Wed, May. 14th, 2014, 08:27 am
[info]atdelphi: FIC: "A Short Treatise on the Social Lives of Ghosts" for the HP Beholder Pinch Hitters

Recipient: The HP Beholder Pinch Hitters
Author/Artist: ???
Title: A Short Treatise on the Social Lives of Ghosts
Rating: PG
Pairings: Cuthbert Binns/Grey Lady, Cuthbert Binns/Horace Slughorn, Moaning Myrtle/Nearly Headless Nick, The Fat Friar/The Wailing Widow
Word Count: 3200
Medium: Prose
Warnings/Content Information: None
Summary: The social lives of ghosts are more complex than they’re credited for.


A Short Treatise on the Social Lives of Ghosts )

Tue, May. 13th, 2014, 03:31 pm
[info]atdelphi: FIC: "Elegy for a Goat" for pauraque

Recipient: [info]pauraque
Author/Artist: ???
Title: Elegy for a Goat
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Severus/Aberforth, background hint of Aberforth/Albus
Word Count: 17,460
Medium: Fic
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): None.
Summary: Ab has never been fond of his brother's protégés, but he's always had a weakness for goats. He's not sure what to make of Severus Snape.
Author's/Artist's Notes: Thanks beyond measure to Delphi, who is the most encouraging and kindest of mods and has more patience than a thousand saints put together.


Elegy for a Goat

Fri, May. 9th, 2014, 02:26 pm
[info]atdelphi: FIC: "Straight On 'Till Morning" for fluffyllama

Recipient: [info]fluffyllama
Author/Artist: ???
Title: Straight On 'Till Morning
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Rufus Scrimgeour/Alastor Moody with mentions of Rufus Scrimgeour/Gawain Robards
Word Count: 20,000
Medium: Fic
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): * None*.
Summary: Two wars teach Alastor the old maxim was wrong. You keep your enemies close, but you keep your friends closer.
Author's/Artist's Notes: This fic has been one of the most daunting projects I've undertaken. Consequently, there're several people to thank.

Fluffyllama, I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. Your signup was absolutely phenomenal, and provided so very much inspiration.

Delphi, thanks so much for running such a fantastic fest. And for being the most amazing mod possible; your endless patience is immensely appreciated. Also, thanks also for all the lengthy conversations about rare characters; so many of your thoughts were invaluable to shaping this.

And to r: Fantastic cheerleader and even more brilliant beta. Thanks so much for all the brainstorming, and the handholding. This fic is immeasurably better for your input. Thanks especially for all the Dumbledore assistance, and for helping me keep my timelines straight.

The first scene draws heavily on details released in JKR's Pottermore biography for Remus Lupin. For anyone unfamiliar with it wanting more context, a page with the full text of the bio


Straight On 'Till Morning

Wed, May. 7th, 2014, 12:58 pm
[info]atdelphi: FIC: "A Gramarye of Folk Magic" for evensong14

Recipient: [info]evensong14
Author/Artist: ???
Title: A Gramarye of Folk Magic
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Aberforth Dumbledore/Severus Snape
Word Count: 5818
Medium: Fic
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): [Transactional sex; a brief scene of animal sacrifice; references to suicide]*.
Summary: Time moves with the seasons in Hogsmeade, and season by season the Snape boy returns to Aberforth's inn.
Author's/Artist's Notes: I would like to thank my beta, F, for all her help. I really hope you enjoy this story, [info]evensong14. Thank you for the inspiring prompts.


