Legend of the Lost: A Harry Potter Serial – Epilogue: Remember Me
A man in his mid-30's, wearing glasses and an overcoat, stood in a windswept cemetery in front of a grave. It was a gray winter day, as gray as the waves crashing against…
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The Lies We Tell: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 1: If Only
By Jessica Beaubien (alias Niaf) Word Count: 27542 Rating: PG for situations of peril Summary: The alternate account of the Chamber of Secrets seen through Snape's eyes. Severus leaned back in his seat. His long…
Take Good Care of Her: A Harry Potter Story
Author's Note: Based off of Adam Wade's song, which was written by Arthur Kent and Ed Warren, with the same title. *** Severus stood stock still, his eyes trying not to mist over. Tears were…
Grandparents’ Day: A Harry Potter Story
~ by BlueWater5 Ginny Potter looked at the clock as she wiped Lily’s face. Any time now… and sure enough, she heard the thunder of his feet as James and Albus came bounding into the…
Everyone Loves… Snape?!: An Analysis of the Character and His Fan Appeal
As Avellina and I slowly collected articles for our Harry Potter issue of the magazine, we were astounded when story after story came in, all about everyone’s least favorite teacher, Severus Snape, and nearly all…
The Dementor’s Kiss: What is a Soul and Can You Lose It?
I normally do my annual re-read of Harry Potter during Christmastide (maybe this coming Christmas I’ll do a post surveying the place of Christmas in the Wizarding World), but I didn’t get to it this…
A Hollow Promise: Harry Potter and the Betrayal of the Readers
It took my friend Sarah two years to convince me to read the Harry Potter series. I was in middle school and, as an introverted misfit recently transplanted from homeschool to Catholic school, I had…
Legend of the Lost: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 16: Doe of Dreams
Harry did not know how long he walked that night. His mind was in too much of a fog. Before he knew it he was running, running through the forest, caring not that…
An Uncomfortable Comparison: Seeing Myself in Tom Riddle
Every time I read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, I am struck, rather uncomfortably, by certain similarities between myself and boy-Voldemort. When Dumbledore shows Harry his memory of first meeting ten-year-old Tom Riddle, we…
Hogwarts Herself: A Harry Potter Story
~ by LastCrazyHorn Harry wasn’t afraid of Professor Snape. He found it hard to find fear for a man who didn’t touch him, and wasn’t allowed to physically hurt him. “Professor, I finished all…