Dark Seed by bugs

100K+ words (Epic), 50K+ words (Novel), Seasons 6-7 (FTF Fallout/SOSS), Combined Series, Mulder/Scully Romance

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Originally Posted:

1999, 2000

The remaining members of the Consortium have a new, desperate plan. Mulder and Scully are at the center of these machinations, and they struggle to deal with the intimate relationship that results.

CONTENT WARNING: This story contains mature subject matter, including sexual situations, violence, and imagery that may be disturbing to sensitive readers.

Contains all three books.

This can be quite the dark story at times. It's an often uncomfortable Mulder and Scully, floundering a little to find their place in each other's worlds with all the changes thrust upon them by the consortium, but they do find their stride often enough to satisfy. They do get put through a few trials though, and there are a few twists and turns at the end to keep you on the edge. It's definitely worth a read. I even managed to make it through the pregnancy/baby factor completely unscathed.

City of Light by Bonetree

163,000 Words

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Part of the Goshen Universe series:

Published: February 4, 2022
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Explicit - Adults only (E/NC-17), Mature Audiences (M/R)

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Bonetree

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100K+ words (Epic), 50K+ words (Novel), Seasons 6-7 (FTF Fallout/SOSS), ... goes AU, Mulder/Scully Romance, Part of a Series

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Action-adventure, Agents in peril, Casefile, Fledgling MSR Relationship, Hurt/Comfort, Pain & Suffering, Professional Angst, Profiler!Mulder, Scully Torture, Stuck!fic, On the run, Sick/Injured, CW: Mention of rape/sexual assault, Mulder Self-Torture, Jail/Accused of a Crime

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Sue

Originally Posted:

2001

On the run through the American Southwest, Scully and Mulder flee the shadowy forces of Owen Curran and Padden's government agents, who threaten their freedom and their lives. On the way, they must also struggle with their own demons, which threaten to tear them apart.

The Goshen saga continues, with a damaged Scully and protective, concerned Mulder on the run from both the bad guys and the good guys, dealing with the fallout from Secret World.

This one is quite a tough read, particularly straight after Secret World. Although this is third in the trilogy - spoiler alert - it's not a trilogy. 🙂

A lot of art work was made for this story, but only a small amount of it has survived. Sue made chapter images, one of which is used as the cover art here.

Secret World by Bonetree

147,000 Words

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Published: February 2, 2022
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100K+ words (Epic), 50K+ words (Novel), Seasons 6-7 (FTF Fallout/SOSS), Mulder/Scully Romance, Part of a Series

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Originally Posted:

2001

Scully goes deep undercover to find the secret behind a mysterious death. But with what she learns, will she ever be able to come in from the cold?

!Please check the content warnings

A Scully-centric fic that plays to Scully's strengths without turning her into a saint. Meanwhile, poor Mulder is struggling with the separation, and Skinner is having headaches trying to keep him out of trouble.

Bonetree writes a compelling story with some fascinating characters. As Scully gets deeper into the case, we feel Mulder's angst and desperation over his lack of control. There's also some wonderful Mulder-doctoring and caring for an injured Scully, and of course, some considered smut.

Taking Liberties (Neon Universe Vol 1) by ImAStinker

89,000 Words

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Part of the Neon Universe series:

Taking Liberties (Neon Universe Vol 1) by ImAStinker
Devil's Advocate (Neon Universe Vol 2) by ImAStinker & FancyKatz
Neon (Neon Universe Vol 3) by ImAStinker & FancyKatz

Published: November 15, 2021
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Teens and over (T/PG-13)

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FancyKatz, ImAStinker

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Seasons 1-3 (Early), 50K+ words (Novel), Combined Series, Mulder/Scully Romance, Part of a Series

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ImAStinker, x-trash.com

Originally Posted:

1994

Taking Liberties: While the X-Files are shut down, Mulder drags Scully to California to celebrate her birthday, but the case he's assigned to keeps getting in the way...

Bokor Holiday: Mulder takes it upon himself to save Scully from a voodoo curse, but ends up needing saving himself.

Code of Silence: Scully tricks Mulder into agreeing to participate in hypnotherapy to help him with his insomnia and some recurring nightmares.

Child's Play: Mulder and Scully are given a young girl to baby-sit. What they weren't told is that she 'witnessed' a murder without actually being there.

Mulder and the Stinking, Rotten, Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day: Mulder experiences a definite low.

Forgotten Souls: Our heroes may have gotten in over their heads and need a little 'outside' intervention when some old enemies return. First appearance of Dr.Jay.

When Pigs Fly:
Mulder baby-sits some small relatives, much to his dismay, and everything that could go wrong, does go wrong...

