Magnus Archives Fanfiction
Rusty Quill's horror podcast about Jonathan Sims, head archivist of an institute that collects statements of supernatural encounters — and the dread powers those statements feed. One of AO3's biggest podcast fandoms ever, its fic culture orbits Jon and Martin's apocalypse-spanning love story (Jonmartin), statement-format experimental fic, and endless safehouse-in-Scotland domesticity carved out of season five's despair. The Entities' fear taxonomy gives writers a horror toolkit no other fandom has, and they use it on the archive staff relentlessly.
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What is Magnus Archives fanfiction?
Magnus Archives fanfiction is fan-created stories set in the The Magnus Archives universe. With over 30,000 works on Archive of Our Own, Magnus Archives is one of the most popular fandoms in the fanfiction community.
These stories explore beloved characters like Jonathan Sims, Martin Blackwood, Tim Stoker, Sasha James, and many more. Writers create everything from short one-shots to epic novel-length adventures, exploring relationships, alternate universes, and "what if" scenarios.
Most Popular Magnus Archives Fanfics
These are the highest-rated Magnus Archives stories on AO3, ranked by kudos from readers.
Like Bats on the 4th of July
by ArcSilverfishTheBugWriter
Martin goes after Jon at the panopticon and finds that he's already taken out Elias. They fight, Martin tells Jon that the tower is falling, and Martin tries to rescue Jon only for it to fail. Then as in canon he prepares to kill him... and realizes technically there's another way. (Eye trauma, warn
turn upside down
by Anaxagorasdidntknowbasicarthmetic
Jon is cold and aches and Martin is warm and willing to rub his back. Alternatively: Jon gets slammed in the face with his own praise kink. Featuring a very smug Martin.
WHAT do you mean that you turn into a bunch of CHAINSAWS?! [Chainsaw Man x The Magnus Archives]
by Delgal
"Statement of Denji Hayakawa regarding his arrival at an abandoned house on Hill Top Road from... another world. Audio recorded directly from the subject, 3rd November, 2015.” "Tsk, tsk... Nope.” Jon looked up. Denji was wagging a finger mere inches from his face, a shit-eating grin adorned his face
The Magnus Restoration
by speyeralweb
Come one and come all to a space in the Magnus multiverse in which the "archives" portion of our beloved institute has been buried away for nearly a decade, only to recently be restored and rebuilt anew for reasons unknown. What statements will be resurfaced and revisited by the archival assistants
Sumer is Icumin In (and In and In)
by WonkyElk
“Ah, Martin? Do I … do I seem a little weird to you?” Martin was halfway through a valiant denial, when he paused and reconsidered. “Well. Actually, there is something a little, I don’t know … strangely summer-like, about you, at the moment? An impression of warmth and ripening fruit.” Jon had been
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
by PrairieDawn
In the unlikely event that they both survived, Martin swore he’d never let Jon out of his sight. He’d protect him from himself. Martin would take care of Jon and keep him from ever hurting himself again. In the unlikely event that he survived, Jon wished he would never have to choose for himself aga
Sleeping Habits
by outofsync
Overwhelmed by the pressure of his new role and by countless sleepless nights alone in the Archives, Jon falls back on an old method of self-soothing. Elias sees an opportunity.
“Don’t Worry” This “There’s always” That—What if I’m HAPPY Like This?
by PrincessRaptor
Martin is getting tired of helpful advice on dealing with Jon’s asexuality
Not- My Sister
by Megumono
Baek Saheon's sister is dead. Every day he wishes and prays for any existing God, not really believing they would answer the prayer of a nonbeliever and someone who believes they don't exist. On the next festival since his sister's death, his sister came back to him as if the horrible nightmare didn
known and know in return.
by velocikeay
Michael has just begun their new job at and is, unknowingly, marked by The Lonely. Gerard Keay sees them in an inconspicuous London cafe and cannot simply abandon them to face the horrors by themself. Naturally.
JulEye tma writing challenge
by constantlysleepdeprived
art challenge but now its writing lol.anyways enjoy my random tma stuffexpect a lot of original statementsthanks to @witchofbrainrot (on tumblr) for coming up with this challenge :D
A Series of Bets
by therune
It started, as it always did, with a bet. A series of meetings Elias and Peter have and their favourite shared activity: making bets on the misfortune of others aka: a meet-cute of two horrible people, bonding over being horrible to other people
The Cool kid Archives
by GlitterPen09
Samm was a bit taken aback when his dad suddenly decided to promote him to the Head Archivist of the Magnus institute, but it did feel good to know someone thinks he's doing good at his job. Or AU of my ocs where they work in the Archives! Basically all major characters are replaced by one oc or ano
Blow the Wind and Come the Rain
by Inkinhart
Martin groaned as his weight crashed against his chest, and he gasped as the knife in his chest skidded against Martin’s flank. “Jon?” He screwed his face up, and Jon felt pale and vapourous with relief. “Jon, what — Jon, Jesus Christ, that’s a dragon.” Jon just rolled onto his back, and let himself
Forsaken
by Lyviel
John knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that they would all be so much better off without him. So when the Lonely came for him, he didn’t even bother to fight it.
Memento Mori
by PrincessRaptor
A Latin phrase literally meaning “you must remember to die” but can be read as “remember that you must die,” or “remember death.” Jon remembers death at the End.
Blackwood House
by Punz1e
All houses that haunt have the same heart. That heart was, among many mostly bad things, a romantic. The past decades of binding the hearts of mortals and love ultimately saving people had given it a taste and seeing these men have so much desperation to stay together made it want to see how it coul
Something Evil Hides in All the Lonely People
by Dyingfiend73
Celine has given up. No one needs her anymore. She takes one last trip with plans to end it all until she encounters a strange woman who seems to take an annoying amount of interest in Celine. And maybe she doesn't have to be alone anymore.
Ideas IGNORE!!! List might be updated
by orphan_account
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swallowsong
by IMAGO_OF_BABEL
After The Lonely - after The Institute - Jon and Martin take flight to Daisy's safehouse, a pleasant little cottage in a woods surrounded by the moors of the Isle of Skye. How fortunate that the safehouse has enough locks on the door to keep out the world and all its ills; how fortunate that now the
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Popular Magnus Archives Ships
JonMartin
Jonathan Sims/Martin Blackwood
The Magnus Archives' prickly archivist dismissed his incompetent assistant for two seasons, then watched Martin grieve him, defy fear gods for him, and nearly vanish into the Lonely before Jon pulled him out with a confession. Canon boyfriends at the apocalypse — the podcast ship of its era.
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Daisira
Alice 'Daisy' Tonner/Basira Hussain
The sectioned police partners of The Magnus Archives are bound by a promise: if the Hunt takes Daisy again, Basira will be the one to end it. Their devotion-as-death-pact runs beside JonMartin as the podcast's other great tragedy.
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Popular Magnus Archives pairings include JonMartin, Daisira. Each ship has thousands of dedicated stories exploring their relationship.
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