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Drop links to your fave fanfic! I am a slut for a good fanfic! I personally love length, but whatever floats your particular boat

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Zeeshmee·7 mo. ago

Thomas Ligotti (incredible horror author) wrote an episode of Xfiles called Crampton. Its bleak and weird and would have made a great episode. The script is available and i heartily recommend anyone who likes horror literature or Xfiles to read it.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AXGfFEjRq4uRtpmi35Fe6jlhwzKXALv2/view

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ManicMaenads·7 mo. ago

Oh! The author who wrote “The Conspiracy Against The Human Race” wrote an X-Files episode? Thank you so much for sharing this!!

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Zeeshmee·7 mo. ago

Sure is!

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evzat·7 mo. ago

This was a great read!

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lefromageetlesvers·7 mo. ago

read? I used to write sooo much x-fils fanfic in the nineties, and i even wrote a fanseason 10: it was so much fun.

The best i read were in french, because i’m french, and were posted by the members of the LVEI x-philes message board. I stopped reading them in 2003 i think.

I mainly remember one about santa claus, which was a cchristmas spoof, but still trated the whole mythos of santa as an x-file (including the postal service’s government conspiracy to hide the truth about Santa). Spoiler alert: santa was related to toomes, and had a similar genetic mutation that allowed him to squeeze through chimneys.

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lostintherealityyyOP·7 mo. ago

Make Your Own

Oh I’d love to find that, it sounds wonderful!

I took four years French in college, butttttt the most I can ask is where the toilet is 😂

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KletterRatte·7 mo. ago

Bloody loved The Boy on the Beach. Tremendous angsty MSR set in an alternative universe around season 6/7. I was rather dubious about the concept, until it hooked my right in.

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PersnicketyPineapple·7 mo. ago

I second The Boy on the Beach – it’s fantastic. The same author, Cecily Sasserbaum, recently wrote a new fic called Pause which I highly recommend, as well.

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mercatblis·7 mo. ago

Agent Fox Mulder

Pause is very very good.

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MsCellophane·7 mo. ago

Thank you so much for recommending this. I just hunted it down and spent the whole night reading it and its epilogue story. It’s marvelous.

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KletterRatte·7 mo. ago

No problem! I rather love most of what that author does.. and she’s still writing them! Win!

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hottiepilate·7 mo. ago

This one was great.

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OttersEatFish·7 mo. ago

I remember when people were disappointed in later seasons saying “we’ll fix it in the fanfic.”

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wheresbeetle·7 mo. ago

mulder no

Happy cake day!

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MajorMeghan·7 mo. ago

I don’t read fanfiction that often, but this one and its sequel has always stuck with me. Better written than some published novels I’ve read. https://archiveofourown.org/works/4519953/chapters/10281942

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Capable_Impression·7 mo. ago

My favorite/imo the best X-Files fanfic that I have read multiple times over the past nearly 25 years is Antidote by Rachel Howard & Karen Rasch. It’s in three parts. Here is a link to part one: http://fluky.gossamer.org/display.php?Antidote1.mult

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lostintherealityyyOP·7 mo. ago

Make Your Own

I’m like two minutes in and I already love their writing style, thank youuuu

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hottiepilate·7 mo. ago

Yes! I looked to see if someone had mentioned this. It’s great.

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OnTheRock_423·7 mo. ago

Season

Phile

I can’t remember the names of specific works, but fragilevixen is a very good fanfic writer. She tends to do longer works.

And, of course, syntax6 has great works.

If you like smut, Mine by lepusarcticus. I don’t like most smut, but this one is excellent.

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Fitnessfan_86·7 mo. ago

My favorite author from back in the day was Prufrock’s Love. I haven’t read fanfic in years, but I really loved her stuff—the historical AU’s were amazing.

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VindiciVindici·7 mo. ago

Sculls, Marry Me

+1 I was in love with Paracelsus lmao. Moment In The Sun is also a fave.

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hottiepilate·7 mo. ago

Yes! This one! Great author.

