silvernatasha

To: its_art
From: Your Secret Santa

Title: Only the Beginning
Author: ??
Pairing: Charlie /Luna
Summary: Charlie Weasley gets a surprise letter and finds that an old acquaintance is far more than he imagined.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Only if you count dragons watching wizards have sex.
Author's notes: The unexpected can be the most enticing.


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I couldn't believe my own eyes when I checked emails this morning! My Narcissa/Tom fic "Dance Me" became a featured story for December at Lumos/Sycophant Hex. And they gave me this banner to show off *hearts*

( My brown eyed girl )

( Winona isn't in sight )

To: antosha_c
From: Your Secret Santa

Title: Time and Turn Enough
Author: ??
Pairing: Ron/Pansy
Summary: Ron finds what he needs in the most unlikely place.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: none
Author's notes: Firstly, thanks to all the lovely help from my betas for their grammar and British fu. Secondly, thanks to r_becca for yet again running this spectacular exchange. Finally, for Antosha. I was so very pleased to see your name as my recipient. I hope you enjoy this! Happy holidays!


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One Shots:
ravenna_c_tan: Draco's Balance - Rabastan/Draco; NC-17 *Warnings*
ravenna_c_tan: Balanced on the Sword's Edge - Lucius/Harry; NC-17 *Warnings* (posted in three instalments - link leads to first part)
iamisaac: The Disintegration of Sirius Black - Bellatrix/Sirius, Severus/Sirius, Rodulphus/Bellatrix/Sirius, Rodulphus/Bellatrix; NC-17 *Warnings*
enchanted_jae: Melodramatic Christmas - Harry/Draco; PG
coffee_n_cocoa: Disintegration - Harry/Ginny, Neville/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, (Tom/Ginny); R *Warnings*
drachenmina: In Spitsbergen - Harry/Severus; G
iamisaac: Getting (In) On The Christmas Spirit - Severus/Remus, Sirius/Buckbeak (implied); R
iamisaac: Sweet Kisses - Luna/Ginny; R
gatewaygirl: Rebound (a sequel to Backsplash) - Harry/Draco; NC-17 *warnings*
Anonumos in lupin_snape: Love Is Watching Someone Die - Severus/Remus; PG-13 *warnings*
Anonymous in hp_yule_balls: An Unexpected Surprise - Harry/Lucius; NC-17 *warnings*
Anonymous in hp_yule_balls: Old Dog, New Trick - Charlie/Teddy; NC-17
Anonymous in snapelyholidays: The Whisperer - Severus/Narcissa; M
Anonymous in snarry_holidays: Once Uopn a Fish - Severus/Harry; NC-17 *warnings*
Anonymous in hp_yule_balls: Better Solution - Neville/Draco; NC-17; *warning*
Anonymous in hp_yule_balls: Comes Great Power - implied Harry/Severus; R *warnings*
Anonymous in lupin_snape: What Happened to Percy - Remus/Severus/Percy; NC-17
Anonymous in lupin_snape: We Know No Whither - Remus/Severus; NC-17

Works In Progress:
lordhellebore: A Different Fate - updated with part 60: Confusion - Petunia/Remus; PG

Drabbles:
alisanne: Already Home - Harry/Draco; G
lilyseyes: Accidental Magic - Severus; PG *warning*
eeyore9990: Definitely There & No Complaints - both Harry/Severus; G
lilyseyes: Magical Rides - Severus, Lily; PG
alisanne: A Good Teacher - Harry/Draco; PG
alisanne: Winter Wonderland - Severus/Remus; PG

Art:
accioslash: Countdown to Christmas...Day 22 - (it's Voldemort)
Anonymous in lupin_snape: The Feast - Remus/Severus; NWS

Community News:
neville100: Posted prompt #46 - Home for the Holidays
snarry100: Posted Challenge #139 - Myths and Fairy Tales
snapelyholidays: Inform that they have had a server crash - and to check this post for more info - participants may have to resend their submissions

Newsletters:
dailysnitch: Posted a new issue - for December 2
snapenews: Posted a new issue - for December 3

Various:
snegurochka_lee: Posted a bunch of Charlie/Draco recs - fic and art

Editor's Pick:

iamisaac's: Sweet Kisses - Luna/Ginny; R
Because it's for MEEEE! And it's great! :-D

If you have any links or tips for us, please let us know. Email us at potterprophet.ij@gmail.com.

So as I'm reading the user manual for my camera, I came across this little piece of advice:

Rotate the diopter control until the viewfinder display and focus point are in shart focus. When operating the diopter control with your eye to the viewfinder, be careful not to put your fingers or fingernails in your eye.

Darwin award winning advice if I've ever heard it. Honestly.

