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Of Gods and Monsters: a Slavic Mythology Feast

Hosted by The_Girl_With_Butterfly_Tattoo and Bouquetofpeonies!

For consumers and writers of rare pairs in the Harry Potter fandom! The Dark Forest awaits...

Chose your myth. Conjure your monster. Let the dark sing.

Join the feast, join the fest!

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P.D. As a continuation to this post...

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lolllll this is not how I thought I'd jump into the hp fandom and yet here I am 🖤🩶💚🤍🕸️🐍

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His Mermaid Her Unicorn

Two People. 
One Witch. One Wizard. Once Curse. 
Two Creatures. One Woman. One Man. Magic. Dark and Light.

For turning to the dark, Dumbledore cursed Hermione. Bound to the water for the rest of her life. Accused of mass murder, Draco is turned into a beast. By day a unicorn, always hunted. By night, a man. When Hermione unravels a chink in her curse, she walks the land as a woman and stumbles upon a wounded unicorn…

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Read now for free here.

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From the hosts:

Please remember to submit the claiming form after claiming your prompt and the submission form submission form after submitting your work to AO3!

Of Gods and Monsters: a Slavic Mythology Feast

Hosted by The_Girl_With_Butterfly_Tattoo and Bouquetofpeonies!

For consumers and writers of rare pairs in the Harry Potter fandom! The Dark Forest awaits...

Chose your myth. Conjure your monster. Let the dark sing.

Join the feast, join the fest!

Ao3 Collection

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🔮✨ Claiming is OPEN for HD Tarot Fest! ✨🔮

CLAIMING FORM

The list of tarot cards!

Tarot fest fics available for podfics!

ARTISTS: NEW RULE! You can claim up to three cards, but you must claim them seperately! Just fill in the claim form for each card you'd like to claim. ALSO: If the card has a fulfilled claim from last year for art, it is marked as "Previously Claimed". You can still claim it for art this year, but we encourage you to claim one that hasn't been fulfilled yet!

For podfics, we've gotten permission from all of the authors on the podfic list for the fest ONLY. If you wrote for HD Tarot Fest last year and want to be added to the podfic list, please don't hesitate to send us an ask or an email!

Happy creating and may the cards guide you on your journey... 🔮🀧✨🀣💜

Submissions are due on October 17. If you need an extension, please contact the mods anytime before the due date and we will work with you! 😊

For detailed fest rules and submission guidelines, please read the HD Tarot Rules & Guidelines ✨

If you have any questions or concerns, send us a Tumblr ask or email us at hdtarotfest@gmail.com.

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PROMPT CLAIMING IS OPEN

We have 60+ Harry Potter fandom prompts to choose from, with a range of ships and characters and situations to work with! So grab an idea and starting writing!

You have 11 weeks to submit. The collection is open but works won't be revealed until Aug 31st. Any ships, any tags.

We're all verrryyy excited to see what people come up with! Join the Discord if you want beta help, cheerleading, ideation, or group writing sessions!

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Of Gods and Monsters: a Slavic Mythology Feast

Hosted by The_Girl_With_Butterfly_Tattoo and Bouquetofpeonies!

For consumers and writers of rare pairs in the Harry Potter fandom! The Dark Forest awaits...

Chose your myth. Conjure your monster. Let the dark sing.

Join the feast, join the fest!

Ao3 Collection

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About Us.

"Come on, say it again. I'm a perfect devil." -Lestat de Lioncourt

The Reflections in Metallic Mirrors is a Discord fandom community dedicated to the The Vampire Chronicles & Immortal Universe created by Gothic Horror & Gothic Romance author Anne Rice. Though our discussions and analysis of the characters incorporate what was written in the books that she wrote, we place an extra emphasis on AMC's TV show adaptation, Interview With The Vampire as well as AMC's other adaptations, Mayfair Witches and The Talamasca.

Our Discord Server.

Our discord server is 21+, no exceptions! The community is owned and maintained by BIPOC, Queer, Neurodivergent, Disabled, and Witchy-inclined fans. As such, we prioritize the diverse, BIPOC, and queer casting of characters who may have canonically been other identities and orientations (race, gender, romantic, and queer-wise). If that's not something you support, for any reason, our server isn't for you. Lastly, any hate, prejudice, belittling, or harassment based on our identities or members in our server who share these same identities, will get you ceremoniously blocked. Same with those of you who who predominantly hate the books, the show, or Anne Rice herself. You've been warned!

