A Word From The CaptainsHere you'll find links to polls, interviews, news, featured stories, and editor's choice. Now let's get out to The Pitch and ogle a few good Quidditch Players!
June 2009
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Digest: 01 Feb 2009
posted: Sunday, 01 February 2009 @ 02.00
Digest for 04 January 2009 through 31 January 2009 Announcements:
New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: sleepy where: home music:: Car Talk on NPR podcast tags: 2009: 01, author: 108, author: acciohbp, author: acquiescence_, author: alwaysss, author: amanitamuscaria, author: amythis, author: antosha, author: baby boomer, author: ceirdwenfc, author: coffee_n_cocoa, author: cubuff95, author: darkpyroangel06, author: deenas, author: dynonugget, author: eterna_romantica03, author: hgseeker, author: hpuckle, author: hysterical hystorian, author: jadzialove, author: kanedax, author: kosh, author: ktmarsh, author: les dowich, author: luvscharlie, author: madam_minnie, author: missgranger2, author: nathaniel, author: neptune, author: norwegianeyes, author: nrandedhaithfully, author: oldenuf2nobetter, author: pg tipps, author: queenb23, author: quidditch hair, author: rickey_a, author: shieldmaiden, author: shygryf, author: simons_flower, author: solstice, author: tarie, author: thanfiction, author: theelderwyrm, author: thegiantsquid, author: thetriomakesmehot, author: tjwritter, author: tqpannie, author: whatwldmrsweasleydo, author: wook77, digest
Digest: 07 Dec 2008
posted: Sunday, 07 December 2008 @ 00.10
Digest for 16 November 2008 through 06 December 2008 Announcements:
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Editor's Choice
Congratulations to kerryblaze! Click the banner to read her story. |
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Year-End at The Quidditch Pitch
+ Our year-end polls should be up soon... hopefully before the end of the year.
+ The assignments for our Secret Elf Holiday Ficlet Exchange should be going out soon. Sorry for the delay! |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) music:: Doctor Who, Season 1
Digest: 16 Nov 2008
posted: Sunday, 16 November 2008 @ 00.01
Digest for 02 November 2008 through 15 November 2008 Announcements:
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Featured of the Year
Our Featured Artist of the Year and Featured Story of the Year polls should be up soon. Keep an eye out for them and vote! |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: exhausted
Digest: 19 Oct 2008
posted: Sunday, 19 October 2008 @ 11.37
Digest for 05 October 2008 through 18 October 2008 Announcements:
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Featured Stories Poll
Polls close Monday, 27 October 2008 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. |
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Editor's Choice
Click the banner to read ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) madam_minnie's story and her interview can be read here! |
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Featured Artist
Congratulations to NinnyTreetops, our Featured Artist for October and November 2008! View her gallery by clicking on the banner and read our interview with her here. |
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Featured Stories
Click the banner for links to all the stories. Congratulations! |
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September Monthly Challenge Winner
Congratulations to Nathaniel! Click on the banner to read his story! |
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October/November Monthly Challenge
The Quidditch Pitch is pleased to present the October 2008: That's Frightening Challenge
Halloween has always been a central focus in the Harry Potter books and now The Quidditch Pitch wants your scary stories. We want stories that focus on urban legends such as Bloody Mary, characters telling each other ghost stories, and even the ghosts of Hogwarts scaring the witches and wizards.
So take out your quills and get to writing.
The Rules:
+ Any rating, any pairing
+ All stories must be a minimum of 500 words no maximum
+ All art must feature Halloween in the background
+ Must fit the submission guidelines
+ Must be betad
+ Challenge closes on November 12th at 11:59 pm EDT |
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Secret Elf Exchange
Click the banner for all the details. |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: busy
Digest: 05 Oct 2008
posted: Sunday, 05 October 2008 @ 00.32
Digest for 20 September 2008 through 04 October 2008 Announcements:
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Editor's Choice for September 2008
Click the banner to read inell's story. Our interview with her is here.
Congratulations! |
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Monthly Challenge Poll
Voting for our September challenge runs through 8 October 2008 @ 11:59 EDT. |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: tired music:: "The Incredibles" - no capes!
