#dramione fest fic

[thewritingheirsofslytherin]

Introducing a Harry Potter fest to haunt you…

...as not all that goes bump in the night is meant to be feared…

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

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

Fest Information

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.

The premise for this fest is simple: Create any fanwork (fic or fanart) you like, ensuring that your main protagonist of your work is a Slytherin!

But, and this is where the challenge comes in... your fanwork must incorporate one of the gothic horror prompts that we have provided and must be in the gothic horror genre!

We hope, through participating in this fest, that you’ll allow yourself to indulge in what haunts you most!

Fest Schedule

Sign-ups & Claiming Open: Aug. 5th at 12:00pm PDT

Sign-ups & Claiming Close: Aug. 13th at 11:59pm PDT

Fanworks Due: Oct. 17th at 11:59pm PDT

Fanworks Revealed: Oct. 29th at 12:00pm PDT

Authors & Artists Revealed: Oct. 31st at 12:00pm PDT

For the remainder of our fest rules, read on!

Fest Rules

All levels of writers and artists are welcome! Even if this is your first fest!

All pairings and ship types (platonic, couples, and polyships) are allowed in this fest. You may also choose to focus your fanwork on only one character.

Ensure that your main character of your fanwork is a Slytherin (no exceptions)!

Any Slytherin from any of the Wizarding World eras is welcome. You may also choose to headcanon a non-Slytherin character as a Slytherin.

Your fanwork must incorporate one of the 99 gothic horror prompts that we provide. There are 12 additional Author/Artist’s choice prompts, however, those are first come, first serve. So, they will go quick!

Ensure that your fanwork qualifies as gothic horror. Read our full rules at the link listed below for further clarification on this.

The darker your fic the better, as this fest is the perfect opportunity to create some dark, morally gray, and/or dead-dove works!

Authors: there is no maximum word count for your work. But there is a minimum word count of 1,000 words.

Artists: As long as you follow the guidelines above, you may submit any form of fanart you like, including moodboards! However, AI-generated work and commissioned work from other artists may NOT be submitted!

This fest is an Author/Artist Revealed event. Your fanwork will be revealed on the dates listed above. When the fest is over, we will highlight your fanwork across our social media from Oct. 31st - Nov. 9th.

You do not have to be a member of The Writing Heirs of Slytherin Discord to participate in this fest. However, we do recommend joining so that you can be in contact with other Gothic Fantasy Fest participants! It’s also the quickest way to get a hold of the admin team!

Note: Our server has a 30+ age requirement to join, but this fest is open to fic writers and artists of all ages!

For a complete list of our fest rules and submission guidelines, please click here!

Disclaimer:

Due to the darker subject material of the prompts, please be mindful that the process of creating a submission for this fest may be triggering. So, take care of yourself, honor your limits, and enter at your own risk.

Important Links

Prompts & AO3 Collection

Discord Server

Official Fest Spotify Playlist

Official Fest Mood Board

Fest Tumblr (Follow for all important GFF updates)

[sodamnradd]

Strike A Match, Let Him Burn | AO3

one shot / 4k words / written for @pumpkinspiceficfest

When Draco returns home from Durmstrang, he falls into a hard and fast sexual relationship with the beautiful witch he meets at the bar. The only issue is that she’s a Mudblood, and he’s a Malfoy.

He arrives at her flat past midnight on Saturday, drunk, staggering, reeking of desperation. He pushes her up against the wall and clutches her throat. Presses his nose at the juncture of her neck and shoulder, inhales deeply. “Did he touch you?” She shuts her eyes, revels in the weight of him against her. Idiot, she thinks. Can’t you see how much you care for me? “I kissed him,” she admits, because it’s the truth and because she wants to hurt him. He has wounded her since the very beginning of this arrangement. She just didn’t realise it until it was too late. He is looking for a wife. It is his familial duty to get married. But not to a Muggle-born witch like her. Her attraction blinded her to him. Blinded by his intelligence, the way he seemed to genuinely care about her interests, her work, the advice nobody else in her life had the knowledge to give her. He went to Durmstrang. Shouldn’t that have told her everything she needed to know? They were doomed from the start. He stares at her mouth like it has committed a personal crime against him. His grip tightens around her throat. Her breath catches as she struggles to breathe. His face crumples like he might cry.  “Hermione.” It sounds like he has met his edge. 