Within our server you'll find the following:

Dozens of channels where you can freely discuss the ins and outs of AMC's IWTV series and The Vampire Chronicles books

Weekly Live Book Readings & Book Analysis (Focusing on the TVC books that our server members vote on)

Watch Parties of IWTV & The Mayfair Witches (+ The Talamasca once it premieres)

Dedicated category of channels for fan-fiction writers creating fanworks for IWTV & TVC

A defined and dedicated category of channels for Mature and 21+ discussions

QOTW and Fun Trivia Games (Based on the Books and the TV shows)

+ Much, much, more!

Your Invite Awaits...

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Cannibalism noun the practice of eating the flesh of one's own species.

How do you define it?

A multi-ship, dead dove fest focused on cannibalism in the HP fandom, hosted by The Magical Menagerie Discord Server.

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We're hosting another niche fest!

Join us this summer in writing about some weird shit, or just pop in and prompt with your ideas, or lurk silently from the background and read when the collection goes live! So many options honestly.

PROMPTING JUNE 1+ CLAIMING JUNE 15 WORKS REVEALED AUG 31 COLLECTION CLOSED SEPT 7

Any pairings, any tags, any definition of cannibalism. Join us in the server or bookmark the A03 collection here.

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Forest in Albania

This fanwork was created by @yubingwang for our 2024 Gothic Fantasy Fest. 

Her chosen fest prompt was the song Slow by Amanati & Roniit. When asked to explain her creative process throughout her participation of the fest, she had this to say:

“When I was composing the art, I noticed the lyrics of the song, Slow by Amanati & Roniit, had lots of connections with spirits and souls, such as “I feel us fully fading”,“pour your spirit down my throat”,“as you breathe into my bones” and so on. This somehow reminds me of Tom Riddle making Horcruxes, concealing his fractured soul. In the painting I depicted Tom Riddle in a forest in Albania. I think the forest can be a great element to convey the gothic theme. To enhance the horror, I chose a dark green tone to emphasize the gloomy and mesmerizing ambience of Slytherin.”

-Yubing Wang

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Stygian (ˈstɪdʒiən; ˈstɪdʒən) adjective 1. of or characteristic of the river Styx and the infernal regions 2. infernal or hellish 3. dark or gloomy 4. inviolable; completely binding, as an oath sworn by the river Styx

Welcome to A Stygian Rose, a Dark World Anthology, where fiction of dark and gothic natures come out to play.

Fiction in this anthology are romances worthy enough to be read by Charon as he ferries souls across the River Styx.

Guidelines

This is a NC-17 multifandom event, due to the dark and problematic themes works in this anthology will feature.

Prose only.

This event is only for students that are enrolled at Dark University. Meaning, if you are a Dark Academic, Philosopher, or Scholar, you are eligible to participate.

No time limit.

"Choose not to warn" pieces are not only accepted but encouraged for this event. Surprise the world with the deviant machinations of your mind.

Minimum: 1000 words

↳ If you combine a piece for this anthology with the Dark Academia Bingo and/or the Dark Academia Scenarios Flash Event, you must add up the minimum word counts to be eligible for this event.

⟶⟶ Anthology + Bingo = 1750

⟶⟶ Anthology + Flash = 2000

⟶⟶ Anthology + Bingo + Flash = 2750

↳ You may combine works for this event with outside bangs, bingos, and fests as long as our minimums are met.

Ao3 and SquidgeWorld

Once you've reached the minimum word count, you may add your piece to the event collections!

Content

Works for this anthology must be never before seen content that is written in the Dark Romance vein.

Works for this anthology do not have to use prompts from the bingo or scenarios flash event. As long as Dark Romance is a key element in the work, it can be any subgenre of fiction.

However, we do suggest the following to help you come up with backdrop for your piece...

