Shattered Mirror: A Snow Queen Poem
~ by Avellina Balestri A mirror made by demons, finely wrought To bring them sport through Hell’s eternal night And watch the sons of Adam, apple-bought And daughters of Dame Eve, the serpent’s bride Lose…
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Legend of the Lost: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 6: A Song for Easter
Harry and Snape’s conversations became much more literarily focused after the books came into the equation. The boy discovered that this old teacher had quite a hidden passion for the subject, and seemed just a…
A Prayer to the Stranger: A Game of Thrones Story
Tossing, turning, and the night falling heavily, like a thick mantle of northern cloth. There was no moonlight, not even starlight, just the blackness of raven wings, and the weight of stone hearts.…
Legend of the Lost: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 5: Anathema Sit
The next day, Harry arrived at the shack toting a small wagon behind him filled with a pile of old books with fraying colored bindings and gold embossed lettering. “Alright, what…is all…
Legend of the Lost: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 4: The Pact
Harry and Snape got fairly used to suspiciously observing one another while they ate lunch together over the next few days. It was a strange situation indeed, but Harry kept showing up at the…
Legend of the Lost: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 3: Tea and Sandwiches
When Harry returned to the shack the next day, there was a paper bag in his hand. Snape studied it suspiciously as the boy set it down on the end table and slid it…
Legend of the Lost: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 2: Cradling the Dead
Snape was shivering. For hours, he had been shivering. He hated it. It made him look weak. Not that anyone was watching him, not in this place. But he knew it was so, and…
Death Shall Have No Dominion
Author’s Note: This story is based upon the Scottish folksong “Three Sisters on the Banks of the Rye”, along with various Gothic fairytales in the spirit of the Brothers Grimm. As such, please be aware the…
Legend of the Lost: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 1: Smoke and Mirrors
Smoke rising, fog rising, breath rising. No, no…not again…not waking up to yet another round of sport…no, no, just let it all melt away with the pain… Snape felt the grip of…
Legend of the Lost: A Harry Potter Serial – Prologue: Snake and Shadows
“You've been a good and faithful servant, Severus, but only I can live forever." But of course, Snape thought. Nothing new under the veil of night. There is always only one winner, in love and…