Digest: 21 Sep 2008
posted: Sunday, 21 September 2008 @ 00.24
Digest for 07 September 2008 through 20 September 2008 Announcements:
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General
No site announcements as the Captains' lives have been disrupted with medical scares and a pesky thing called Hurricane Ike. Here's to wishing our members who were affected by Hurricane Ike are well and recovering. |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: accomplished music:: "Twister"
Digest: 31 Aug 2008
posted: Sunday, 31 August 2008 @ 00.01
Digest for 03 August 2008 through 30 August 2008 Sorry there was no digest two weeks ago, but I was in a place without internet. It was tragic. Announcements:
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Editor's Choice, Featured Stories, and Featured Artist
Editor's Choice for both August and September will be announced soon, as well the Featured Stories and Featured Artist for September. |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: tired
Digest: 03 Aug 2008
posted: Sunday, 03 August 2008 @ 00.47
Digest for 20 July 2008 through 02 August 2008 Announcements:
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Featured Stories for August
Click the banner for links to the individual stories. Congratulations to all our winners! |
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Featured Artist for July and August
Congratulations to frodobolson72, our Featured Artist for July/August 2008! View her gallery by clicking on the banner and read our interview with her here. |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: cold
Digest: 29 Jun 2008
posted: Sunday, 29 June 2008 @ 00.53
Digest for 15 June 2008 through 28 June 2008 Announcements:
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Monhtly Challenge
Gluttony. You've heard of the seven Potters and this month we challenge you to write about one of the seven sins: Gluttony.
We challenge you to use food to seduce, food to bribe, food to well--heck even a sit down dinner would work.
Rules for stories:- Must be at least 500 words
- Must be prebetad
- Must comply with our terms of service
- Must be centered around the challenge theme
Art:- Must be willing to let us host the artwork in our gallery for June
- The focal point should be the Gluttony theme
- You would submit all artwork via email to thecaptains@thequidditchpitch.org
- Your email should contain:
- Your penname
- Your email address
- Rating
- Summary
- Title
Challenge ends on June 30th! Good luck and Happy writing :)</p> |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: exhausted
Digest: 15 Jun 2008
posted: Sunday, 15 June 2008 @ 00.01
Digest for 08 June 2008 through 14 June 2008 Announcements:
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Policy Change for Processing Submissions and Posting Betaed Fics
To the authors and members of The Quidditch Pitch,
Due to changes in our staffing levels, we are implementing a change to the submission and upload process, effective 5 June 2008.- You may submit stories at any time.
- Submissions will be processed Saturday through Wednesday. All approvals or rejections will happen only during that time period.
- Stories edited by our beta staff will be uploaded Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
We hope this will not be a long-term change since we are actively hiring for Quidditch Coordinators to work the submission queue.&nbp; If you are interested in applying for the position, please apply here. You must be 18 to apply for the job of Quidditch Coordinator. |
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Monhtly Challenge
Gluttony. You've heard of the seven Potters and this month we challenge you to write about one of the seven sins: Gluttony.
We challenge you to use food to seduce, food to bribe, food to well--heck even a sit down dinner would work.
Rules for stories:- Must be at least 500 words
- Must be prebetad
- Must comply with our terms of service
- Must be centered around the challenge theme
Art:- Must be willing to let us host the artwork in our gallery for June
- The focal point should be the Gluttony theme
- You would submit all artwork via email to thecaptains@thequidditchpitch.org
- Your email should contain:
- Your penname
- Your email address
- Rating
- Summary
- Title
Challenge ends on June 30th! Good luck and Happy writing :)</p> |
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Quidditch Trading Cards
Our galleries, Quidditch Trading Cards, are finally reopened! After several weeks of work reconstructing them after a hacker destroyed them, the galleries are now back up. Please note the new location and change any bookmarks you may have. Additionally, new registrations are closed at this time, and the adult albums are correspondingly closed. We're attempting to cross our main site registrations with the gallery and our technical guru, Captain Mel, is working out the bugs. |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction )
Digest: 27 Apr 2008
posted: Sunday, 27 April 2008 @ 00.01
Digest for 20 April 2008 through 26 April 2008 Announcements:
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Monthly Challenge
The Quidditch Pitch is pleased to bring you our April challenge: "Rebirth". The Wizarding World is entering a post-Voldemort era of rebirth. We want your stories/art of spring, things blooming, winter fading, allergies exploding--okay no allergies exploding. Is there a post-Voldie baby boom? Does the Phoenix really rise again? These are questions we need answered!
Rules for stories:- Must be at least 500 words
- Must be prebetad
- Must comply with our terms of service
- Must be centered around the challenge theme
Art:- Must be willing to let us host the artwork in our gallery for May.
