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A fic whose chapters are [[Schedule Slip|spaced with wider updates each time]]. While this may be the result of a writer working for an overall better product, there is a higher chance of the writer getting derailed by work or personal life. [[Series Hiatus|Eventually the fic stops updating, and the reader is left wanting.]] The death knell comes when, rather than simply coming out with a new chapter, the author just assures the audience they haven't given up. Although the fic in question may update again - sometimes just so the author can state outright that it's a '''Dead Fic''' or on Permanent Hiatus. (Or in that matter leaving a note at the end of a chapter and telling what was supposed to happen.)
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Some fans also regard these as Dead!WIPs (Works in Progress) or WIPs of Doom since readers are forever left hanging without closure.
Compare [[Orphaned Series]], [[Cut Short]], [[Left Hanging]], [[Stillborn Serial]], [[Defunct Web Comics]]. Not to be confused with a [[Death Fic]]. Or a [[Real Person Fic]] about the [[Grateful Dead]].
For an autogenerated list of individual Dead Fics, see [[:Category:Defunct Fan Works]].
{{examples|Examples -- but be warned, your love is doomed to be unrequited...}}
(Examples are organized by fandom, not genre, to make it easier to find works that will break your heart.)
== Original Works ==
* Randy Milholland (of the
* Even multi-author efforts aren't immune to this, as exemplified by the round-robin writing website [http://www.improfanfic.com ImproFanfic] and its various [[Spin-Off]] sites (such as [http://indiemadnesse.sandwich.net Indie Madnesse]). The website remained fairly active for a few years before reader and writer interest dwindled down. The series that managed to gain endings are the exceptions rather than the rule.
** Funnily enough, when Improfanfic and other sites were still popular, there was an [https://web.archive.org/web/20160308073856/http://mizunoryuu.sandwich.net/archive/ Impro Archive] specifically dedicated to '''Dead Fic'''.
* ''[[Dark Heart High]]'' had 69 in late 2006/early 2007. As of mid-2010, there hadn't been any change. Worse, there are posts on the Improfanfic forums from ''2008'' wondering if the site is even still active.
* ''[
== Crossovers and MegaCrossovers ==
* The epic [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] [[Fighting Game]] votefic trilogy known as the ''[[Ultimate Video Rumble]]'' teetered on the edge of this several times, a few times going nearly a year without an update. Twice this forced another writer to take over the majority of the writing duties: the first time this happened (midway through ''UVR 2''), it was actually a vast improvement; the second time (early ''UVR 3'')... not so much, but it got the story ended.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]! [[The Secret of NIMH|Secret of Nimh]]'', a crossover fanfiction by a user known as Isaac2 (or ErinIsaac2). At the end of a chapter, in the middle of the final duel, the last post by the author read: "Damn. In writer's block. I still don't know what to write!".
* Gregg "Metroanime" Sharp's ''[http://jusenkyo.wikia.com/wiki/Featherbrite's_Tale Featherbrite's Tale]''. The "winner" of the infamous Bet from [[The Bet (fan work)|the fic cycle of the same name]] from the late 1990s/early 2000s. Two incomplete versions exist of this fic, in which a tiny change in [[Ranma ½|Ranma Saotome]]'s childhood results in him accidentally gathering a team of ersatz [[Sailor Moon|sailor senshi]] with very real powers around himself to battle the forces of the [[The Fair Folk|Unseelie Court]]. Both show evidence of concepts being changed in mid-stream, and the longer of the two cuts off abruptly before the climax and resolution of the story. However, enough [[Chekhov's Gun]]s are hung that a reasonably alert reader can figure out where things were headed. (Which still isn't anywhere near as satisfying as actually seeing it written would have been.)
* ''[http://kokorononaka.net/Fanwork/WhiteAngel/NS.html The New Students]'', a ''[[Harry Potter]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' crossover fic in which Yugi, Ryou, and Marik are invited to Hogwarts. It's hosted on Kokorononaka.net, which hasn't been updated since 2007.
