Good Omens Fan Fic Recommendations
July 4, 2026: Fan Fics Set in the United States
This July marks 250 years since the United States adopted its Declaration of Independence. The anniversary is called a semiquincentennial. Most people, if they are aware of it at all, say something like “America250” or “250th Anniversary” because, really?
The celebrations (if you want to call them that) aren’t anything like those of the bicentennial party held all across the country 50 years ago. I’m old enough to remember what that was like, and this is not that. Too bad.
Don’t get me wrong, there were plenty of problems in the 1970s, but at least the idea of “one nation, with liberty and justice for all” seemed, if not a reality, at least an aspiration. But I digress…
In recognition of the USA’s annual independence day celebration, I thought I would do a roundup of a few favorite Good Omens fan fics set in the United States. In some of them, Aziraphale and Crowley are Brits, in some they are US Americans, and in one of them they’re Brits and also femme who just happen to be in, of all places, Michigan.
These stories have all become favorites of mine (even the one that just posted and the one that isn’t even finished).
I’m putting them in reverse chronological order this time, newest stories first.
(Inland) Sea of Love by scullyphile @brenna
Published: July 2026, 14,200 words, 2/2 chapters
Author Summary: Aziraphale has been following the current all her life, going wherever it takes her. It's how she ended up in West Michigan instead of London. It's why she married the first man who saw her. One summer she joins a book club and learns what she's been missing. Crowley, the enchanting nomad who makes her laugh.
My Take: I was the beta on this story, and it was a pleasure to watch it evolve into a lovely, complex exploration of friendship and love. If the story didn’t open with a loving scene between Aziraphale and Crowley, it might be disheartening to know Aziraphale had been married to Jim when A & C first met. But because we have been given our reassurance upfront, we can sit back and happily watch the tale unfold. This is a fun story. The characters are all delightful, and there are no villains here. Set on the shores of Lake Michigan, this one is perfect for a summer afternoon.
Summers at Northwoods by Bohoteacher @bohoteacher
Published: July 2026, WIP, currently 1/9 chapters
Author summary: For ten summers, bestselling science fiction author Anthony J Crowley and literary novelist Aziraphale Fell return to Northwoods, a lakeside writers' institute in northern Minnesota. What begins as an unexpected friendship becomes the fixed point around which their lives quietly turn. A story about returning, summer traditions, friendship becoming love, and two men who spend ten years traveling toward the same destination without realizing it.
My take: I’ve only had the chance to read one chapter of this fic so far, but that was enough to make me to recommend it. Bohoteacher writes engaging, descriptive stories that always make me want to stick around. We’re told up front, right in the summary, that Aziraphale and Crowley have been spending “ten years traveling toward the same destination without realizing it.” That means we know where they’re going (to a happy ending together), we’re just along for the ride. Trust me: Taking a journey like this with Boho is always delightful.
spill my heart into the valley of the lights by amelia_airheart @she-makes-things
Published: April 2026, 8070 words, 7/7 chapters
Author summary: Anthony Crowley is an artist working night shifts as a rideshare driver. One night, he picks up a mysterious passenger who appears to be in distress. As their lives gradually become more and more entwined, Crowley goes on a journey he never expected.
My take: I read this story when it came out back in April and revisited it this month when the sequel started dropping as a WIP. While reading spill my heart, I was on the edge of my metaphorical seat, but I knew I was in good hands. The story is heartbreaking, but amelia_airheart’s prose will grab you and pull you in so quickly, you won’t want to look away. The sequel, the immense fragility of all this sweetness, is rated E, but in that one I know we’re going to get our happy ending.
Cheeky Bastards by SpectrallyDistracted @spectrallydistracted
Published: July 2025, 18,235 words, 5/5 chapters
Author summary: Dr. Crowley is the latest hire in the English Department at Eden Valley University. He doesn’t know his colleague Dr. Fell, and he doesn’t want to. But when budget cuts force them to share a car for six hours on their way to the Central States Literature Conference in Chicago, it doesn’t look like he has much choice. Thank Someone for small favors.
My take: This is a self recommendation. I wrote this fic as a break from a story that was much more emotionally heavy. I needed to work on a lighter story with an immediate falling-in-love payoff, so while the trope might be enemies-to-lovers, it’s all very quickly resolved. By the time they reach Chicago, they’re something like friends, and by that evening, Crowley is pretty sure he’s in over his head. Now it’s friends-to-lovers. Just what I was aiming for.
The False and the Fair by princip1914 @princip1914
Published: August 2020, 173K words, 37/37 chapters
Author summary: Growing up in the shadow of West Virginia’s Eden Mountain, Aziraphale Wright always expected to work for the family coal mining company. Anthony Crowley, the son of a down-and-out miner, was going to become a pilot and leave town forever. Now, thirty years later, neither of their lives have gone as planned, and an unexpected inheritance brings them back into one another’s orbit. Aziraphale hopes that they can move beyond their shared past, and a high school arrangement that ended in disaster, but he has secrets of his own that threaten their fragile reconnection…
My take: While this story is long, I have read it three times, and I will probably read it again. The callbacks to canon are subtle and well done, and the characters are familiar to anyone who has watched Season One of the series. The story of how Aziraphale and Crowley met, and the tragedy that tore them apart, is told in a series of flashbacks, interwoven with their not-always-easy reunion in the present. While there is a fair amount of angst, sadness, and heartache, there is also love, beauty, joy, and forgiveness. It’s a lot of words, but they are all worth it.
That's all for July. Read one or read them all. Next month's selections will be something completely different, though I haven't decided yet what they will be.
I'm cross-posting this to my main blog for those who might be seeing this twice. Just so you know.
