Stories not existing within the framework of the Timeline and the Omnibus Fan Fic continuity. These stories are not treated as canon by any of the stories in the main Fan Fic section
Era One: Ghostbusters And Beyond
Alternate Realities centering around the early days of the Ghostbusters, flush off the victory with Gozer. Like the 88MPH comic, for example

Ghostbusters Apocrypha: Future Shocks
Apocrypha Era One
The Ghostbusters of the 21st Century are contacted by a mysterious being, telling them that a time traveller with a malevalent agenda has recruited two familiar and much-despised faces to her crusade. Can they stop these two twisted men--who are NOT Professor Dweeb and Doctor Loone!!!--from destroying the original Ghostbusters--and thus wrecking all of history?
(First Posted April 25, 2005)

Era Two: Ghostbusters 2 And Beyond
Alternate Realities stemming from the Ghostbusters triumphant return and battle with Vigo. The iBooks novels, for example, would fit here...

Ghostbusters Apocrypha: Til The Night Closes In
Apocrypha Era Two
A look at what might have been...things go much better for Egon and Janine in 1991, after "Invasion of the Danish Snatchers"...
(First Posted February 5, 2005)

Apocrypha: Digibusters, Part One
Apocrypha Era Two
A strange computer problem sends the guys and Janine into a bizzare alternate dimension that Ray recognizes as the "Digital World" straight out of the Digimon anime...
(First Posted February 20, 2005; rereleased April 29, 2007)

Apocrypha: Digibusters, Part Two
Apocrypha Era Two
Veemon leads the Ghostbusters to the tomb of Seraphimon. But they're not the only ones seeking the Celestial of Hope...
(First Posted February 27, 2005; rereleased May 7, 2007)

Apocrypha: Digibusters, Part Three
Apocrypha Era Two: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond
The Digibusters are scattered; Venkman and Winston deal with weirdos on the train who actually make it a relief when they get attacked; Egon and Janine, meanwhile, deal with Seraphimon's startling transformation into a little creature with one oddly familiar attribute...
(First Posted May 13, 2007)

Apocrypha: Digibusters, Part Four
Apocrypha Era Two--Ghostbusters 2 And Beyond
Ray Stantz and Veemon are on the run, separated from the others, and get stuck in the middle when two angry, artillery laden android Digimon decide to have a showdown. And where is the last Beast Spirit?
(First Posted May 28, 2007)

Apocrypha: Digibusters, Part Five
Apocrypha Era Two--Ghostbusters 2 And Beyond
The Ghostbusters and their allies have their fateful showdown with KingEtemon. But even the power of the Beast Spirits is no match for the Dark Network Concert Crush. Their only hope may lie with the most unlikely heroes of them all...
(First Posted September 3, 2007)

Ghostbusters Apocrypha: The Legend Of Mary Sue
Apocrypha Era Two
Everyone knows what Mary Sues are. If you've read a Mary Sue fan fic--any Mary Sue fan fic--you'll know what to expect here. Think of this as my primer on "How NOT To Write Ghostbusters Fan Fiction"
(First Posted January 1, 2007)

Ghostbusters Apocrypha: Get Real, The Missing Scene
Apocrypha Era Two
We didn't get a scene like this in IDW's Ghostbusters Get Real, but we get it here. Yeah, longtime readers can probably guess what it's about
(First Posted November 10, 2015)

Ghostbusters Apocrypha: The Ties That Bind
By Ghostdiva
Apocrypha Era Two
Janine need some new help--she's pregnant. Charlie Venkman just happens to be in town needing a new job. These two facts collide in a way that will bring to light an old tragedy that may prevent a new one.
(First Posted on Ectozone.com March 14, 2017)

Era Three: Extreme Ghostbusters and Beyond
Alternate Realities starring--or branching from--the failed but promising series starring a new generation of Ghostbusters

Extreme Ghostbusters Apocrypha: Keeping It Real
Apocrypha Era Three
Team Extreme finishes up a case at the phone company, and then is accosted by two strangely familiar bums at a Burger King. Who are they, and why do they insist that the Extreme Ghostbusters are imposters?
(First Posted April 17, 2006)

Ghostbusters Apocrypha: Charlie Takes the Fifth
Apocrypha Era Three
A slightly different look at the events of 2002, from the eyes of a Peter Venkman who has led a far less fulfilling life than the one we know...
(First Posted May 24, 2004)

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