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The Skeletal Remains of the Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii), for shadowycat

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Summary: A Snupin Santa gift for shadowycat, who wanted a fic based on her artwork: A Lazy Afternoon. This atmospheric piece made for a lovely open-ended prompt. I hope you enjoy the results. Happy winter holidays, shadowycat!

Rated: Coal and Switches (NC17)

Warnings: AU. Remus POV. Bonus werewolves. Symbolic reptiles. Out of season fruit. Cliches exploded, coffee drunk, high horses climbed down from. Sex, including reference to a past consensual relationship between teenagers. Attempts at humor. Written on a new and unfamiliar word processor with some odd 'features'.

Disclaimer: Anything you recognize belongs to JKR, the rest is mine.

Word count: 10879

Three Illustrations for marauderswolf

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Summary: I really enjoyed reading your story and deciding which scenes to illustrate for you. I hope you like what I came up with. Merry Christmas, Marauderswolf!

Rated: Gingerbread & Cocoa (PG)

Psychopaths and Mystery Writers, for nepenth

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Summary: Detective Remus Lupin is called to investigate a copycat murder based on a book by famous mystery author, Severus Snape.

Rated: Gingersnaps (PG13)

Warning: Dead bodies, but no more than you’d find in a typical murder mystery or cop show.

Disclaimer: The HP characters belong to JKR and her publishers. Castle belongs to ABC.

A/N: Inspired by the TV show Castle. No familiarity with the show is needed. List of Castle references at end of fic. Also, some inspiration drawn from CSI.

Word count: 14411

Lost and Found/Hardships of a Teenage Metamorphagus, for osmalic

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Summary: Two stories for Osmalic.

Rated: Holiday Spice (R)

Notes: Merry Christmas, Osmalic! Your prompts were fantastic, I couldn’t decide which one to choose, and this bunny didn’t stop biting me until I wrote this small fic. My heartfelt thanks go to a special mod for the advices, the patience and the last minute beta. I hope you all have a Happy Christmas!

Word count: 25916

Graphics, for azure-rosa

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Rated: Gingerbread & Cocoa (PG)

Notes: These icons are intended for the sole use of the recipient only; please do not take them or use them elsewhere.

A Life of Quiet Bliss, for busaikko

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Summary: After the War, Remus and Severus live happily, if snarkily, ever after.

Rated: Holiday Spice (R)

Notes: I didn't manage a Snape with wonky morals, but I hope this fits the bill of "a quietly eccentric life"! Also, PFLAG (www.pflag.org) is a much-loved organisation that supports the friends and families of gay people in the U.S., and no harm is intended by my gentle mockery. And, as ever, my thanks to L for the beta.

Word count: 1911

Epilogue, for fabledtruant

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Summary: Too many great art prompts to choose just one, so I made a bit of a mash up; A mini-comic that is a little cracky and a little cuddly. I hope you enjoy!

Rated: Gingersnaps (PG13)

How it Came About that Severus Snape was Heard Humming to Himself in the Halls of Hogwarts , for woldy

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Summary: The prompt I chose was: Epistolary POA-era narrative told through the letters and notes they exchange, & maybe also through newspaper clippings, marked student papers, minutes from staff meetings etc. I hope you enjoy!

Rated: Gingerbread & Cocoa (PG)

Notes: Thanks to my wonderful betas and Brit-picker! Any lingering mistakes are, of course, mine.

Word count: 2796

Melt My Heart, for countesszero

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Summary: Remus blames everything on Severus. He wishes that the man would just fall off the face of the earth and stop bothering him, but something seems to change and it will take Remus down a road he thought he would never travel.

Rated: Coal and Switches (NC17)

Notes: Warnings: Alcohol and sex

Word count: 2078

I just wanted to remind everyone that I'll be collecting recs through the end of the fest! You can drop me a link here at LJ or here at IJ.

For those who might not be familiar with the newsletters, the Daily Snitch has over 4500 readers and Snape News has over 600 readers on LJ alone, not counting their readers on the mirrors at IJ and DW. The Daily Snitch requires at least three posted recs for a story/art to be included in their daily rec section (comment recs don't count, unfortunately).

