Tue, Jun. 4th, 2013, 10:43 pm
[info]dhorrible_mod: Sloppy Seconds Penance Day: BONUS FIC

As you had guessed, our last piece of fic and art did go up and technically we ended the fest. However, because I failed to gracefully close the fest before the end of the academic year caught me up and spirited me away, I shall contribute this one last fic as penance for my sins... and then formally close the fest. :)


Title: Stop Me If You Think That You've Heard This One Before
Author: [personal profile] dueltastic
Pairing: Snape/McGonagall
Rating: R
Prompt: #5 Severus and Minerva both survive the war and think they have another chance together, but the war leaves scars that neither expected.
Content Information/Warnings: None
Length: 6000 words

Read more... )

Mon, May. 13th, 2013, 03:52 pm
[info]dhorrible_mod: Sloppy Seconds Day 9: As Time Goes By

Title: As Time Goes By
Author: [info]writcraft
Pairing(s)/Character(s): Unrequited Severus/Lily, non-explicit Severus/Albus Dumbledore, suggestions of future Severus/Harry
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~1,500
Content/Warnings: Canonical character death, non-consensual kiss, Severus lives AU
Prompt: Yet each man kills the thing he loves/By each let this be heard,/ Some do it with a bitter look,/ Some with a flattering word,/The coward does it with a kiss,/The brave man with a sword
Summary: “Be open to all possibilities, no matter how unlikely they may seem – if you do that, I believe you will be happy.”
Author’s Notes: Thank you to the [info]deeply_horrible mods for running this fest and for their endless patience. Thanks to A for the beta read. All remaining mistakes are my own. I intended to show Severus’ development from the coward who kills (Lily) with a kiss to the brave man who kills (Albus) with a sword.

As Time Goes By )

Mon, May. 13th, 2013, 02:27 am
[info]dhorrible_mod: Sloppy Seconds Day 8: Snap

Title: Snap
Author: [info]gamma_x_orionis
Pairing: Severus/Irma, past Severus/Lily
Rating: PG
Prompt: "Each man kills the thing he loves, by each let this be heard. Some do it with a bitter look, some with a flattering word. The coward does it with a kiss, the brave man with a sword."
Content Information/Warnings: Murder
Summary: It would be so easy to take just a few steps forward and put his hands around her neck and snap it, snap it so hard that she wouldn't feel a moment of pain. Two steps. Two hands. Snap.
Author's Notes: I cannot express how much of a joy this fest was to write for :D A huge thank you to the mods for running it! ♥

Snap )

Sat, May. 11th, 2013, 02:23 am
[info]dhorrible_mod: Sloppy Seconds Day 6: The Ballad of Severus Snape

Title: The Ballad of Severus Snape
Author: [info]writcraft
Pairing(s)/Character(s): Unrequited Severus/Lily
Rating: G
Word Count: ~1,300
Content/Warnings: Canonical character death, canon twist with events during the Battle for
Hogwarts.
Prompt: Excerpt from The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde.
Author’s Notes: My peculiar muse demanded a poem told loosely in the ballad style of the
Wilde poem on which the prompt was based. I am frankly a little terrified of this posting and for all of
those poets amongst you, I can only offer my sincerest apologies for butchering your craft.

The Ballad of Severus Snape )

Thu, May. 9th, 2013, 10:36 pm
[info]dhorrible_mod: Sloppy Seconds Day 5: Broken Toys

Title: Broken Toys
Author: pretty_panther
Pairing: Severus Snape/Sirius Black
Rating: R
Prompt: Prompt: They come to an arrangement during the war -- Sirius wants information on his brother, Snape wants Sirius to keep Lily safe.
Content Information/Warnings: 1090, no warnings really apply.
Summary: Severus has information and Sirius needs it and it is as simple as that. At least it is to begin with.
Author's Notes: The fic is more from the point of view of Sirius because I felt Severus' behaviour could be understood better when it was seen by another and his words came across better without his thoughts to explain them.


