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stars fading (but I linger on) by noomi_nu
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
11 Oct 2026
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Somehow, in some twisted, unbelievable turn of events, the fate of the entire planet, billions upon billions of people, had fallen on Ryland Grace's shoulders. It was a burden he wasn't fit to carry. A burden that he could feel in all its massiveness weighing down on his chest, squeezing his lungs until all he could eke out of them where wheezing, barely-there breaths.
He pressed his forehead harder against his knees and curled his fingers tight around some of the fabric of his pants, his knuckles turning white. He couldn't—this wasn't how it was supposed to—
His life—his kids—
Simon.
Or Ryland Grace is a middle school teacher turned lead astrophage scientist. Simon Fischer is a convict turned engineering specialist. Surely absolutely nothing could go wrong on a cosmic scale because neither of them are astronauts.
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27 Sep 2026
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Fishbowl by TheCosmicCrow
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
23 Sep 2026
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Simon's new life had been almost perfect. Food, safety, and people who, for some reason, truly cared about him. Of course, nothing good could last forever; his own personal demon has somehow wormed its way into his new reality, and he won't let it hurt anyone else.
Why does it seem so scared?
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Ellie gets dropped into the biodome a few months after Simon, and, like him, eventually gets a safe life away from The Horrors (despite technically being a horror herself).
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18 Sep 2026
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Like a Tree Planted by the Waters by backinthefuckingbuilding
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
06 Sep 2026
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Grace had made peace with his decision to leave Earth and humanity behind. He truly had. If it was to save Rocky and Erid, he would make that choice a thousand times over. But whatever impossible little slice of serendipity had dropped a living, breathing human into space 16.3 lightyears away from Earth was really testing the mettle of those convictions. Because the possibility that the man might live meant the possibility of a companion with whom Grace could share a real touch and the same air. But it also meant that if he died, Grace would have to grieve the loss of all human connection, ever, all over again.
Hope felt a lot like ripping open an old wound sometimes.
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06 Sep 2026
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Sequel to When is a Seed Not a Seed.
Art by Cait May <3
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- Part 2 of Eridian Painkiller Series
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- 31/?
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30 Aug 2026
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The Floor Provides by Finn (Rand0m_Pine)
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
21 Aug 2026
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The ocean has changed.
Everyone seemed to know it, reports of mutated creatures showing up on pacific shorelines growing by the day.
With the ocean seeming to be in danger, a two-manned submarine named the Iron Mary is to be sent down to gather intel and find a way to reverse the affects of the blood ocean.
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Based on my Project Iron Mary AU being updated on Tumblr
AU in which there is no astrophage, but there is a portion of the ocean being mutated into the blood ocean, so I'm sending both of our guys into the ocean insteadSeries
- Part 1 of Project Iron Mary
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19 Aug 2026
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BloodyMary: The Beauty in The Ugly by BloodHull
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)
01 Aug 2026
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Simon is teleported into the Med Bay of the Hail Mary shortly before mutating into a tree in the submarine, he is confused and meets Grace and Rocky who he is skeptical of at first but warms up to them and is happy to be anywhere but in the submarine. But then Grace's life, Rocky, and the Hail Mary itself is in danger and Simon must overwork himself in order to save them both.
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17 Aug 2026
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Kendal is captured. (Takes place directly after page 2.8.9)
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Kendal doesn't know if any of the others made it out. He doesn't know if they were captured, or caught up in Rakhn's retribution. They could all be dead, and he has no way of knowing. He's just been rotting in a cell, weakened in a way he never could have imagined.Series
- Part 5 of Snapdragon Aurora fics
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09 Aug 2026
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Astravore by Meowkiplier
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, David Szymanski's Iron Lung - All Media Types, Alien (Original Movies 1979-1997)
03 Aug 2026
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“The surest way to tame a prisoner is to let him believe he’s free.”
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Simon appears on Grace’s ship, they meet VERY ugly, Simon and Grace try to navigate their relationship, but Simon realizes that something is very very wrong with him. Grace ends up getting worse due to scurvy. Simon feels useless, what can he do other than stand by Ryland's side like a useless cuck gargoyle? I mean it's not just like a big, gigantic ship is gonna come out of nowhere and save them MY GOD-
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28 Jul 2026
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As Above, So Below by ThatOneAnon20
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
29 Jul 2026
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His body changed.
Drastically, viscerally, every part of him was not what it used to be, with leaves growing between his hair and teeth and gills and sap and a Voice that was many voices scrambling his mind. Simon had never been so scared, relieved, and confused in his life. Especially because now next to him, there was the one man he was desperate to keep safe from himself, the man he read all about in a book he thought to be only a fantasy.
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26 Jul 2026
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I know you by Writer_fennec
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
14 Oct 2026
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A young Simon discovers a book different from the others inside the Eden station. He starts reading it and he remembers the book for the rest of his life for its message of hope... Years later, when he decides to go on an expedition mission and almost dies he wakes up inside of the book? And why is the protagonist ten times hotter than he had imagined? (side note: he has had a crush on the protagonist for many years, WHY IS THE PROTAGONIST HOTTER THAN HE HAD IMAGINED HIM AS?!)
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Simon reads PHM as a teen and then gets isekai-ed into it when he almost dies (read: I threw him in there aggressively and closed the door shut or even welded)
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26 Jul 2026
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It was a mission of revenge. There weren't supposed to be any survivors, but Chief Hakoda couldn't bring himself to kill the Fire Nation boy. Against his better judgment, he brought him home. A Zuko joins the Water Tribe story.