* After years of regular updates appearing like clockwork, ''[[Desperately Seeking Ranma]]'' abruptly stopped in mid-2016. The author has posted several times since then on their [[Fanfiction.net]] page, promising to resume the fic, but has yet to release any new material.
* The ''[[Ranma ½]]/[[Sailor Moon]]'' crossover ''[[Relatively Absent]]'' was not only abandoned abruptly in 2009, for a decade or so its author actively hunted down copies of it posted on the net and had them purged. See our page about it for more information.
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=== Axis Powers Hetalia ===
* The [[Kink Meme]] for ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' is sadly rife with these, with its fair share of promising, well-written stories simply left unfinished if not [[Lost Forever]]. The anonymity of the authors of said fics (unless they somehow managed to repost their works elsewhere online) doesn't help matters either.
=== Baldur's Gate ===
* One of the better written ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'' fanfics, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20090211111509/http://www.shsforums.net/index.php?showtopic=27106 At Soul's Edge]'' went through a month-long gap before the author resumed, and its sequel, ''Malleus Animorum'', has been on a long hiatus as well. Perhaps justified, however-both gaps occurred at around the same time in each year.
=== Batman ===
* It may not be the best written fic in the world, but the ''[[Batman]]'' story ''[http://www.squidge.org/~peja/cgi-bin/viewstory.php?sid=27712 Pay Attention]'', was at 40 chapters and going strong at levels of pure awesome when the author pulled a Houdini in 2008.
=== Battle Royale ===
* ''72 Hours Uprising'': The follow-up to the most well-known [[Battle Royale]] fanfiction, ''[[72 Hours]]'', has stopped. It seems that the author could come up with an [[Even Better Sequel]], so he gave up. However, he did actually get into publishing, so it's all good.
=== The Big O ===
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1808014/1/Styx_and_Stones Styx and Stones]'', a haunting and brilliantly written fanfiction for ''[[The Big O]]'' that announces its enthusiastic update from October 10... 2005... Chapter Four. (Why do we even link to these fics? They'll only break our hearts...)
=== Daria ===
* In the ''[[Daria]]'' fandom, Greystar's ''The Longest Year'' is considered a legendary deadfic. It hasn't been updated in years, despite near constant begging from the author's fans.
=== Dawn of the Dead ===
* The ''[[Dawn of the Dead (film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'' fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3742441/1/Through_These_bFields_b_of_Destruction Through These fields of Destruction]'' appears to have joined the category, having not received an update for over two years. It is possible this is an orphaned fic as the author was mentioned as joining a form of Armed Forces (believed to be the USA's). The characters appearing have presently unknown fates.
=== Death Note ===
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3942626/16/Morning_Star Morning Star]'' is an excellent ''[[Death Note]]'' fanfic about Mello and Matt, set during the events of the series, which featured interesting characterisation and explored the relationship between the two characters. Unfortunately it started suffering from schedule slip about 11 chapters in, and hasn't been updated since 2008.
=== Digimon ===
* A ''[[Digimon]]'' fan fic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2151121/1/Digimon_Tribute Digimon Tribute]'' is a [[Alternate Universe Fic|AU]] Crossover fic of the first four seasons of Digimon in the Tamers storyline. It's a very well written fic but the last time it was updated was in 2006. The author also said that he lost the patience to continue it.
** Another similar ''Digimon'' fanfic series ''The Fantasmic Saga'', written by [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/763969/Twilight_Archangel Twilight Arcangel], started out in 2006 and was announced to be discontinued early in 2009, due to the author's lack of time, to the distress of many readers. It got through the prologue and Book I, before posting a plot summary of the last two.
=== Dragonball Z ===
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/951933/19/Blinded Blinded]'', an extremely well-written ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' fanfic by dragonscales is about what would happen if Gohan went blind after his fight with Cell. Very well done and creative, but sadly it hadn't been updated since 8-20-03. Worse of all? She quit right in the middle of the World Tournament.
