Sun, May. 9th, 2010, 12:39 pm
[info]bethbethbeth: ART: "Dreamlike" for curia_regis

Recipient:[info]curia_regis
Author/Artist: [info]sweet_lemmon
Title: Dreamlike
Media: Markers and Colored Pencils. For the *effects*, I used Photoshop.
Rating: PG, just to be safe
Pairings: Marietta Edgecombe and Antonin Dolohov
Warnings: None.
Summary: Unreal or just magic?
Author's/Artist's Notes: I tried to do something a little different. I hope you like it.

Dreamlike )

Sat, May. 8th, 2010, 12:26 pm
[info]bethbethbeth: FIC: "Redefining" for carrot

Recipient: carrot/vikingcarrot
Author/Artist: [info]gala_apples
Title: Redefining
Rating: pg 13
Pairings: Regulus Black/Walden Macnair
Word Count: 1694
Warnings: blood, vaguely mentioned dub-con
Summary: A family feud puts a budding Creature expert right where he would never choose to go, the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures.
Author's/Artist's Notes: Thanks to l3petitemort for the beta. Carrot, I'm sorry this wasn't as high a rating as you wanted, hopefully the bleakness will make up for the lack of sex. I based Walden off the DE cards you drew back in the day, I remember being really impressed by them.

Redefining )

Sat, May. 8th, 2010, 12:23 pm
[info]bethbethbeth: FIC: "The Madmen, the Scarecrow and the Milkmaid" for featherxquill

Recipient: featherxquill
Author/Artist: [info]cranky__crocus
Title: The Madmen, the Scarecrow and the Milkmaid
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Rita Skeeter/Irma Pince; Aunt Muriel/Mr. Ollivander/Xenophilius Lovegood (mentioned)
Word Count: 2811
Warnings: The rating is the primary warning.
Summary: Irma spends a day of her holiday in one of her favourite bookshops. Irma had established that she was weary of other patrons.
Author's/Artist's Notes: I apologise for only offering a brief mention of one of your requested pairings; if I ever get the hang of the characters I will make haste in sending you another story! I hope you enjoy it.

The Madmen, the Scarecrow and the Milkmaid )

Fri, May. 7th, 2010, 01:25 pm
[info]bethbethbeth: FIC: "Triptych: Duty, Dream, and Desire" for janus

Recipient: [info]janus
Author/Artist: [info]leela_cat
Title: Triptych: Duty, Dream, and Desire
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Rabastan Lestrange/Severus Snape
Word Count: ~3,200
Warnings: None
Summary: Duty takes Rabastan Lestrange down a path towards darkness, but it cannot steal away his dreams or his desires.
Author's/Artist's Notes: Thank you to my lovely betas, [info]angela_snape and [info]eeyore9990. [info]janus, thank you for the wonderful prompt and the challenge it set. I hope you have as much fun reading about these characters as I did writing them.

Triptych: Duty, Dream, and Desire )

Thu, May. 6th, 2010, 01:31 pm
[info]bethbethbeth: FIC: "The Conjugal State" for sweetmelodykiss

Recipient: sweetmelodykiss
Author: [info]atdelphi
Title: The Conjugal State
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Argus Filch/Severus Snape
Word Count: ~6700
Warnings: V. mild dub-con (forced bonding, magical compulsion), Domesticity
Summary: In which Albus Dumbledore makes an error, Severus Snape is certainly not married, and Argus Filch is the happiest man in the world.
Author's Notes: Mrs. Euphemia Buttons' book was inspired by The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage by G.R.M. Devereux (1903), The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book edited by William F. Bigelow (1938), and Searchlights on Health: Light on dark corners, a complete sexual science and a guide to purity and physical manhood by B.G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols (1894).

The Conjugal State )

Thu, May. 6th, 2010, 01:23 pm
[info]bethbethbeth: ART: "i like my body when it is with your body" for ragdoll

Recipient: [info]ragdoll
Author/Artist: [info]comicsbycate
Title: i like my body when it is with your body
Rating: R
Pairings: Arthur/Molly
Medium: Ink
Warnings: NWS for partial nudity
Summary: i like my body when it is with your body —e e cummings
Author's/Artist's Notes: Dear [info]ragdoll, you left so many wonderful prompts—but in the end, I went with something simple. I hope you find it to your liking.

i like my body when it is with your body )

Wed, May. 5th, 2010, 01:28 pm
[info]bethbethbeth: FIC: "Charming a Prince" for snapesgirl_62

Recipient: [info]snapesgirl
Author/Artist: [info]chazpure
Title: Charming a Prince
Rating: R
Pairings: Eileen Prince/Tobias Snape
Word Count: 16,000+
Warnings: smoking, fingering, first time, frottage
Summary: Tobias had been sent away from danger into a strange world he'd never known, where he met a most unusual girl.
Author's/Artist's Notes: For [info]snapesgirl, who wrote, "I have this fantasy where Tobias and Eileen had a good marriage, their parents were the ones always fighting with them." That made me wonder how they might have got to that point. I hope you enjoy the result! Many thanks to my beta; any errors remaining are mine alone. And many, many thanks to [info]bethbethbeth for running this great fest - and for her incredible patience, forbearance and understanding!