[pumpkinspiceficfest]

It's time for another year of Pumpkin Spice Fic Fest!

Claiming is now open

All HP Pairings welcome.

Entries due: Fri, Nov 15, 9am GMT

Reveal: Sat, Nov 16, 9am GMT

[amour-anguis]

OK SO IF I ORGANIZED A CHAPPELL ROAN FIC FEST WOULD ANYONE WANT TO PARTICIPATE 👀

i think i’d keep it open to the whole HP Fandom any era and any ship i have so many good lyrics picked out hehe

[hp-soulmates-secret-santa]

DRAMIONE DAY ❄️Confessions Under A Starry Sky ❄️for chaosophia RATING: Teen and Up LENGTH: 3,926 words TAGS: POV Hermione Granger, Hogwarts Eighth Year, Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE, Fluff, Soulmates, Good Slytherins, Draco Malfoy Needs a Hug, Song: Stargazing (Myles Smith), Post-Second Wizarding War with Voldemort (Harry Potter), Apologies SUMMARY: Hermione and Draco discover they are soulmates under a starry sky.

❄️Rare Discoveries❄️ for GimletSour RATING: General Audiences LENGTH: 1,896 words TAGS: Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Archaeology, Magic + Archaeology, Fluff, Short & Sweet, Out of Character Draco Malfoy, Potentially Out of Character Hermione Granger SUMMARY: When a widespread epidemic seems to be taking over the British Wizarding community, Hermione is determined to figure out what it is. In the meantime, Draco is determined to figure out what she’s up to. ❄️Love is Blonde❄️ for SybilEvergreen RATING: Teen and Up LENGTH: 3,979 words TAGS: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Alternate Universe - No Voldemort, Hogwarts Seventh Year, Lucius Malfoy in Azkaban, Light Angst, Hermione Granger is Bad at Feelings, Draco Malfoy is Bad at Feelings, Getting Together, Happy Ending SUMMARY: When Hermione wakes up on the morning of her eighteenth birthday with blonde hair, she learns that it means she has a soulmate. But that can't be true, because she only knows one person with this shade of white-blond hair and he hates her...right?

❄️Senses❄️ for StrixXinXiang RATING: General Audiences LENGTH: 3,412 words TAGS: AU, Sentinel/Guide, Sentinel! Hermione, Guide! Draco, Background Relationships, Harry Potter/Pansy Parkinson - Freeform, pre-relationship Ron Weasley/Blaise Zabini SUMMARY: The last two names on the list made Hermione cringe: Blaise Zabini and Draco Malfoy. She figured that the better one to start with was Blaise.

[heyjude19-writing]

HP REC FEST 2024: Day 7

Day 7: the best of your OTP

so i have obviously expanded into writing other ships now, but my OTP will always be dramione. a ship that is now more than two decades old and has thousands of fics currently on ao3, not to mention ones on FFN, wattpad, and all the random LJ communities through the years. so the best of my OTP? an impossible task.

HERE'S A LIST OF 49 FICS. F O R T Y - N I N E.

Happy reading, dramione loves!

[greeninkredletters]

Artwork by the amazingly talented, @boopsy

✨Introducing my latest long fic (yes, it will be over 70k words) and submission to the @hp-cry-me-a-river fest... ✨

IN THE LIBRARY WHERE HE KEPT HER

Draco wallows in the sudden passing of his wife Hermione Granger. By charming her favorite books, he's able to live vicariously watching their memories while succumbing to his grief. It will be up to him, the persistence of his friends, and the legacy of Hermione's love whether or not Draco chooses to continue living in the past, or to shut the doors of the library for good. Told through a combination of flashbacks and present-day scenes.

