flyby recs

I don't do yuletide for [list of mostly-petty but irrelevant reasons] (I did yuletide 2018 — an exception in a weird year), but have a handful recs of things that have delighted me in the collection this year.

AITA for accusing my father of multiple crimes on his own news station?. succession, gen. 2.8k words, rated T.

Reddit's view of Kendall Roy over the years.

Does what it says on the tin! Featuring conspiracy theories, the r/roysucks subreddit, and someone with the username dikpix4profit, because there's always That Guy.

Life/Time Opportunity. the haunting of hill house - shirley jackson, gen. 1k words, rated T.

Once you experience all that Hill House has to offer, you’ll never want to leave.

A real estate listing for Hill House, pitch-perfect blend of overwrought realtor-ness and creeping horror.

Whatever our souls are made of. last tango in halifax, calamity & flora. 4k words, rated g.

Calamity has always had more than enough family to go ‘round, but Flora is something special.

Calam and Flora growing up together, being each other's person, discussing ghosts, and dragging John to within an inch of his life.

Until We Meet Again. hell house - richard matheson, edith/ofc. 3.3k words, rated e.

"I don't mean ordinary nightmares," Fischer says. "I've had enough of those that I can tell the difference."
"I have dreams too," Edith says carefully. "Very vivid ones, even. But I think it's a mistake to read too much into them."

A looping, unreal, gorgeous, cruel piece of horror, full of psychological warfare with ghosts and cannibalism.