Halloween Fics (MFLs) [October 2023 Edition]
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Hey everyone!! Hope youβre having a wonderful day! Today I thought that itβs been a long time since Iβve posted an update to my Halloween fic list, but I havenβt read many new fics since, so I though for todayβs post (because I donβt have anything ready anyway) I would go through my MFL List and post up the ones that have been recommended to me throughout the years! Please note I have not read any of these, these are just based on a tag search on my offlline list :)
And because I havenβt actually been asked this year for some new fics (I usually do so I am sad lol), I guess I shall make a new list without one!
As usual, please feel free to add your own fics!
MummyΒ byΒ ChrisCalledMeSweetieΒ (T, 901 w., 1 Ch. || UAP Canon Divergence, Halloween, Meeting the Parents)Β βΒ Meeting your boyfriendβs parents for the first time can be a bit scary. Especially when your boyfriend is Sherlock Holmes.Β Part 12 of theΒ Spooky Johnlock StoriesΒ series
What Didnβt HappenΒ byΒ Katzedecimal (T, 1,213 w., 1 Ch. || Costumes, Costume Parties & Masquerades, Halloween, Texting, Case Fic)Β β There is a very short Conan busying about the flat. Heβs threatening me with a sword if I donβt eat something.
John Watson and the Curse of the Were-KittenΒ byΒ ChrisCalledMeSweetie (G, 2,193 w., 2 Ch. ||Β PODFIC AVAILABLEΒ || Supernatural AU ||Β Halloween, Spooky Fluff)Β βΒ Limping away from the crime scene, John glanced up at a nearby rooftop. His mouth dropped open at what he saw: Sherlock, silhouetted against the rising full moon. Realising that he was gawping like a fool, John looked around to make sure he wasnβt being observed. When he turned back, Sherlock had vanished. All that remained on the rooftop was a small black kitten, padding between the chimney pots.Β Part 1 of theΒ Spooky Johnlock StoriesΒ series,Β Part 5 of theΒ H.I.A.T.U.S. Prompt Fills
These Hands of YoursΒ byΒ okapiΒ (E, 2,700 w., 1 Ch. || ACD Canon || Supernatural Elements, Horror, Hands, Anal Fisting / Fingering, Halloween)Β βΒ Holmes has casts made of his hands. Watson falls in love. So do the hands.
His favourite pizza (delivery guy)Β byΒ thewallflower07 (G, 4,298 w., 1 Ch. || Teenager AU || Flirting John, Annoying Mycroft, Med Student John, Horny Teenagers, Halloween, High School Student Sherlock, Pizza)Β βΒ Sherlock is staying at a hotel on Halloween with his family and keeps insisting they order pizza because he is infatuated with the very cute, blonde delivery boy.
Wanted: EmpathΒ byΒ nutmeag83 (T, 4,886 w., 1 Ch. || Supernatural Elements AU || Empath John, Ghost Hunter Sherlock, Halloween, Haunted Houses, Pining John, Resolved Romantic Tension, Friends to Lovers)Β βΒ Sherlock is a ghost hunter and John his empath assistant. Near Halloween, they investigate a ghostly sighting at a mansion in the English countryside. The events of their investigation bring their feelings for each other to the fore.
Food goes on the food shelf by avalanching effect (G, 5,283 w., 1 Ch. || Halloween, Pre-Slash, Crack/Humour, Cannibalism, Magical Realism, Witches, Light Gore, POV Sherlock) β John, (without conferring with Sherlock) implements a system of organization in the kitchen. There are areas designated as βexperimentβ areas, and others as 'food safeβ areas. Crossover, however, is bound to happen.
In a manner of speaking Iβm deadΒ byΒ fellshishΒ (T, 6,372 w., 1 Ch. || Halloween, Mystrade, Angst With Happy Ending, PIning, First Kiss, Drunk Idiots, Drinking Games, Humour)Β βΒ Sherlock and John accidentally dress in matching outfits for Lestradeβs Halloween party. Things only get worse: someone pushes them to play 'Never have I everβ.