To: tarie
From: Your Secret Santa

Title: Affair With a Dragon
Author: ??
Pairing: Draco/Hermione
Summary: Draco's world has fallen apart, and Hermione isn't sure she should be the one to put it back together for him.
Rating: PG-17
Warnings: Frottage, oral sex, dirty talk.
Author's Notes: I am indebted to Abby and Domina for Amergin College, Oxford University, and to O. for a great job as beta reader and for suggesting Vladivostok.


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To: i_octopus
From: Your Secret Santa

Title: House Unity, The Second.
Artist: ??
Pairing: Rose/Scorpius
Rating: NC-17, not worksafe.
Warnings: Underage participants.
Artist's notes: Thank you ever so much to C for her inspirational ideas and beta skills. :) Merry Christmas, i_octopus! I hope this snippet of illicit interhouse unity is your cup of tea. :D

View the NON-WORKSAFE ARTWORK here.

Stupid memory card, the second one is gone now. Must be something fishy about one of my computers, or my dude camera.

( today's thunderstorm )

Title: Getting In On The Christmas Spirit
Author: iamisaac
Characters Severus/Remus, Sirius/Buckbeak (implied)
Rating: Hard R
Theme/Kinks
Kinky Kristmas 2008
Requester: nehalenia, Character/Pairing: Snape/any Marauder/s (well, maybe not Peter)
Kink: wall!sex
Holiday item or location: Panto (Chart dared me)
Tone: humour, I'm thinking
Word Count: 1500ish
Summary: Christmas in Grimmauld Place is not so grim as it is crazy.
Author's notes: Oh, go on, then. As I'm awake at this ridiculous hour of the morning, you can have both of my fics for today.
Apologies if any of the people represented appear to conform in the least to canon. I don’t quite know what came over me when writing this, but probably everyone had better hope it doesn’t happen again.

( Christmas Spirit )

Title: Sweet Kisses
Author: iamisaac
Characters: Luna/Ginny
Rating: soft R (and believe me, I had to work really damn hard for it even to be that)
Warnings: EWE
Themes/kinks chosen:
Kinky Kristmas Extravaganza 2008
kabal42,
Character/Pairing: Luna/any female character
Kink: kissing
Holiday item or location: Christmas punch/egg-nog
Tone: fluffy or kinky
Word Count: ~2000
Summary: Ginny and Luna are friends. There's never been a hint of anything more, before today.
Author's notes: I am almost ashamed to post something so very undeviant. Apologies if anyone feels as if they have eaten too many sweets and want to puke because of the saccharine nature of this story. I appear to have mislaid my inner dark, depressing cynic.

( Sweet Kisses )

*is now the proud owner of one free copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard*

This is why we go to Borders for their midnight party. For the price of answering some Hufflepuff questions, doing a wordsearch with 23 instances of 'Harry', working out anagrams and searching for five cardboard Snitches ... we get a £5 Borders gift card. Or, as it is, the price of the book.
Whoop!
And also, a free Vampirates book.
I believe the mortal enemy of the Vampirate is the Zombinja.

Now I go back to swearing viciously everytime one of those bastard pop-ups invades. I think that something nasty sneaked onto my computer while I merrily downloaded filthy manga over the weekend and it's pissing me off.

To: da_angel729
From: Your Secret Santa

Title: After
Author: ??
Pairing(s): Harry/Ginny
Summary: After the defeat of Voldemort, Harry needs time. Ginny's there every step of the way.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: References to canon character deaths.


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One Shots:
inell: Disheveled - (Harry/Hermione, Teen)
inell: Attention - (Percy/Hermione, G)
tarie: Show Me Your Soul - (Hermione/Ron, Hermione/Harry, R, *warnings*)
celandineb: Walk Together - (Percy/Harry, R, *warnings*)
inell: Infatuation - (Hermione/Seamus, PG)
Anonymous in snarry_holidays: Dust of Snow - (Snape/Harry, NC-17)
Anonymous in hp_yule_balls: Neville Longbottom and the Lost Mushroom - (Harry/Neville, NC-17, *warnings*)
Anonymous in hp_yule_balls: Risks and Rewards - (Severus/Bill, NC-17, *warnings*)
Anonymous in hp_yule_balls: Grey Skies Changing - (Luna/Fleur, NC-17, *warnings*)
Anonymous in snarry_holidays: Monkey Business - (Snape/Harry, NC-17, *warnings*)
Anonymous in snapelyholidays: Battle Not With Monsters - (Severus/Lucius, Abraxas, PG-13)
Anonymous in snarry_holidays: Deconstruction: A Writer's Tale - (Snape/Harry, PG-13, *warnings*)
Anonymous in lupin_snape: The Third Attempt - (Severus/Remus, NC-17, *warnings*)
Anonymous in lupin_snape: By the Sea - (snape/Lupin, R)
Anonymous in lupin_snape: The Last Christmas - (Severus/Remus, NC-17, *warnings*)