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- 37/?
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21 Jul 2026
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"Anomaly Simon very friendly toward 'little rocks' but frequently forgets Eridians fully sentient and capable medical professionals, statement."
Grace parses that. "He's not taking you seriously when you talk to him?"
"Keeps trying to hug nurses, statement. Upsetting. Upsetting."
(Art by Cait May <3)
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- Part 1 of Eridian Painkiller Series
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20 Jul 2026
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Iroh insists they create a new life and identity in Ba Sing Se. Zuko wants nothing more than to bide his time until his next opportunity to return home, until he realizes ‘Lee’ can get away with things Zuko never could.
Zuko dons the mantle of the Blue Spirit again only to lose his focus when the Avatar comes to the city. This time, however, his attention is drawn to the annoying Southern Tribe warrior.- Language:
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15 Jul 2026
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I understood that reference by UnassumingAuthor for LCDnotLSD
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
16 Sep 2026
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Up is down. Left is right. Simon is wrong about everything and everything is wrong.
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“Rocky, catch!”
Ryland Grace, The Savior of Two Planets, chucks a green and blue bean bag at Rocky the Eridian, also The Savior of Two Planets.
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Or in which Simon read Project Hail Mary as a child, and Ryland calls Simon “Markiplier.”
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14 Jul 2026
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did it hurt when you fell from heaven? because. um. girl. the blood. by rynsanity
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)
09 Sep 2026
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It's far too early to hear back from the Hail Mary, so Eva Stratt is uncertain why an unidentified object is headed towards Earth. As the one saddled with all the space nonsense, she moves to retrieve it. What she finds is a spacecraft covered in blood, containing a young woman claiming to be from after the death of the stars. And maybe perchance they kiss.
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13 Jul 2026
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Harvey is finally starting medical school after years of incredibly hard work. The only hang up is his new roommate, Donald, who seems to exacerbate Harvey's social anxiety.
Donald, a not-yet physical therapist, finds his new roommate to be intriguing- quiet, anxious and somewhat of a code to crack, Donny does his absolute best to befriend him.Neither intend on it, but with a closer friendship comes much more than platonic feelings.
Credit and special thanks to @tuna_jsgross on instagram for giving me permission to use their OC, Donny. Hopefully I do him justice!
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09 Jul 2026
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Leftover Light by atimefeeler
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026), Iron Lung (2026)
16 Oct 2026
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“Don’t let the blood get into your ship, okay?”
That made Grace pause. “What?!”
“If I die, you have to get my body out of here,” the man pleaded, but Grace had to go. His oxygen was out. The guy would be dead in six minutes. “You have to get me out, even if I’m dead. Hey!”
“Just hold on!” Grace propelled himself through zero gravity, away from the radio.
“Don’t leave me here-!” The roar echoed through the ship halls.
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When Ryland Grace complained about being a little bored, maybe a little lonely, he thought a nostalgic trip around Erid would fix him right up. The last thing he expected was to find deadly space bacteria in deep space and a human. Alive.
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- 179,131
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- 16/?
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08 Jul 2026
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The Patron Saints Of One Way Trips by CC (Sp0n6e)
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
26 Apr 2026
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Simon died. Eaten and consumed by the Blood Eel. Not until he wakes up in a place called Erid where sentient rocks live and a guy who can’t seem to wear his glasses the right way.
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Simon gets thrown into Project Hail Mary because he deserves to be taken care of after the ending in Iron Lung. (basically, in other words. Simon and Grace act stupid, made everyone in Erid their spectators of their stupidity)
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- Part 1 of Vampire Simon
- Part 1 of Hail Mary, full of Grace
- Language:
- English
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- 123,566
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- 17/17
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25 Jun 2026
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Guiding Light (to the Castle in the Sky) by ink_writer
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
23 Jun 2026
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Simon lives in Filament, a small mining town in the country of Slagton in the late 19th century. Airships float in the skies, and angels fall from them. This angel, however, is being chased by pirates, the army, and a mysterious spy. He holds the key to a secret city, which is more myth than real. But the drawings in his mother's journals line up with the angel's story.
On the run, Simon and Grace must escape peril, find the hidden city, and discover the truth for themselves with only a magic stone to guide them.
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aka, a Castle in the Sky AU, but make it bloodymary.
Updates daily!
(you don't need to have seen the movie to understand this fic!)Bookmarked by Wacky_Watermelon
13 Jun 2026
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SWAK by Cowboycrows
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
18 May 2026
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“I don’t know,” says Simon. “I don’t even know where we’re going, they won’t tell me.” He buries his face in his knees and arms again, and Grace hears something that sounds suspiciously like a sob. Maybe Simon’s eyeballs were sweating too.
“You have to promise you’ll come back,” Grace demands, his own lower lip trembling. "Pinky promise!" He jabs his pinky into Simon’s cheek and pokes him with it until Simon looks up.
Simon’s eyes are red-rimmed, but Grace’s glad that he’s managed to surprise just the tiniest smile from him. “I’m not pinky promising, that shit’s for babies,” he says, eyeing Grace’s extended pinky with mock disdain.
“Then how am I supposed to know you’ll keep your promise?” Grace shoots back.
“We gotta seal the deal with something else,” Simon says seriously.
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A modern-day AU with no astrophage or the quiet rapture where Simon and Grace are childhood friends and met at a playground when they were eight.
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05 Jun 2026