* ''[[Hitman Miami]]'', an [[Affectionate Parody]] of ''[[Hitman]] 2'', ended abruptly after eight chapters. Three years later (2006), the author claimed that he actually had a "pretty deep plot and a twist ending" conceived for the fic, and hoped to finish it one day. A very belated death-knell assurance.▼
=== Dynasty Warriors ===
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1360506/1/Grand_Vendetta Grand Vendetta]'' is the ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'' version of the "Liu Bei/Sun Shang Xiang" marriage story from ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'', albeit with Sun Jian in charge and Lu Xun as the messenger, which hasn't updated since July 2008.
=== EarthBound ===
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3171969/1/Earthbound_199X Earthbound 199X]'' was a charmingly well-done ''[[
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=== Fan Games ===
* Too many fangames to count have leave videos and demos but then just abruptly stop.
* Then there's ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VEuga9Oflo Memories of Mana]'', a very fun and ''almost'' complete fangame, which we'll almost certainly never see the end of.
* Here's one for ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qek4YK1B6CM Crash Bandicoot]''.
=== Final Fantasy ===
* There was an excellent ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' fic written by author Solar Solethi called ''Children of Jenova'' set some 10 years after the events of the game. It did right by practically all the characters, and even their children (such as Tifa and Cloud's son, Zack) were well-written and compelling. Solethi stopped updating somewhere around Chapter 27, then, all her archives disappeared when RocketTownOnline went under, and now, the superb story is nowhere to be found at all.
* ''Darth Howie's Creek'' was a ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' fic, thoroughgoing spoof of the concept of the [[Mary Sue]], backhanded sendup of several posters at the hosting board and their board culture, and an intriguing look into the lives of the little people who made Shinra atrocities possible, all at once. Then board drama happened ''twice'', one author lost interest in the fandom while the other took months between updates, then major drama happened ''between the two authors,'' and those who were still reading packed up their hope and hit the road, leaving the hosting forum a ghost town.
* Before it was removed from fanfiction.net and thus the whole internet, a couple years back, ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]: The Cheesy American Soap Opera Version'', loosely formated as a TV show, was a complete guilty pleasure, filled with over-the-top out-of-characterizations, ludicrous soap opera plots, and many delightful jabs at the source material. Lemme put it this way: one "season" ended with a tearful, honestly moving goodbye between Cloud and OC love interest (and non-Sue, funnily enough) Mary, in which she left in a cab and he went back into the coffee shop with the rest of the gang, only for the coffee shop to explode. It's that kind of fic.
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120407043921/http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2475515/1/Tease_Me_Tease_Me_Not Tease Me, Tease Me Not]'' is a ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' [[High School AU]], written by [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/834776/spades7717 spades7717]. A few [[Artistic License|certain liberties are taken]] with characterization, Paine from ''[[Final Fantasy X-2|X-2]]'' exists inexplicably as a [[Cloudcuckoolander]] with a peculiar [[Catch Phrase]], and a big [[Author Appeal]] in the form of [[Dance Dance Revolution]] provides the plot's forward progress in a few chapters. Given all of the above, it's actually quite enjoyable. Unfortunately, the fic ends on a cliffhanger with chapter 22, which was posted in October '''2005''', and Spades seems to have disappeared with her last update in late 2008.
=== Firefly/Serenity ===
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3967011/1/Fell_in_love_with_a_girl Fell In Love With A Girl]'', the third in a series of amazingly well written ''[[Firefly]]'' Maliver fics, hasn't been updated since
=== Gargoyles ===
* ''[[Gargoyles]]'' [[Fan Verse]] ''The Gargoyles Saga'' released its last update in 2006, with a three-year gap from the last one.
=== Gundam ===
* ''[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/765736/1/MSG-In-Vain-Doth-Valour-Bleed In Vain Doth Valour Bleed]'', an ambitious Gundam fic set around the same time as ''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam]]'', was last updated in 2005, with no word on the author ever since.