Works In Progress:
son_of_darkness: The Comprehension Series - (Albus Severus/Scorpius, PG)
jamie2109: A Stranger Garden - Chapeter 1 has been published (Draco/Harry, NC-17, *warnings*)
inkandfakefurs: The Killing Moon - has been updated with chapter 16 (Harry/Draco, NC-17)

Drabbles:
alisanne: Framed - (Harry/Ron, PG)
bronze_ribbons: Covered - (Snape/Lupin/Sirius, PG)
celandineb: The Castle - (Luna, G)
lilyseyes: A Home - (Harry, Snape, PG, *warnings*)
bronze_ribbons: Life Force - (Luna/Severus, R)
alisanne: Wise Friends, Indeed - (Harry/Draco, PG)
alisanne: The Day Minerva Discovered Her Pussy - (Minerva, G)
eeyore9990: A Smile Like That - (?, PG)

Art:
accioslash: Countdown to Christmas...Day 23 - Ron
accioslash: Countdown to Christmas...Day 24 - Draco
accioslash: Countdown to Christmas...Day 25 - Sirius
Anonymous in hp_yule_balls: Parts of a Whole - (Remus/Sirius, NC-17, *warnings*, NWS)

Community News:
snupin100: Challenge 185 - Winter Wonderland
snarry_swap: Reminder - entries are due in less than two weeks

Newsletters:
sirius_news: New Issue
snapenews: New Issue

Various:
sylvanaeood in snapedom: Yule Party!
oryxleucoryx in snapedom: How much would you have been willing to forgive Severus Snape?

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Title: Infatuation
Pairing: Seamus/Hermione
Summary: She goes to the pub nearly every night
Rating: Any Age
Word Count: 1375
Requested By: selene2

( Infatuation )

To: cryptaknight
From: Your Secret Santa

Title: Four Weddings
Author: ??
Pairing(s): Pansy/Theo
Summary: Pansy and Theo get to know each other better at a series of weddings.
Rating: R
Warnings: none.


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I AM OFFICIALLY ABANDONING DEZEMBERTRÄUME. I'll see if I can turn you guys' prompts into something for the new year, since I have a few written, but right now my muse is desert land.

Work continues to suck. I've been holding back on breaking down crying all day today. At the moment I work 40 hours a week, for a pay of 400€ - I have no qualifications, that's why it's so little that I get, but I'm doing my damn best, and what I can do, I do well. I've been told I'm great with the kids and great support for the actual kindergartener (whatever they're called), which is incredibly nice to hear and know, but well. At the moment things just suck; the atmosphere in the kindergarten is bad (after it was good last week, because the colleague that brings the tension in was sick), and I don't even get the half-hour break that after six hours of work the law says I have to take. On top of that, because I work in two different places, I get to do all the events happening after-hours, so two days out of five I end up staying longer - sometimes up to four hours longer - and working overtime. I have 25 hours of overtime which I don't get paid for and that I have little chance of actually reducing.

For the pay I get, it just isn't worth it. My mental state is bad, and I have trouble sleeping. I can't write, because of my work hours I can't ride, and I go home taking work with me, because the situation there just plain sucks and I'm someone who can't just leave that behind. I'd continue to do it for more money (so I'd have one worry off my plate, 'cause that'd at least stabilise my financial situation), but I don't think that's gonna happen, so I'm probably going to have to cut down on my hours to actually, y'know, preserve my mental health.

I just don't know. I don't even have the energy to be angry any more, which is a big warning signal. I'm disappointed and feel kind of hopeless when it comes to things getting better. I mean, will they?

D:

To: lady_caetlyn
From: Your Secret Santa

Title: There All Along
Author: ??
Pairing: Ron/Susan
Summary: Ron learns quickly that perhaps getting involved with a co-worker isn't so terrible after all.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Excessive use of these expressions: o.O, o.o!!! and ^_^ No, I kid. No real warnings than what is expected for a smutfic.
Author's notes: DH compliant except for the epilogue. Thank you r_becca for being so understanding when I had my computer emergency, which turned out alright in the end. Merry Christmas Lady_Caetlyn! I really hope you enjoy this. :)


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Title: Walk Together
Author: celandineb
Characters: Percy/Harry
Rating: hard R
Warnings: Er, shamefully it's not really that kinky... frottage, I guess.
Themes/kinks chosen: Kinky Kristmas Extravaganza 2008
Word Count: 3401
Summary: Harry decides to walk one day... a small decision that changes much.
Author's notes: emiime asked for Percy/Harry, kissing, champagne, and a romantic tone.

( Walk Together )

I lost all the pics on one of my dodgy memory cards. I'm taking it back to Teds and seeing if SanDisk's lifetime guarantee does really mean they will replace the card, as it was no fault of my own. The camera is always in good nick, and I always eject it properly from the pc when moving it around.

( Rock! )

( POTD )