Double Vision: Mulder sees and hears strange things after a near death experience from trying vainly to save a woman's life.

Oh, What A Night: On Halloween, Mulder is drafted to baby-sit some small relatives and his well-meaning efforts to take them trick or treating cause nothing but trouble. Co-written by FancyKatz

On The Edge: Mulder finds comfort from his loss with someone who shares it. [Warning: Post-ep for "3". Not essential reading if you prefer to deny that episode never happened.]

Cheryl was a very early MSR fanfic author, with these stories written in 1994. All of her stories take place in the same universe, which begins after Mulder and Scully were split up at the end of Season One. Consequently there are some characters that developed a little differently in this universe, so you occasionally have to forget all you've learned of them since 1994. She's also quite determined to injure Mulder in multiple ways, which can be a lot of fun.

Annie shows up as co-author for the first time in "Oh, What A Night", and they team up to write more stories in Volume 2 and 3 together.

I did release "Devils Advocate" earlier this year, not realising that the other stories were related, so I'm re-releasing that one this week with an extra story added, along with "Neon" (Volume 3).

The image featured on the cover is a sketch by ImAStinker. I tried colourising it for the cover and it turned out a bit of a mess. The original is below. This is one of the sketches that I'll include with Neon in Volume 3.

Reach + Sokol by Khyber

99,000 Words

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Published: October 1, 2021
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100K+ words (Epic), Seasons 4-5 (Mid), 50K+ words (Novel), Seasons 6-7 (FTF Fallout/SOSS), Combined Series, ... goes AU, Mulder/Scully Romance

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Originally Posted:

1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006

The Reach-Sokol series includes:

reach: Mulder and Scully are called off an X-file to an emergency assignment where they have some time alone together. Their reflections and thoughts about the events of the past year lead them both to make certain decisions…
day 17: The slipperier part of the seventeenth day of The Great Adventure. Two words—Tattoo Story. Erotica with character insight
day 19: Skinner discovers the agents’ relationship through a mysterious package.
eldorado bones: Old times and old friends.
sokol: A boy, a girl, a girl, a spaceship, and how things end.
day 51: Mulder and Scully have sex in the back of a Datsun 260Z… no, seriously, that’s it.
dancing skeleton day: Takes place at Christmas 1998, six months after “Reach” and “Sokol,”
terminus post quem: Whatever happened to…? Takes place in summer 2002, four years after “Reach” and “Sokol”.

Khyber takes our agents to some original and unique places. He also gives the partners a fun and adventurous sex life without overdoing it, with a few short smutfics interspersed with the main stories. The angst is also tempered with the kind of off-the-cuff snark that Mulder likes to make, and Scully sometimes adopts, and all the ingredients are there for a very entertaining series.

This one's a little large for a story page, but the other usual options are available.

I don't know who made the original covers, but they were originally posted in Khyber's part of alanna.net, but I hadn't seen them at khyberfic.net (this could just be a wayback machine archive issue.) I also spent an entire day making one myself before I realised there were pre-existing covers, so I'm going to include that one here too. 😀

Complications Trilogy by Sarah Kiley

308,000 Words

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Published: August 9, 2021
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100K+ words (Epic), Seasons 1-3 (Early), 50K+ words (Novel), Combined Series, Sometime in the future (when written), ... goes AU, Mulder/Scully Romance

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Originally Posted:

1996

Complications: After Mulder is in a car accident, Scully continues her investigation in an effort to save him.

Second Chances: Four months after being arrested, Mulder breaks out of prison and seeks Scully's help in clearing his name. To do so, they must make a cross-country trip on the run from the law while Scully has second thoughts about marrying another man. Could this be Mulder and Scully's second chance?

Last Dance: Mulder's messing with something he shouldn't be.

This is an epic early story, beginning in Season 2, so it involves some characters who never made it far into Season 3. It's quite a complicated story, to match its name, as it involves time travel and parallel universes, which always make my head spin. It can get quite concerning MSR-wise at points, but you have to trust that they'll find a way. But I admit to being very glad that an epilogue was added...

All covers are by Sarah.

Another cover for Complications, this one's from the Annex.

Light from Shadows by Writergal2000

79,000 Words

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Published: July 24, 2021
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50K+ words (Novel), Seasons 6-7 (FTF Fallout/SOSS), Sometime in the future (when written), Mulder/Scully Romance, Standalone

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Waking up in a deserted park in the middle of the night, Mulder's mind is a blank. As he and Scully struggle to put the pieces of his memory together, evidence builds into a criminal case against Agent Mulder. While the partners search for the truth, Mulder begins to doubt his own innocence.