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Annie_Mous·7 mo. ago

Anything by Phillip_Padgett on Audio Fan Fic 🥵

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hottiepilate·7 mo. ago

😅My guilty pleasure.

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wheresbeetle·7 mo. ago

mulder no

Ok this makes me feel very un tech savvy but how do you guys save fanfics on your phones/tablets? I’ve tried using the Files program (iPhone) but it never saves my place, it would be amazing if there was something more like an e reader app

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an_gem_21·7 mo. ago

Krycek

Input mine in “Books” on iPhone. I like it cause I can highlight and bookmark!

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run-runner-run·7 mo. ago

This one is one of my faves. It has MSR, a reprise of the invisible fear monster from X-Cops, and it’s well written. https://archiveofourown.org/works/23136556/chapters/55366612

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[deleted]·7 mo. ago

If anyone here is uncomfortable with reading very graphic or sexual fic, here are some great ones that are not too detailed in that sense.

Julie Fortune – Best Lies (original story. I think Fortune was revealed to be a pen name of a professional writer later on).

Maria Nicole – Bridge (sequel to Folie A Deu).

This is a recent one, by an old time writer called Penumbra, who everyone loved back in the 90s/2000s: https://archiveofourown.org/works/24371170/chapters/58777492

Penumbra is gifted, and you can tell she reads tonnes of classical literature. Her references and humour are delightful.

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hottiepilate·7 mo. ago

Penumbra! One of my favorite fanfic authors.

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[deleted]·7 mo. ago

That’s the one! The new story is advertised under a diff name, but it’s the same author.

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hottiepilate·7 mo. ago

I’ve got some reading to do this weekend 😁

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ExRousseauScholar·7 mo. ago

The one where Mulder and Scully have sex. Please post to remind me which one it is. (He had never read fan fiction in his life.)

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ludicrousspeed42Cake day·7 mo. ago

You mean like all the fan fics?

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ExRousseauScholar·7 mo. ago

Shit, I meant Mulder and Skinner

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ludicrousspeed42Cake day·7 mo. ago

Ah yes, a good ol’ M/Sk romp

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ludicrousspeed42Cake day·7 mo. ago·edited 7 mo. ago

Jeez I haven’t thought about X-File fanfic in awhile. Not gonna lie, I had a bad addiction to the X-Files fanfic for awhile…which looking back is an odd thing to be addicted to lol. It’s been 10 some years since I read fanfic but I saved some of my favorites.

Light from Shadows by writergal2000

Your Soul In My Heart by Katvictory

Seek Ye by Daydreamer

The Sound of Your Voice by Vickie Moseley (actually everything by Vickie I remember being awesome)

EDIT: links! I forgot ’em

Light from Shadows by Writergal2000

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/15585/1/Your-Soul-In-My-Heart

http://daydreamer.mimicsmusings.com/seekye.txt

https://mij.x-sites.org/series/stories/b/book7.txt

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VindiciVindici·7 mo. ago·edited 7 mo. ago

Sculls, Marry Me

I’m more of an AU-heavy MSR fanfic reader so if you’re into that, I recommend:

  1. Hurricane Season by rah and beduini – baby William!fic, nothing xfile-y happens, it’s all about family dynamics

http://fic.atspace.com/fic/hurricane/HurricaneDisclaimer.html

2. North of Zero by SlippinMickey – post-col William!fic. She’s on AO3 and has other great stories as well.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/36127156/chapters/90056776

3. Broken Things by mldrgrl on AO3 – “Set in 1886, William Mulder owns a horse ranch in Northern Texas. The widow of the neighboring landowner has something he wants.”