A Beautifully Frightening RevelationΒ by 221b_careful_what_you_wish_for (M, 6,486 w., 2 Ch. || Supernatural Elements AU|| Ghosts, Haunted House, First Kiss/Times, Frottage, Fluff, Halloween, Mutual Pining, Bed Sharing, Spooky)Β βΒ John and Sherlock are investigating an isolated country manor haunted by a mischievous ghost. A series of spooky incidents brings them together in a candlelit bedroom, the night ripe for revelations and facing fears.
The BabadookΒ byΒ CatieBrieΒ (T, 6,886 w., 1 Ch. || Babadook Fusion || Post-TRF, Horror, Demonic Possession, Violence, Halloween, Grief, Angst with Happy Ending)Β βΒ βA childrenβs book,β John mutters as he flips it open. The pages are scrawled with beautiful charcoal lines and thick black ink. The cover, bright red, edges the open pages and something tugs at the back of Johnβs brain. Itβs a familiar feeling, black and tarrish and thick in his thoughts. He shakes it off and picks the book up off his bed, turning so that he can sit on the edge and spread the book out across his knees. If itβs in a word or itβs in a look, you canβt get rid of the Babadook. He turns the page, ignoring the pressure building beneath his chest. Thereβs a closet on one page; paper doors meant to be opened by the reader flutter as John reads the text on the other page.
The Spirit ChildΒ byΒ VelvetMace (M, 7,287 w., 1 Ch. || Psychological Horror, Disturbing Themes, Horror, Gore)Β βΒ A small wooden box filled with clay and feotus bones yields more than just clues to a violent murder. A Halloween Story. Read at your own risk β and I do not say this lightly.
Were it WellΒ byΒ merelypassingtime (G, 7,496 w., 6 Ch. || Shapeshifter AU || Crack, Halloween)Β βΒ When moving in with the worldβs only consulting detective John is concerned he wonβt be able to keep his secret.Β Turns out he need not have worried.
Letβs Say I Let You InΒ byΒ kedgeree (E, 9,972 w., 1 Ch. ||Β PODFIC AVAILABLE|| Halloween, Costume Kink, Established Relationship, Humour, Smut, Vampire Sherlock, Bloodplay, Biting, Romance)Β βΒ Itβs Halloween and Sherlockβs vampire costume is turning John on, but Sherlock doesnβt quite get the idea of a sexy vampire. At leastβ¦not at first.Β Part 4 of theΒ HolidaysΒ series
The SubtenantΒ byΒ khorazir (T, 12,238 w., 1 Ch. || PODFIC AVAILABLE || Canon Divergence, Post-TRF, Halloween, Magical Realism, Humour, Ghosts, Banter, Friends to Lovers, First Kiss)Β βΒ When you have ruled out the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. Hence, there can be no doubt about it: 221B is haunted. Sherlock and John set out to investigate their new subtenant and find out more than they bargained for.
Hallowe'en HomecomingΒ byΒ earlybloomingparentheses (T, 12,594 w., 1 Ch. || Unconventional Relationship, Halloween, Sherlockβs Childhood, Family Videos)Β βΒ Sherlock and John are solving a case when Mycroft turns up and persuades Sherlock to return home for his motherβs Hallowe'en celebration. John thinks that seeing where Sherlock grew up will help him understand the detective better; instead, he finds himself more confused than ever. But itβs John Watsonβs job to look after Sherlock Holmes, come hell, high water, or Hallowe'en, so thatβs just what heβs going to do.
Looks like something the cat digged outΒ byΒ HOverSeas (T, 12,876 w., 1 Ch || Magical Realism AU || Post-TGG, Canon Divergence, Halloween, Hurt/Comfort, Werecat John, Temporary Character Death)Β βΒ The bomb at the pool goes off, and takes both Sherlock and Moriarty with it. John doesnβt agree with the outcome, so he decides to bring Sherlock back from the dead. But, of course, there is a price.