=== Harry Potter ===
* The devastatingly well-written ''[[Harry Potter]]'' prequel series, ''[[The Shoebox Project]]'', is another example. The series had had repeatedly promised updates, but had not had an actual update in over a year (until very recently)... and then near the end of 2008, the community was hacked and all the entries were erased.
* While talking about ''Harry Potter'' fanfics: The [[So Bad It's Good|devastatingly ''horribly''-written]] ''[[My Immortal]]'' has become—well, immortal, despite never being finished.
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* The infamous Harry Potter fanfic ''[[The Girl Who Lived]]'' seemed to stop in 2006 during ''Half-Blood Prince''. Perhaps the author realized that he/she'd screwed too much of the story up to make anything work, or that the protagonist was a condescending psychopath.
* This ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/932996/1/bPig_b_in_ba_b_bWig_b Pig in a Wig]'': nine chapters with the best Dudley characterization ever seen, and abandoned just when the plot starts to pick up. Active 2002-2003.
* A.L. de Sauveterre's ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140904021341/http://www.sugarquill.net/read.php?storyid=191&chapno=1 Harry Potter and the Society of Orpheus and Bacchus]'' accomplishes the impossible: playing all the cliches and fanon of ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fandom during the Three-Year Summer into a glorious, hilarious, compelling, and exceedingly well-written (if rather verbose) fanfiction. It never takes itself too seriously, yet is still dramatic and a wonderful continuation of the style of the earlier books. Then, at ''twenty-seven chapters'' it stops, still unfinished. Later chapters were even incorporating characters from ''The Order of the Phoenix''.<ref>which actually may have contributed to its diminishing...</ref> It was last updated January 21, 2004.
* Fans of the
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Nightmares of Futures Past]]'' isn't ''entirely'' dead, but with literally years going by between updates, it might as well be.
* [[Doghead Thirteen]]'s delightfully entertaining ''[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5093023/1/The-Book-of-Dobby-Reboot-Per-Arcana-ad-Astra The Book of Dobby Reboot: Per Arcana ad Astra]'' stalls right when it starts getting good, with a house-elf version of the WWII RAF under the command of Harry Potter just getting to bring the war to Voldemort from the air, while Hermione's long-suppressed [[Girl Genius|Spark]] awakens to help him.
* The sort of [[Peggy Sue]] fic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1594791/1/Backwards_Compatible Backwards Compatible]'' by Ruskbyte stalled out in 2005 just as things were getting ''really'' interesting.
=== His Dark Materials ===
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1334334/1/The_Lonely_Traveler The Lonely Traveler]'', easily the best ''[[His Dark Materials]]'' fanfiction (a series, that oddly, has very little relative to its popularity), was permanently and prematurely ended in 2004.
===
▲* ''[[Hitman: Miami]]'', an [[Affectionate Parody]] of ''[[Hitman
=== iCarly ===
* There are few fics in the ''[[iCarly]]'' fandom that are extremely good in comparison to the quality of the fandom itself. It's also rare to find fics with unique romance themes that have not died. Several of the stores on the fanfic rec page subsequently became dead after being put there: ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5205009/109/iGo_To_The_Hospital iGo To The Hospital]'', the longest [[Gen Fic]], had 107 chapters updated in the space of roughly a year. Then the next chapter took ages to be uploaded, the one after that even longer, and right now it's been dead since 2010. ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5889328/1/iDiscover_I_Have_Superpowers iDiscover I Have Superpowers]'' updated 13 chapters in about 6 months, then stopped right at a heartbreaking moment of angst between two of the main characters.
=== Kingdom Hearts ===
* Unfortunately ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3254330/1/Soaring_On_Broken_Wings Soaring On Broken Wings]'', the sequel to the excellent and recommended ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2948769/1/ You Don't Miss It Till It's Gone]'', appears to have become this, which is a shame.
