phone while he was guarding the place. Pictures of his old friend turned half-animatronic half-corpse. They had been something, Henry thought. He didn’t feel bad for the man, he really didn't. It was what he deserved.
So when he saw William, he wasn’t surprised.
Sure, he hadn’t expected the thing to appear behind him out of nowhere and call his name. His heart was beating dangerously fast. His breath quickened.
But when he saw what had become of his old friend, he simply furrowed his brow.
‘Why are you here?,’ William asked.
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William and Henry meet again, but William looks different this time.
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‘This is your idea of a good time, Dave?’
The purple corpse’s eyes were shining. It was hard to believe no blood was being pumped into them. They were dewy, shinier than the stars above. Not that the bar was too high in that regard. Jack looked up. The stars were barely there: light pollution was the unsurprising ruler of the sky in Vegas. But his eyes reflected the Vegas lights. And it was ridiculous. He was dead. His eyes definitely should not be shiny.
Dave had a smile on his face. He watched a drunk couple stumble and fall as they walked down a nearby miasmic alley. The purple former employee chuckled. A black trash bag served as a cushion, and they laughed. Dave took a sip of his drink, still smiling.
‘Is this my idea of a good time, you ask? Of course, old sport.’ Dave’s heavily accented voice brought Jack back from his musings about light pollution and eyeballs. ‘What else could you want?’
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Dave and Jack have a chat on a rooftop in Las Vegas. -
how’s the wife? by nowayback
Fandoms: Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery Series - Anthony Horowitz
10 Sep 2024
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‘Why not me?’
The wind made it hard for them to hear each other. Hawthorne leaned towards Anthony.
‘What?’
‘You treat everyone like they’re your friend. You…you answer their questions. But me, the person who’s meant to write about you, I get nothing. I can’t work with ‘nothing’, Hawthorne, and you know that. So why not me?’
‘Look, I can barely hear you, mate. Say, what if we talk about this later?’
Anthony placed a hand on his shoulder and got close to the detective’s ear. Until there were mere centimetres between them.
‘You can hear me perfectly well.’
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Both Hawthorne and Anthony mess up, big time. This was a little something I wrote while reading the last couple books in the series (I read those in like two days and this is the product of that quick obsession). It’s a pretty scuffed piece of work, unfinished and basically a draft. But who cares. Enjoy!!
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"You blasted fool," he thought bitterly. Why did you have to come back? Why didn’t you just go to your daughter and live a happy life with all the money you won?"
Due to a twist on the last tower, Gi-hun survives the fall. The speaker still announces the disqualification of Player 456, though.
When In-ho enters the arena to say his final goodbye, he notices that Gi-hun is still breathing. After hearing Gi-hun’s final words, he no longer cares about the Games. The only thing that matters now is saving him and that’s exactly what he does.
A few weeks later, Gi-hun wakes up in a hospital with no memory. He can't even remember his own name. Once his condition improves and most of his injuries are healed, he gets released and In-ho secretly starts to follow him. Until one day, Gi-hun recognizes him. Not as the Frontman, but as Young-il, the kind man he once promised a bottle of soju to, after being saved. And In-ho decides to go along with it… and slowly begins to build a relationship with him.
But what will happen when Gi-hun starts to remember who Young-il really is?
What will the VIPs do when they realize more than one disqualified player survived?
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