kelly_chambliss

Halloween!

hp_halloween, that most fun of Halloween drabble fests, is back for its fourteenth run.

I love this fest -- you'll find everything from spooky horror to sexy comedy, rare pairs and popular pairs, slash and het and gen, young characters and old ones.

So stop what you're doing and go sign up. It's only 200 words. You can manage 200 Halloween-themed words.

Sign up here on DW

or

Sign up here on LJ.


Here's my entry from last year -- On Silent Haunches, written for iselima. I overdid it on the alliteration, I see, but at least it's atmospheric!

Since I just can't with this terrifying and insane world, I am choosing to spend time in the HP world instead, where the madness of a magic snake-man with a fragmented soul seems positively rational compared to the current madness of the Muggles.

And luckily for us all, some great things are afoot in HP fandom the days.

1. First and foremost -- the wonderful sisi_rambles has made a glorious podfic of my Millicent Bulstrode story "Hopeless". You can listen to it at the always-enjoyable hp_podfic_fest, which just finished posting. As always, Sisi does an excellent job of capturing characters' voices and of pacing and emphasizing the lines just exactly as they sound in my head. Give it a try and leave Sisi some lovely feedback.

2. Next -- snapecase is back!


snapecase: Celebrating Severus Snape throughout his ages!

I hope I'll have time to participate this year.

3. Finally, Salt and Pepper Fest is back, too!



So glad the due date isn't until February, when the holiday deadlines will be long behind us.

4. And of course, that most delectable of Yule parties, hoggywartyxmas.

It's holiday fest sign-up time in HP fandom! And two of my favorite fests are running again:

hoggywartyxmas -- The best party you'll ever attend, bar none. The mod posts alone are worth the price of admission.

Sign-ups are here.

There are still spaces left, but who knows for how long? alisanne? delphipsmith? dreamy_dragon73? mmadfan? dueltastic? _hannelore? pauraque? katmarajade? teddyradiator? squibstress? cranky__crocus? All you people I'm sadly forgetting? Hie yourselves over there.

Also, the lovely, low-pressure mini_fest is also open for sign-ups. Holiday comfort and cheer galore -- like these delightful banners, made from some of last year's best entries:









Christmas at Hogwarts. . .I really need it this year. So glad these fests are back.

Here's my entry for this year's wand_in_a_knot fest. The premise is really fun: each participant gets "tagged" by a previous participant and given a prompt. We then have 24 hours to create a story or art with an R or NC-17 rating. Any characters, any kink. So basically insta-porn. It's a really enjoyable challenge.

My prompt came from mywitch:

You're the picture of the devil's daughter,
I'm a pitcher of holy water.

I flung angels and devils and holy water up into the air, and they fell down as this story.

Title: The Devil Wears Tartan
Author: kelly_chambliss
Pairing /Character: Pomona Sprout/Minerva McGonagall
Summary: Pomona Sprout's relationship with Minerva McGonagall is a religious experience.
Rating: R
Word count: 1425

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( The Devil Wears Tartan )

No, actually, what the world needs now is a miracle. But while we're waiting, a little anesthesia in the form of fandom won't come amiss.

Let's start with presents! The ever-wonderful tjs_whatnot wrote me a lovely McGonagall/Hooch story as part of the daily_deviant Birthday fest. I'm embarrassed to say, though, that somehow I missed the email notification that the story had been posted, and I didn't read it for over a month. So sorry, dear TJ!

But the rest of you don't have to wait; you can enjoy this lovely, well-characterized bit of OLS right now:

Title: Fantasy
Author: tjs_whatnot
Pairing: Minerva McGonagall/Rolanda Hooch
Rating: NC-17

Fantasy, Part 1

Fantasy, Part 2

Fantasy, Part 3


My own contribution to the Birthday Fest was posted pretty late in the game (what? me procrastinate?) so I don't think anyone noticed it. It's a rather dark and not-pleasant bit of Hermione/Pansy, and I link it here for posterity.

This was the prompt:
Pairing(s)/Character(s): Pansy/Hermione, Pansy/Ginny, Narcissa/Pansy
Kink(s): Dub-con groping
Anti-Kink(s) (AKA Squicks): SPEW, a fluffy ending for this one
Prompt: Character A takes advantage of a power dynamic and things slooowly escalate.

