8 Works by SarahKSmith
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Slow Show by SarahKSmith
Fandoms: The Walking Dead (Comics), The Walking Dead - All Media Types, The Walking Dead (TV)
30 Sep 2026
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"Now see, I know I'm late." He stopped at the foot of the lounge chair and gave her the grin, the full one, the one that worked every time because he'd built it to work every time. "But I'm pretty sure I'd remember if we'd met."
She turned her head toward him. The sunglasses stayed on and he couldn't read a thing behind the dark lenses, but the corner of her mouth moved. Just barely.
"You're sure about that," she said. Her voice was warm, unhurried, with a Georgia softness around the edges.
He liked that she hadn't made it a question.
"Sweetheart, trust me. I'd remember."
She took another pull off her beer, and he watched her lips around the bottle and didn't bother pretending he wasn't. "Sweetheart," she repeated. "That work a lot?"
"Most of the time."
"Mm. That's honest, at least."
He sat down on the edge of the lounge chair near her feet. She didn't pull them back but she didn't shift closer either, and he rested his forearm on his knee and leaned in. "Shane Walsh."
"I know."
Slow Burn means slow
Starts pre outbreak, and will be a while before we hit canon divergent S1
chapter 4 posted: September 30
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Terminal Paradise by SarahKSmith
Fandoms: The Walking Dead (TV), The Walking Dead (Comics), The Walking Dead - All Media Types
06 Sep 2026
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He was on him before Merle finished the sentence. Fistful of collar, knee driving into Merle's ribs, and the second punch came from his shoulder, landed on the side of Merle's mouth, and his knuckles split open on Merle's teeth. Blood on his hand, but he didn't feel it.
Say it again. Say her name again. Go on.
Merle got his hand up between them, big palm on Daryl's throat, pushing. Merle was stronger, always had been, and Daryl felt the leverage go and got a knee under him and shoved back. They came apart, both up on their knees, both breathing hard.
This is the sequel to: not a lot, just forever.
If you haven't read that, you will be lost.Ch 2: Authors note 8/14,8/22.
Ch 3: 8/31/26
Ch 4: 9/6/26Series
- Part 3 of abyss kiss
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not a lot, just forever by SarahKSmith
Fandoms: The Walking Dead (TV), The Walking Dead (Comics), The Walking Dead - All Media Types
05 Sep 2026
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She'd done this before. She could do it again.
The walker got close and she charged, hitting it with her shoulder the way Vernon had taught her to move cattle when she was twelve. The walker went down hard and she went down with it, knee driving into its chest, hands scrambling for the rock.
She brought it down on the walker's skull. Again. The skull cracked. Again. The skull caved in with a wet crunch and the walker stopped moving but she didn't stop, couldn't stop. She kept bringing the rock down with both hands because she was so fucking tired and so fucking lost and Gran was dead and Sarah was dead and Vernon was alone on a farm she'd never reach and she was never going to be safe, never going to find anywhere, never going to--
"Ain't gonna get any deader."
The voice came from behind her. Male, Southern, cutting through her spiral.
Book one covers Season 1-3x9 with timeline and canon divergence.
109/Book finale: 7/21
Revising (again) as of 9/5Series
- Part 2 of abyss kiss
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The bat found David's other knee. Another wet crack. Another scream. David's guy with a tire iron raised high broke from the crowd. Negan pivoted. Lucille swung in a short arc and caught him across the face. The barbed wire tore through skin and the guy went down hard, tire iron clattering across concrete.
Negan stood over him.
"Rule three. You don't interrupt me when I'm talking." He smiled. Wide and bright and absolutely feral. "Consider me your daddy now. And daddy don't like interruptions."
Jesus Christ, did I just say that out loud?
The apocalypse was definitely making him fucking weird...But it worked, he could see it on their faces. People wanted someone in charge who wasn't David. Even if that someone talked to a baseball bat and made daddy jokes.
Simon was still holding his gun on the remaining crew members."I'll workshop the rest."
Then he brought Lucille down once. Twice. Three times. David's skull caved in with a sound different from the bikers. The body twitched once and went still.Negan straightened and Lucille dripped red.
"Any questions?"You don't have to read Part one unless you want to read non canon Pre Outbreak.
Eventual Negan/OFCSeries
- Part 2 of Negan
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"Third." The word came out quiet. Her throat tightened. Third meant waiting. Third meant he could get really sick while waiting. Third meant-- "Why?"
"I'm too stable." Denny grinned anyway. "Basically I'm so charming and handsome that my body's holding together out of sheer force of personality. UNOS doesn't know what to do with me."
Her lips twitched. "That's not how transplant lists work."
"You sure? Because that's exactly what Burke said. I wrote it down and everything."
"You're full of shit."
"Maybe." He put the coffee down on the table beside him. "But it's true. I'm too healthy to be a priority. Which is good, I guess. Means I'm not actively dying."
Canon divergence AU. Denny Duquette/OFC. Multi-POV.
Timeline: Starts before season 2×13
1-9 moderate revisions 5/8/26, 5/12/26Chapter 11 posted 6/4/26
Chapter 12 posted: 6/22/26 -
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A nurse slapped a clamp into Miller's hand. He worked fast to get control while O'Malley stood there with his hands up, blood dripping off his gloves.
Alex laughed. "License to kill."Someone picked it up. "Double-O-Seven."
The redhead next to him pressed her lips together. A snort escaped anyway.
"That's mean," she said. But there were dimples.
"It's accurate." Alex turned toward her, leaning his shoulder against the wall. Up close she was even better. Freckles across her nose, full lips, eyes that really were that green. "I'm Alex."
She glanced at him. One eyebrow up. "Good for you."
"You gonna give me your name?"
"I'm gonna keep watching the surgery."
"Come on. I'm trying here."
"That's your effort?" She looked at him fully now. "Weak."
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Canon timeline, Canon divergent.
Part one will cover season 1 and season 2
Minor revisions 4/28, 5/13, 5/17
Chapter 4 posted: 6/20Series
- Part 1 of The Land is Inhospitable and So Are we
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Forwards Beckon Rebound by SarahKSmith
Fandoms: The Walking Dead - All Media Types, The Walking Dead (TV)
14 Jun 2026
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These are multi POV one shots set long before: not alot, just forever
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- Part 1 of abyss kiss
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"So how long have you two been married?" Julie asked, looking between Margot and Mitch.
"Four years," Mitch said before Margot could answer. His hand found hers on the table and squeezed. "Best four years of my life."
Asshole.
"Mm-hmm." Her hand felt trapped under his.
"That's so sweet. You don't see that much anymore."
"Well, when you find the right person..." Mitch trailed off and squeezed her hand again.
The right person. Right.
Margot reached for her wine with her free hand and took a long drink.
"What about you, Negan?" Julie asked. "Where's your wife tonight? You two have been married for a while, haven't you?"
"Home sick, unfortunately." Negan leaned back in his chair. "Nothing serious. Just caught whatever's going around. But yeah, married. Ten years next spring."
"Ten years! That's wonderful."
"Thanks." His voice had gone lower. "Yeah. Ten years."
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- Part 1 of Negan