Lan Wangji Sees Dead People by MountainRain898 (E, 42k, WangXian, Reincarnation, Soulmates, Past Lives, Ghosts, Abandoned hospital setting, Ghosts, Fake Kidnapping, or maybe accidental kidnapping is a better way of putting it, WWX and LWJ are both dead in this fic, They ARE Ghosts, A little bit of gore, Comedy Horror, Getting Together, Kissing, First Time, in this lifetime at least, Blow Jobs, Anal Sex, two seconds of accidental public sex, also sex getting interrupted by someone for a sec)
Something at the Door by Pip (Moirail) (E, 50k, WangXian, Modern with Magic, Modern Cultivation, background 3zun, Background Yi City trio, Intrusive Thoughts, Horror, Suicidal Thoughts, Temporary Character Death, Blood, Explicit Sexual Content, Mutual Pining, Angst with a Happy Ending, Mystery, Urban Fantasy)
❤️ A Corpse Called By Name by jaemyun (Not rated, 60k, wangxian, angst w/ happy ending, horror, humor, zombie apocalypse, zombie WWX, yunmeng trio)
Grandmaster of Demonic Party Games by Trickster_Angel (M, 50k, WangXian, Modern AU, College AU, Crack, Light Angst, Humor, Paranormal, horror, Slow Burn)
So Faithful, So Few (So Pardon, and Done) by azri (M, 3k, wangxian, post first siege of burial mounds, revenge, zombies, blood & gore, horror, not JC friendly, not cultivation world friendly, implied/referenced character death)
This Tornado Loves You by FeelsForBreakfast (M, 8k, WangXian, Horror, modern cultivation au, Pizza Hut, Humor, Mistaken Identity, Modern with Magic)
One and All of the Abyss by mondengel (Not rated, 1k, JC & WWX, wangxian, eldritch horror au)
🧡 i will find you again by Pip (Moirail) (T, 9k, WangXian, Modern AU, Haunting, Horror, Reincarnation, Fate & Destiny, author lwj, Haunted Houses, Happy Ending)
medium blues by darkterrible (E, 193k, WangXian, Horror, Spooky, Opposites Attract, Fluff and Angst, Gore, Ghosts, Necromancy)
the hollow tree by bleuett (M, 6k, wangxian, fantasy au, horror elements, reunions, yearning, happy ending, blood & injury, hurt/comfort)
a needle, a whisper, an insidious dream by pale_and_tragic (M, 19k, wangxian, WWX & WQ & LWJ, post-canon, fix-it of sorts, case fic, horror elements, nightmares, hallucinations, pining, getting together, hurt LWJ, aroace WQ, inquiry, empathy, suicidal thoughts, angst w/ happy ending, hurt/comfort, justice for WQ)
Phantom Leashes by mondengel (M, 3k, wangxian, vampires, angst, horror)
ghosts do not speak of lies and truth by LunaChi_KuroShihone (T, 6k, wangxian, burial mounds, canonical character death, body horror, horror, ghosts, major character undeath, demon WWX, angst w/ happy ending, fluff & angst, hurt WWX, cannibalism)
The Devil Bleeds Regret by greybird_crookedbranch (T, 4k, WangXian, WWX & JYL, Post-Canon, Canon Compliant, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Nightmares, Self-Esteem Issues, Mild Gore, mild body horror, Graphic Description of Corpses, Mention of Canonical Character Death, all gore/body horror is nightmare related and not extreme, Hurt WWX, Protective LWJ, Literal Sleeping Together, No Smut, No Sexual Content, Non-Sexual Intimacy)
❤️ whipstitch by curiositykilled (M, 131k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Dysfunctional Family, Torture, WWX Lives, but basically no one else, Case Fic, Cultivation Sect Politics, Past Abuse, WWX Whump, YL WWX, JL Needs a Hug, JL Tries, Yunmeng Bro Reconciliation, Past Character Death, Body Horror, Non-Consensual Body Modification, POV Alternating, Flashbacks, Eventual Happy Ending, Heavy Angst, Suicide Attempt, PTSD, Depression, Not A Fix-It, Mouth Sewn Shut)
shape me something new by perilously (E, 24k, WangXian,Sharing a Body, set in CQL canon but inspired by the novel, Non-Penetrative Sex, Masturbation, (kind of), Slight Canon Divergence, some horror-adjacent imagery)
in your skin by darkredloveknot (enheduane) (E, 10k, WangXian, Post-Canon, Pre-Relationship, Getting Together, Horror, Body Horror, Blood and Gore, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Love Confessions, Non-Consensual Body Modification, kinda??, Reflections over death and self-worth, mentions of canon suicide, Near Death Experiences, [Podfic] in your skin by flamingwell)
