Prompt Challenges: • hogwarts365 posted Prompt # 161 (due on or before October 15): "The very essence of romance is uncertainty." – Oscar Wilde, Expression and Tarantallegra.
Hot Recs: • Recto Verso at rs_games (Remus/Sirius; R, 7800 words) Summary: Love in the time of the 1984-5 coal miners' strike. Remus is a geologist working for an independent assessment of a disputed coal mine in his hometown in south Yorkshire during the strike. He meets a communist agitator. Non-magical AU. • The Fall at rs_games (Remus/Sirius; PG, 4600 words) Summary: They've told you that dying is like falling asleep, but to you it just feels like falling. But before you fall, you remember. • Intergalactic Hitchhiking and Other Such Earthbound Adventures at rs_games (Remus/Sirius; PG, 14000 words) Summary: After many years of wars over resources, humans were sent a message by the Galactic Commission of Quadrant 4713 and offered a new home on the Space Port on the other edge of the Milky Way. 98% of the human race left Earth behind to begin a new life, but the 3% that stayed lived out their lives amongst chaos and ruin. Sirius lived on the Port, but was drawn to Earth by the promise of adventure and mystery. He gets more than he bargained for when he encounters Captain Lupin and the village of Hogwarts. • The Isn't a Word for What We Got at rs_games (Remus/Sirius; PG-13, 6200 words) Summary: Five people who misunderstood Sirius’ relationship with Remus and one two who didn’t.
Community Spotlight: ♥ hp_halloween – a spooky double-drabble exchange for adventurous HP fans This is a quick turn-around, double-drabble (200 words) exchange where gifts are posted with reveals on Halloween (October 31). Gen, het, femslashand slash is welcome; all drabbles need to have a Halloween theme. hp_halloween was founded in 2004, running its 13th round this year.