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Title: Baked for Each Other

Artist: Dizilla

Commentary: Gingerbread Snupin! What could be better?? These were used as a gift icon for SnuSa back in the day... and they were just too cute.

Source: Another Family Recipe

( Snickerdoodles )

Submitted by Rosy!

The Snupin zine, Chocolate & Asphodel, v.2, had many contributors, and most have e-mail addresses listed in their bios. However, if you read something by someone who doesn't have contact info, or if you just prefer to use the journals for feedback, please feel free to use this post to leave comments for any contributor to Chocolate & Asphodel, v.2.

Contributors, you are free to repost your work starting December 15. There is a thumbtack button on this post that you can use to track comments to help you follow any feedback you might receive here.

Members, even after contributors start reposting their works, please don't hesitate to comment here if you think you might forget to go back and leave a comment on any zine material you see posted. These authors and artists worked very hard and waited a long time. Your comments are your thanks and support for the Zine project and might encourage future volumes to come! So, comment on one piece or many, come back and post here several times - whatever works for you. Thank you!

We are so very pleased to present the fruit of many of our members' labors!

Chocolate and Asphodel, Volume 2

Volume 2 is clocking in lean and mean at 141 pages cover-to-cover, and there are several full-colour pieces of art, as well as illustrated stories and fresh work from new and saged writers!

Contributors to the zine include: kittylefish, karasu_hime, undunoops, dungeons_master, littleblackbow/chibitoaster, scribbulus_ink, arionrhod, xterm, dizilla/dianamoon, firefly124, skitty_kat, bonfoi, ellid, BLU-contributor Chivalric, and more!





If you have any questions or spot any glaring errors or omissions, please let us know! The editors and contributors worked hard on this, and we all hope you enjoy it!

Most authors and artists included contact information in their bios, but for the few who didn't, and for your ease of use, there is a feedback post here.

Volume 1 can be found here.

Happy November, gang! I know, I know, kind of a late mod note, but we've been running like such a well-oiled Snupin (mmm, well-oiled Snupin), I haven't felt the need to force you to endure my usual beginning-of-the-month babble. You get my mid-month babble, instead! ~_^

Reminders!

The Recipe Book Project runs until the end of the month, when our dear drusillas_rain will then compile all your offerings into a downloadable cookbook. There's still time for you to submit! Remember, your offering can be based on any fic or art, not just your own work, as long as you use the template on the informational post. If you're interested in seeing what's been posted so far, check out the "project: recipe book" tag on LJ or IJ. Also, for future posts, be sure to use the tag - everyone has been doing a great job of it so far, thanks!

Artists, your Print Calendar art is due December 15. If you want some beta or have questions, please feel free to make use of the Snupin community.

Speaking of calendars, don't forget to change your desktop to the November calendar (if you haven't already)!

This lovely work comes to us via omni_sama. Is anyone else sad the year is almost over? I know I am!

The snupin_santa deadline is looming for return participants. Your submission or an extension request is due November 15. I'm not the Snupin_Santa mod, but I know from past experience that you will get a lot further with the mods if you stay in touch, rather than "disappear" if you're running behind on your deadline. Get those extension requests in, and be aware, you're unlikely to get more than a week. ^_^

McKay is taking the month off from the snupin_prophet, which means you might be missing some Snupin links from outside the community. First, anyone who wants to post a link list may do so at any time, so if you're spotting Snape/Lupin that you want to make sure the community sees, go ahead and post a link for us. Second, you're welcome to post your own links from outside the community as well. Finally, I know there's been Lupin/Snape content at the following: hp_halloween, Daily_Deviant on IJ, and at the Ownficfest on LJ (1 story, several ficlets in the giftlets).

Participate: There is a Lupin Big Bang now, Huzzah! Sign-ups are open and ongoing until the first-draft deadline. It seems the BB will be run a lot like our BLU, if that gives you an idea of what will be expected. The severusbigbang's submission period is winding down, and I believe the deadline is today! Hp_Art_Tales looks interesting and there's no commitment if you wish to submit fic or art to be used for prompts in the fest, so you might want to check it out.

Two more things - There will be a Snupin Santa Supporter contest that I will announce in detail closer to the start of posting. I will say that the prize involves the other "thing" - Chocolate & Asphodel 2 will be up before midnight! Humm....what could the prize BE? ~_^

That's it for now! You're going to be hearing far too much from me over the next few hours. *HUGS ALL*

love, lore

Hanging in the chatroom, working on some last minute changes to my SnuSa.

COME JOIN ME!! XD

We need a pinch hitter! We're looking for someone who can write romance, smut, kink, and/or ARs and AUs. No dark!fic , sorry. The deadline for the pinch hit will be November 30.

If you're interested, email the Snupin Santa mods at snupin_santa @ yahoo.com. Thanks!

