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Aug. 13th, 2006 04:25 pmTitle: I Have Dwelt 'Neath Southern Skies
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine :(
Words: 676
Prompt: Fens
Summary: Norfolk, July, 1987.
( There was no horizon )
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine :(
Words: 676
Prompt: Fens
Summary: Norfolk, July, 1987.
( There was no horizon )
A Dog's Life (
dogdaysofsummer Day 24)
Aug. 13th, 2006 01:02 pmTitle: A Dog's Life, or The Sad Tale of Why Padfoot Loathes Staffies
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine :(
Words: 867
Prompt: Man and dog
Summary: Stafford, July, 1979.
Author's note: August? Gosh, really? More seriously, I know Staffordshire Bull Terriers make lovely family dogs, but they're notoriously aggressive towards other dogs.
( Remus rubbed his ears, trying not to breathe in too much of the smell of damp, miserable dog. )
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine :(
Words: 867
Prompt: Man and dog
Summary: Stafford, July, 1979.
Author's note: August? Gosh, really? More seriously, I know Staffordshire Bull Terriers make lovely family dogs, but they're notoriously aggressive towards other dogs.
( Remus rubbed his ears, trying not to breathe in too much of the smell of damp, miserable dog. )
Dreamers (
dogdaysofsummer Day 22)
Jul. 24th, 2006 06:46 pmTitle: Dreamers
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine :(
Words: 1264
Prompt: eggs and bacon, pickled walnuts and cheese
Summary: Below Alderley Edge, Cheshire, July, 1979. I've drawn on both the legend of the wizard of Alderley Edge and, for supplementary details, on that of the sleeping warriors of Craig-y-Dinas
( The night was warm and resonant around them, humming with the taste of old magic, stirred up like pollen on the breath of the wind. )
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine :(
Words: 1264
Prompt: eggs and bacon, pickled walnuts and cheese
Summary: Below Alderley Edge, Cheshire, July, 1979. I've drawn on both the legend of the wizard of Alderley Edge and, for supplementary details, on that of the sleeping warriors of Craig-y-Dinas
( The night was warm and resonant around them, humming with the taste of old magic, stirred up like pollen on the breath of the wind. )
Cooling Down (
dogdaysofsummer Day 15)
Jul. 24th, 2006 02:55 pmTitle: Cooling Down
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine :(
Words: 1300
Prompt: sunburn
Summary: Hogwarts Express, passing through County Durham, July, 1978.
( Remus, who was sitting up very straight in the corner, fell against the wall and winced )
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine :(
Words: 1300
Prompt: sunburn
Summary: Hogwarts Express, passing through County Durham, July, 1978.
( Remus, who was sitting up very straight in the corner, fell against the wall and winced )
Title: Relieving Boredom
Rating: R
Disclaimer: Not mine :(
Words: 1249
Prompt: Sheltering from the rain
Summary: Rutland, July, 1979.
( Remus is getting increasingly pink and breathless )
Rating: R
Disclaimer: Not mine :(
Words: 1249
Prompt: Sheltering from the rain
Summary: Rutland, July, 1979.
( Remus is getting increasingly pink and breathless )
Desserts (
dogdaysofsummer Day 12)
Jul. 15th, 2006 03:00 pmTitle: Desserts
Rating: G
Disclaimer: None of them are mine
Words: 1373
Prompt: summer pudding
Summary: Weasleys. July, 1995
Edit: Let's just call the last part of this AU because I am thick and obviously haven't reread GoF for a while
( Sirius paused on the threshold, watching her toss slippery slices into the pan, hands confident )
Rating: G
Disclaimer: None of them are mine
Words: 1373
Prompt: summer pudding
Summary: Weasleys. July, 1995
Edit: Let's just call the last part of this AU because I am thick and obviously haven't reread GoF for a while
( Sirius paused on the threshold, watching her toss slippery slices into the pan, hands confident )
Timeless (
dogdaysofsummer Day 11)
Jul. 13th, 2006 01:18 pmTitle: Timeless
Rating: G
Prompt: "Summer afternoon--summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."
--Henry James
Summary: Trinity Hall, Cambridge, July 1979. On a summer afternoon, Cambridge really is the most beautiful city in the world (summer makes up for the other nine months of dismal austerity).
( ’Timeless’ )
Rating: G
Prompt: "Summer afternoon--summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."
--Henry James
Summary: Trinity Hall, Cambridge, July 1979. On a summer afternoon, Cambridge really is the most beautiful city in the world (summer makes up for the other nine months of dismal austerity).
( ’Timeless’ )
Title: Flags
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine :(
Prompt: England flag
Summary: July 1996. European Quidditch Championships.
( wrapped in a flag )
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine :(
Prompt: England flag
Summary: July 1996. European Quidditch Championships.
( wrapped in a flag )
Traditions (
dogdaysofsummer Day 10)
Jul. 12th, 2006 11:24 am(Yes, I know I've skipped a day - it's stuck on my home computer)
Title: Traditions
Rating: G/PG
Disclaimer: Only Fliss is my invention
Prompt: "My mother, who hates thunder storms,
Holds up each summer day and shakes
It out suspiciously, lest swarms
Of grape-dark clouds are lurking there"
--Philip Larkin, Mother, Summer, I
Summary: The wedding’s over, and the best man’s gone missing again.
( Chief bridesmaid has first dibs on the best man )
Title: Traditions
Rating: G/PG
Disclaimer: Only Fliss is my invention
Prompt: "My mother, who hates thunder storms,
Holds up each summer day and shakes
It out suspiciously, lest swarms
Of grape-dark clouds are lurking there"
--Philip Larkin, Mother, Summer, I
Summary: The wedding’s over, and the best man’s gone missing again.
( Chief bridesmaid has first dibs on the best man )
Title: I Know That I Could Not Stay Long
Rating: G
Disclaimer: So not mine.
Prompt: shooting of Londonderry rioters, 1971
Summary: Kent, 1973. 729 words
( The Department of Magical Law Enforcement have issued a statement urging wizards not to panic… )
Rating: G
Disclaimer: So not mine.
Prompt: shooting of Londonderry rioters, 1971
Summary: Kent, 1973. 729 words
( The Department of Magical Law Enforcement have issued a statement urging wizards not to panic… )
Title: These are the currents that chiselled the city
Rating: G
Disclaimer: So not mine.
Prompt: But I love it, I love this city
How slender is the space between love, mercy and ill will
I love to live inside its flesh and blood
To feel its ailing pulse in its hidden veins
--Abd al-Sabūr, Ibhār [1940]
tr. from the original Arabic unknown
Summary: London, 1980. Sirius doesn't want to doubt. Title from U. A. Fanthorpe's Rising Damp 892 words
( like the rivers beneath his feet confined, restrained, rerouted )
Rating: G
Disclaimer: So not mine.
Prompt: But I love it, I love this city
How slender is the space between love, mercy and ill will
I love to live inside its flesh and blood
To feel its ailing pulse in its hidden veins
--Abd al-Sabūr, Ibhār [1940]
tr. from the original Arabic unknown
Summary: London, 1980. Sirius doesn't want to doubt. Title from U. A. Fanthorpe's Rising Damp 892 words
( like the rivers beneath his feet confined, restrained, rerouted )