(I know, reminiscent of Demons, but too great an episode not to parallel. This is different in its own right -- trust me.)

!Content Warning: There are quite detailed descriptions of sexual assault by or of Mulder, (depending on the POV).

It's not hard to think of Demons when the story begins, but it soon takes you to a whole 'nother place. Mulder has a hard time fighting accusations against him, not knowing how much of it's true. But, honestly, either Mulder needed a better lawyer or I watch too many true crime shows. 😉

Locusts by Syn

29,000 Words

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Published: July 8, 2021
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20K - 50K words (Novella), Seasons 4-5 (Mid), Mulder/Scully Partnership, Standalone

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Action-adventure, Agents in peril, Angst, Blustering Bill Jr, Casefile, Ditch!, Mulder Torture, Mytharc, Pain & Suffering, Professional Angst, Relationship Angst, Scully Torture, On the run, CC-level UST, Deep abiding love (but no smut), Emily, Jail/Accused of a Crime

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Originally Posted:

1998

An unexpected death begins a terrible journey for Dana Scully and Fox Mulder, one that threatens to tear their faith, their beliefs and their partnership apart.

There is a character death or two, but nobody major. Let's just say Bill's lost some of his bluster in this one.

Syn brings us an engaging mytharc story with twists and turns and up and downs (mostly downs) as Scully is living a waking nightmare of betrayal and emotional torture, while Mulder is fighting to be believed. An excellent story set shortly after Emily, and featuring a slightly annoying Detective Kresge.

Verlassen Series by TexxasRose

67,000 Words

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Published: February 17, 2021
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50K+ words (Novel), Fight the Future (XF Movie), Combined Series, Mulder/Scully Romance

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Originally Posted:

1999

Verlassen: The knowledge Mulder receives from an informant is more dangerous than ever before. How much will he sacrifice to guarantee Scully's safety?

Guarded Secrets: It’s been two months since Mulder’s return from Verlassen, and he is almost fully recovered. Just as things seem to be working out for the happy couple, danger strikes again from unexpected sources.

Once again, TexxasRose brings on the Muldertorture, then she ups the stakes when things are starting to go well and tortures them both. There's a little actual torture involved as well as the beginnings of sexual assault, but nothing too graphic. Mulder gets a kitten, so that should make up for the unsavoury events. 😉

Seisdeadh by IndigoMuse

79,000 Words

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Published: January 27, 2021
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50K+ words (Novel), Seasons 6-7 (FTF Fallout/SOSS), Mulder/Scully Romance, Standalone

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Scully's getting stalked, and when she disappears, Mulder finds their relationship under suspicion, whilst he searches for her. Meanwhile, she's not inclined to just sit back and wait to be rescued.

This is a fic I came across whilst I was searching for another story, and I'm very glad I did. I usually avoid established relationship fics because I like a bit of excitement, IYKWIM, but there's no lack of that with this pair, despite them being together almost 2 years at the time this is set.

There's the angst of Mulder and Scully both being in danger, then more angst when nobody would believe Scully had been kidnapped, thanks to some bruising left by Mulder. 😉 After Mulder is sidelined by the bureau, our agents have to each rely on their wits to get back to each other. A++++

Road (Going Nowhere) Series by Nicole Perry

165,000 Words

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Part of the Road Series Universe series:

Road (Going Nowhere) Series by Nicole Perry
Road Series: Cul-de-Sac by Wendy Williams

Published: June 8, 2020
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100K+ words (Epic), Seasons 1-3 (Early), 50K+ words (Novel), Combined Series, ... goes AU, Mulder/Scully Romance

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Nicole Perry

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Action-adventure, Agents in peril, Angst, Angst/Comfort Smut, Hurt/Comfort, Kidnapped/Abducted/Hostage, Mulder Torture, Mytharc, Pain & Suffering, Professional Angst, Scully Torture, Separated/Reunited, Serious accident/disaster, Smut, Überangst, UST to RST (First time), On the run, Sick/Injured, Jail/Accused of a Crime

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Annex - cover artist unknown

Originally Posted:

1995, 1996, 1997, 1999

Scully is injured in a blast in which lives are lost. She was the target, so she and Mulder take off, knowing also that that they will be blamed. The pair travel the width of the country in an effort to escape those who are after them.

This starts as a short story, set in Season 3, but it quickly gets out of hand and ends up as an epic series.

From Nicole (in Goin' Nowhere): This is a dark story that I love. It was wild -- the idea literally leaped into my mind this morning and plagued me all day. It was all I could do to get home and write it down.

