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Alter Your Perception by Riadasti
Fandoms: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice & Related Fandoms, Pride and Prejudice (2005), Pride and Prejudice (TV 1995), Pride and Prejudice (TV 1980), Pride and Prejudice (1940), The Frighteners (1996)
21 Sep 2025
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Lydia is almost finished with her medical schooling and has settled into the small town of Fairview, California with her husband, George. Little does she know that the town, though quaint, has experienced an unusual increase in paranormal activity and unexplained deaths. When tragedy strikes, can she turn to Frank Bannister, or is he just a small-time con artist who is lost in his own grief?
[HORROR/COMEDY. Part 10 in a series. This is stand-alone and can be read separately.]
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- Part 10 of Jane Austen and Horror/Thriller/Mystery
- Language:
- English
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- 2,677
- Chapters:
- 1/?
- Kudos:
- 2
- Hits:
- 14
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An Unlikely Pair by AHeartRe-Animated (Copious_Copia_Lover)
Fandoms: The Frighteners (1996), Jeffrey Combs Universe, Jeffrey Combs - Fandom
10 Sep 2025
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Special Agent turned paranormal private investigator; Milton Dammers has mysteriously risen from the dead (after the events of the film), finding himself in a body bag in the morgue of the Fairwater Medical Center. Dammers has no idea of how he got back just glimpses of a woman dressed in black, haunting his mind. Now years after his mysterious return to physical form, he has continued his investigations into the occult and spiritual disturbances of the quiet town with the help of Frank Banister, who has become an unlikely friend. When one fateful meeting puts Zoey Westin in his path, Milton's life and changes forever.
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For her personal essay to apply to the University of Michigan, Brenna Horvath utilizes her budding journalism skills to create a video essay about Fairwater. Familiar (and not-yet-familiar faces) share their thoughts about their beloved town, and ruminate on love, loss, family, and the mysterious events that have transpired there.
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- Part 28 of Altered Perceptions
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The Mysterious Case of the Grotesque Grave Robbery by WeyounTheVorta
Fandoms: Jeffrey Combs Universe, The Frighteners (1996), Re-Animator (Movies - Combs)
16 Apr 2025
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Milton Dammers has been called into town to investigate a grave robbery. Suspecting a perpetual perpetrator, Dammers sets his sights on a series of suspects.
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Lucy is pregnant, uncomfortable, and overdue.
Frank still tries to make Valentine's Day special for her.
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- Part 24 of Altered Perceptions
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Twenty-one years after her parents defeated Johnny Bartlett and Patricia Bradley, 15-year-old Julia Bannister is beginning a new school year and finds a new friend in Connor Blake. As their friendship develops, Julia’s dreams are soon haunted with visions of her late paternal grandmother and a mysterious young man, apparently seeking her assistance from beyond the grave. With the help of her parents, her aunt Anthea, and Connor, Julia might be able to help both her father and her grandmother finally find peace.
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- Part 27 of Altered Perceptions
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Frank and Lucy Bannister have been looking forward to their daughter Julia's first Christmas. Anthea Ludke is planning to spend a quiet holiday with her newfound family and potential new girlfriend, Molly Jude. However, their peaceful preparations for the holiday are disrupted when Julia is snatched away in the middle of the night. Anthea soon uncovers that the baby's captors have ties to a witch's coven that her father, Milton Dammers, once investigated, and believes they have an interest in Julia's potential abilities. However, in the battle to rescue her, the family has to contend with a grieving mother and her manipulative best friend who may be closer to Anthea than we thought. How far will all of them go to protect baby Julia? And how far will their enemies go to destroy them?
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- Part 19 of Altered Perceptions
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As Frank and Lucy celebrate their first Christmas together, he recalls the holidays he spent with Debra.
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- Part 9 of Altered Perceptions
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Natalia in America in the 90s is trying to find a new meaning for life away from home and turns to what she knows at least a little - the study of the paranormal and ghost hunting.