Title: Standing Outside the Fire
Pairings: Snape/Lupin (explicit) and Harry/Hermione/Draco (implied only)
Rating: NC-17 this section. Brought to you by Dizilla who convinced me I could write porn, Thanks Diz!
Author: azurerosa
Summary: How does a Gryffindor court a Slytherin until he wants to be part of his life?
( Standing Outside the Fire part six )

Title: at the cusp of everything
Rating: R
Warnings: unbetaed, possibly AU, re: Snape's childhood etc.
Word Count: ± 2,400 words.
Disclaimer: Not mine, I'm just borrowing them for my twisted means.
Summary: life flashes by.

Title: Standing Outside the Fire
Pairings: Snape/Lupin (explicit) and Harry/Hermione/Draco (implied only)
Rating: NC-17 this section. Brought to you by Dizilla who convinced me I could write porn, Thanks Diz!
Author: azurerosa
Summary: How does a Gryffindor court a Slytherin until he wants to be part of his life?
( Standing Outside the Fire part five )

Title: Standing Outside the Fire
Pairings: Snape/Lupin (explicit) and Harry/Hermione/Draco (implied only)
Rating: NC-17 this section. Brought to you by Dizilla who convinced me I could write porn, Thanks Diz!
Author: azurerosa
Summary: How does a Gryffindor court a Slytherin until he wants to be part of his life?
( Standing Outside the Fire part four )

Title: Standing Outside the Fire
Pairings: Snape/Lupin (explicit) and Harry/Hermione/Draco (implied only)
Rating: NC-17 this section. Brought to you by Dizilla who convinced me I could write porn, Thanks Diz!
Author: azurerosa
Summary: How does a Gryffindor court a Slytherin until he wants to be part of his life?
( Standing Outside the Fire part three )

Title: Standing Outside the Fire
Pairings: Snape/Lupin (explicit) and Harry/Hermione/Draco (implied only)
Rating: NC-17 eventually. Brought to you by Dizilla who convinced me I could write porn, Thanks Diz!
Author: azurerosa
Summary: How does a Gryffindor court a Slytherin until he wants to be part of his life?
( Standing Outside the Fire part two )

We need a pinch hitter! We're looking for someone who can write romance, smut, and light kink, preferably someone good with threesomes. No dark!fic or heavy kink for this one, sorry. The deadline for the pinch hit will be November 30.

If you're interested, email the Snupin Santa mods at snupin_santa @ yahoo.com. Thanks!

Title: Standing Outside the Fire
Pairings: Snape/Lupin (explicit) and Harry/Hermione/Draco (implied only)
Rating: NC-17 eventually. Brought to you by Dizilla who convinced me I could write porn, Thanks Diz!
Author: azurerosa
Summary: How does a Gryffindor court a Slytherin until he wants to be part of his life?
( Standing Outside the Fire part one )

This is a reminder to all RETURNING participants in Snupin Santa that your deadline is November 15! You must have your story or art OR an extension request submitted by that date.

All necessary submission information is in your assignment email, in the rules post, AND on the rules page of the Snupin Santa archive, so please reference one of your THREE resources for header guidelines, formatting, etc.

Title: In the Night Kitchen

Artist: Karasu Hime

Excerpt: Um, I have no idea how to do a thumbnail, so here's the link = http://www.ssf-moonshadow.com/art/archives/InterludeinKitchen.jpg

Commentary: I always pictured this as an exhausted Severus avoiding Hogwarts and sneaking into Grimmauld Place instead. He goes to the kitchen to relax in the quiet, gather his thoughts while nursing a strong cup of black tea. Now tea isn't just throwing the bag in hot water straight out of the microwave. To really enjoy tea, you have to do it right and have the right tea! For this, I imagine Severus going for a black tea, slightly biting to wake his senses up and loaded with caffeine to keep him going just a little bit longer.

Source: Alton Brown's Perfect Cup of Tea Recipe @ http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/perfect-cup-of-tea-recipe/index.html

Ingredients:
4 heaping teaspoons loose tea
4 cups water

Instructions:
Place loose tea leaves into a warmed tea kettle. Pour heated water over loose tea leaves. Let steep. Strain tea and serve.
*Note: For Oolong and Green tea, water should simmer at 200 degrees F. and 180 degrees F.
*For Irish and English tea bring water to a full boil.
*Black tea should soak for 3 to 5 minutes. Oolong tea should soak for 4 to 7 minutes. Green Tea should soak for 2 to 3 minutes.

Submitted by: wolfiefics (Bagoas Alexandros or Wolfie, whichever you prefer)

My Co-Ed Naked FanFiccing Slytherin stainless steel travel mug from Fiction Alley aeons ago broke last week. It wobbles. I need a new mug, preferably something Harry Potter. It has to have a lid too, per work's requirements on liquids in the office. I would like my fellow Snupiners to let me know if there are any Snupin, Snape or Lupin travel mugs somewhere that I can snag up for my morning tea drinking enjoyment. I am most desolate and hate my boring, unadorned cheapo from KMart. The nasty thing. It has no niftyness, durn it!

