Top 20 Short Magic Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with magic and falls in the 10,000–50,000 words range.
The Standard You Walk Past
by bafflinghaze
On returning to Hogwarts for their Eighth Year, Headmistress McGonagall decided to room Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter together. She may have hoped for a leading example of house unity; the other students fully expected insults and fights. But nothing happened.That was, until Harry sleepwalked into D
Every Step You Take
by Nokomis
Stiles accidentally ends up magically bound to Derek. It’s super.
In Evidence of Magical Theory
by bixgirl1
When a hex meant for Draco accidentally catches Harry as well, they're forced to learn to understand each other in ways they previously might have thought impossible.In which Harry and Draco can't fight, so they fall in love instead.
Patterns of Intention
by drunktuesdays
Derek looked like the stuff of his deepest fantasies. His shirt was rumpled where Stiles had his hands in it, and he was breathing hard as well, chest heaving. His eyes—his eyes were glazed over and he looked stunned, like he’d been—like Stiles had—“No,” Stiles said, blood draining from his face.
beneath six layers of silk
by darkredloveknot (enheduane)
While exorcising a haunting, Lan Wangji gets cursed with a brand of honesty, and is forced to speak his every thought out loud.
charmed
by kaythebest
"So you’re not going to eat me?" Seokjin asks, just to confirm."Why would I eat you?""Because you’re a dragon," Seokjin says slowly, because it should be obvious, despite Namjoon not looking very dragon-y at all.Namjoon looks unimpressed. "I may be a dragon, but I’m not an animal."
Blade of the Sun
by BladeoftheSun
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Every Night the Longest Day
by ashtreelane
Honestly? None of them take mystic as seriously as they should. Sure they respect it and are fascinated by it (excluding Donnie), but none of them really considered the dangers that it may hold for the four of them.A fight with a mystic user is going to change that forever.____________________Leo is
Leave It Behind
by rymyanna
Dipper contracts Bill to get rid of his abusive mate, and Bill agrees on the condition that he gets to pilot the body. While playing the role of a mated pair, Dipper gets more involved in Bill's schemes, and with Bill, than he bargained for.
the halfway cafe
by mintea
Yoongi takes a shaky breath. “So you’re, what, a spirit too?”“No, I’m— wait, I should probably do this properly.” Namjoon smiles ruefully and then straightens from the counter to bow deeply. “My name is Kim Namjoon, and I’m the owner of Halfway Cafe. I’m a witch, and the magic teas really are magic.
Bewitched
by Anonymous
Connor McDavid is hexed during a playoff game against the Jets and it’s somehow Matthew’s fault. Because this is his life.
Danse Macabre
by Kunstpause
Irene has not lived an easy life. From the moment she had joined the Scions she had tried her best to live up to their ideals. Not an easy feat at all for someone who is easy to anger and tends to leap into danger with no regard for safety at all. She figured out quickly that no one appreciates it w
A Hermetic Mage in Lady Gotham's Court
by Your_Stepfather
Fed up with the constant escapes from Arkham Asylum, A freshly awakened mage decides to do something about it----Could be considered a rewrite of my other fic, Gotham: The Ascension, but considering how I might continue that, it's not really a rewrite. More so, a different take on it.
Of Frost and Fire
by StygianHeart
Jack Frost and E. Aster Bunnymund haven’t been getting along recently. Ever since defeating Pitch seven months ago, things have gotten better between the two, but a few months is hardly enough time to get over forty years of dislike and distrust. After the two screw up a battle due to their fighting
Like Rain That You Slept Through
by tangerinepockets
In a little yellow house on the corner of the street there's a magic shop with two unusual witches inside. Yoongi, with an enchanted bloodstone for a heart, who feels nothing. Jungkook, with Yoongi's true heart in his chest, who feels everything. Three years ago an accident bound them, ruined them,
Second Beginnings and Different Endings
by allupinsmoke
Slow-burn SQ. Henry has moved out. The mansion is empty. Regina decides to open it up to foster kids and offer them what Emma never had growing up — a home. Callie Jacob is a hardened and traumatized teen. She knows she is beyond love. Her only goal is to get Jude into a safe home, after which she c
If the Glove Fits
by wunderplunder
Arthur never thought that helping two starving children would amount to much, certainly not in the form of fairy godparents. Fate loves to prove him wrong, however, and in a moment of pure desperation, he finds himself in the company of two magical beings determined to turn his miserable life aroun
The Cracks
by fallsintograce
In a world where every skater gets a magic power upon skating in a magical rink, Yuuri is left out when he's the only one without a power. However, when the rink starts collapsing and skaters start losing their abilities, it's up to him to save them all. (Or the Encanto AU I've been working on and f
For the City
by Narvine
After a cataclysmic storm wiped out the shores of Klatch and now heads for Ankh-Morpork, the Patrician must find a way to protect his city. A strange wizard, brought in by Ridcully, is interested to help, but he soon reveals himself to be the sort of person neither Vetinari, nor Vimes want around.
Whispers in the Wind
by ForSekai_1994
When Jongin unexpectedly inherits an ancient ring, he discovers it houses Sehun, a powerful and handsome wind jin bound to grant wishes. Struggling to navigate the modern world and freed from centuries of imprisonment, Sehun transforms Jongin’s life in ways he never imagined. But their newfound happ
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About Magic
Spellwork, enchantments, and the impossible made systematic — whether the canon is already magical or the writer is introducing magic where none existed. Covers everything from intricate original magic systems to a single inexplicable curse driving the plot.
Magic is fanfiction's most flexible tool: it can externalize emotion, literalize metaphor, and give any pairing a curse that can only be broken one obvious way.
Common scenarios: A witch's familiar turning out to be a transformed human, or two characters bound by a spell that forces honesty between them.
About This List
This list of 20short Magic fanfics spans 631,259 total words. Kudos range from 24 on the newest entries to 71,914 on the most established. 55% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (7 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Magic · Alternate Universe - Magic · Romance · Hogwarts Eighth Year · Curses.
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