Broken Toys )

Wed, May. 8th, 2013, 02:11 pm
[info]dhorrible_mod: Sloppy Seconds Day 4: Prenatal Developments

Title: Prenatal Developments
Author: [info]goddess47
Pairing: Harry/Ginny, implied Harry/Severus
Rating: NC-17
Content Information/Warnings: Infidelity
Summary: Harry should have asked more questions...

Prenatal Developments )

Tue, May. 7th, 2013, 07:27 pm
[info]dhorrible_mod: Sloppy Seconds Day 3: Peace and War

Title: Peace and War
Author: [info]notearchiver
Pairing: Minerva McGonagall/Severus Snape
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: They swore to each other that the age difference didn't matter. They were wrong.
Content Information/Warnings: implied child abuse, angst, depression, implied canon character death
Summary: In the end, it wasn't really the age gap but the experiences that came with it.
Author's Notes: Thank you [info]verdeckt for founding [info]deeply_horrible and our new mods for taking up the mantel. Also, I must acknowledge my beta F, who still adores me when I'm annoying.

Peace and War )

Mon, May. 6th, 2013, 04:37 am
[info]dhorrible_mod: Sloppy Seconds Day 1: The Minister Will Hear of This

Title: The Minister will hear of this
Author: [info]of_anoesis
Pairing: Snape/Umbridge
Rating: T
Prompt: Asexual!Snape sees advantage in being with someone, even if he suffers of great boredom
Content Information/Warnings: Spoilers for OooP, should anyone not have finished that particular tome yet.
Summary: The Inquisitorial Squad weren't the only Slytherins to benefit under Dolores' rule.
Author's Notes: This started as a far longer, much more involved piece, but I just couldn't wrangle all the pieces together. Huge thanks to [info]desigrl who helped me see the light. This fic would not have been written without her unflinching aid.

The Minister will hear of this )

Sun, Jan. 6th, 2013, 12:03 pm
[info]dhorrible_mod: Fic/Art: "The Deeply Horrible One(s)"

Title: The Deeply Horrible One(s)
Author: [temporarily disillusioned]
Artist: [temporarily disillusioned]
Beta Viewer: [temporarily disillusioned]
Pairing: Snape/Lupin
Rating: G
(Highlight to View) Warning(s): *None*
Prompt Author: [personal profile] malnpudl
Prompt: 21: Finding common ground in bitterness
Summary: What happens when a man drinks wine or chocolate in a random bar, and thinks of women.
Notes: Huge thanks for this fest, once again. It was Deeply Delicious. And personal thanks to the art beta for her most valuable help and to the author for her brilliant work.

(The Deeply Horrible One(s)) @ DW
(The Deeply Horrible One(s)) @ LJ

Sat, Jan. 5th, 2013, 12:01 pm
[info]dhorrible_mod: Fic: "A Virtuous Man"

Title: A Virtuous Man
Author: [temporarily disillusioned]
Beta Reader(s): [permanently disillusioned]
Word Count: 4300
Pairing(s): Severus Snape/Minerva McGonagall
Rating: PG
(Highlight to View) Warning(s): None.
Prompt Author: [personal profile] delphi
Prompt: 14: Severus manipulates his lover in subtle ways in order to keep his/her attention.

(A Virtuous Man) @ DW
(A Virtuous Man) @ LJ

Fri, Jan. 4th, 2013, 11:44 am
[info]dhorrible_mod: Fic: "The Demons"

Title: The Demons
Author: [temporarily disillusioned]
Beta Reader(s): Thank you to S and to R for your plotting and betaing!
Word Count: 16.430
Pairing(s): Harry/Ginny, Harry/Snape, Voldemort/Ginny, Voldemort/Snape, Ron/Hermione (mentioned)
Rating: NC-17
(Highlight to View) Warning(s): Domestic violence, violence, blood, dubcon, pregnancy horror, abuse, character death.
Prompt: Wildcard
Summary: He could not help it. His own inability to ease its pain, to comfort this creature frightened him. Clearly it was suffering, and needed help. If love was his greatest strength, should he not be able to extend his love to this thing, regardless of how repulsed he was?
Notes: The title is an homage to a film I liked when I was a child.