Zing and Youβll Miss ItΒ byΒ Raina_atΒ (M, 14,980 w., 2 Ch. || Hotel Transylvania AU || Vampire Sherlock, Crack/Humour, Rom Com, University Student John, Love at First Sight, Magic, Soul Mates, Minor Mollstrade)Β βΒ Every year, the monster community meets at Halloween for a big party. Sherlock is bored out of his mind as usual, when suddenly a handsome human stumbles into the monster party. Eyes meet, sparks fly, and Sherlockβs entire world is turned upside down as he has to decide whether that tingly feeling is lust, love, magic, or a combination of all three.
The Masquerade of the Red DeathΒ byΒ okapi (E, 16,800 w., 14 Ch. || Friends to Lovers, For A Case / Case Fic, Kink Exploration, Orgy, Costume Parties & Masquerades, Bum Worship, Shotgunning, Daddy Kink, Corsetry, Cock Worship, Praise Kink, Hand Jobs, Oral Sex, Drugging, Wrestling, Love Confessions, Pet Play, Rimming, Public Sex/Blow Jobs, Shibari, Exhibitionism/Voyeurism)Β β On the hunt for a serial killer, Sherlock & John attend a masked orgy. Inspired by βThe Masque of the Red Deathβ by Edgar Allan Poe.Β Part 11 of theΒ Spooky & Kooky (the Halloween fics)
One Good ScareΒ byΒ blueink3 (M, 17,386 w., 1 Ch. || Post S4, Holmes Family, Parentlock, Misunderstandings, Family, Fluff and Angst, Jealousy, Halloween, Happy Ending)Β βΒ Mummy invites Sherlock, John, and Rosie to the country for her birthday, which just so happens to coincide with the annual Harvest Festival, an event Sherlock loathes. With John seemingly making the wrong move at every turn and with ghosts hiding in each of their closets, what will it take for their (Halloween) masks to finally come off?
The Halloween PartyΒ byΒ XistentialAngst (M, 19,044 w., 3 Ch. || Halloween, Sexy Sherlock, Vampires, Costumes/Disguises, Mutual Masturbation, BAMF John, First Time, Humour, Romance, Frottage, Friends to Lovers)Β βΒ Sherlock and John attend a Halloween party on the trail of a vampire killer β a man whoβs been seducing his victims and taking all their blood. Sexy costumes, bad puns, hideous danger, frantic sex in hidden places and some Halloween-flavored fluff are all on hand to βtreatβ you. Boo.
itβs not always black and wightΒ byΒ elldotsee (M, 21,385 w., 7 Ch. || Supernatural Elements AU || Ghosts, Halloween, Case Fic, Victor Trevor)Β βΒ By the time he turned eight, Sherlock had had more supernatural experiences than he could count or recall. Heβd grown used to flickering lights, the whispers in the night, the sudden appearance of apparitions in the corridors. The dead were just as much a part of his life as the living. He went about his business, never disrupting theirs.Sometimes he talked to them, but they never talked back. Sometimes, he heard their stories second-hand, in the snippets of conversation between his parents at the dinner table, but they were never spoken about like real people. They were simply characters that formed the tapestry of the house, bumps and flickers of a life stuck in the in-between.Β That is, until he met Victor.
HauntedΒ byΒ VulpesmelliferaΒ (E, 22,369 w., 4 Ch. || S4 Fix-It/Post-Canon, POV John, Child Endangerment, Halloween, Nightmares, Bed Sharing)Β βΒ Plagued by the past, John moves himself and his daughter to a new flat for a fresh start - and itβs not 221B Baker Street.While he grapples with new knowledge and old guilt, heβs confronted with odd neighbors and strange noises in the night. But is it the new flat, or is John Watson losing his grip on reality?
the napoleonΒ byΒ darcylindbergh (E, 24,823 w., 4 Ch. || 1980β²s AU || Halloween, Action & Romance, Costumes, Costume Parties/Masquerades, Mutual Pining, First Kiss / Time)Β βΒ Halloween, 1989: John and Sherlock both have big plans for the night, but serial killers have theΒ worstΒ possible timing.