Overheard conversation of ghosts casts a fishing rod, informing about the approach of the "Big Day" in a particular city. And so she finds herself in Fairwater on the eve of Halloween.- Language:
- English
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- 4,212
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 3
- Hits:
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After the death of his wife, King Franklin let his grief turn him into a cold and selfish man. His actions led to an enchantress cursing him to transform into a hideous monster and for his servants to slowly lose a bit of their humanity. Only when he learns to love once more-- and earn love in return-- will the spell be broken. His hope lies in Lucy Alcott, an apprentice to a physician in the provincial town of Fairwater... but can she learn to see past what stands before her? And can he open his heart to love again?
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Day 2 - Pillow Talk.
Frank celebrates his sixtieth birthday with Lucy, and the two of them contemplate the future.
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- Part 29 of Altered Perceptions
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I Wonder How We Can Survive This Romance by allonswolfnewtina
Fandoms: The Frighteners (1996)
06 Sep 2024
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As the one-year anniversary of Johnny Bartlett and Patricia Bradley's final defeat approaches, something that Lucy pushed away begins to resurface.
Counterpoint to I'm Here To Stay And Make The Difference That I Can Make.
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- Part 13 of Altered Perceptions
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A Warm Place Where You Know That You're Supposed To Be by allonswolfnewtina
Fandoms: The Frighteners (1996)
19 Jul 2024
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Lucy is used to having to fend for herself when she's sick. But that changes when she falls victim to cold and flu season, and Frank is there to take care of her.
Set in between Chapters 1 and 2 of my two-shot, When Troubles Come And My Heart Burdened Be, the first fic that I ever wrote for The Frighteners.
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- Part 11 of Altered Perceptions
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The Frighteners by Hobohaymaker13
Fandoms: The Owl House (Cartoon), The Frighteners (1996)
08 Jul 2024
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Need someone to deal with pesky beings from the afterlife? For the right price, local psychic Hunter Guard is your man. What most in Gravesfield don't know is that while he CAN interact with the dead, Hunter is actually in league with the ghosts to con people. But the psychic will need the help of his ghostly allies and a kind-hearted doctor to stop a sadistic spirit who's taking innocent lives.
One who's putting the fear of death in the living and send the dead running for their lives.
Fanmake of 1996's "The Frighteners", to celebrate it's 28th anniversary!
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- Part 12 of ATLA/LOK/TOH Fanmakes
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Instant Relief (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Full Moons) by allonswolfnewtina
Fandoms: The Frighteners (1996)
22 Jun 2024
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Lucy returns home late after a "full moon" at the medical center, and Frank is there to help her feel better.
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- Part 26 of Altered Perceptions
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In Learning You Will Teach And In Teaching You Will Learn by allonswolfnewtina
Fandoms: The Frighteners (1996)
16 Jun 2024
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Frank Bannister felt two very prominent feelings when he and Lucy found out that their second child would be a boy.
The first, of course, was joy. Their baby was healthy, Lucy was healthy, and Julia would soon have a little brother.
The second was fear.
How was he supposed to be a father to a son when his own was so undeserving of the role?
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- Part 21 of Altered Perceptions
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Little drabbles based off of one word, one for each letter of the alphabet. A look into the lives of Frank and Lucy; includes their lives before and after they met.
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- Part 17 of Altered Perceptions
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It's Our Godforsaken Right To Be Loved by allonswolfnewtina
Fandoms: The Frighteners (1996)
20 May 2024
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About a week after their picnic on the hill, Lucy copes with her period, and Frank helps her feel better.
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- Part 5 of Altered Perceptions
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I Know Better (But You're Still Around) by allonswolfnewtina
Fandoms: The Frighteners (1996)
12 May 2024
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On the tenth anniversary of her mother's death, Lucy reflects on where she was then, where she is now, and what it means for her now that she herself is a mother.
Mom!Lucy flangst, Lunnister hurt/comfort, Bannister family feels.
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- Part 20 of Altered Perceptions
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Herbert West Househusband by Comicgirl20
Fandoms: Re-Animator (Movies - Combs), Herbert West - Reanimator - H. P. Lovecraft, Evil Dead - All Media Types, Evil Dead (Movies 1981-2023), The Frighteners (1996)
04 Apr 2024
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People in the town of Castle Rock, Maine don't know what local doctor Daniel Cain sees in his husband Herbert West. The oddball of the neighborhood. Everything about them was strange and what was even stranger was that they suddenly had a kid with strange green eyes.