I focused on creatures last year, so I wanted to give my attention to everything else horrific this year. Enjoy these scary and suspenseful recs! 👻
100 Words of Horror by @moonstruckwytch (3,100 words total, rated M)
A collection of Fear Fest Works. Each chapter is 100 words.
*I especially recommend chapters 5, 9, 10, 17, 20, 21, & 22
What is lost stays lost by @cavendishbutterfly (456 words, rated T)
Sometimes Harry leaves the castle in the middle of the night, and Draco follows him.
The Manor by @kittycargo (1,405 words, rated T)
There was something wrong with the Manor.
The mimic by @steampunkserpent27 (797 words, rated T)
Harry hears Draco (who he presumes dead) calling for help outside of his cabin one night. Only, something isn't quite right.
iterum by @moonstruckwytch (2,127 words, rated M)
dark magic keeps draco malfoy alive, even when he shouldn't be. unfortunately, to stay that way he's going to have to give something up—something important.
the tedious work of soothing grief with love by luminae (2,363 words, rated M)
Ginny doesn't like working as a medium. Never has, probably never will. The grief-stricken make for bad company and Harry, while handsome and kind, is no exception.
Cruel Blade by @wheezykat (2,572 words, rated E)
Drowning in his grief after the murder of his husband, Draco will do anything to bring him back.
But this is not Harry. This is something else entirely.
The Willing Flesh by @corvuscrowned (2,763 words, rated E)
Draco shows Harry how to do blood magic. Harry shows Draco just how powerful The Chosen One can become.
at the end of his tether by @helle-bored (4,280 words, rated M)
There's a worn page folded in an inner pocket of Harry's robes with a single underlined paragraph.
Discrete magical signatures have been observed after the destruction of a Dementor. Some scholars believe this implies that the souls of its victims persist as captives within its form, as opposed to undergoing immediate obliteration, and therefore serve the purpose of providing the creature with sustenance over a prolonged period of time.
Harry has carried it for nearly two years.
when god closes a door by luminae (4,400 words, rated T)
Harry usually cares far less about so-called haunted houses and ghosts. They aren't real, after all. Except when they ruin his evening.
Saltwater Stain by @the-starryknight (9,000 words, rated E)
Seven days stuck on a boat investigating a rogue ghost wouldn't be so bad if Harry didn't want Draco so much. Draco has his rules and Harry's content to follow them, but the air feels different away from the shore. Is it possible that the sea could offer Harry something impossible on land?
*be sure to check out last week’s Happy Hour Rec of this fic by @wolfpants as well!
Time and Time Again by @rainbees (16,316 words, rated T)
Draco doesn't know why he keeps stepping into his own future, nor why it involves a hallway covered in Harry Potter's blood.
it is not a house by luminae (43,388 words, rated E)
There are many stories that can happen in a forgotten house, in the middle of the Arctic. Heart-warming tales about human connection and finding the essence of the self. Epic love stories that defy reason. Warnings about the hubris of human explorations. This is both none of the above and a bit of all. This is a horror story.
Vis-à-Vis-à-Vis by @vukovich (49,999 words, rated E)
Harry's assignment was simple. Close out Draco Malfoy's missing persons case so he can be declared dead.
But who's making withdrawals from Malfoy's vaults? How is a death omen-turned-Unspeakable involved? Is an organization known as the Moirai to blame?
Harry brushes it off until he can't. Until The Prophet is flooded with sightings of dead people. Until Robards throws himself on his sword. Until Ron turns on his own family. Until Harry scarcely trusts his own reflection in the mirror and trusts the stranger in his bed even less.
Until all that stands between war and peace is Harry, a name plate, a stadium of murderers, and Draco Malfoy.
Yours is the Earth (Hold On, Hold On) by chickenlivesinpumpkin (127,167 words, rated E)
After a serious accident in the Forbidden Forest, Draco's personality begins to undergo subtle changes. At first, Harry credits this to a new enthusiasm for life. But as the days pass and Draco's behavior becomes more and more mysterious, Harry begins to suspect that something bigger--and darker--is at work.
If you are looking for more Halloween thrills, please check out my Card Catalog! There I have Vampires, Werewolves, Darker Themes, and previous years rec lists for Halloween!
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