Click here to read 'Charming a Prince', then return to this entry to leave a comment.

Tue, May. 4th, 2010, 01:22 pm
[info]bethbethbeth: FIC: "When Dudley Met Millicent" for meri_oddities

Recipient: [info]meri_oddities
Author/Artist: [info]noeon
Title: When Dudley Met Millicent
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Millicent/Dudley (background Harry/Dean, Ron/Pansy)
Word Count:4,668
Warnings: football, EU regulations, obscure garden problems
Summary: Dudley didn't know what to expect as a visitor in his cousin's world. He certainly wasn't expecting her.
Author's/Artist's Notes: A humble bouquet of thank yous to [info]bethbethbeth for running this excellent show and to my beyond brilliant beta, femmequixotic. [info]meri_oddities, I hope you enjoy this version of your wonderful idea.

When Dudley Met Millicent )

Tue, May. 4th, 2010, 01:19 pm
[info]bethbethbeth: FIC: "Classy" for lash_larue

Recipient: lash_larue
Author: [info]tattooedsappho
Title: Classy
Rating: G
Pairings: Argus Filch / Irma Pince
Word Count: 2124
Warnings: none needed :D
Summary: When Argus begins working with Umbridge he gains some self confidence and goes after what he wants.

Classy )

Mon, May. 3rd, 2010, 01:31 pm
[info]bethbethbeth: FIC: "A Small Touch of Luck" for cardigrl

Recipient: [info]cardigrl
Author: [info]r_grayjoy
Title: A Small Touch of Luck
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Severus Snape/Filius Flitwick
Word Count: ~8,800
Warnings: a gratuitous "wand" joke
Summary: After the war, Severus finds himself dealing with excessively apologetic former colleagues, struggling through a difficult recovery from his injuries, and holed up inside Hogwarts in order to avoid the Ministry. Strangely, Filius is somehow making it almost enjoyable.
Author's Notes: [info]cardigrl, it seemed that you really, really wanted to see Severus, and I was happy to deliver. As it turns out, I had even more fun with this pairing than I anticipated. This fic was a joy to write. I hope you get a kick out of it.

My tremendous thanks to everyone who put up with me though every stage of this story, from brainstorming to betaing.

And big thanks and kudos to [info]bethbethbeth for continuing this amazing fest.

A Small Touch of Luck )

Mon, May. 3rd, 2010, 01:26 pm
[info]bethbethbeth: ART: "Conjunction" for cranky__crocus

Recipient: Cranky Crocus
Artist: [info]didodikali / [info]trickofthedark
Title: Conjunction
Rating: General
Pairings: Irma/Sinistra, Pansy/Luna.
Summary: One fine summer everything falls into place.

Conjunction )

Thu, Apr. 29th, 2010, 01:03 pm
[info]bethbethbeth: FIC: "The Dog's Days of Summer" for florahart

Recipient: Flora Hart
Author/Artist: [info]donnaimmaculata
Title: The Dog's Days of Summer
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Aunt Muriel/Griphook, Arabella Figg/Arthur Weasley
Word Count: 11,800
Warnings: explicit goblin sex
Summary: After Voldemort is gone, the wizarding society must re-establish its ties with the goblins, and Arthur must regain his equilibrium in a world without Molly.
Author's/Artist's Notes: Flora, you asked for: Arthur without Molly, coping with a split-up caused by loss and pain, after the war, and you asked for Griphook and an exploration of the question what constitutes sexiness for goblins. I loved both ideas so much that I ended up writing them both. So here you are.

Click here to read 'The Dog's Days of Summer,' then return to this entry to comment!

Wed, Apr. 28th, 2010, 01:32 pm
[info]bethbethbeth: FIC: "Washed Clean" for arcadian_dream

Recipient: arcadian_dream
Author: [info]janus
Title: Washed Clean
Rating: M
Pairings: Rodolphus/Rabastan
Word Count: 3941
Warnings: Nudity, Incestuous pairing
Summary: The Lestrange brothers are freed from prison and taken to Malfoy Manor, where they begin to come to themselves in the bath.
Author's/Artist's Notes: I am very grateful for my kind and wonderful beta, slytherinlaurel, so thorough and thoughtful, working on this for me through busy and happy times.

Washed Clean )

Wed, Apr. 28th, 2010, 01:26 pm
[info]bethbethbeth: FIC: "Swings and roundabouts" for donnaimmaculata

Recipient: Donna Immaculata
Author/Artist: [info]strav / Josephine Stravinski
Title: Swings and roundabouts
Rating: PG
Pairings: Dudley/OC, Petunia/OC
Word Count: 1,980
Warnings: None
Summary: In which Dudley finds, and loses, and rediscovers love, and Petunia hopes he'll find himself.
Author's/Artist's Notes: Thank you to A for bringing Beholder to my attention, thank you the folk who run it. Thanks so much to [info]accioslash for the beta and support. Donna, I know you said you "prefer to pair up canon characters with each other rather than with OCs", but I hope given the canon characters you'll forgive my overlooking this preference.