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3877350/1/birthday_massacre Birthday_Massacre]'' by Skitts is a great ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' horror fic, with interesting characterization and a plot that starts off disjointed, but weaves together subplots and the main plot into something great. It isn't even very gory, but it's unsettling in a good way, a way that compels you to read on. Unfortunately, it was last updated 3 years ago (in 2008) after its 16th chapter was uploaded. A few months after that last update, the author wrote "I really can't be bothered with this site anymore XD" on their profile. And, sadly, it was just when the story was all coming together too.
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=== The Land Before Time ===
* Even ''[[The Land Before Time]]'' has a few dead fics. Some of the most promising were ''Time Gate X'' (a SF ''Land Before Time'' thriller), ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4005976/1/Land_Before_Time_Voyage_through_time Land Before Time: Voyage Through Time]'' (''Land Before Time'' with some time travel and Russians),''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3892575/1/Land_Before_Time_Remnants Land Before Time: Remnants]'', sequel to the ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2151472/1/Land_Before_Time_War_of_the_Worlds Land Before Time: War of the Worlds]'' (both about a dinosaur war.) Most of these haven't been updated in several months or in some cases, a year.
* On a further note, ''Time Gate X'' is sadly, no longer available. Pity too, as it was quite a thrilling read.
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* Also from the ''[[Land Before Time]]'' section, ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2360239/1/Land_Before_Time_The_Mysterious_World Land Before Time: The Mysterious World]'' has fallen silent. Last update was in 2008 and the author seems to have vanished. Sadly, the chance of it being continued is nearly nonexistent.
=== The Legend of Zelda ===
* Likewise for what's probably [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/228759/1/Legend_of_Zelda_Ocarina_of_Time the best novelization] of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'' around. [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/228759/61/Legend_of_Zelda_Ocarina_of_Time The last update] was November 2006, and the previous one was nearly a year before. The first four and a half years, he averaged once a month. And long, apologetic author's note? Check.
* Also, the really good ''[http://eloze.northcastle.co.uk/ Eloze]''. It hasn't updated in a couple of years, which is quite sad.
* And the Zelda-fic masterpiece that is ''[
=== Lilo
* The ''[[Lilo
=== The Lord of the Rings ===
* ''[[Legolas By Laura]]'' ends in ''mid-sentence'', [[So Bad It's Good|which is probably just as well.]] Possibly it doesn't quite qualify as a Dead Fic, though, because what there was of it was posted in one big chunk and there was no author's note promising to finish.
* The brilliant ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' fic ''Brothers in Arms'' by the Nightrunners (a group of Canadian girls). Part one of the fic, which featured the original Fellowship as reincarnated post-apocalyptic humans (mostly...), was a fantastically written 39 chapters. Part two got 28 chapters and then left us on a cliffhanger.
=== Lucky Star ===
* One of the only fics for the ''[[Lucky Star]]'' pairing Misao/Ayano, and possibly the only dark one for it, the fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4059637/1/Mascara_Sonreindo Mascara Sonreindo]'' hasn't been updated
=== Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ===
* The ''[[Lyrical Nanoha|Nanoha]]'' doujin ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130430234812/http://www10.plala.or.jp/strangestone/sub_html/news/nanoha_info/nanoha_info.html Betrayers]'' only released a single chapter. In it, we see Jail has finished the Combat Cyborg program, Hayate has evidently started a civil war, and Nanoha is obliterating anyone who gets in the way... including Fate Testarossa and Subaru. It's a dark and cynical look at the ''Nanoha'' universe, realistically drawn and very well written. The purpose behind the war, Hayate's actions, and Nanoha's disturbing change of character haven't been answered in 3 years... and there's still no word on chapter 2.
=== Mario of any variety ===
* Toasty probably will never finish ''[http://koopaprince.tripod.com/fanfics.htm Mario's High School Days Super Turbo].''
* Many ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'' ROM hacks end up like this, with some notable cases being ''[[Brutal Mario]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOOa0huuVSg Super Mario LD], The Muncher Run 3'', many Japanese hacks raocow played (''The Mario'' and ''Mario p:p:p'')... you know what, most of SMW Central's hacks and about 80% of Japanese Mario hacks ever made probably qualify.
