So you know how I said I would try looking up fanfic for the Will Darling series? Well… Let’s just say there’s not a lot out there. I had to do a lot of narrowing, because there’s crossover with other series by KJ Charles and sometimes Will and Kim hardly appear. If I whittled down to just their paring in their fandom, I ended up with about 250 fics. Most of those were tiny, often no more than a couple hundred words. So I cut further to only works over 5000 words and got… 21. Total. If I raise that to over 10k, it goes down to 7. Only one is above 25k, and not even the full length of a YA novel at 42k. Now, I’m going to read some of those 10k+ stories – or at least, I’m going to attempt to read them, see if they’re any good, etc – but I’m sad that so few fics exist in this world. It makes me realize just how spoiled I am with the Good Omens fandom. Both in breadth and in quality. Anyway, here’s what I read this month. It wasn’t a lot, because I was far too busy reading and rereading the Will Darling series!

First: feel the earthquake in the room by quitequaintrelle. This is a S3 fic based on the original discussions of a book sequel decades ago, and includes a Yeshua who makes finger guns at people and wears shirts featuring his own crucification with slogans like “he is rizzin” and “nailed it.” I love this fandom.

Second: Smooth Sailing by Mizmak. Fake marriage to try to get Az’s family off his back, set on a cruise. Over the week, the fake relationship turns into a real one. Quite a cute little story, and I’ve always adored cruise settings!

Third: The Magic in You by Mizmak. A believer and a skeptic are pushed into a (potentially) haunted house together under the promise of a big payment from an eccentric rich old man. When they’re stranded together, a lot of secrets come to life. As someone who loves occult-type stories, this was right up my alley!

Fourth: The One-Week Husband by MissUnderstoodLyrics. When Aziraphale makes up a husband to secure a position with a marriage magazine, he never thought he’d actually have to produce the man. But now, he does, and his best friend’s cousin steps in for the job. Crowley doesn’t do relationships and Aziraphale only needs a week of this stranger’s time… but it will surprise no one that things don’t turn out the way either expect. This was unexpectedly lovely not just for the relationship, but for the realities of job insecurity and terrible health care in the US, plus the struggles of wealth imbalance within a new relationship.