Mayhap we should do one for the group? Some nifty Snupiny setup? It must be work safe, of course...

Thoughts? Advice? Help for the pitiful?

Wolfie/Bagoas Alexandros

Artist: shadowycat
Title: Embrace
Pairing: SS/RL
Rating: I'm going to err on the side of caution and say NC-17. Definitely NWS.
Medium: Pencil
Disclaimer: Not mine, I'd have been kinder.
Warnings: Nudity
Notes: I haven't done a lot of male nudes, and those art classes were a very long time ago, so I hope it's okay.

( Embrace )

Today is a very special day, as we all know. Not only is it Halloween, a favorite holiday for many of us, but it's Lore's birthday! That's plenty of reason for Snupiners everywhere to celebrate all by itself!

As a gift, scribbulus_ink and I have written a fic, which we'll be posting over the next few days. We hope you enjoy, darling - happy birthday and thank you for all the fantastic things you do for Snupin and for being a fantastic friend!

Title: Takes the Cake (part I)
Pairing: Remus/Severus
Summary: A special competition on the high successful cable show "Takes the Cake" pits two-time winner Severus Snape against equally successful Remus Lupin. As things heat up in the kitchen, will Remus be able to convince Severus that they share more than just a passion for baking?
Rating: R
Warnings: None

Title: White Shades, Black Morning (the In-Between Place Remix)
Author: snegurochka_lee
Pairings: Remus/Severus, with implied Remus/James/Sirius
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~750
Warnings: Infidelity, but you might also view it as simply non-exclusivity, depending on your goggles.
Summary: You get him in the shadowed times, those precious, hidden hours between dawn and eternity when the castle sleeps, or the Quidditch pitch roars, or the sweet, gummy stains of Honeydukes drip from fingers too far away to care where he is.
Notes: Written for the All (Re)Mixed Up Challenge at hp_unfaithful, this is a remix of purple_chalk's enchanting fic, five shades of white.

White Shades, Black Morning (the In-Between Place Remix)

Title: costumes to make a boy, a man, a person
Challenge: 1 Week Challenge: Costumes
Rating: PG
Summary: Ding! Ding! A package for Remus and Teddy Lupin
Warnings: Unbetaed, possibly AU re: Snape's childhood.
Word Count: ±1,880 words.
Disclaimer: Not mine, I'm just borrowing them for my twisted means.
Notes: A Halloween side-story to this series.

Title: Halloween Blues
Author: sweetmelodykiss
Pairing: Severus/Remus
Rating: PG
Summary: Humor: Remus leaves Severus unattended to hand out the Halloween candy.
Warnings: None
Word Count: 229
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters.
Written for lupin_snape's 1 Week Challenge: Costumes

Halloween Blues

Title: Motherless Child

Author/Artist: ellid

Excerpt: "Yes." Severus carefully lifted Remus's chin and turned his face so that their eyes met. "My petition was granted contingent on my statement that I planned to marry in the near future - it's a sub-clause in the 1917 statute giving precedence to married or engaged couples, to ensure that the child grows up in a stable home. And since I'm not as yet married - "

The joy at having Johnny home vanished. Severus had no use for women in any physical sense. What was going on?

"Married? Severus? I don't understand - "

"It's not what you think." Severus, suddenly flushed, conjured a crumpled newspaper and hastily unfolded it. "Here. From the local paper in Salem. I didn't tell you because there were legal challenges until the last minute, but - "

The headline was at least an inch high, big enough that Remus could read it without his half-glasses:

GAY MARRIAGE SURVIVES COURT ATTEMPT; FIRST COUPLES TAKE OUT LICENSES


BOSTON: AP - Opponents of gay marriage saw their last-minute brief dismissed by the Supreme Judicial Court today, opening the way for thousands of same-sex couples to wed…

The words blurred so badly Remus gave up after the first line or two. It was almost too good to be true.

Gay marriage. Legal. In Massachusetts.

In Salem.

"Severus?" His voice caught. "Does this mean what I think it does?"

( Read more... )

I had some people request this, and in the spirit of the season, let's see what you all can come up with on the theme of Costumes until November 1.

Drabbles, sketches, art, fics, color bars, photomanips, icons, knitted pieces for existing Snape/Lupin dolls, photo stories, essays, lists of fics involving costumes, etc. -- all welcome for one week only at lupin_snape. I know many of us are on exchange deadline, so please remember to take part in this challenge responsibly. If you're not normally someone who takes place in the creative side of the community, now's your chance!

If anyone has any questions, or needs more inspiration, please reply. Otherwise, I can't wait to see how you celebrate this spooky season!

love, lore

P.S. People new to snupin_santa, November 1 is your deadline and McKay takes it seriously, so you should, too. If you are running behind, don't wait until the deadline has passed to get in touch with the Snupin Santa mods, or you just might lose your place in the exchange. I hope the writing/arting is going well for all of you SSers!