Severus Sighs

Title: Severus and the Incredibly Helpful House-Elf
Author: gingertart50
Pairing: Severus and a house-elf (plus, most probably, his own right hand)
Rating: PG
Word Count: 5000
Warnings: See pairing?
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. The characters and their worlds belong to their original writers and no copyright infringement or offense is intended. No money was made from this story.
Summary: Headmaster Snape discovers the power of house-elf magic the hard way.
A/N: Beta-ed by the incomparable lovetoseverus.
#alltheprompts. Yes, Roo and Snow are evil enablers. You tried to make it impossible this year, didn't you? Mwahaha! Well, see how well that worked out!

( Severus and the Incredibly Helpful House Elf )

Title: The Halloween Hex
Author: gingertart50
Pairing: Severus, Harry, Ron/Hermione
Rating: G
Word Count: 1,500
Summary: Something odd is happening on Halloween. Or is it?
Disclaimer: Harry Potter and company belong to JKR Rowling. This piece of fiction was written for entertainment purposes only and makes no monetary gain for the author.
Warnings: Gratuitous use of Americanisms. Pre-slash. Sarcasm.
AN: Many thanks to starduchess for the super-speedy beta and the US-pick!

( The Halloween Hex )

Title: Welcoming the Darkness
Author: gingertart50
Beta: sky_bleu_angel
Pairing: none
Word count: 1185
Rating: G
Warnings: gloom, doom and despair. You wanted those, right?
Summary: Severus did once make plans to survive, but then Albus intervened.

( Welcoming the Darkness )

Title: A Case of Sheer Cupidity
Author: gingertart50
Pairing: Severus/Harry
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2750
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. The characters and their worlds belong to their original writers and no copyright infringement or offense is intended. No money was made from this story.
Summary: Snape resists the best efforts of Minerva, the Hogwarts staff and Lucius Malfoy to pair him off, doesn't quite evade a Ding-Bat, ensures that he is never asked to make a romantic gesture again - for Merlin's sake, who wouldn't want a card with a Cupid on it? - feels his heart break, smashes a vial of precious memories and then creates a potion with no great expectations of kissing the man who has already ended up dead once. But charm and natural confidence might be over-rated anyway.
A/N: Prompts used: the lot. Yup, all of them. So sue me. Beta-ed by the incomparable lovetoseverus.

( A Case Of Sheer Cupidity )

Title: The House Elf’s Tale
Author: gingertart50
Length: 1500 words
Warnings: none
Rating: G
Characters: Winky, McGonagall, Snape
Beta: lovetoseverus understands commas. I don't. She's great at spotting SPAG and plot-hole problems too. I owe her many virtual beta-treats.
A/N: The Wizarding World contains many underused resources, but none greater than the humble house elf. Or so Winky tells me.

( The House Elf's Tale )

Title: Collecting the Remains
Author: gingertart50
Length: 1,000
Warnings: None
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Narcissa, Lucius, Severus
Beta: lovetoseverus is a goddess of SPAG and plot-bunny wrestling. Just sayin'.
A/N: Written for Inamac, who correctly guessed that I wrote 'The Number Twelve House Elf Detective Agency' in the SS_HG Exchange. She requested, 'Well, obviously, as it's me I'd pick Severus/Lucius (because there is still not enough Snucius in the world)' and suggested that I write about him judging at his next championship Crup show. However, Narcissa had always known that there was unfinished business between Lucius and Snape. Besides, after my last show, I've gone off judges a bit. Even Lucius.

They're not mine. Do you really think I'd have subjected Severus Snape to death by reptile if they were?

Members,

After much whipping and paddling, the third in the 2009 Author and Artist Interviews is with gingertart50.

( This way to Gingertart's playroom )