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Stolen Linen - A Dead Men/OC One Shot by KaptainK3tchup
Fandoms: Skulduggery Pleasant - Derek Landy
12 Jul 2025
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A headcanon turned into a short snippet
This story is written during the 300 year war against Mevolent. Our reader, Elsie, is travelling with the Dead Men towards a mission they have been assigned. Having left the safety of one of their larger strongholds, they are forced to rest in their own makeshift camp overnight.
This little story details the shenanigans that ensue.
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The Skulduggery Pleasant characters read and react to the books.
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- Part 1 of Reading the Skulduggery Pleasant Books
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“If you’re a time traveller,” Hopeless asked, “when did you come from?”
Hopeless had moved nearer to Larrikin, who had not really sobered, and was still looking excessively happy with himself for no particular reason.
“I … two thousand and seventeen,” Valkyrie said, and then she looked at Skulduggery, “help me up.”
The skeleton took a moment to move, and then he extended a hand and supported her arms so she could stand. There was an overwhelming lack of familiarity in his behaviour.
“Alright,” Dexter said, “So that’s how you know Skulduggery.”
Valkyrie frowned, “I didn’t expect you to take that so well.”
“Well,” Larrikin said from the floor, where Dexter had dropped him sometime during his laughing fit. “You’re not the first.”
Or, Valkyrie travels back in time and meets the Dead Men. She finds them very different to what she expected.
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- Part 7 of Dead Men Fics
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With a Simple Flap of Wings by White_and_Nerdy
Fandoms: Skulduggery Pleasant - Derek Landy
22 Jan 2025
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Somewhere in the ether a butterfly shifts its wings and Stephanie Edgley is born four centuries early.
Or, what if Valkyrie Cain became a Dead Man during the 300 year war.(Alt summary: author treats cannon like a particularly mean toddler with play dough.)
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Going for a werewolf hunt sounds like a nice task for the dead man.
So they pack their hunting gear and bid their camp farewell, but not everything is as it seems..... -
The Very Unfortunate Passing Of Rustica Strife by FrostyFoggyCemetery
Fandoms: Skulduggery Pleasant - Derek Landy
03 Mar 2024
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The title pretty much sums it up ._.
Note: I have no idea how militaries work and this is also just my perception of the little we know of Rustica's death. Also, I couldn't tag her as a character but yeah.
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Roadtrip of the centuries by LilleNattergal for AboveAlone
Fandoms: Skulduggery Pleasant - Derek Landy
30 Nov 2023
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What's more fun than 7 dead men? 9 of them!
Or, the Dead Men get tasked with retrieving a possibly dangerous artefact from Denmark to Ireland for testing, and have the roadtrip of the centuries while at it. -
The Dead Men meet M/n – Skulduggery Pleasant x Kid!Male!Reader by BlackyPanther9
Fandoms: Skulduggery Pleasant - Derek Landy
27 Oct 2023
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A five year old boy, by the name M/n, returned to his homevillage, where he lost his Mother by the age of three years, after his "parents" tried to burn him alive in a building. He had no idea that a War was going on and just out of coincidence did he run into The Dead Men troop. They promised to keep him safe, after he healed them from their wounds, until his Godfather will find him. But...can they keep it ?
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The prelude to the main story, all about the Hundred Year War and the Dead Men's role in it.
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- Part 2 of Avatar AU
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The day Skulduggery Pleasant pulled his body out of the river and walked back in Roarhaven, living and breathing, was the day the war truly began.
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Skulduggery Pleasant Universe x Male!Reader (Book 6) by BlackyPanther9
Fandoms: Skulduggery Pleasant - Derek Landy
08 Jul 2023
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I started with book 6, because I had ideas for ages.
M/n had a hard life, harder than any of the Dead Men know. He keeps secrets from them, but will he be able to hide them from the men forever ? He is a very troubled man, who was raised by the Dead Men. He sees them as family, so why is he so closed off ? Find out here !Yes I do plan to make the first few books too, but I started with one, where I already had everything planned out.
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- English
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- 41,292
- Chapters:
- 10/10
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Hopeless & Erskine alternate universe fanfic.
Posting for the sake of the Skulduggery Pleasant Ship Wars. Vote Hopeskine.
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- 1,620
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Anton and Larrikin become cat parents. Hijinks ensue.
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The Children of Gaia: The Ancient records. by Fineskii
Fandoms: Skulduggery Pleasant - Derek Landy
19 May 2023
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What you hold is the history of the single greatest empire known to humanity. A history born from destruction and devastation that has flourished within our grasps. We, the citizens of The United Alliance of the Galactical Áohlos Dominions, are more than willing to share. For you, readers of tomorrow and today, play an important role in all that's to come.
I am known by Staire Fear, but you may refer to me as The Archivist. Trivial information about me is needed nowhere. I am but a historian and that is all that should matter to you. I bring no great tales of adventure or stories of my own. I am to give you only the facts.
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A historical retelling of the events and mythologies of The United Alliance of the Galactical Áohlos Dominions. Basically a guide to planetary information, culture, backstories, lore and everything i cant fit in the COG fic.
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- Part 1 of Children of Gaia series
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- Part 5 of Bad things happen Bingo
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- Part 4 of Bad things happen Bingo
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Skulduggery and Valkyrie are sent somewhere, perfectly normal. there they find an old friend of Skulduggery's
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It is 2018, Stephanie is 23 years old. She learns about magic through the Dead Men, who she befriends. Those Dead Men are in a poly relationship. Over time, Tanith and Stephanie join them and they all fall in love. There is some detective type plot, but it's mostly about the Dead Men and co slowly learning to love each other.
Erskine Ravel died long before it started, Hopeless and Larrikin are alive. Trigger warnings in the top notes on the first chapter.
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Don't Hope For Things Elsewhere by Alexander_Writes
Fandoms: Skulduggery Pleasant - Derek Landy
10 Jan 2023
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A hand grasped his wrist so tightly it stung, and Hopeless spun him towards them. Their eyes were grey like stone, Erskine realised blankly, like the prison buildings in Dublin’s west. When they spoke their voice was quiet and rough.
“I know you’re new. But here, when you’re told something is mandatory you do it, unless you want to be swinging from the gibbet next.”
Erskine looked down at Hopeless’ hand, and they loosened their grip a little. Something in their face cracked then.
“Please, Erskine, just come.”In an Alternate Universe where the Unnamed took control long before the War even began, Erskine, Hopeless, Larrikin and the rest try to resist the totalitarian state they were born into, in differing ways.
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- Part 9 of Dead Men Fics
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Dead Poets Squad by Vipertooth for Alexander_Writes
Fandoms: Skulduggery Pleasant - Derek Landy
26 Dec 2022
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All soldiers are asked to record their missions in writing. Larrikin thinks this is boring and decides the Dead Men will write their reports as poems to make it more fun.
Or: Hopeless gets mocked because their poem doesn’t rhyme, Saracen has a bad boy phase, Dexter denies his screams were loud, and you might start wondering why the Dead Men are venerated as heroes when so many of their missions go wrong.