Swings and roundabouts )

Tue, Apr. 27th, 2010, 12:10 pm
[info]bethbethbeth: ART: "Bedtime Stories" for camillo1978

Recipient: [info]camillo1978
Author/Artist: [info]inspired_ideaa
Title: Bedtime Stories
Rating: PG
Pairings: Wilhemina Grubbly-Plank / Aberforth Dumbledore
Word Count: N/A
Warnings: None
Summary: Wilhemina thinks Aberforth is a prickly old goat, but he tells the most wickedly amusing bedtime stories.
Author's/Artist's Notes: I don't normally work in colored pencils, but I liked Wilhemina's expression in my preliminary sketch, so I just grabbed my son's pencils and went for it.

Bedtime Stories )

Tue, Apr. 27th, 2010, 12:08 pm
[info]bethbethbeth: FIC: "Clouds of White" for venturous

Recipient: [info]venturous
Author/Artist: [info]purplefluffycat
Title: Clouds of White
Rating: R
Pairings: Filius Flitwick/Peter Pettigrew
Word Count: about 4750
Warnings: Teacher/student slash, in which Peter is 17.
Summary: He would never have looked at the boy, at first. That was the truth by Merlin, and Filius reminded himself of that fact for many years after the event had passed. He was not a bad man, after all. Indeed, quite the opposite; didn't everyone always say that he was cheery and good natured and would go out of his way to help someone in trouble?

Well, yes. And that was quite possibly how the whole thing had started.

Author's/Artist's Notes: Inspired by the prompt: “Filius Flitwick has a fling with a marauders-era student; a schoolboy crush becomes something more, it threatens his career. How he survives,” although this tale has possibly meandered a little from that prompt. Many thanks to [info]venturous for the inspiration, and to [info]bethbethbeth for running this fantastic fest!

Clouds of White )

Mon, Apr. 26th, 2010, 01:19 pm
[info]bethbethbeth: FIC: "For Whom the Bell Clonks" for gala_apples

Recipient: [info]gala_apples
Author/Artist: [info]eeyore9990
Title: For Whom the Bell Clonks
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Charlie Weasley/Viktor Krum/Bill Weasley
Word Count: 4121
Warnings: Explicit sexual conduct, incestuous-ish-ness
Summary: Maybe it was the echo of goats long past, but there was just something about the Hog's Head that called out to those looking for a bit of nefarious privacy.
Author's/Artist's Notes: [info]gala_apples, I adored your requests and wanted to use EVERYTHING, but that would have been a wild mish-mash of characters of varying timelines, lol, so I stuck with your first-mentioned unloved character (Viktor) and your first-mentioned "general likes" (Weasleys) with a whole lot of other general likes thrown in for good measure. :D

Thanks to [info]bethbethbeth for bringing so much love to these poor souls (and to us!) and to my wonderful beta, leela_cat.


For Whom the Bell Clonks )

Mon, Apr. 26th, 2010, 01:13 pm
[info]bethbethbeth: FIC: "The Arrangement" for tattooedsappho

Recipient: [info]tattooedsappho
Author/Artist: [info]scarletladyy
Title: The Arrangement
Rating: R
Pairings: Marcus/Pansy
Word Count: 3142
Warnings: Sexual content
Summary: Pansy thinks Flint is an irritating git, but he has more to offer than she ever thought possible.
Author's/Artist's Notes: Thank you to my beta [info]chemical_haven.

The Arrangement )

Sun, Apr. 25th, 2010, 12:22 pm
[info]bethbethbeth: FIC: "The Days & Nights & All The Hours" for kelly_chambliss

Recipient: kelly_chambliss
Author: [info]psyfic
Title: The Days & Nights & All The Hours
Rating: R
Pairings: McGonagall/Hooch, McGonagall/Moody, McGonagall/Snape
Word Count: ~10,600
Warnings: angst, dub-con (if you squint), forced bonding.
Summary: Minerva reflects on those closest and dearest to her in both past and present
Author's Notes: I hope this suits, [info]kelly_chambliss. Happy Beholding!

Click here to read 'The Days & Nights & All The Hours,' then return to this entry to comment!

Sat, Apr. 24th, 2010, 12:56 pm
[info]bethbethbeth: FIC: "Fists of Ink" for ldymusyc

Recipient: [info]ldymusyc
Author: [info]pale_moonlite
Title: Fists of Ink
Rating: Mature
Pairings and characters: Millicent Bulstrode/Blaise Zabini, Rita Skeeter, Minerva McGonagall/Aurora Sinistra
Word Count: ~ 7,800
Summary: "Girls like you simply need to work a little harder, develop other strengths to be able to compete." (Rita Skeeter to Millicent Bulstrode)
Author's Notes: Much love and gratitude to TJ for being such an amazing beta (all remaining mistakes are my own) and to [info]bethbethbeth, who went out of her way to help me. Dear [info]ldymusyc, I sincerely hope you enjoy Millicent's world!

Fists of Ink )

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