From a Well, Dark and DeepΒ byΒ Vulpesmellifera (M, 32,691 w., 18 Ch. || Post S4, Supernatural Elements, Horror / Milld Body Horror, Bed Sharing, Possession, Hand Holding, Whump, Hurt/Comfort, Friends to Lovers, Coming Out, Alternating POV, Nightmares, Caring John, Happy Ending)Β βΒ Sherlock Holmes is desperately trying to reconcile his newfound memories and feelings within his transportβa transport that wonβt quit with the nightmares and the strange, fiddly anxieties that crop up at the most inopportune moments. On the advice of his psychiatristβnot that heβs thrilled to be taking the manβs advice, but needs mustβheβs going to mark the anniversary of Eurusβ torments. That explains why he visits the well. What he finds at the well, though, is entirely unexpected. Meanwhile, John Watson has finally come to terms with something heβs ignored his entire life. Heβs ready to share that something with Sherlock, except Sherlock isnβt acting himself. Itβs not the time for confessions, and John determines he must get to the bottom of his best friendβs affliction before he can reveal anything.Β Part 3 ofΒ Vulpesβ Halloween Johnlock
This Is FamilyΒ byΒ SaraStarchild (T, 39,840 w., 16 Ch. || Hereditary AU || Psychological Horror, Body Horror, Demonic Possession, POV Third Person Limited, Protective Mycroft, Cults, Mycroft Whump, Sherlock Whump, Major Character Death, Graphic Violence, Retelling)Β βΒ When the Holmes familyβs secretive mother and matriarch, Ellen Holmes, passes away, the family she leaves behind β father Martin, sons Mycroft and Sherlock, and daughter Eurus β begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem to have inherited. This is, pretty much, a word-for-word retelling of the 2018 Ari Aster film, Hereditary.Β Part 1 ofΒ Sherlock Halloween Stories
A Sharp, Dressed Man SeriesΒ byΒ sgam76 (T, 50,221+ w. across 6 works || Series WiP || Vampire AU || Halloween Fic, Protective Mycroft, Kidnapping, Injured Sherlock, Psychological Terror)Β βΒ Every once in a while, Mycroft Holmes is called upon to take matters into his own hands. It doesnβt always go exactly as youβd expect. And he enjoys it more than he will ever admit.
FictoberLock 2018Β byΒ FinAmourΒ &Β unicornpoe (M, 60,875 w., 31 Ch. || Halloween, Protective John, Smitten Sherlock, Fluff, First Kiss, Injured Sherlock, Various Prompts)Β βΒ 31 different prompts, 31 Johnlock fics: one every day for the month of October! Each chapter is a stand-alone story. Some are written by unicornpoe, some by FinAmour, and some are written by us both! They range in length from ~500 words to ~3500 words, and thereβs something in here for everyone.
JohnloctoberΒ byΒ prettysailorsoldier (E, 169,945 w., 31 Ch. || Assorted AUβs || Alternate First Meetings, Blow Jobs, Hand Jobs, 30 Day OTP Challenge, Prompts, Halloween / Autumn, Assorted Tags)Β βΒ 31 days of autumnal Johnlock with prompts from all of you! There will be a bit of everything, but you can check the tags for more specifics.
Skeletons SeriesΒ byΒ flawedamythyst (T, 174,262 w. across 3 works || Nightmare Before Christmas Fusion ||Β Implied Character Death)Β βΒ Sherlockβs refusal to talk about his past hides far more skeletons than John could ever have guessed at. Halloween-esque AU.