Shameless Self-Promotion Time
If you are going to start your own space that is all about you, then why not use it for shameless self promotion once in a while?
There is a reason for the timing of this — I am about to post my 101st fanfiction to Archive of Our Own, so I thought before I did that I would write a review of my best five stories, and three series as voted for by me.
Harry Potter and The Dark Lord Sidious
Harry returns from the future to fix the past - and he won't let anyone get in his way.
This was my first serious attempt at a time-travel fic, but — as you might imagine — it wasn’t your typical time-travel fic. Most “fix-it” fic involve Harry coming back from the future to put right everything that went wrong. Mine was……. not like that at all.
It was also my first real 18+ fic — with murder, slaughter, blood and guts abounding.
You can read it here
The Brightest Witch
Hermione Jane Granger has always known she was special. But now that she is going to Hogwarts, she is going to make sure the world knows just how special she actually is.
After a while, I got a little bored writing “traditional” stories — Harry goes to Hogwarts, has the usual problems, fights Voldemort and kills him. Because there are only so many ways you tell the same story before you run out of new and exciting ways. So I started focusing on different characters, and since I find Ron almost pointless with no real character of his own I tended to go for Hermione.
In this instance, she is still a first born witch, just with a different backstory. One that makes her far more interesting and far more entertaining.
You can read it here.
The Princess Husband
Mere days before his wedding to Ginny, Harry is kidnapped by an evil trio. But who is the masked figure in black?
The other major thing that I like is crossovers. It allows you to expand out the stories you can tell, and — again — you can avoid having to tell the basic story of Harry goes to school and so on and so on.
This is slightly different to my usual story as it is a screenplay rather than a story (one of two) but — like most of my single story crossovers — it is played entirely for laughs.
You can read it here.
Hermione Granger and The Power He Knows Not
When Durmstrang pull out of The Tri-Wizard Tournament, The Ministry of Magic are forced to enlist the help of another British school.
Much like The Princess Husband this is another crossover, another screenplay and is played entirely for comedy. The Tri-Wizard Tournament told from the point of view of Hermione Granger, but not the Hermione Granger we all know and love.
You can read it here.
Lost In Middle Earth
Hermione and Harry are stuck in one of her favourite books.
This was my first real attempt at crack-fic and even if I do say so myself it turned out quite well (given I made it up as I went along).
You can read it here.
The Holiday From Hell Series
Harry, his little sister Dawn and his friends decide to take a short holiday in Willamette, Colorado. Which, as decisions go, was not their best.
Two crossovers based on the Dead Rising series of video games (Part 1 & Part 2). They are 18+ screenplays, with swearing, blood, gore and guts.
Unlike the previous screenplays on the list they are not, in anyway, played for comedy — if you read them you should be prepared for death and plenty of it.
You can read the series here.
The Seer Series
Sent to the basement during Dudley's 11th birthday party, Harry makes a new friend and an unlikely ally.
Based on an idea from Mike Resnick’s Oracle Saga, the series deals with what happens when Luna’s gift is unleashed on the magical world, and when Harry makes friends with her. They unite to ensure that the magical world will never be the same again — and that their partnership will change more than just the world they live in.
You can read the series here.
Into The Black
Everyone knows the story of The Boy Who Lived.
Ask anyone, and they will tell you that on Halloween Night, 1981, Lord Voldemort – the most powerful and evil Dark Lord in history – learned where Lily and James Potter were hiding after being tipped off by arch traitor Sirius Black.
That he went to Godrics Hollow, broke down the front door and murdered James Potter in cold blood.
That he then went upstairs, and found Lily Potter standing protectively in front of her son.
That he killed her when she refused to get out of the way, murdering the same way he had murdered her husband minutes before.
And that he turned his wand on Harry James Potter, a mere baby of 18 months old, and cast The Killing Curse – a curse that no one before had ever survived.
And, as everyone will tell you, The Killing Curse rebounded and struck Lord Voldemort, killing him dead, and leaving only a tiny, lightening shaped scar on Harry James Potter’s forehead.
Everyone knows the story.
The problem is everyone is wrong.
A three part crossover that explores what would have happened if IT had landed in Hogsmeade rather than Derry.
The series can be read here.
