kelly_chambliss

Here's the story I wrote for this year's minerva_fest. Though it was a coincidence, the title turned out to be rather fitting: the last story posted in the last running of the fest. I'll seriously miss minerva_fest; it's been a staple of my life for five year and has yielded many, many wonderful stories and artworks. But it's time to move on (for now, anyway).

I always enjoy subverting Minerva's Pottermore backstory -- so here's another version.

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Title: Parting Gift
Author: kellychambliss
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~4600
Characters and/or Pairings: Minerva McGonagall/Millicent Bagnold, Elphinstone Urquart. Plus cameos by Madam Puddifoot and several Hogwarts staffers.
Summary: When Elphinstone Urquart decides to move out of the country, he leaves Minerva a parting gift.
Author's Notes: Mostly at the end. Many thanks to my beta, Boadicea12, for her kind last-minute work.

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( Parting Gift )

This story was my entry in the recent samhain_smut fest. Ever since I read JKR's backstory for Minerva on Pottermore, I wanted to rewrite it (because, canon-whore that I am, I can't just ignore it). This fic is the first of what will probably be several attempts.

Title: Watches of a Samhain Night
Author: kellychambliss
Prompt # 29 -- Minerva McGonagall has her ghosts. As Hallowe'en approaches, the ghosts come calling.
Pairing(s): Minerva/Amelia Bones, Minerva/Severus Snape, Minerva/Elphinstone Urquart
Rating: R
Summary See prompt.
Word Count: 4900
Warnings/Content: weird ghosty stuff and gratuitous second person
Author's Notes: This fic makes use of some of JKR's backstory for Minerva as revealed on Pottermore. Also, I want you to know that my beta-reader, therealsnape, is a genius.

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( Watches of a Samhain Night )