The stories include:

Goin' Nowhere
Passing Through
At the Blue Hotel
Down the Tracks
A Divided Highway
City Limits*

*City Limits is an incomplete WIP. I've put a note at the end of the completed stories so you can decide whether or not you'd like to leave them in a happy place or continue on. City Limits has only 5 chapters posted, and remains eternally incomplete.

It's sad that this epic series remains unfinished, but I can't even imagine what it would be like to work on a project for this many years, so I'm totally surprised that Nicole managed to put out as much as she did.

I'm not really a fan of the premise of this fic, but this is well written and didn't bother me for some reason.

I'm uploading another story, written by Wendy Wiliams, called "Cul-de-Sac" for anyone who needs something light hearted when they get to the end. This story is in the Roads Series universe, and is a humourous meta-based fic with a cameo from Nicole and a cast of characters from the Order of the Blessed Saint Scully the Enigmatic. It was authorised by Nicole, so could technically be considered canon... It begins at the end of A Divided Highway.

A dustjacket by Analise for the first story in the series.

From the Ashes by J Greco

60,000 Words

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Published: August 31, 2019
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50K+ words (Novel), Seasons 6-7 (FTF Fallout/SOSS), Mulder/Scully Romance, Standalone

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J Greco

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Agents in peril, Angst, ATTHS, Casefile, Ditch!, Hurt/Comfort, Kidnapped/Abducted/Hostage, Mulder Torture, CW: Non/dubcon M or S /other, Oozing UST, Professional Angst, Romance, Separated/Reunited, Stuck!fic, Überangst, Mulder Self-Torture, Deep abiding love (but no smut), Jail/Accused of a Crime

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Annex - cover artist unknown

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When Mulder is accused of sexual assault by a confused young girl, it begins an odyssey which will cause him to doubt every aspect of his life. But as Scully works to find out the hidden truth behind the events, Mulder realizes that she is the one truth upon which he can always rely.

Jamie finds a number of imaginative ways in which to torture Mulder, and Scully is the only one he can trust to help him through an extremely difficult time. There's lots of love in this one - no smut - but it doesn't seem to be lacking. It's a sensitive, heartwrenching (but somehow at the same time heartwarming) novel that draws our agents closer together. Note - there are references to sexual assault but no gory details.

Jamie's Mulder is spot on with his comebacks. His ability to make light of a situation with lines like “I have to admit, Scully, punching me in the face seems to be more than the passing fad I had originally hoped” adds some levity to an otherwise angsty fic.

Preponderance by Alanna

45,000 words

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Published: August 6, 2019
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20K - 50K words (Novella), Seasons 4-5 (Mid), Combined Series, Mulder/Scully Romance

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Alanna

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Action-adventure, Agents in peril, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, It's complicated, Mulder Torture, Mytharc, Professional Angst, Relationship Angst, Scully Torture, Separated/Reunited, Smut, Überangst, UST to RST (First time), On the run, Jail/Accused of a Crime

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Annex - cover artist unknown

Originally Posted:

1998

Preponderance (Books 1 & II)

Guilt is painted in shades of grey. When Scully is involved in a serious crime, how will Mulder react?

This fic is a meal of angst and emotional torture, with a side order of smut. Alanna sets our agents on an extremely emotional journey, with a divide that seems impossible to bridge. But have faith.

Goodnight Newton by Rachel Howard

43,000 words

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Published: June 30, 2019
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20K - 50K words (Novella), Seasons 4-5 (Mid), Mulder/Scully Romance, Standalone

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Rachel Howard

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Action-adventure, Agents in peril, Angst, Angst/Comfort Smut, Casefile, Hurt/Comfort, Mulder Torture, Professional Angst, Scully Torture, Smut, UST to RST (First time), Jail/Accused of a Crime

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Originally Posted:

1998

A bizarre case in Las Vegas leads Mulder and Scully deeper into the Consortium's secrets than they've ever gone before.

As excruciating as the mytharc can be, it does inspire fics like this that attempt to repair the problems. Rachel considerately ties up the season 5 mytharc loose ends in this well-written story.

I finally managed to excavate the original dustjacket by Michaela from the ashes of AOL.

Arizona Highways by Fialka

128,000 words

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Published: February 26, 2019
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100K+ words (Epic), 50K+ words (Novel), Seasons 6-7 (FTF Fallout/SOSS), Combined Series, Mulder/Scully Partnership, Mulder/Scully Romance

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Fialka

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Angst, Casefile, Fowley Induced Angst, Mytharc, Professional Angst, Relationship Angst, Rift, Scully/Other, Separated/Reunited, On the run, Jail/Accused of a Crime

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Fialka

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