So far this season, only two works have accumulated enough recs to qualify: Taste and The Stupendous Snupin Film Club.

If you'd like to see the fabulous gifts from this year's fest gain a wider audience, please consider doing a little reccing and then drop me a link so I'll be sure to see it! I know it's a busy time of year, but it would make the author/artist's holiday that much brighter.

A Clock That Never Strikes, for kirasha

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Summary: Remus and Severus are dead, but the crow will not let Remus rest until he has had his revenge.

Rated: Coal and Switches (NC17)

Prompt: A retelling of James O'Barr's "The Crow".

Warnings: Dark AU, violence, substance abuse, character death, dark themes, aaaangst!

Notes: Happy Holidays, kirasha! First off, I have to apologize to you. I loved your prompt for The Crow, but I simply could not get Snape to take Eric's role- Remus kept stepping in and taking over as I worked on this. Eric really reminded me of Remus. I hope you will not be too disappointed. Also, many thanks to the patient and wonderful mods, and to my fabulous beta.

Word count: 5053

Wedding Portrait, for whitestar-alpha

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Summary: It took the photographer a while to get this shot, but he managed in the end.

Rated: On the Nice List (G)

30 Days of Winter, for karasu-hime

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Summary: Snape is suffering under a curse that will slowly turn him into a woman. If he doesn't receive a kiss from the right person before the end of the month, his transformation will be permanent. But there are consequences for kissing the wrong person and soon Snape is on an increasingly desperate quest to find his perfect mate.

Rated: Gingerbread & Cocoa (PG)

Warning: Genderfuck

Notes: Thanks to the wonderful Miss Anon for the beta! Set in a post-DH world where nobody died.

Word count: 5508

The strange and curious dreams of Herrn Ulrich Vilsak, for elohyn

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Summary: Magical AU, Prague ca. 1890. The last days before Josefov, the old Ghetto of Prague is being torn down to be rebuilt it seems the golem returns once more to walk the streets of Prague. Remus Lupin finds himself with a strange wand, an even stranger lover and no memories to fulfill a task he doesn’t even know.

Rated: Coal and Switches (NC17)

Warning/s: darkish, written mostly in present tense, magical AU, slavery, dubious consent

Notes: Dear elohyn! I chose your prompt about Prague because I have been to Prague and liked it very much but included parts of your other prompts. It was a very great pleasure to write for you.

Dear Beta - Although I cannot name you - yet - please know that I am eternally grateful for your help, knowledge and friendship!

Word count: 29253

You Only Had to Ask, for nimrod-9

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Summary: FIC – Virgin!Snape being slowly seduced by Remus in some manner...they need something that will put them in contact...maybe Severus mis-handled a dangerous ingredient around Remus and they're stuck in a detox quarantine together. (snagged from 2008 post of prompts released into the wild)

Rated: Coal and Switches (NC17)

AN: I tried for slow, but Remus likes to pounce on Severus and Severus doesn’t mind as much as he would like us to think he does. Horny little buggers aren’t they? XD

Warnings/kinks: Romance (bad flirting), hurt/comfort (concussed Severus), fluff, humor (see rest of “warning” list), wanking.

Word count: 12941

The Memory of the Skin or: The Two Lives of Severus Snape, for rivertempest

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Summary: Don’t trespass. You might not like what you see...

Rated: Holiday Spice (R)

Notes: Uh...it’s not really M, but I wanted to be on the safe side. This was sketched out way darker then it turned out, now it’s very Christmas-y. And contains strange theories of time and space.

Warnings: contains character death (not SS or RL), frottage, biting and metaphysics, AU, dub-con (slavery), dark

Word count: 7663

Grey/Aloha/A Twist of Kindness", for silenceberry

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Summary: A set of three works for silenceberry.

Rated: Holiday Spice (R)

Word count: 2774

Tea and Turkey, for dingochow

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Summary: Severus/Remus/Sirius threesome established relationship. Set in an AU which diverges from canon about mid-book 5, Severus, Remus and Sirius are all living together in relative happiness – there are just a few issues, which happen to emerge around Christmas time...