A Gramarye of Folk Magic )

Thu, May. 1st, 2014, 01:14 pm
[info]atdelphi: FIC: "we lay together on a cold hard floor" for mindabbles

Recipient: mindabbles
Author: ???
Title: we lay together on a cold hard floor
Rating: R for language and sexual activity
Pairings: Severus Snape/Peter Pettigrew
Word Count: around 9000
Medium: fic
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): * sexual contact between two characters aged 15–16*.
Summary: Circumstance threw Snape and Pettigrew together once before at school, when the future was wide open.
Author's/Artist's Notes: To mindabbles, you said you like a happy ending. Once the pairing and era (Marauders) were in place, that was more or less off the table – I’m sorry! – so I went with "unexplored scenes", "friendships that really matter" and "people facing difficult choices". I really hope it’s okay. thank you to L and B for all their help, and to delphi for great forbearance. Title from "If They Come In The Night" by Marge Piercy.


we lay together on a cold hard floor )

Wed, Apr. 30th, 2014, 02:25 pm
[info]atdelphi: FIC: "Be Here Now" for alley_skywalker

Recipient: [info]alley_skywalker
Author/Artist: ???
Title: Be Here Now
Rating: PG-13 (ish)
Pairings: Antonin/Narcissa, Antonin/Igor Karkaroff, Antonin/Bellatrix
Word Count: ~5700
Medium: Fic
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *Angst, unrequited love, character death*.
Summary: If Antonin has learned anything in his life, it is that trust is rarely deserved, and love does not follow reason.
Author's/Artist's Notes: I played a little loose with Antonin's canon, making his father a contemporary of Tom Riddle and Antonin himself a generation younger. I hope you like this, [info]alley_skywalker! I loved writing it. So many thanks to my two speedy betas, E and S!


Be Here Now )

Mon, Apr. 28th, 2014, 04:27 pm
[info]atdelphi: FIC: "A Lonely Road" for the HP Beholder Community

Recipient: The [info]hp_beholder Community
Author/Artist: ???
Title: A Lonely Road
Rating: R
Pairings: Severus Snape/Aberforth Dumbledore
Word Count: 4,800
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *anal intercourse, age disparity, angst, alcohol, violence towards an animal, reference to a canon death (Albus Dumbledore's).*.
Summary: Two men. Dark times. Conversations which fail to communicate; communication through silence.
Author's/Artist's Notes: Many thanks to my beta, E.


A Lonely Road )

Mon, Apr. 21st, 2014, 02:48 pm
[info]atdelphi: ART: "To That Which Improves with Age" for purplefluffycat

Recipient: [info]purplefluffycat
Artist: ???
Title: To That Which Improves with Age
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Albus Dumbledore/Horace Slughorn
Medium: pencil on paper
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *none*.
Summary: An intimate moment between friends...

To That Which Improves with Age )

Fri, Apr. 18th, 2014, 02:27 pm
[info]atdelphi: FIC: "Nobody's Hero (Except for Maybe Yours)" for rilla_licious

Recipient: [info]rilla_licious
Author/Artist: ???
Title: Nobody’s Hero (Except For Maybe Yours)
Rating: PG
Pairings: Antonin/Draco, (vaguely implied) Antonin/Lucius
Word Count: 5,457
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *implied off-screen torture, vaguely implied canonical character death, age-difference*.
Summary: Narcissa asks Antonin to train Draco in preparation for his mission for the Dark Lord. Draco is reluctant and Antonin feels duty-bound. But, as Merlin would have it, things change.
Author's/Artist's Notes: Dear recipient: I’m sorry for…well for how this ends. I blame canon.
Dear mods: thank you for your patience with my constant RL interruptions and incorrigible procrastination.


Nobody's Hero (Except for Maybe Yours) )

Tue, Apr. 15th, 2014, 02:08 pm
[info]atdelphi: FIC: "Brittle" for magnetic_pole

Recipient: [info]magnetic_pole
Author/Artist: ???
Title: Brittle
Rating: R
Pairings: Peter Pettigrew/Garrick Ollivander
Word Count:2519
Medium: Fic
Warnings/Content Information: None
Summary: Shortly after his kidnapping, Ollivander is forced to make a wand for Peter Pettigrew.
Author's Notes: Many thanks to my wonderful beta P! All additional errors are my own.


