Fic Rec: "How the Cookie Crumbles"

I will not spoil the ending for this fic, so it's hard to say anything about it except: this is the sort of incredibly detailed smut that suggests the author has either the most imaginative of minds or else personal experience (and a mind like a tape recorder). What's even better is that themostepotente has hinted at a sequel!

"How the Cookie Crumbles" (with hopes for a sequel) made my, erm, evening. Minor warning for (somewhat) public sex.

Fic Rec: "Improbable Games"

Humour and smut, all in one!

In "Improbable Games", Sophie Richard has managed an unlikely scenario indeed--Snape agreeing to act out Harry's fantasies about Sirius. Part of what I love is the sheer love and communication that requires; although I generally don't care so much for "established relationship" stories, this one is wonderful because of all that Harry's request implies.

Oh, yes-- and the terribly snarky smut probably also contributes. :D

Fic Rec: "Points"

Well, I thought I had recced this already, but apparently not. I've a head like a sieve, it seems. ((is shamed)) At any rate, ""Points", by Cluegirl, is unabashed smut (well, it *is* on pornish_pixies!) with an internal Harry monologue that made me giggle at times; it also has a wonderful twisty ending. Don't let the initial premise--Harry come to Snape to make a confession--fool you into ignoring it, because unlike the others you may have read, this Snape has a somewhat less credulous nature... And Harry's not the teary lovestruck dolt you may expect from such a story, either. It's wonderful to find a story where everything doesn't follow the formula, but everything still ends on an upbeat note.

drabble rec: "Stupid pleasures for stupid minds"

"Stupid Pleasures" is another thing I've been intending to rec for a fortnight or so; English-language humour, combined with Snape--what's not to like? Found at author loupgarou1750's journal, via a complex system of friend-of browsing. :D

Fic rec: "Family Night"

Even soldiers of the Light need a break, but for some the question of whom to go home to is more complicated than for others... "Family Night", by LynnZo, is a wonderful, and sometimes intense, answer to the question of what family Harry has left. HP/SS, but focused on relationship--sorry, no sex here. You won't, I can promise, miss it; the atmosphere and the mood and the little moments of human-ness are more than enough to satisfy.

Fic Rec: "Shattered"

...Have I mentioned that waiting for the next chapter of "Shattered" is causing me to obsessively check the site every couple of hours, think about what will happen next at inappropriate times, compose reviews in my head, and generally go insane?


* Note: Now completed!

Fic Rec: "The Principle of Like to Like"

Ahem, well, here's another brilliant story that managed to slip under my radar somehow; I've been meaning to rec GatewayGirl's "The Principle of Like to Like" for quite a while... all right, pretty much since it was written. ((blush)) It's a wonderful take on the combination of sex and magic, with decent magical theory and wonderful description, not to mention flashes of humour.

The longer version can be found here, at Skyhawke; you can decide which version you like best.

Fic Rec: Sonnet, "Transport"

I adore sonnets. I even write sonnets. Therefore, I rec sonnets whenever possible.

"Transport", by venivencere, is absolutely wonderful, with spot-on meter and scintillating rhyme, as well as a very traditional structure.

Expect another sonnet rec soon.

Fic rec: Plain Brown Wrapper

Snape/potion bottle! How can I resist? This has been dubbed by its creator "inanimate-object non-con", although Harry comes along to remedy the situation eventually! The premise of "Plain Brown Wrapper" is simple enough; Snape is an accidental victim of a Weasley Wheeze. It's the little touches of humour, like Snape concealing his bathing habits for the sake of his dignity, and particularly Snape's exasperation with Harry's questions, that make it shine beyond the smut. :D

Fic rec: Sonnet, "Sonnet for Ptyx"

Aha! I promised sonnets, did I not? Well, here is one by fluffyllama, based off of Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130". Now, this is my Snape, and my Harry/Snape: faults that outweigh strengths, but understanding that outweighs faults.

drabble rec: "No Man is an Island"

Quite short but still warm and fuzzy, "No Man is an Island" is Isolde's first Christmas-themed writing, and it's cute, sweet, and so subtly hints at backstory with only 150 words. (Severus/Harry, PG.)