Rated: Coal and Switches (NC17)

Warnings: Threesome, including Sirius Black; sex; angst

Notes: A conservatory in Britain is an extension of a house or build which is ‘predominantly translucent’ – it has glass/plastic walls, ceilings, etc, and is usually used so that people can have the feeling of being outdoors without actually being outdoors.

There are perhaps gratuitous references to food, and to Wallace and Gromit in here. Also, I have a feeling that my attempts at “realistic, even gritty, workaday domestic romance” may not have worked all the time.

Word count: 8496

Art for "The Comfort of Others", for cordeliadelayne

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Rated: On the Nice List (G)

Warning: Genderswitch

How (Not) To Relax, for skitty-kat

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Summary: Severus has been living a double life for years. Now he’s decided to include someone else. What happens when his new lover discovers his secret?

Rated: Coal and Switches (NC17)

Warning: Cross-dressing. Not entirely canon compliant, especially in regards to DH.

Notes: This is for Skitty-Kat, who wanted “A follow-up fic to my couple of small pieces of ridiculousness posted here. Severus likes to relax by dressing as a woman and has been working as the school librarian, Madam Pince. Remus has gained permission from 'Madam Pince' to court Severus without knowing of Severus's cross-dressing habits. Gentle, mildly silly and excessively porny, please.” I hope this trifle makes your holidays merry and bright!

Word count: 3479

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Thanks!

Bonds and Birds: A Theodore Lupin Conspiracy, for zephre

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Summary: Twelve years after the Second Voldemort War, Severus Snape becomes a target of dangerous pranks. No-one knows who casts the spells, and Remus Lupin is called to investigate. But it soon appears that Theodore Lupin is in the midst of everything.

Rated: Gingersnaps (PG13)

Notes: Zephre, I am so glad you are my recipient. You have made my entire year worth it with your art so I am hoping I can return the favour in at least a small way. I hope you enjoy this! I tried combining your requests: "Snape and Lupin have to solve a mystery or figure out a puzzling problem together," "How do Snape and Lupin go from enemies to colleagues to something more?" and Teddy. And just for you, I tried to keep the angst into a minimum! Happy holidays! Also, I must thank someone who listened to my woes and questions of self-worth while writing this fic.

Warning: next-gen problems, and I changed Fred Weasley II's supposed year of birth to match some of the characters.

Word count: 13802

A Little Comfort, for wordfuzion

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Summary: Prompt- Life as a double agent is not easy and Remus tries to tend to Severus's emotional and physical needs while Severus concentrates on trying to save Harry. I'm thinking a roughed up Severus needing some good healing sex from Remus. Carte blanche on how badly you want to abuse our Potions Master...the angstier the better, as long as Remus can help his mate feel better afterwards.

Rated: Coal and Switches (NC17)

Word count: 1705

Being Uncontrolled, for cotton-socks

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Summary: An Order mission means Severus must work with the one person he’d rather avoid, because it means he loses the part of him he treasures most: the control of himself.

Rated: Gingersnaps (PG13)

Warnings: mild sexual situations

Disclaimer: The world of Harry Potter and anything recognizable as part of such belongs to JK Rowling and I am not seeking any infringement, merely the use of an overactive imagination that involves her created worlds.

Notes: Numerous and immense thanks to those who sought to keep me moving through the writing process, especially in the times where the muse was difficult to manage.

Word count: 5644

EPIPHANY: A Comedic Story of Mischance, Love, and Crossdressing , for arionrhod

From: Your Secret Snupin Santa

Summary: "Not complicated?! There is a corset involved!"

Rated: Coal and Switches (NC17)

Warnings: cross-dressing, masturbation, sex, mentions of het

Note: I am delaying the revelation of the prompt at the suggestion of my dearest beta, who said you'll get more enjoyment out of it that way. Happy Christmas, Arionrhod! I do hope you enjoy it!

Word count: 20256