Brittle )

Fri, Apr. 11th, 2014, 02:37 pm
[info]atdelphi: FIC: "Dirigible Plum" for wwmrsweasleydo

Recipient: [info]wwmrsweasleydo
Author/Artist: ???
Title: Dirigible Plum
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Xenophilius Lovegood/Albus Dumbledore, mentions of Horace Slughorn/various others
Word Count: About 6700
Medium: Prose
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *None.*
Summary: It’s 1946, and the Wizarding world is emerging from the shadow of Prussia. For Xenophilius, there could be no more exciting time to study further at L'Académie de Beauxbatons - especially when his life is lit-up by one very special visitor.
Author's/Artist's Notes: Happy HP_Beholder, [info]wwmrsweasleydo! I very much hope you like this tale. From your prompts, I worked with the idea of 'characters supporting one another', with a touch of comedy and, hopefully, a heart-warming ending. Many thanks also go to [info]atdelphi, for running this very special fest once more.


Dirigible Plum )

Wed, May. 15th, 2013, 06:26 am
[info]atdelphi: ART: "Frog, Paper, Scissors" for scarletladyy

Recipient: [info]scarletladyy
Author/Artist: ???
Title: Frog, Paper, Scissors
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Marietta/Millicent, Draco/Viktor
Medium: Art with watercolor and colored pencil and cut paper.
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *None*.

Frog, Paper, Scissors )

Wed, May. 15th, 2013, 06:25 am
[info]atdelphi: FIC: "A Living Memory" for pyttan

Recipient: [info]pyttan
Author/Artist: ???
Title: A Living Memory
Rating: 16
Pairings: Viktor Krum/Harry Potter
Word Count: 41 000
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *Violence, very minor character death, book I is not in chronological order*.
Summary:Harry thought that life after the war would be calmer, but the new Minister has a vendetta and has evoked an old law that threatens the lives of any who stand in his way. His latest victim, Viktor Krum. No one thinks much on it until all the people who've been arrested start disappearing without a trace from their cells. Harry is put on a task force to hunt him down, but when the group turns on him, Krum is the one to save him. Trapped in a time not their own with only cryptic clues from an even more cryptic Unspeakable, they have to work together to figure out the mystery of the TimeLoop.
Author's/Artist's Notes: First and foremost, I want to thank O. for helping me not only with a beta, but also with my plot, title, editing and summary. Without her story would not be the same. I also want to give a shoutout to my other beta and Britpicker, L. Thank you dear, you have been fantastic spotting all my little mistakes.

A Living Memory


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Thu, May. 9th, 2013, 08:13 am
[info]atdelphi: FIC: "The Aftermath" for songquake

Recipient: songquake
Author/Artist: ???
Title: The Aftermath
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Charity/Hermione, Dudley/Neville, Pomona/Minerva
Word Count: 3770 words
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *canon character death, fanon character survival*.
Summary: In the days after the Battle for Hogwarts, there was much healing work to be done. Fortunately all of creation was helping
Author's/Artist's Notes: Dear Songquake, I hope with all my heart that this amuses you. When you mentioned Charity surviving, a whole cascade of head-canon came flowing in, and this asked to be written. The inspiration for Dudley’s perhaps unlikely appearance comes from this artwork: http://dudley-redeemed.livejournal.com/18651.html
Many, many thanks and blessings to my kind and thoughtful betas MBR & K.

The Aftermath )

Thu, May. 9th, 2013, 08:13 am
[info]atdelphi: FIC: "Colour to a Sunset Sky" for cuorefreddo

Recipient: [info]cuorefreddo
Author/Artist: ???
Title: Colour to a Sunset Sky
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Oliver Wood/Gregory Goyle, brief mention of past Oliver Wood/Harry Potter and suggestion of Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Word Count: ~5,600
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *Character death (not Gregory or Oliver), mild Angst, some violence, hurt/comfort*.
Summary: Oliver would watch him sometimes, recognising him vaguely, like an old memory which had gone fuzzy around the edges with the passing of time. A story of a fragile and unlikely friendship which grows into something more.
Author's/Artist's Notes: I have never written either of these characters before so I had to take a lot of time researching the snippets we can glean from canon, which was such a fun exercise. For the purposes of the fic I have departed from canon and assumed the Dementors are still guarding Azkaban post Deathly Hallows, although this was unlikely to be the case. The title is loosely adapted from the Rabindranath Tagore quote “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky.” Thank you to V for cheerleading and support and to A for the beta read.