the field meets the wood by astronicht (T, 7k, WangXian, BAMF WWX, slight whump, Ritualistic Self Harm, Canon Era, Tang Dynasty style, Blood Loss, Blood and Injury, salt economics, Post-Canon, [Podfic] the field meets the wood by semperfiona_podfic (semperfiona), [podfic] the field meets the wood by jellyfishfire)
Le Sang du Cygne by Enfant_Loup (T, 23k, wangxian, blood & gore, violence, graphic depictions of illness, blood drinking, vampire WWX, whump, hurt LWJ, WIP)
💖 The Way You Tremble by themunchking (E, 6k, wangxian, murder husbands, vampires, blood, violence, supernatural elements)
Long Story Short: Ghosts Are Real by nenufares (T, 25k, WangXian, Modern AU, Slice of Life, Fluff and Humor, Friendship, Getting Together, Canon-Typical Warnings, Ghosts, Horror Elements, Mentions of Blood, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Character Death, more lighthearted than it seems, Lowkey Reincarnation AU, mentions of nielan and xuanli, Background SongXiao)
a tide in two seas by occultings (microcomets) (E, 80k, WangXian, Modern AU, Modern with Magic, Post-Canon, Getting Together, Mutual Pining, Established Relationship, Mild Horror, Case Fic, mildly sci-fi, JC & WWX Reconciliation, First Time, Loss of Virginity, Married Couple, Love Confessions, Weird Plot Shit)
Chilling Visions by Moomsica (M, 80k, WIP, WangXian, Modern AU, Slow Burn, Fluff and Angst, Major Character Injury, Paranormal, Horror, Canon Divergence, Demons, Ghosts, WangXian angst, Eventual Smu,t Eventual Romance, Eventual Happy Ending, Eventual Fluff, Eventual Relationships, Murder Mystery, Mystery AU, Detective LWJ, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Mild Gore, Mild Language, protective Jiang siblings, a slight mixture of the donghua and cql, Blood and Violence, ghost au, JZX is a lawyer)
Ominous by 3neetee (T, 5k, wangxian, pre-relationship, established relationship, character death, fae & fairies, changelings, dark wangxian, BAMF WWX, graphic depictions, suicide, implied/referenced domestic violence)
my eyes got used to the darkness by curiositykilled (M, 4k, JC & WWX, JC & WWX & JYL, dead dove do not eat, body horror, implied cannibalism, dehumanization, sunshot campaign, YLLZ, demonic cultivation, PTSD, suicidal thoughts, disordered eating, referenced animal abuse, [Podfic] my eyes got used to the darkness by flamingwell)
Three Months, but One Day Shy by mondengel (M, mind the tags, angst, gore, cannibalism, horror, [Podfic] Three Months, but One Day Shy by flamingwell)
our reflections as seen (when the water stills) by chatonnerie (E, 121k, WangXian, Modern AU, Tokyo Ghoul, WangXian, TW:Blood, Canon-Typical Violence, This is a ghoul au, but everyone is also in university, so dumb energy is peak, Gore, Body Horror, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, Biting, both the gory, and the horny)
Live Thread: The Hauntedest Place by sami (T, 1k, WangXian, Modern AU, ridiculous future bullshit, Social Media, Chaos Gremlin WWX, under a fake name)
The Guests of Cloud Recesses by cafecliche (T, 10k, WangXian, Post-Canon, brief horror imagery, Grief/Mourning, parsing out your trauma and also your in-laws: now with ghosts, Fluff, Light Angst, I swear this is softer than the tags make it look, Case Fic, The Guests of Cloud Recesses by cafecliche The Guests of Cloud Recesses by cafecliche [Podfic] by Rhea314 (Rhea) )
rare the man who'll hold to faith by Fahye (M, 13k, WangXian, Canon, Identity Porn, With Apologies To The Chivalric Romantic Tradition)
The Piper of Yiling by theLoyalRoyalGuard (T, 18k, WangXian, Dark WWX, Pied Piper WWX, Canon Divergence, Fierce Corpse WWX, Angst with a Happy Ending)
to quench a flame by EHyde (T, 1k, WWX & JYL, dubiously consensual stabbing, golden core mutilation, Body Horror)