- The focal point should be the rebirth theme
- You would submit all artwork via email to thecaptains@thequidditchpitch.org
- Your email should contain:
- Your penname
- Your email address
- Rating
- Summary
- Title
Challenge ends on April 30th! Good luck and happy writing :) |
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Featured Artist and Stories
Poll will close Wednesday, 30 April 2008 @ 11:59 p.m. EDT |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: busy music:: The Wallflowers || One Headlight
Digest: 30 Mar 2008
posted: Sunday, 30 March 2008 @ 00.15
Digest for 23 March 2008 through 29 March 2008 Announcements:
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Maintenance
The Quidditch Pitch will be down from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, 2 April 2008. We expect no problems as this is just routine maintenance. |
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Ron-a-Thon Fundraiser
Our Fundraiser was an amazing success! Thank you to everyone who participated, from the authors and artists to those who bid anytime during the last two weeks (even those who outbid me for the artist I bid for).
With the funds raised, we've already renewed our accounts for three years, which should take us right through to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II in May 2011.
The Captains cannot express how much our readers and fans mean to us, especially when they help us with such an outpouring of support, both verbally and financially. We're overwhelmed by your generosity. |
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Now Hiring
The Quidditch Pitch is in desperate need of Quidditch Assistants. With our recent explosion in membership, we now have an average of one beta per 1000+ members. If you're interested, please complete the application here. As an added bonus, you would get to work with the amazing deena_s! |
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Monthly Challenge Winner
Congratulations to maple_mahogany! You can click the banner to read the winning story, Three Indecent Acts. |
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Monthly Challenge
The Quidditch Pitch is pleased to bring you our April challenge: "Rebirth". The Wizarding World is entering a post-Voldemort era of rebirth. We want your stories/art of spring, things blooming, winter fading, allergies exploding--okay no allergies exploding. Is there a post-Voldie baby boom? Does the Phoenix really rise again? These are questions we need answered!
Rules for stories:- Must be at least 500 words
- Must be prebetad
- Must comply with our terms of service
- Must be centered around the challenge theme
Art:- Must be willing to let us host the artwork in our gallery for May.
- The focal point should be the rebirth theme
- You would submit all artwork via email to thecaptains@thequidditchpitch.org
- Your email should contain:
- Your penname
- Your email address
- Rating
- Summary
- Title
Challenge ends on April 30th! Good luck and happy writing :) |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: tired
Digest: 23 Mar 2008
posted: Sunday, 23 March 2008 @ 00.01
Digest for 16 March 2008 through 22 March 2008 Announcements:
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Ron-a-Thon Fundraiser
Our Fundraiser was an amazing success! Thank you to everyone who participated, from the authors and artists to those who bid anytime during the last two weeks (even those who outbid me for the artist I bid for).
With the funds raised, we've already renewed our accounts for three years, which should take us right through to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II in May 2011.
The Captains cannot express how much our readers and fans mean to us, especially when they help us with such an outpouring of support, both verbally and financially. We're overwhelmed by your generosity. |
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Now Hiring
The Quidditch Pitch is in desperate need of Quidditch Assistants. With our recent explosion in membership, we now have an average of one beta per 1000+ members. If you're interested, please complete the application here. As an added bonus, you would get to work with the amazing deena_s! |
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Quaffle Talk - Seeking Fan Boys!
Do you have a burning passion to make your views about Harry Potter known? Do you want an opportunity to discuss slash, het, gen, and of course your favorite character? The Quidditch Pitch has a deal for you! For just 39.95 19.95 free you can join us in recording a segment for Quaffle Talk. We're searching for men -- short or tall, with a sense of humor, and quite frankly men who are not offended by the insanity that is the Captains of the Quidditch Pitch.
Comment to this post or email the Captains at thecaptains@thequidditchpitch.org and we'll get you all the details out ASAP!
Warning participating in Quaffle Talk should not be done while drinking hot liquids. The Captains are not responsible for a decrease in intelligence, spontaneous and uncontrollable laughter, and Deena, Dream Wia Dream, Auntee Mame, Simons Flower, and Annie take no responsible and lay no claim to the antics of Madam Minnie. |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: I want chocolate music:: NPR's "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me" podcast
Digest: 16 Mar 2008
posted: Sunday, 16 March 2008 @ 00.01
Digest for 02 March 2008 through 15 March 2008 Announcements:
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Ron-a-Thon
This Ron-a-thon is a two-week, silent auction to help keep The Quidditch Pitch online. In just two years, the site has grown from 200 members to over 12,000. We have been funding the site ourselves since the very beginning, almost three years ago. But we need assistance this year to pay for web hosting and a variety of other expenses that go with running the site.