Like a Statue, Part 1

Like a Statue, Part 2

What can I say? My mind is in an ugly place these days.


These few words are all I've managed to write since hoggywartyxmas ended. But I've signed up for wand_in_a_knot, hoping that I can stir up at least a tiny bit of creativity in the form of insta-porn. And I have it on good authority that hoggywartyxmas will be back for another year! OMG, do we need it.

Peace out, loveys.

Wow, has it really been over a month since I last posted? I very much fear so. What with final exams and graduation and going to visit my brother in the House of No Internet and packing up to spend the summer in NYC, May is always crazy for me -- precious little time for fannish fun. For instance, every year I swear I am going to participate in hp_may_madness, and every year I fail to submit so much as a single entry.

But. . .all the grading, ceremony-ing, packing, and traveling has been completed, and now I am lazing about in NYC while Partner is at work. It's very chilly, damp, and cloudy in NY today, which is a-okay by me; it will be a simmering hot hell soon enough.

So what have I been up to? Here's the litany, broken down into easy-to-skip chronological chunks:

( May in Rural Hamlet )

( The House of No Internet and Points Local )

( New York City and Points North )

Now that the holiday weekend is over, I'll draw up a schedule for academic work, and I want to get back to fandom, too. Look for a fannish post soon.

Over at daily_deviant, the 11th Birthday comment fest is going on, and I have been lucky enough to receive two wonderful presents.

My first prompt: "Minerva/Severus: When a Slytherin student misbehaves, the Head of Gryffindor makes sure that the Head of Slytherin pays an appropriate penance. Likewise, when a Gryffindor student misbehaves, the Head of Slytherin seeks payment from the Head of Gryffindor.

A student has misbehaved."

mywitch drew a hot and clever response. Magical bondage, mmmm.

Title Misbehaving Gryffindors
Artist: mywitch
Rating: Definitely not work-safe.

My second prompt: "Alastor Moody, Minerva/anyone except Sybill, Albus, Molly, or current students. Their romantic relationship is over, but Alastor still has a thing for Minerva. He knows he shouldn't, but he can't resist checking out her private life with his magic eye."

This response came from the excellent dexstarr, who just recently returned to HP fandom from a hiatus, and am I glad she did! Such a well-characterized, poignant, bittersweet, loving fic written thoroughly and with nuance in just two short IJ comment-spaces.

Title: "Standing at the Edge"

Part I
Part II

Author: dexstarr
Characters: Alastor Moody, Minerva/Rolanda
Rating: R
Word Count: 894

A few days ago, I posted some recs from the excellent snapecase. Well, reveals came out today, and guess what? Three of the four stories I recced were written by the same person! ms_anthrop, a writer who is new to me (but I'm glad I found her). Obviously, I'm consistent in the kind of writing I like.

Also, I recently received three extremely detailed, kind, thoughtful reviews on AO3 -- really made my week. There are few things more dear to my writer's heart than thoughtful feedback. I don't get much response to my AO3 stuff, so these lovely out-of-the-blue comments were like a little lottery win.

This bit of comic porn was my entry for this year's Kinky Kristmas fest at daily_deviant. The prompter was the kind-and-wildly-talented mywitch,who asked for "Snape, by himself (thinking about: Surprise Me!)," with the kinks/themes of "wanking, getting caught" and a mood of "humorous and dirty." Her prompt was "candy cane."

I immediately had this vision of Snape sprawled on his sofa, cane (and other things) in hand, and this fic is the result. No redeeming social value whatsover. Just a whole lotta wankin' goin' on.

Title: From a Baby
From: kelly_chambliss
Characters/Pairings: Severus Snape/His Hand Plus Other Useful Tools. Appearances by Minerva McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore, Pomona Sprout, Rolanda Hooch, Filius Flitwick, Argus Filch, assorted students.
Rating: NC-17
Kinks/Themes Included: wanking, watching
Other Warnings/Content: misuse of magical artefacts
Word Count: ~2500
Summary/Description: Bertie Botts helps Severus Snape get into the Yuletide spirit.
Author's Notes: Many thanks to that most excellent of betas, therealsnape.

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( From a Baby )

Several of you had asked for the Young Man's beef stew recipe.

You can find it here.

Enjoy!