build me no shrines by occultings (microcomets) (M, 54k, WangXian, Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, First Time, Getting Together, Confessions, Sharing a Bed, Hair Washing, Sentient Burial Mounds, Case Fic, Post-Canon, CQL Compliant, Hurt/Comfort, Whump, Light Angst, Flashbacks, mild body horror, foot washing, Happy Ending, Non-Sexual Intimacy, ...then sexual intimacy)
every grave an offering by curiositykilled (M, 6k, WWX, Character Study, Burial Mounds, Trauma, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, MIND THE TAGS, Cannibalism, Survival Horror, handwavey magic, Canon Compliant, Animal Death, Dehumanization, Graphic Description, Major Character Injury, Angst)
when I look over my shoulder by cafecliche (T, 10k, WangXian, Modern AU, exorcist LWJ, medium wwx, vague The Conjuring AU, some horror elements, Pre-Relationship, Mutual Pining, Hurt/Comfort)
I called your name 'til the fever broke by darkredloveknot (enheduane) (M, 9k, WangXian, Modern with Magic, Witch LWJ, The Deep Dark Woods, Grief/Mourning, Falling In Love, Blood Magic, Age Difference, (the canon ish kind), Identity, Dark Fairy Tale Elements, Slight horror, Amnesia, Cottagecore)
Wireless by mondengel (M, 5k, WangXian, Horror, Body Horror)
one person, two alone by eeriemedusa (M, 2k, LXC & LWJ, Background Pre-Relationship WangXian, LXC Character Study, Hurt No Comfort, Body Horror, Horror, Grief/Mourning, lxc's no good very bad seclusion, im not kidding this is sad, Canon Divergence)
Ad Oblivione by Baph, HikariNoHimeWriter (M, 70k, WangXian, Time Travel Fix-It, Temporary Character Death, POV Multiple, Hurt/Comfort, Grief/Mourning, Identity Reveal, Golden Core Reveal, Cultivation World Critical, Not JC Friendly, Abusive YZY, Angst with a Happy Ending)
this twisted blood red thread of fate by HeavenlySkyfarer (E, 11k, WangXian, Obsession, Unhealthy Relationships, Body Horror, Dark LWJ, Dollification, Marionettes, Musical Cultivation But Dark AF, Canon Divergence, Blanket Permission)
honey, don't feed it (it will come back) by neoncoin (M, 14k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Eldritch WWX, final girl lwj vibes, Body Horror, Graphic Description of Corpses, Sunshot Campaign, Hurt WWX, Hurt/Comfort, Horror, Angst with a Happy Ending, YL WWX)
jiaozi by xiaolongbaobei (T, 4k, JC & WWX, MDZS Horror Zine Vol 1, Cannibalism, Sunshot Campaign, Coming of Age, Found Family) - outsider perspective; Sunshot Campaign AU; a female OC is taken in to work at Wei-gege and Jiang-gege’s dumpling shop—where meat is on the menu despite wartime privations. Oh, and Wen cultivators keep mysteriously disappearing.
Into the Woods: a Mo Dao Zu Shi Horror Zine Collection
Wei Wuxian Makes a Wish series by natcat5 (M, 119k, wangxian, major character death, underage, madoka magica au, modern w/ magic, time travel, high school au, body horror, self-harm, angst w/ bittersweet ending, time loop, mental instability, suicidal thoughts)
body and bone, hair and skin by Mikkeneko (T, 6k, WangXian, Dark, Horror, no main characters die onscreen but some start off the story dead, Canon Divergence, Grief/Mourning, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Zombies, Dysfunctional Grief Processing Through Zombies, Bittersweet Ending, WWX Needs a Hug)
nothing is safe. by eeriemedusa (M, 2k, background wangxian, major character death, sunshot campaign, horror, wen soldiers’ pov, bad ending (depending on who you are), battlecouple wangxian, canon-typical violence, blood & violence, fierce corpses) the POV of Wen soldiers being hunted by WWX; also a rare portrayal of WWX as a combat archer/sniper.
We Can Haunt Each Others' Dreams by arahith (E, 10k, LXC/JGY, post-canon, angst w/ happy ending, case fic, experimental style, canon-typical violence, unreality issues, implied gender dysphoria, animal sacrifice, WIP) a despairing LXC performs an experimental Empathy/Inquiry to commune with JGY’s soul.
Those 13 Years Were a Lie by AitchNKay (M, 11k, Attempted Suicide, Angst, mentions of offscreen rape, Canonical Character Death) - WWX spends the 13 Years of Mourning alive but incognito; not MXY friendly; mind all the tags!