* So, [[Yoshizilla Rhedosaurus]], when will "Yoshi Kart" update? What's that? Never? When will it finish? Never? Sounds like a plan!
=== The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya ===
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4811588/1/The_Aging_of_Haruhi_Suzumiya The Aging of Haruhi Suzumiya]'' is actually one of the better ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'' fanfics out there, with quite a bit of character development. The last update was in December 2009.
* With the suicide of author Brian Randall in January 2014, ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'' (as well as his other unfinished works) now qualifies.
=== Naruto ===
* The pure [[WAFF]] ''[[Naruto]]'' [[Shipping|NaruHina]] fic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4139575/1/One_Small_Step One Small Step]'' was originally supposed to be part of a 30-chapter project, but the last chapter was released in March 2008. Even the author's protestations that it is ''not'' dead haven't been heard in over half a year. This is a particularly painful example as the series (which began as a prequel, starting from [[For Want of a Nail|a single change 5 years before the start of the series]]) had ''finally'' caught up to the events of the first chapter, leaving the series stopped on a massive cliffhanger.
* The ''[[Naruto]]'' fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2290899/1/Foxhound Foxhound]'' was, in the author's own words, 'Discontinued. Planned to be an epic.'
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4970372/1/Through_Broken_Glass Through Broken Glass]''. Perhaps the best crossover between ''[[Naruto]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''. [[Mary Sue]], [[Porn Without Plot]], and [[Plot Hole]] free! Also, it hasn't been updated since 2009.
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* ''[[Once More with Feeling]]'' by "Crazy-88". An especially heartbreaking case, as its implementation of the bog-standard "Shinji gets a [[Peggy Sue]]" plot was anything ''but'' bog-standard. See the page for the work for more information.
* ''[http://lubakmetyk.infinology.net/newmut.htm#bottroff Go West]'' is an extremely good [[Marvel Universe]] fanfic by Jeremy Bottroff that resurrects Doug and Warlock and mixes in assorted members of The New Mutants and makes them into a family. It ends 26 chapters in. There's a canon story set later in continuity featuring a battle against Cable and his X-Force, but the main story halts on several cliffhangers. Also heartbreaking because it's one of the few stories that really fleshes out The Hellions.▼
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▲* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130408020718/http://lubakmetyk.infinology.net/newmut.htm#bottroff Go West]'' is an extremely good [[Marvel Universe]] fanfic by Jeremy Bottroff that resurrects Doug and Warlock and mixes in assorted members of The New Mutants and makes them into a family. It ends 26 chapters in. There's a canon story set later in continuity featuring a battle against Cable and his X-Force, but the main story halts on several cliffhangers. Also heartbreaking because it's one of the few stories that really fleshes out The Hellions.
=== Phantom of the Opera ===
* A ''[[Phantom of the Opera]]'' fanfiction called ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2463071/1/An_Eternity_of_This An Eternity of This]'' by Mandy the O was, in its original form, an epic fic of approximately 61 chapters, whose romance was intertwined with a plot suspenseful enough to spawn fanfiction of its own. However, Mandy took the story down in 2005 to re-work it (before the original edition had even ended) and only re-posted 17 chapters. It's been dead since 2006, along with the other 2 fics on the author's profile.
=== Pokémon ===
* A ''[[Pokémon]]'' fanfic that seems to have died after a long run is ''[[Guardians of Pokémon]]''. Last update was the "Obligatory Christmas Special"... for 2007. Prior to that and the few chapters immediately before that, there had been another break of over a year or so. The author ''claims'' to only be able to update regularly during the summer (when school is out)...so why is Christmas '07 the most recent one?
* All of the following ''[[Pokémon]]'' ROM hacks received Pokécommunity's Hack of the Year award and have since either announced they would never finish it or closed their threads with no explanation:
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* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3119315/1/Pokemon_Revolution Pokemon Revolution]'' is supposed to have at ''least'' 29 chapters. The last update was Chapter 17... in 2009. Sadly, the writers appear to have lost interest in it and it ends on a rather painful cliffhanger.