Colour to a Sunset Sky )

Wed, May. 8th, 2013, 06:55 am
[info]atdelphi: FIC: "Salazar's Curse" for magnetic_pole

Recipient: Magnetic_pole/Maggie
Author/Artist: ???
Title: "Salazar's Curse"
Rating: Mature
Pairings: Severus Snape/Yaxley
Word Count: ~7300
Medium: fiction
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *None*.
Summary: Yaxley is confused but intrigued by powers that don't conform to his life-long expectations.
Author's/Artist's Notes: Thanks to Delphi for enticing me to think outside of my box. Thanks to my betas for help and consideration!

Salazar's Curse )

Mon, May. 6th, 2013, 06:18 am
[info]atdelphi: FIC: "A Petty Argument" for alley_skywalker

Recipient: Alley_skywalker
Author/Artist: ???
Title: A Petty Argument
Rating: Teen
Pairings: Dolohov/L. Malfoy
Word Count: 1,687
Medium: Fic
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View):  *[shortages of basic supplies.]*.
Summary: Sometimes official correspondence turns into something completely different.
Author's/Artist's Notes: I did not expect this to go the way it did!

A Petty Argument )

Sun, May. 5th, 2013, 08:26 am
[info]atdelphi: FIC: "A Dictionary of Silence" for farad

Recipient: [info]farad
Author: ???
Title: A Dictionary of Silence
Rating: mild R
Pairings: Mad-Eye Moody/Remus Lupin
Word Count: ~2500
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *[mention of canonical character death]*.
Summary: Moody is a man of few words, but he has a hundred varieties of silence.
Author's Notes: Most of the dialogue in the final scene is taken from Chapter 5 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I've been wanting to write this pairing for ages and was thrilled to get the chance. I hope you like it, Farad!

A Dictionary of Silence )

Fri, May. 3rd, 2013, 07:16 am
[info]atdelphi: FIC: "Safe as Houses" for teshara

Recipient: teshara

Author/Artist: ???
Title: Safe As Houses

Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Mundungus Fletcher/Hestia Jones, one-sided Dudley Dursley/Dedalus Diggle, background Vernon Dursley/Petunia Dursley

Word Count: 7,000

Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View):  * Swearing, moderate violence, prejudice, inappropriate touching*.

Summary: As if it wasn't bad enough babysitting ill-tempered Muggles, now Diggle's turned up with someone Hestia finds most unpleasant.

Author's/Artist's Notes: Many thanks to E, my very busy beta, for making time for me.


Safe as Houses )

Sun, Apr. 28th, 2013, 08:28 am
[info]atdelphi: FIC: "The Reluctant Phoenix" for dueltastic

Recipient: [info]dueltastic
Author/Artist: ???
Title: The Reluctant Phoenix
Rating: Up to NC-17 (although most of the story rates lower)
Pairings: Albus Dumbledore/Minerva McGonagall, Horace Slughorn/Elphias Doge, Albus Dumbledore/Horace Slughorn
Word Count: ~23,600
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *Cross-gen - teacher/student (Minerva is 18), infidelity in secondary pairing.*.
Summary: Albus thought that he was a non-running member of the human race when it came to romantic relationships. If pushed, he would have said that he was the kind of wizard who preferred wizards. -All that, of course, was before Minerva came along.
Author's/Artist's Notes: Thanks to [info]dueltastic for such open-ended and thought-provoking prompts. I have tried to incorporate elements of your following suggestions into this story: "non-traditional relationships, things people make work in their own ways when it's not obvious how or why it does", "eras and places we see only hints of in canon", "age differences being acknowledged", "blurry definitions" and "fluidity in gender roles and sexual orientation." Many thanks also to [info]atdelphi for modding [info]hp_beholder 2013!


The Reluctant Phoenix


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