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Hadestown one-shots under 10k words — complete reads in one sitting. Curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.

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Top 25 One-Shot Hadestown Fanfics

Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Hadestown fics — short stories under 10,000 words.

1

I Know a Lack You've Got (Or, Shane Hollander Looks Back. He Was Always Going To.)

by babyurahauntedhaus

Shane wants to say, Hey, so,  I looked up how to say ‘I love you’ in Russian on Google Translate and I’m pretty sure I recognized the sound.   Ilya, he wants to say, you fucking idiot. You really thought you could just tell me you love me in a different language and get away with it? Like I wouldn’t

103 kudos 4,740 words 1/1 chapters Mature Complete
2

Lover tell me if you can

by FranticallyChaotic

Orpheus didn’t remember until the blood of his first killed filled his veins. He dropped the body and started screaming in agony, his past life flooded into him as his current life died. Eurydice tried keeping the sobs as quiet as she (he?) could. Clutching the red carnation as the teenage body Eury

25 kudos 4,807 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
3

red clay (we don't have to do this the hard way)

by sunshine_jo

Orpheus and Eurydice's first time sharing a bed.

18 kudos 1,467 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
4

From Hadestown to Santa Cruz

by LordPhantomhive

After the death of his wife, Eurydice, Orpheus chooses to end his life only to find himself reborn as a vampire. He has vowed to never fall in love again but will meeting Michael Emerson many years later change his heart? This is inspired by the amazing Ali Louis Bourzgui who has played Orpheus and

15 kudos 1,074 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
5

By the Highway Side

by RonRonLemon

“What’s your name?” He asked her. “I’m Eurydice. Do you always flirt with your customers on the clock?” she replied, letting some amusement into the question. “Only sometimes,” he admitted, averting his eyes to the floor as a shy smile flickered across his face. “That doesn’t feel very professional,

12 kudos 8,157 words 1/? chapters Mature
6

No Promises

by QUestingQUail

"Everybody knows that walls have ears. Fewer people know that they have voices, too. Voices to whisper, to spread advice, rumors: tales of a girl who’d stolen from the king. A girl who had things from up above, who’d use them to help you remember. And if you asked the right questions, at the right t

10 kudos 1,677 words 1/4 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
7

Hello again... My love

by FnafUa11

Orpheus finally dies decades later, never falling in love with anyone else but her and sees her again.   (INCREDIBLY SHORT IM COPING IDC)

9 kudos 186 words 1/1 chapters Not Rated
8

a heart out of pawn (a king out of check)

by FicsBySoph

It’s a particularly freezing December in the little town that houses Mr. Hermes’s bar, the Railroad Line. The car of a stranger, not intending to stay very long, breaks down in front of its doors. Across town, an old man leaves for Santa Fe on business. Love can work in such funny ways. Each chapter

8 kudos 2,267 words 2/11 chapters General Audiences
9

Songbirds

by Peachblossoms_3

A bunch of Orpheus and Eurydice one shots that will be updated as often as I have creativity since I have a lot of free time. I’ll be taking suggestions and requests for chapters! Hope you guys enjoy

8 kudos 9,627 words 7/? chapters Explicit
10

After a thousand years, My Love.

by Alexander_The_greek_twink

“It is said that the souls of the dead diminish in Hades. The dead become shades in the Underworld: dim, weakened versions of themselves. But not me, Eurydice. I will look for you in death, and after. As long as my soul remains, it will seek yours wherever you may be.” After his death, Orpheus now i

5 kudos 1,862 words 1/1 chapters Not Rated Complete
11

Nooooo don't turn backkkkkkkkkkkkk oh noooooooo.........

by Stinkytoecore_idkX3

I LOVE DOOMED CHARACTERS!!!!!!   I saw Hadestown in London maybe two years ago but I think about it often. It was the closest thing to magic I've ever seen. I think that there is no world in which Eurydice gets out of the underworld and there is no world in which Orpheus doesn't turn around.   Lalal

5 kudos 609 words 1/1 chapters Not Rated Complete
12

Orpheus and Eurydice blurbs

by Colette_Writes13

Hii! These are a bunch of oneshots of Orpheus and Eurydice, some are canon and some are not. I also post on wattpadd (Writing_colette098) and on tiktok but in too lazy to find the user, im pretty sure its ghosteditz_13 but i might have changed it. Some of these are pretty sad so idfk. Anyway enjoy!

5 kudos 8,156 words 15/? chapters Not Rated
13

Excerpts From the Underworld

by W4RMBL00D

My English Assessment demands attention.

4 kudos 926 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
14

Eurydice and Orpheus

by SuspiciouslyLicensedTomato

What if we heard Eurydice’s side of the story? And what if she did something to save them both?

4 kudos 2,429 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
15

Backspace

by drpeppercreamsoda

Orpheus is an indie musician who loses Eurydice, his girlfriend and creative partner, in a late-night accident. Broken by grief, he vanishes from the scene—only to reemerge a year later with an album titled with her name. It's haunting, brilliant, and viral. Every song is a memory. Then one night, a

4 kudos 4,424 words 3/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
16

Eurydice, wife of Orpheus.

by YesIAmAnIntellectualBeing

Is that truly all she should be known for? And why is it always Orpheus and Eurydice, never Eurydice and Orpheus?   AKA   Orphia enters the Underworld for true love. (a retelling of the classic myth)

4 kudos 223 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
17

Orpheus

by captainnoodles

No summary provided.

4 kudos 805 words 2/2 chapters General Audiences Complete
18

duppy bat (ascalapha odorata)

by aesilie

It's only natural that a moth be attracted to the light.

4 kudos 4,132 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
19

Health Forms

by Kreydaskt

After the musical health forms are given to each worker for them to fill out for their health and any conditions or accommodations they might need. Eurydice though, doesn't want to share hers, being more than slightly embarrassed about it But maybe she's not as alone in it as she originally though -

4 kudos 4,568 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
20

Hades Didn't Say No To Backstreet Boys

by kaytlynn_hermesdaughter_11

orpheus has the vague appearance of a braincelleurydice is tired™and i am sleep deprived

3 kudos 911 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
21

Bramy Hadesu

by kasztanek_86

Orfeusz i Eurydyka gdyby yuri

3 kudos 623 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete
22

Be careful what you wish for; The dead have cold hands.

by ThatOneRat1781

When Orpheus goes down to hell, and demands for Eurydice back, Hades has other plans for him. (NOT A SHIP!!)

3 kudos 900 words 3/? chapters Not Rated
23

My Eyes Look But Can't Glance Away

by VintKnight

It's a sad song that cannot be rebuked by the poor man, it will be sung again and again and he knows it…

3 kudos 698 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
24

Cursed Persephone

by virtuousjeff

just another orpheus and eurydice retelling becuase im a chud and i wrote a multigenre paper on them for ap lang

2 kudos 3,680 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences Complete
25

Echoes in the Underworld

by Maz08_MB

In the cold gray expanse of the Underworld, Orpheus and Euridice are reunited. But eternity is not the blissful reward he imagined; it is a different kind of cage. Their once-vibrant love curdles in the stagnant air, poisoned by the memory of his fatal glance and the reality of their ghostly existen

2 kudos 1,927 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences Complete

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This list of 25one-shot Hadestown fanfics spans 70,875 total words. Kudos range from 2 on the newest entries to 103 on the most established. 48% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is General Audiences (11 of 25 fics).

Recurring tags across this list: Angst · Post-Canon · Alternate Universe - Modern Setting · Inspired by Orpheus and Eurydice (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore) · Fluff.

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