A Duet in the Night by DrPanda99 (M, 10k, WangXian, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Historical, Vampire, Hellsing AU, Cultivation fusion, Pre-Relationship, Immortality, Vampires, Resentacles, 1920s Shanghai, except not shanghai but suzhou, Guns, Angst with a Happy Ending, Blood and Gore, Violence, Body Horror, Temporary Character Death, this is very bloody for reals, Case Fic, Mystery)
datelines by tillsunrise (T, 5k, WangXian, Science Fiction, Time Loop, Light Angst, Mystery, Existentialism, Strangers to Lovers, Space Flight, Cryogenics, Utopian, References to Depression, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Temporary Character Death, Explosions, Horror, Thriller)
🔒 ghost stories for lost souls by queenklu (M, 17k, WangXian, Character Turned Into a Ghost, Body Horror, (of the ghostly variety - hey number of limbs are hard), child death (not explicitly described),Ghost Hunting, Spirit Box, Juice Box, Reincarnation)
grimoire by WithLoweredVoices (M, 95k, WangXian, LXC/NMJ, JYL/JZX, minor JGY/NMJ, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Dark Academia AU, Modern with Magic, Magical Realism, Postgrad Wanxian, lots of cryptozoology, and marine biology, maybe a little bit of The Magicians AU, Fae LWJ, some horror elements, Angst with a Happy Ending, Unreliable Narrator WWX, Not Everyone Dies, Mutual Pining, no redemption arc for JGY)
Howling by MimiSpearmint (E, 40k, WangXian, Modern with Magic, Mortal Instruments Fusion, Horror, Eldritch, Domestic Fluff, Single Parent WWX, Witchcraft, Getting Together, shifter!lwj, yllz!wwx, Intercrural Sex, Hand Jobs, Angst with a Happy Ending, Switch WangXian, a bit of a degradation kink, anti-STI sex talismans, Anal Sex, Oral Sex)
🔒 Lovesong of the Square Root of Negative One by honeydrip (lmeden) (M, 55k, WangXian, JC & LWJ, JC & WWX, Modern, Blood and Gore, Elements of Horror, Elements of magical realism, Layered Narratives, A Story Within a Story, POV Multiple, Slow Burn, Not Everyone Dies)
Moonlight as My Guide by BromeliadDreams (M, 32k, WangXian, Case Fic, Body Horror, Modern with Magic, Academia, (book) canon-typical desecration of the dead, background/implied xiyao, grey-ace wwx, Talisman expert and Post-Doc WWX)
爱不释手; never let me go by yiqie (E, 68k, WangXian, All the clan leaders, Literally so many OCs, Case Fic, Blood and Injury, Demons, Body Horror, Mystery, The intrinsic horniness of wound tending, 爱不释手; never let me go [podfic] by esbielle, [Podfic] 爱不释手; never let me go by argentumlupine)
rather cruelly used and rather reserved by x_los (M, 13k, WangXian, LXC & LWJ, LWJ & LSZ & WWX, episode 40, All the typical gothic Gormenghastian bullshit of Lan Family Backstory, Sugar Daddy (Slightly), The Spectre of Dark LWJ, Oblivious WWX but make it the formation of his whole personality around dependency&trauma, Case Fic, Domestic Horror, Architectural Horror, Bluebeard Vibes, very soft, Gift Giving, Presents, Happy Ending, Getting Together, Confessions, far from the madding crowd, Thomas Hardy, Canon Divergence, Character Study)
The Ties That Bind by 96qutie (E, 75k, WangXian, WIP, Medium WWX, Modern, College/University, WWX Has ADHD, WWX Sees Ghosts, Eventual Smut, Fluff, Angst, Slow Burn, Autistic LWJ, Modao Zushi Characters Cultivate in a Modern Setting)
🔒 when the sun goes out by travelingneuritis (E, 176k, WangXian, Modern AU, Modern Cultivation, tech cultivation, Necromancy, Angst with a Happy Ending, insecurity around adoption, Dad!WWX, dad!lwj, Grief/Mourning, Mistaken Identity, Mood Whiplash, Body Swap, sex tears!, Falling In Love, Consensual Somnophilia, apocalypse (localized), Smut, unrealistic sexual stamina, Flashbacks, Time Skips, Illustrations, Horror, Canon Temporary Character Death, Cultivation Sect Politics)
Who You Gonna Call? by Beltenebra (E, 15k, WangXian, Ghost Hunters, Modern with Magic, Anal Sex, Paranormal Investigators, Mild Blood, Mild Horror, Ghosts, Demons, Fluff and Humor, Case Fic)