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29005155/chapters/71186592

4. By the Dim and Flaring Lamps by sunflowerseedsandscience on AO3 – historical AU

https://archiveofourown.org/works/12713997/chapters/28995777

These are the ones off the top of my head (apart from the others mentioned like Boy on the Beach and the Prufrock fics)

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TheSunflowerSeeds·7 mo. ago

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hottiepilate·7 mo. ago

anything by Syntax6

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[deleted]·7 mo. ago

She published her own novel series a few years ago btw, I only read the first one so far

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an_gem_21·7 mo. ago

Krycek

This LONG fic is hands down my all time favorite: He is the Master of His Fate, She is the Captain of Her Soul this writer blows me away. I read this fic at least once a year. Synopsis “Story begins during the final events of “The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati.” It then chronicles a canon-compliant progression of Mulder and Scully’s relationship throughout Season 7, including the beginning of their love affair, and on through Seasons 8 & 9. The story will conclude post-IWTB, and may or may not incorporate Season 10 & 11 storylines.”

Here are my bookmarks I save any fic I would want to go back and read again.

Another fav of mine right now is Snowcats and Sleeping Bags and it’s companion piece Nuts in Florida which explore the “what if” M&S had sex during/after their trip to Antarctica.

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gluemanmw·7 mo. ago

Arizona Highways, i think it was called. It was set after Emily, and captured the Mulder/Scully dynamic post season 5 perfectly, imo

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cajundharma·7 mo. ago

By Mustang Sally and RivkaT

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gluemanmw·7 mo. ago

no wait, is that the same as Fialka?

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cajundharma·7 mo. ago

oops, you’re right. I was mixing it up with Iolokus. hashtag seniorbrain

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gluemanmw·7 mo. ago

Another one to put in my list to reread!!

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girlfromthenorthco·7 mo. ago

Lone Gunmen

Current favorite fic is the one I’ve yet to find the time to write, but it revolves around Mulder and Scully circa 1997, after the The X Files have been shut down because of some government BS as per usual. Right when they’re at a loss of what to do, Mulder gets the call he’s been waiting his whole life for: a young woman claiming to be his sister has walked into a Massachusetts hospital. Mulder reunites with Samantha, now 25, and she tells him all about how she was raised by the Cigarette Smoking Man on April Air Force Base until she escaped, and how she was abducted by aliens several times over the years, but found someone to help her get through the experiments. His name is Max Fenig, and once Samantha realizes Mulder and Scully know him too, she insists upon going on a cross-country trek to track him down.

(Yes this fic is solely an excuse for me to sail the Max/Samantha ship, upon which I am fairly certain I am the only passenger 😂)

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Murky_Translator2295·7 mo. ago

Krycek

That’s OK. My guilty pleasure is Skinner/Krycek slash fic

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girlfromthenorthco·7 mo. ago

Lone Gunmen

Idk who downvoted me, I truly didn’t mean anything bad by my comment. :/

Also hey, I respect it! We all have different fanfic preferences and that’s okay!

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Murky_Translator2295·7 mo. ago

Krycek

Haha, I was trying to commiserate with you on the lonely fanship! I don’t see your comment as down voted?

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girlfromthenorthco·7 mo. ago

Lone Gunmen

Hey, I appreciate it! I can’t imagine the Krycek/Skinner ship is a common one, although I do see the appeal. Nicholas Lea is so hot he could be shipped with anyone, and Mitch Pileggi ain’t half bad either.

Huh, good to know. Maybe it’s just a glitch on my end.

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myfavouritemuse·7 mo. ago

All of these: http://www.omniscribe.com/x-files/

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mechshark·7 mo. ago

I didn’t even know there were fan fictions is there any YouTube channels for them?

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hottiepilate·7 mo. ago

Audio Fanfic Podcast on SoundCloud. There’s a lot of good ones read on there.

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Suitable_Respect9442·7 mo. ago

Slut for Skinner

Ok, so I’m a bit of a slut for Skinner and I recently came across some pretty spicy X-rated fanfic from one writer on AO3 if anyone has the same interests:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/search?work_search%5Bquery%5D=skinnersgurl

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RedRapunzal·7 mo. ago

Oh, it was decades ago…. Something to do with a man spying on Scully, and dating her at the same time…S and M sex on the floor. Think it was written by someone with a Celtic user name.

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