Best One-Shot Hunger Games Fanfics
Hunger Games one-shots under 10k words — complete reads in one sitting. Curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 25 One-Shot Hunger Games Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Hunger Games fics — short stories under 10,000 words.
The Grandbaby Reveal
by EllanaSan
“Apparently they didn’t get they were becoming grandparents.” Katniss mocked. Peeta paused in the process of removing his coat, eyebrows rising up. “I thought the pregnant belly was a big clue.”
Rose-Tinted Glasses
by tamerofdarkstars
The world is shades of grey until the moment you lay eyes on your soul mate. Except Haymitch is convinced the whole color thing is bullshit, because he met his soul mate years ago and his world remained stubbornly grey.Then he meets the new District 12 Escort and suddenly he doesn't know what to thi
Bruised Skin
by EllanaSan
It was only natural to see pale blue flashes on your skin from time to time. Reassuring, even. It meant your soulmate was out there somewhere. It was much more worrying when no phantom lines ever marred your skin.
Qui vivra verra
by starlightmeissa
'Who lives, shall see.'Maria gets reborn in a young adult novel before the main character is a thought in her mom's mind. So, with no Mockingjay to save the country, she'll just have to wait things out until Katniss gets to the games.Unfortunately, that plan doesn't work when she volunteers in a twe
The Team Trap
by EllanaSan
“What’s the very good reason that’ll get her to come?” Katniss asked.Peeta was silent for a moment, his hand stilled on her back. “It involves a technical white lie.”In her experience, lies were hardly ever technical or white.
Second Choice
by EllanaSan
“Oh, I do know what it is to be the default choice.” Effie retorted, a bit bitterly. “Which is how I know you never were Katniss’.”The boy frowned. “What do you mean?”Yeah, Haymitch mused, what the fuck did she mean…
All The Scars You Cannot See
by EllanaSan
There was something you never ever did in polite society and that was kissing someone’s scars without their express permission. It would have been rude, after all, to accidentally impose yourself as a soulmate on an unsuspecting soul.
Under The Willow
by CarinoEresUnAmor
Red Robin, report."Bruce's voice filtered in through his comms as Tim tries to pry his eyes open, glancing around at his surroundings."I-"Tim started, wincing at the pain pounding against his skull. Wires, were the first thing he could recognize, they practically surrounded him, some stuck to his ar
All of Your Heart's Desires
by ciemai
He remembered that night during the Victory Tour when she had confessed her dreams to him in a voice so soft he almost missed it over the soft humming of the train. All she wanted was a full belly for Prim and a field of dandelions in the spring. She never wanted to be married or have children, all
Just This Once
by MarikaMonica
When Peeta won his games, he promised himself he was going to find a way to make life better for people around him. A few years later, he is hated, feared, and lonelier than he thought it was possible. With the revolution about to start, he is not looking for change, but then one night, one meeting
The ballad of the black wolf
by Diana911
Gale goes to the Arena. Katniss keeps alive eight people instead of two. Peeta burns down the Bakery. For Haymitch the Mockingjay is still Burdie's kid, with the hard eyes, and the slow smile. But this time, just for him. And the wind blows out the candle flame.
The Long Way Home
by crunchy_granola
Cashmere's victory tour through the eyes of her mentor, who, by the way, did not sign up for this.
Butterfly with an Arrow
by starsfreckles
After the war, Katniss Everdeen is offered the chance to branch a new timeline into the past and correct everything she has lost. She awakens at the reaping of Johanna Mason’s Games, determined not to let history repeat itself, but every choice comes with a cost, and the universe must decide what, o
non licet nobis
by Ellenka
The door closes after him just like it closed after her mother, after Prim, after Madge, cutting her off from paths she could have explored, lives she could have lived. Katniss traces the edge of the gold pin, a thin band around the bird trapped in the middle. Hoping beyond hope there’s still a way
Happy Birthday, Haymitch!
by abertrinket
the first anniversary without a reaping...
In Memoriam
by TeaSleuth
When the Capitol decides there should be an annual event to memorialise victims and survivors of the Games, the surviving Victors are called back to the Capitol for the event. Including those from District 12. Short sequel to The Weight of Guilt.
You’re not in this alone anymore
by louell
My version of what happens after Katniss gets home to district 12. (OLD PEETA IS BACK!! GALE SLANDER FOR MY OTHER GALE HATERS!!)
last ones out
by Ellenka
When he stretches his hand, she doesn't hesitate to take it. Perhaps she should, after everything that happened. She can almost feel blood and ashes between their fingers, but she still takes it, suddenly deathly afraid of losing him, too. (A little missing scene after the wedding. Everthorne.)
A Tale of Owls and Vines
by jbwrites03
Luz Noceda is not from Panem. But when she is discovered camping just outside the border, along with other Ariali children, they are taken by peacekeepers to live with a kind couple in District 12. After making some new friends with people in her new classes, she learns about The Hunger Games. And t
The Arena Reprogrammed
by Lillan011L
Katniss’s fingers tightened around the Capitol-issued bow, pulling the arrow back with an unpierced concentration. She aimed, got ready to release it, and–“Hey! Twelve!” Katniss flinched, sending the arrow into the foam test floor to prevent damaging something. She was in enough trouble already. She
Family Ties
by thediamond_theincomparable
A look into Prim's thoughts the day of the Reaping, and the weeks that follow.
There's nothing like a mad woman
by tothem00n_andtosaturn
Coming from District 4, Annie Cresta had grown up to love the Hunger Games, to want to be in them herself. But when she and her younger brother are reaped together, and she learns all these secrets about the truth of the Games, Annie just likes them less and less. Which is why she happily accepted t
Kiss Cam
by EverlarkSupremacy
While on separate first dates at a baseball game edging on varying degrees of disaster, what will happen when the kiss cam finds a newly acquainted Katniss and Peeta instead? And what will come of it? - A Modern Everlark AU. *re-uploading after mandated deletion*
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by steluna
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Remember me tomorrow
by VeryBerryBun
She doesn’t know why, but a bitter taste lingers on her tongue. Her name is in there only once. One single slip. She won’t be chosen. She has never been afraid of that. So why is her heart beating so fast now? Why are her instincts telling her to run, and run, and never come back? — or; A Hunger Gam
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This list of 25one-shot Hunger Games fanfics spans 128,959 total words. Kudos range from 2 on the newest entries to 6,341 on the most established. 40% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (12 of 25 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Post-Canon · Hunger Games-Typical Death/Violence · Angst · Alternate Universe - Soulmates · Hurt/Comfort.
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