Single-post version on DW:
(The Demons)

Chaptered version on LJ:
Prologue
Part I
Part II

Wed, Jan. 2nd, 2013, 09:33 am
[info]dhorrible_mod: Fic: "A Tangled Web"

Title: A Tangled Web
Author: [temporarily disillusioned]
Beta Reader(s): [temporarily disillusioned]
Word Count: ~6,200
Pairing(s): Severus/Harry, Harry/Draco, unrequited Severus/James Potter
Rating: NC-17
(Highlight to View) Warning(s): Dark, Angst, Dubious Consent/Non Consent (Polyjuice), Wanking, Age Disparity (Harry is sixteen when Severus begins to consider him in a sexual light).
Prompt Author: [personal profile] delphi
Prompt/Summary: 11: ‘infatuation turns to obsession; he knows it’s unhealthy, but he can’t stop.’
Notes: Thank you to the [info]deeply_horrible mods for running this fabulous fest. Thanks to V for cheerleading and the read through.

(A Tangled Web) @ DW
(A Tangled Web) @ LJ

Tue, Jan. 1st, 2013, 10:08 am
[info]dhorrible_mod: Fic: "Hoist By His Own Petard"

Title: Hoist By His Own Petard
Author: [temporarily disillusioned]
Beta Reader:: [temporarily disillusioned]
Word Count: 2324
Pairing: Snape/Hermione
Rating: NC-17
(Highlight to View) Warning(s): Mild bondage, dub-con and explicit sex scene..
Prompt Author: [info]magic_knickers
Prompt: 42: She's always trying to save lost causes. I'd like Hermione to be relatively young - either DH-era or just after.
Notes: Set a year after DH.

(Hoist By His Own Petard) @ DW
(Hoist By His Own Petard) @ LJ

Sat, Dec. 29th, 2012, 10:18 am
[info]dhorrible_mod:

Title: "The Most Effective Means of Persuasion"
Author: [temporarily disillusioned]
Beta Reader(s): [temporarily disillusioned]
Word Count: ~6100
Pairing(s): Severus Snape/Lily Evans, James Potter/Lily Evans Potter, Kingsley Shacklebolt/Alastor Moody
Rating: R (for themes, not sex)
(Highlight to View) Warning(s): Canon Character Death.
Prompt Author: [info]andinocara
Prompt: 107: Dumbledore always said he was certain of Snape's loyalty. And he was. After all he paid a high price for it. What was it? What did Dumbledore do to ensure Snape's fealty?
Notes: Beta'd by the awesome D, on short notice and with great patience and great ideas – all mistakes my very own.

(The Most Effective Means of Persuasion) @ DW
(The Most Effective Means of Persuasion) @ LJ

Thu, Dec. 27th, 2012, 12:28 pm
[info]dhorrible_mod: Fic: "St. Mungo’s Grim Reaper"

Title: St. Mungo’s Grim Reaper
Author: [temporarily disillusioned]
Beta Reader(s): [temporarily disillusioned]
Word Count: 5370
Pairing(s): gen
Rating: PG-13
(Highlight to View) Warning(s): descriptions of injuries, homicidal intent.
Prompt Author: [info]margi_lynn
Prompt: 68: During the first war, Snape pulled shifts at St. Mungo's to make up for their overwork. Most of the time he does help the healers. But what about the times he doesn't? Why those people?
Notes: Huge, huge thanks to the mod for her endless patience with my request after request for extensions! Also, enormous thanks to my betas, W and HS, without whom this story would still be laying deformed at the bottom of a garbage heap. <3 All remaining mistakes are mine.

(St. Mungo’s Grim Reaper) @ DW
(St. Mungo’s Grim Reaper) @ LJ

Wed, Dec. 26th, 2012, 11:08 am
[info]dhorrible_mod: Fic: "Necessary Destruction"

Title: Necessary Destruction
Author: [temporarily disillusioned]
Beta Reader(s): [temporarily disillusioned]
Word Count: 2,675
Pairing(s): Snape/Hermione
Rating: PG for language
(Highlight to View) Warning(s): [None].
Prompt Author: [info]kerravonsen
Prompt: 139: Severus is livid. What does Miss Granger see in that dunderhead Weasley? No, Snape doesn't attempt to manipulate Hermione into falling in love with him. It didn't work with Lily, after all. He simply manipulates Ron into breaking up with Hermione. And if Severus is there to pick up the pieces, all the better.
Summary: Manipulation is Severus Snape's middle name. Today, it’s Ron Weasley’s turn to suffer.

