Top 21 One-Shot Sandman Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Sandman fics — short stories under 10,000 words.
moonflower
by Magnolia35
Hob has to do a double take because Dream is crying; big, ugly, hiccuping sobs that wrack his skeletal frame to the point where Dream looks like a leaf in the wind. The raven that’d been following the man the last time they met— Mike or Martin or Matthew or something— pecks at the guys shoes. The s
let me in before the rainy season starts again
by tiltingheartand
“Oh shit,” he says, eyes wide. And then, “oh fuck,” as he’s scooting backwards as quick as he can, “sorry, sorry, I’m sorry,” because what else can you say when you realize, oh, that’s not just a version of your friend that your brain conjured up, that’s your actual friend, the anthropomorphic perso
Into Darkness and Howling (I'll Keep Him From Drowning)
by TinyButFierce
It was beginning to sound like Roderick Burgess had something or someone trapped in his basement.Hob was starting to wonder if he should do something about that.
We dream - it is good we are dreaming
by Nekromika
It came sudden. His friends head snapped around, fanthomless eyes staring directly at him. One pale hand reached out and took hold of his arm, fingers as long as spider-legs which dug themselves painfully into his flesh.“Find me.”Hob awoke with sweat sticking to his brow, breath caugh in his lungs,
Afterimage
by ScribeofArda
The anthropomorphic personification of dreaming is sitting on his sofa, staring at a sequin cushion in his lap.His day could be weirder, but Hob isn't quite sure how.
warning sign
by issylra
"He does not wish your friendship, Hob Gadling. He wishes to bed you.""He—" Hob cuts himself off, head tilting slightly like the new information needs just a second to process. Dream wonders when he began to find this kind of confusion more endearing than a test of his patience. In which Dream begi
Hello (my old heart)
by Nekromika
Dream and Hob finally have their meeting in the New Inn. "The New Inn?" Dream asked, averting his gaze. "It is yours?""Well, yeah." Hob cleared his throat. "Couldn't bring it over my heart to see the old one be torn down, so I...built a new one.""You," Dream began, their arms brushing between their
pie of birds and grief and ocean water
by Chrome
“Yes,” he says. “But—humans, do you have it where you are hungry, and you only remain hungry so long, and then you stop being hungry?” His blue eyes meet Hob’s brown ones, and it feels as though they hold a memory between them of Hob at the old inn, wolfing down food. Do you know how hungry you can
aulon raid
by Moorishflower
The New Inn is as close to a church as Hob can build, a monument to stories, a tribute to dreams. He has a baseball bat, 600 years of fighting experience, and an anthropomorphic representation of dreaming to impress.In other words, no neonazis allowed.
Counting Down The Days
by cup_of_lethe
During their first meeting in the twenty-first century, Dream finally reveals his identity to his old friend.
Leviathans and Other Icebreakers
by shadow_faye
“Tell me a story, Hob Gadling. It has been a very long time since I have been told one.” Hob smirked, relaxing back into his seat. This was familiar territory. He might not know his friend's true nature, but he knew how to tell a good story; six centuries of living had given him plenty of practice.
The Weight of Ordinary Things
by shadow_faye
“You were not wrong,” Dream said after a moment. “I was lonely. I simply... did not understand it then.” Until a century of glass and cold and silence. “And now?” he finally asked. Dream was silent for a moment, looking down at the sidewalk. “I am... less so.” A century of glass, cold, and silence t
A Brief Respite
by shadow_faye
Dream of the Endless has spent weeks haunting the Library of the Dreaming, searching desperately for the creations who fled during his captivity. When Lucienne finally intervenes and insists he step away, he finds himself in the company of Hob Gadling.What begins as a brief visit becomes something m
A Man of Good Fortune (ONE-SHOT)
by Elizabeth19Parker
After his death, Dream wakes in the waking world as a man. Cold, hungry, mortal, and without a kingdom that recognizes him, he goes to the only person who might understand what it means to live beyond all logic: Hob Gadling.
A Dream of Warmth
by shadow_faye
When Hob Gadling hesitates to attend the birthday party of a mortal child who's family he has grown too fond of, Dream shows up on the porch with an unexpected perspective on the kindness of fond memories. Hob finds himself pulled back into the warmth of the living. What follows is an afternoon of s
To dream a dream
by vamphaerys
In a world, where there are many gods, deities and mythic creatures of different kinds, living among the humans who are not able to notice their presence, there are also The Endless. Beings as old as the universe itself, the ones, without whom humans’ lives wouldn’t be whole. Among them, there is Dr
will you greet the daylight looming?
by mayonaisie
Michael is sitting, watching the birds in the park roost around their nests. Although he had not at all visited the 'pathetic' Earth before his… fall. Capture? He thinks it is nice how the birds that had come before them had done the same thing even eighty thousand years ago, with such consistency.
Overlord: The Sandman
by Solidex
No summary provided.
The Cursed Sight
by ThePaintedLady04
It had been a long time since the Dream Lord found himself so lost in thought. Even when faced with hunting down his tools, restoring his realm, dealing with his rogue nightmares, and confronting The Vortex, Morpheus hadn’t felt as powerless over his own mind as he did now. At least when dealing wit
【梦康/路康】黑魔法师奇遇
by meishuxp
路康前提下的梦康，纯粹的小头之作
La strega d'Aprile
by SignoraCara
Caro lettore, ebbene sì, lo ammetto: io amo Ray Bradbury. Lo amo da tempo immemorabile e, in particolare, amo il personaggio di Cecy Elliott che, sotto le apparenze di un'innocua ragazzina, possiede il potere più straordinario e meraviglioso di tutti, almeno secondo me. Dato che - da qualche tempo -
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This list of 21one-shot Sandman fanfics spans 111,817 total words. Kudos range from 2 on the newest entries to 9,267 on the most established. 48% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Mature (6 of 21 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Hurt/Comfort · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Friends to Lovers · Idiots in Love · Post-Episode: s01e06 The Sound of Her Wings (The Sandman TV).
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