The Library of Joy
A collection of wonderful stories. Whether it’s world-building, storytelling, character, or just plain quality writing, these are stories that bring satisfaction to a lucky reader.
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The Antlered Lion by StarLight_Massacre for sifshadowheart
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
07 Oct 2025
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Badly injured in the battle at Ashford, Robert Baratheon is forced to marry Cersei Lannister at Casterly Rock to secure the allegiance, and forces, of the Westerlands during the early stages of the rebellion, against the Targaryen rule. The ensuing pregnancy, and birth, of Harian Baratheon, will forever change the history of Westeros.
In another reality, Harry James Potter takes matters into his own hands. Desperately lonely and fed up of a broken, post-war world, he completes a sacrificial ritual to send him to a new world. His interference changes the direction of Westeros, and its fate, as the dark night closes in and yet another war threatens. His presence in Westeros will change history...and the people around him as he once again stands up as a hero to the world.
A life lived twice, for better or for worse, it matters not, for the price of cheating death is always a high price to pay. -
A Life, Redux by Narea
Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms
16 Sep 2025
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Daemon awakes after his death a week before his wedding to Rhea Royce quite determined to escape that fate at least in what he believes is his afterlife.
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- Part 1 of A Life, Redux
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Nobody Expects The Shinobi Inquisition by Azremodehar
Fandoms: Naruto, Dragon Age: Inquisition
09 Aug 2025
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In an act of classic Uchiha Melodrama, Uchiha Shisui leaps to his death... only to be thwarted when he wakes up, chained up and in a dungeon, with a splitting pain in his left hand.
Has a TVTropes page here sdlak;fjlkshgjl
Chapter 10 now with illustration!
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A modern day human reincarnates as Hedwig.
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Luminous by HopeofDawn
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars Original Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
23 Jun 2025
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"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."
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“70 …” 68 said slowly, taken off-guard. 70 wasn’t a brother normally inclined towards ghost-tales. “Ben isn’t real. He’s just a baby story--something the tubies like to pretend is real.”70 shook his head, his face set in stubborn lines. “He might not be. No, listen--” he gave 74 a glare when it looked like his brother wanted to interrupt again. “I’ve heard the stories, and they’re always the same. The tubies all know what he looks like. They all know he’s a jetii, before anyone ever told them what a jetii was. You know how the longnecks keep batches of tubies separate. There’s no way any of us, or any of the older vod, could have told them about him. But it doesn’t matter. All the batches know about Ben.”
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Holy Subjectivity, Batman! by Ginevra_Benci
Fandom: Batman - All Media Types, White Collar (TV 2009)
12 Feb 2023
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“So!” Dick says with great fanfare, throwing himself across Bruce’s designated chair with nary a care in the world.
The Justice League look on with a mix of befuddled awe, like they’ve never seen a child dressed up like a traffic light before. Which they haven't. Bruce mentally steels himself as Dick clears his throat. “Why am I here, you ask? Well, when two people love one another very, very much-”
“You’re adopted.” Bruce says.
Or; Bruce lets Dick attend a Justice League meeting on the Watchtower. Bruce has regrets.
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- Part 5 of fueled by coffee, spite and kirby music
- Part 1 of Platinum Tier Fics (personal favourites)
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Alley Business by thetiniestteapot
Fandom: Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
30 Sep 2025
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What if Jason actually stayed as competent as he was in Lost Days and Under the Hood, and actually reacted to his (ex-)dad slicing his neck open?
What if Bruce actually got taken to task (eventually) for being abusive?
What if people actually decided to talk to each other, and listened to what the other person was saying?But really, it's: what if Jason had a support system; and what if Jason had someone tell him that violence is not how you solve all societal problems.
(And what if I decided that the narrative would be on Jason's side as much as DC's narrative is on Batman's)
(Also, the series is only called Alley Business because I wrote that one first)Incomplete (and the total word count is half of what it says - the chronological order fic doubles it)
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Rotten Work by ShanaStoryteller
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
30 Jun 2021
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Jin Ling hadn’t thought to keep track of Wei Wuxian.
Clearly that had been a mistake.