(Necessary Destruction) @ DW
(Necessary Destruction) @ LJ

Tue, Dec. 25th, 2012, 10:32 am
[info]dhorrible_mod: Fic: "The Headmaster"

Title: The Headmaster
Author: [temporarily disillusioned]
Beta Reader(s): [temporarily disillusioned]
Word Count: 5250
Characters: Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, Poppy Pomfrey, portrait!Albus
Rating: R
(Highlight to View) Warning(s): torture (mostly offstage)*
Prompt Author: [info]starcrossedgirl
Prompt: 49: "He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the burden of being a man" (Samuel Johnson).
Summary: Decent human beings couldn't or wouldn't do the things the Headmaster was required to do -- ergo, he couldn't be decent.
Notes: I'm extremely grateful to my beta-readers/handholders/therapists and to our excellent mod for her extraordinary patience.

(The Headmaster) @ DW
(The Headmaster) @ LJ

Sun, Dec. 23rd, 2012, 09:30 am
[info]dhorrible_mod: Fic: "Bitter Going Down"

Title: Bitter Going Down
Author: [temporarily disillusioned]
Beta Reader(s): [permanently disillusioned]
Word Count: 1200
Pairing(s): Aberforth Dumbledore/Severus Snape
Rating: R
(Highlight to View) Warning(s): none.
Prompt Author: [personal profile] delphi
Prompt: 13: Severus and a prospective friend or lover bond over shared misanthropy.

(Bitter Going Down) @ DW
(Bitter Going Down) @ LJ

Wed, Dec. 19th, 2012, 10:59 am
[info]dhorrible_mod: Fic: "The Gentleman Bettor"

Title: The Gentleman Bettor
Author: [temporarily disillusioned]
Beta Reader(s): [temporarily disillusioned]
Word Count: 20,742
Pairing(s): Severus Snape/Hermione Granger; Lucius Malfoy/Narcissa Malfoy
Rating: R
(Highlight to View) Warning(s): [Language, Mild Sexual Content].
Prompt Author: [info]laralee88
Prompt: 56: Severus Snape loses a bet with Lucius Malfoy. Having made an Unbreakable Vow, Severus has no choice other than going along with Lucius’s demands. Lucius’s prize: Setting Severus up on a blind date. He picks Snape’s colleague, Hermione Granger. Lucius and Narcissa invite the two of them on a much needed summer holiday, sit back, and watch the show.
Summary: Bound by the rules of magical society into performing a forfeit, despite the fact the Lucius clearly cheated in order to win the bet, Severus learns that sometimes it can pay to lose. However, that doesn't mean that revenge is off the table.
Notes: What can I say... L, thanks for the hours upon hours of time you spent chatting about this fic. Your advice and insight kept me going and laughing all along the way! And to all the ladies in TPP chat, thank you for the side-splitting ideas for revenge tactics. You had me in stitches within seconds of my asking. I hope you all enjoy what I did with your little gems!

Single-post version on DW:
(The Gentleman Bettor)

Chaptered version on LJ:

Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six

Tue, Dec. 18th, 2012, 11:46 am
[info]dhorrible_mod: Fic: "Windward"

Title: Windward
Author: [temporarily disillusioned]
Beta Reader(s): Thank you, S, for being a great beta & fixing my typos as always.
Word Count: 4606
Pairing(s): Gen, background Lucius/Narcissa
Rating: PG
(Highlight to View) Warning(s): None.
Prompt Author: [info]kerravonsen
Prompt: 66: Lucius Malfoy claimed he was under Imperius. What if that were true? What if Snape and Lucius really were friends?
Summary: People always said Lucius Malfoy was a fair-weather friend. Even after a lifetime, Severus was never sure if he agreed or not.
Notes: The part of the prompt I ended up filling was "What if Snape and Lucius really were friends?"--it became a character study on what made up this strange friendship.

(Windward) @ DW
(Windward) @ LJ

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