Contemporary Fantasy

Cosmic Horror

Creature Feature/Monster Fiction

Dark Academia

Dark Fantasy

Dark Romantasy

Eldritch Horror

Gothic Academia

Gothic Fantasy

Gothic Horror

Gothicpunk

Grimdark Fantasy

Paranormal Fantasy

Paranormal Horror

Paranormal Romance

Southern Gothic

Urban Gothic

Posting

If you'd like us to promote your works here on tumblr, please make a post specifically for this event with links to your submissions. This means, DO NOT include the other bangs, bingos, and fests in the post you wish for us to reblog.

You may tag us using @thedarkworldanthology and #A Stygian Rose!

We'd also like you to add your status at Dark University on your tumblr post. Simply tell us what are aesthetically pleasing name is AND if you're a Dark Academic, Philosopher, or Scholar!

Please use this submission form so that we can get all the necessary information for your works to get added to the event collections and reblogged.

Graphics

You may use these stickers for your aesthetic moodboards and fic covers if you'd like!

We look forward to supporting works from our amazing students at Dark University!

Happy Writing,

Chaotic Mods

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Side Note To Fan Fic Authors

Here’s the thing.

I read a lot of scripts.  A lot.  From professionals to aspiring writers to complete newbies.  Features and pilots.  Specs and treatments.

And 8 times out of 10 the fan fic that I’ve read over the last, oh, 15 years is leagues better than this stuff.  It’s more inspired.  It’s more compelling.  It’s genre bending and creative and heartfelt.  It’s well-paced and intense and funny and sexy and meaningful.  It’s smart and thoughtful and good.  It’s novel-quality.  Better than, sometimes.

Rare is the script I don’t want to put down, but how often have we stayed up until 3am to get to the last chapter of a 100k fic? And it’s not even a fan fic author’s day job.  This is what they do on the side.  In their spare time.  For free.

So my point is, fan fic authors, you’re good.  You’re good writers and great storytellers.  I know it doesn’t always feel like it, especially if you’re one of the authors who’s not a BNF and doesn’t get the notes/hits that a few do.  And  because some people still view fic as “not real writing.” You guys know the shit that gets made into movies.  You’re better than that.  So be better than that.  If writing is what you think want to do, then just know you’re already doing it.   You’ve already started.

And you’re more talented than you might think.

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♡ jegulus mini socmed au where regulus and james meet in the least convenient way, but still manage to become smitten and make it sirius' problem.

[ for starchaser week 2024 day one: meet cute/university au]

im back [crowd cheers]

part 01 ; part 02 ; part 03 ; part 04 ; part 05 ;

part 06 ; part 07 ;

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Gothic Fantasy Fest 2024: Day 4 Reveals

Today's GFF highlights are focused on the submissions we received that were inspired by or based on gothic short stories. Short stories such as The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe, Strawberry Spring by Stephen King, The Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling, and many more! Mind the tags & Happy Reading! 🦇

Call of the Tempest by Nusilverwolf

"Hermione’s memories were abruptly halted by the intense feeling of someone, something, watching her..."

Warnings: EWE | War Time AU | Haunted Safehouse | HEA |

Rating: Mature

Character(s)/Ship(s): Dramione

Word Count: 4,715 words

Summary: After getting injured during battle in the ongoing war with Voldemort, Hermione is left to watch over one of the Order's safehouses. It's been nothing but her and the ghosts until one night, when Harry arrives in a hurry and leaves her with two unexpected stowaways: Theodore Nott and Draco Malfoy.

There Stalked a Multitude of Dreams by galaxy_skies

"For a moment they sit there, watching the water lap against the shoreline, the moon glittering in the waves..."

Warnings: Dead Dove | Soulmates AU | Grief/Mourning | EWE |

Rating: Explicit

Character(s)/Ship(s): Dramione

Word Count: 10,865 words

Summary:

After the war, Draco Malfoy haunts Hogwarts' once-hallowed hallways.

After the war, Hermione Granger splinters and shatters apart.

After the war, the world ends.

The Ghosts of 12 Grimmauld Place by Stella_Gray

"The whispers… They hovered in the air like invisible angels…"

Warnings: Childhood Memories | Siblings | Homecoming |

Rating: Teen

Character(s)/Ship(s): Andromeda Black ft. The House of Black

Word Count: 5,424 words

Summary: After the war has ended, Andromeda returns to the Black family home in search of any heirlooms she might want to repossess and instead finds only memories.