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=== Ranma ½ ===
* The ''[[Ranma ½]]'' fic
* The last extant installment of ''[[Tales of Ranma and Ranko]]'' by Jack Staik and Lady Tesser, ''Our Wedding Day'', which abruptly stopped well short of its conclusion when its authors vanished from the net in the early 2000s.
=== Runescape ===
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3255406/1/Dawn_of_the_Noobs Dawn of the Noobs]'', a ''[[
=== Sailor Moon ===
* Janelle J. AKA [[Miaka Shi]]'s absurdly [[Long Runner|long-running]] (for a fanfic anyway. It ran from December 1995 to 2009) ''[http://sailormoon-millennia.net/index.php Sailormoon Millennia]'' trilogy finally gave up the ghost after 14 years, leaving the remake of the first story (''Sailormoon Zodiac'') and the last story (''Sailormoon Genesis'') incomplete.
* The ''[
=== Sherlock Holmes ===
* [http://fourleggedfish.livejournal.com/?skip=20&tag=sherlock%20holmes FourLeggedFish] authored some very-well written, heartwrenching and '''NC-17''' [[Sherlock Holmes]] fics, and then disappeared of the face of the Earth in July 2010, leaving such fics as ''Dictractions'' and ''[http://sherlockkink.livejournal.com/1594.html?thread=6159418#t6159418 Sensory Overload]'' unfinished.
=== Skies of Arcadia ===
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1845381/1/Eternal_Arcadia Eternal Arcadia]'' is an unbelievably good novelization of the video game ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]'' that partially suffers from this. The author has such a busy life that the fic ended up falling silent after chapter 22 and an obligatory "I haven't given up" message. A year later, she came back to it and steamrolled through 14 more chapters, but after that point she hasn't updated since May 2009. It's especially a shame because, in terms of game chronology, she has all of three or four more chapters to go, though her tendency to expand on interesting sideplots would probably add another chapter or two to that count.
=== Star Wars ===
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/174494/1/ Force of Destiny]'' is a brilliant ''[[Star Wars]]'' AU written before the prequel trilogy had been released detailing what might have happened if Darth Vader mutinied against the Emperor after learning that the Emperor had tricked him into believing he'd been permanently damaged.
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3007925/1/A_Jedis_Destiny_Episode_I_Rise_of_the_Sith A Jedi's Destiny: Episode I: Rise of the Sith]'', a [[X Meets Y|''Land Before Time'' meets ''Star Wars'']] cross has not been updated since December 2008. The author says he is revamping the story but there has been no visible progress. Which is quite sad because the story is quite good.
* ''[http://shezanfics.livejournal.com/690.html Hitchhiker]''. It's excruciatingly hard to find a well-written [[The Thrawn Trilogy|Thrawn]] story, let alone one where he's in a relationship. This is one of them. It started being posted in June of 02, updated regularly on the Jedi Council Forums, slowly started slipping, chapterlets shortening and more time elapsing between each. By June of 03 it quit entirely. The writer, shezan, does respond to PMs on [[
* The excellent ''[[Star Wars]]'' spoof ''Bad Boys: JEDI Style'', which was written by a woman with bipolar disorder who announced her permanent retirement from fanfic writing in 2007. Luckily, she had already plotted out the entire story and posted an outline of the rest.
=== Street Sharks ===
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3442555/1/Street_Sharks_Redux Street Sharks Redux]'' by [[Dark Light Shades]] was a retelling of the TV series ''[[Street Sharks]]'' in a much... less goofy manner. Unfortunately it has not been updated for about two years, since the author has lost interest in the fandom. Her writing partner is still around though, so it's vaguely possible it could be finished through her.
=== Super Sentai ===
* The [[So Bad It's Good]] ''[[Super Sentai]]'' fic ''[[Eiga Sentai Scanranger]]''. It was written by a fanboy angry at Saban for the formula used to create ''[[Power Rangers]]'', and 40 episodes and a crossover "movie" with ''[[Choujin Sentai Jetman]]'' were cranked out from 1997-2007. Work ended right when the story was poised to begin its apocalyptic final arc.