We appreciate all your support as members and authors over the last two years and would send Ron to you, but Annie refuses to allow him to leave her sight. There might a be court order involved but we have learned not to ask about those things.
Fundraiser Rules and Regulations- You may bid as many times as you like in order to win.
- Bids will close on the 16th of March and winners notified.
- Payment must be made within one week of the end of the auction. Paypal is our preferred method of payment.
- Request for pairing and prompts will be accepted once payment transaction is complete.
- The Author/Artist will have until May 15th to complete all stories and artwork.
Please click the banner to view and bid on all the Authors and Artists.
Our fundraiser ends in less than 24 hours! The last chance to bid is Sunday, 16 March 2008 at 9:59 p.m. EDT. |
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Now Hiring
The Quidditch Pitch is in desperate need of Quidditch Assistants. With our recent explosion in membership, we now have an average of one beta per 1000+ members. If you're interested, please complete the application here. As an added bonus, you would get to work with the amazing deena_s! |
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Quaffle Talk - Seeking Fan Boys!
Do you have a burning passion to make your views about Harry Potter known? Do you want an opportunity to discuss slash, het, gen, and of course your favorite character? The Quidditch Pitch has a deal for you! For just 39.95 19.95 free you can join us in recording a segment for Quaffle Talk. We're searching for men -- short or tall, with a sense of humor, and quite frankly men who are not offended by the insanity that is the Captains of the Quidditch Pitch.
Comment to this post or email the Captains at thecaptains@thequidditchpitch.org and we'll get you all the details out ASAP!
Warning participating in Quaffle Talk should not be done while drinking hot liquids. The Captains are not responsible for a decrease in intelligence, spontaneous and uncontrollable laughter, and Deena, Dream Wia Dream, Auntee Mame, Simons Flower, and Annie take no responsible and lay no claim to the antics of Madam Minnie. |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: hungry
Digest: 02 Mar 2008
posted: Sunday, 02 March 2008 @ 00.01
Digest for 24 February 2008 through 01 March 2008 Announcements:
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Ron-a-Thon
This Ron-a-thon is a two-week, silent auction to help keep The Quidditch Pitch online. In just two years, the site has grown from 200 members to over 12,000. We have been funding the site ourselves since the very beginning, almost three years ago. But we need assistance this year to pay for web hosting and a variety of other expenses that go with running the site.
We appreciate all your support as members and authors over the last two years and would send Ron to you, but Annie refuses to allow him to leave her sight. There might a be court order involved but we have learned not to ask about those things.
Fundraiser Rules and Regulations- You may bid as many times as you like in order to win.
- Bids will close on the 16th of March and winners notified.
- Payment must be made within one week of the end of the auction.
- Request for pairing and prompts will be accepted once payment transaction is complete.
- The Author/Artist will have until May 15th to complete all stories and artwork.
Please click the banner to view and bid on all the Authors and Artists. |
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Featured Stories
Click the banner for links to the stories. |
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Featured Artist
Congratulations to ericahpfa for being our March 2008 Featured Artist!
Click the banner to see her gallery.
Read our interview with her here. |
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Editor's Choice
Congratulations to minisinoo!
Click the banner to read the story. |
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Now Hiring
The Quidditch Pitch is in desperate need of Quidditch Assistants. With our recent explosion in membership, we now have an average of one beta per 1000+ members. If you're interested, please complete the application here. As an added bonus, you would get to work with the amazing deena_s! |
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February Monthly Challenge
The Quidditch Pitch is pleased to bring you The Birds and Bees Challenge! Spring is coming, it's Valentine's Day, and love is in the air. This month's challenge is a challenge about love. We want to see stories and art that is sweet, naughty, fluffy, and just downright embarrassing. So submit your stories soon and let's have a love in. Yes, we are reliving the sixties and seventies!
Rules for stories:* Must be at least 500 words
* Must be prebetad
* Must comply with our terms of service
* Must include love, the birds and the bees, or naughtiness.
* Challenge ends on March 12th at 11:59 pm EST. Art:* Must be willing to let us host the artwork in our gallery for March and April
* Must contain love, the birds and the bees, or naughtiness.
* You would submit all artwork via email to thecaptains@thequidditchpitch.org
* Your email should contain* Your penname
* Your email address
* Rating
* Summary
* Title * Focal point should be love |
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New fics:( Bad Moon Rising )( Hallowed Halls )( Remains of the Day )( Dark Tales )( The Broomshed )( Crossovers )( Non-Fiction ) mood:: tired
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