The Slytherin Strawberry Spring by @jess-abella

"The days continued overcast and unseasonably warm. The students congregated in huddles, gossiping and spreading vicious rumour..."

Warnings: EWE | Post-War AU | Murder Mystery |

Rating: Mature

Character(s)/Ship(s): Slytherin Trio ft. all of the main Slytherins

Word Count: 4,876 words

Summary:

In March ‘99 during Draco Malfoy’s eighth year at Hogwarts, a ‘Strawberry’ or False Spring rolls in, bringing with it a dense blanket of fog which provides the perfect cover for serial killer ‘Springheel Jack’.

As Springheel Jack and its fog accomplice target Slytherin 8th year students, can Draco survive the murderous week in March or is he destined to succumb to the cold knife and meet a bloody end?

The Right One is Hard to Find by @dagnywrites

"She could feel his gaze even as they drove off into a fog..."

Warnings: Dead Dove | EWE | Body Horror | Multiple POV |

Rating: Mature

Character(s)/Ship(s): Dramione

Word Count: 2,419 words

Summary:

Following the War, the Malfoy family are sentenced to house arrest for ten years, allowing magicks both ancestral and Dark to fester. What might have been a decade of blissful solitude quickly devolves into a unending paranoid nightmare.

Complete fest information under the cut!

Fest Disclaimer

Due to the darker subject material of the prompts, please mind every tag of the submissions you choose to read and engage with from our fest. Some fanworks include triggering and taboo content. So, take care of yourself, honor your limits, and enter at your own risk.

Fest Information

Gothic Fantasy Fest is a Harry Potter fanworks fest dedicated to and centered around our love for the gothic horror genre!

The inspiration to host this fest came out of our desire to see more fanworks in the fandom where the darkness within us all is celebrated, embraced, and reveled in.

This fest is hosted by The Writing Heirs of Slytherin Discord Server.

Important Links

AO3 Collection

Official Fest Spotify Playlist

Official Fest Mood Board

Discord Server

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Gothic Fantasy Fest 2024: Day 3 Reveals

Today's GFF highlights are focused on the submissions we received that were inspired by or based on a short list of gothic tv shows. TV shows such as The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, and Guillermo's The Cabinet of Curiosities! Mind the tags & Happy Reading! 🦇

ever-changing, eternal, and indestructible by @daniskatra

"The cauldron sputtered – it seemed to prefer Basilisk poison and the ghosts of the dearly departed to tobacco and tar..."

Warnings: Auror!Harry | Unspeakable!Snape | Alternating POVs |

Rating: Mature

Character(s)/Ship(s): Harry Potter & Severus Snape

Word Count: 10,546 words

Summary: When the end was near and Harry used the Resurrection Stone, he didn’t realise he would call Voldemort’s ghosts too.

Ashes to Ashes by Jiraffas

"Their lips met in a fury of blood, tears and wine, and Draco felt it, the hunger in Harry..."

Warnings: Religious Fanaticism | Unrequited Requited Love | MCD |

Rating: Mature

Character(s)/Ship(s): Drarry

Word Count: 9,144 words

Summary: Draco and Harry investigate a missing creature, it leads them to a lone island.

Of Ghosts and Guilt by @strixxinxiang

"It was as if the very walls were listening to the secrets they dared not speak..."

Warnings: Non-HEA | Blood Curse | Drowning | Possession |

Rating: Mature

Character(s)/Ship(s): Dramione

Word Count: 1,220 words

Summary: Draco Malfoy lost everything. His parents, his wife, and his son. When he is offered a job to make a difference and fix his past by Harry Potter, he takes it.

Complete fest information under the cut!

Fest Disclaimer

Due to the darker subject material of the prompts, please mind every tag of the submissions you choose to read and engage with from our fest. Some fanworks include triggering and taboo content. So, take care of yourself, honor your limits, and enter at your own risk.

Fest Information

Gothic Fantasy Fest is a Harry Potter fanworks fest dedicated to and centered around our love for the gothic horror genre!

The inspiration to host this fest came out of our desire to see more fanworks in the fandom where the darkness within us all is celebrated, embraced, and reveled in.

This fest is hosted by The Writing Heirs of Slytherin Discord Server.

Important Links

AO3 Collection

Official Fest Spotify Playlist

Official Fest Mood Board

Discord Server