=== "Tales of..." Series ===
* There is ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2160378/1/Unconditional_Love Unconditional Love]'', a ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' fic, that probably will never be finished.
=== Tamora Pierce ===
* Wild_Magelet's ''Spirits Cry'', a simply marvellous ''[[Tamora Pierce]]'' fanfic, has not been updated in over two years... and counting.
* ''Tamora Pierce'' fandom in general contains these in good quantity, maybe because the novels are generally aimed at young adults, and so fans are prone to growing out of them before they finish their magnum opus. Or maybe they just go to college and then suddenly don't have time for anything.
=== Temeraire ===
* There is a hilariously funny ''[[Temeraire]]'' band AU out on the internet. The writing is fairly solid and everyone is in character. Sadly the last update was in 2009 and it looks like an update will not be coming. But the 3 extant parts are visible below.
** [http://tanyartblog.livejournal.com/15157.html Part 1]
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** [http://tanyartblog.livejournal.com/14504.html?thread=88488#t88488 Part 3]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131031031742/http://www.touhou-project.com/ Touhou-Project], being a site dedicated to open-ended votefics, is littered with these by nature.▼
=== X-Men ===
* ''X-Men: Eternity'', an [[Alternate Universe Fic|AU]] ''[[House of M]]'' series by "[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/4929/ rjb]" was constantly on the brink of this. When the first storyline finally wrapped up, it seemed we were safe. Nope. The second storyline started, the updates petered out, and finally, over a year later, the author admitted the stories would not complete and started a new story, which seems to have almost immediately suffered the same fate. Sigh.
▲* [http://www.touhou-project.com/ Touhou-Project], being a site dedicated to open-ended votefics, is littered with these by nature.
=== Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito ===
* The obscure ''[[Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito]]'' has very little fanfiction. By far the longest is a semi-dead fic called "Unabridged" that follows the anime continuity rather closely and focuses on the consequences of Eve's meddling with spacetime. Notable for very possibly ''not'' having an Eve/Hazuki ending (author hasn't decided yet), giving Lilith considerable character development (and snark), pointing out exactly who Arya is, and a reference to Dr. Strangelove involving Kogechibi and a very large bottle rocket. Also intended to cross over into ''[[Kannazuki no Miko]]'' of all things.
=== Yu-Gi-Oh! ===
* The fantastic ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2026723/1/Continue_Gold_Edition Continue? Gold Edition]'' finished its 27th chapter on a mild cliffhanger: the beginning of Noah's Arc. The story had been updated sluggishly for a while, and now hasn't been updated in 3 years. Not only that, but the author has moved on to various other projects, and has himself stated that it most likely won't be finished.
* [[Little Kuriboh]]'s FANTASTIC fic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2802138/1/Spirit Spirit]'' on fanfiction.net. There have been hundreds of reviews clamouring for it to continue, having left off at an awesome moment, but it was last updated years ago, and LK's probably too busy by now...he says he's not a good writer. HE LIES. It's fantastic.
* The ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' fanfic ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120502182131/http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1552081/1/What_Doesnt_Kill_You What Doesn't Kill You]'' is far and away not only one of the best-written Azureshipping (Seto Kaiba / Anzu Mazaki) fics out there, but one of the best Yu-Gi-Oh! fics, period. Beginning in October 2003, the author prefaces the first chapter by saying that the story is slated to be 36 chapters long. However, five and a half years since the first post, only 26 have been posted, the last being in April ''2009''. Regardless, it is an absolute [[Doorstopper]] of '''515 thousand''' words, but you probably won't complain, as every last one is very compelling. The author, [https://web.archive.org/web/20131008110532/http://www.fanfiction.net/u/35812/Azurite Azurite], says in her most recent profile update, in May 2011, that a trip abroad might rekindle her muse. Nearly a year later, it seems we may never know.
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