I've been working on this for months, I can't believe I'm finally posting about it...

➡️Updates Every Thursday

[hp-flowers]

Another Season of Flora!

Okie dokie! According to a quick interest check, we're gonna move forward with some new prompts for spooky season! Wahoo! 🎉🌻🎃 The Autumn Mini Round runs from Oct. 1 - Oct. 31, 2024. As a refresher, this open prompt challenge is inspired by floriography, the language of flowers (and plants) and encourages creators to use text and photo prompts to make fic, art and more. General challenge info and timeline will be the same as last year, so please be sure to read the Mini Round Guidelines and the challenge FAQ thoroughly, whether you're a returning participant or you're trying the challenge for the first time. A reminder that this challenge is open to all HP ships and creative mediums (such as fic, art, podfic, bookbindings, crafts and whatever else!). Creators can also combine the newest 2024 prompts with any prompts from previous rounds. Have fun using flowers and plants from the prompts card catalogue! Prompt cards officially drop on September 27th, so stay tuned for more deets! If you have a question that isn’t covered by this post or either of the above pages, feel free to ask! Get excited!

[twhos-fests]

Gothic Fantasy Fest 2024: Day 2 Reveals

Today's GFF highlights are focused on the submissions we received that were inspired by or based on a short list of songs that we curated exclusively for this fest. Song such as Son of Nyx by Hozier, Vampires Will Never Hurt You by My Chemical Romance, Silent All These Years (Tori Amos cover) by Kat Leon, and more! Mind the tags & Happy Reading! 🦇

Look At What You Made Me Do by @emmalouisefanfiction

"Screaming, tugging. She was trying to tear him apart..."

Warnings: Dead Dove | Obsession | Possession | Non-Con |

Rating: Explicit

Character(s)/Ship(s): Dramione

Word Count: 10,673 words

Summary:

It was the sound of something breaking. His heart. His soul. His world. And he would tear it apart all over again. All to get his hands on hers.

The monster that had been silent all these years. It was here. It had come. Draco was done ignoring it. And it wanted her.

It's Like You Never Had Wings by @left0utsideal0ne

"The jar has become a fixation. Hermione finds herself staring at it for hour..."

Warnings: Canon Divergence | Morally Grey Hermione | Violence |

Rating: Mature

Character(s)/Ship(s): Hermione Granger & Rita Skeeter

Word Count: 1,264 words

Summary:

Unwavering determination makes her a force to be reckoned with. Anyone who dares to cross Hermione quickly learns the error of their ways, as Rita Skeeter discovered firsthand.

Or, Hermione loses it (as she should) and Skeeter gets what's coming to her

Marked for Death by @byanca-black-writes

"They’d had only one fleeting, blissful year together before the cruel truth surfaced..."

Warnings: MCD | Terminal Illness | Hurt/Comfort | Hermione POV |

Rating: Mature

Character(s)/Ship(s): Dramione

Word Count: 2,549 words

Summary: Draco Malfoy is dying. The magic of the Dark Mark is slowly corrupting his body, spreading through him until death inevitably claims him. And no matter how hard she tries, there’s nothing Hermione can do to stop it.

Son of Narcissa by somnophiliasweetheart

"His eyes scanned the surface, searching for any movement, praying for a glimpse of her..."

Warnings: Recluse!Draco | Creature!Hermione | Angst | Tragedy |

Rating: Explicit

Character(s)/Ship(s): Draco Malfoy & Hermione Granger

Word Count: 6,279 words

Summary: Draco, the lonely son of Night and Darkness, is subjected to a world of pain and neglect. His only solace is his sister Hermione, a mysterious creature in the lake.

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

[fiourish-and-blotts]

Flourish and Blott's is hosting a Halloween Fest! You can submit your prompts here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/All_Hallows_Eve_Fest/requests We're going to have this fest open all year although promoting will take place only during September and October. All ships are welcome including dead dove (it is Halloween after all 😉) . Please make sure to curate your own experience by minding the tags.

[thetorturedpoetsfest]

Welcome to Day 7 of The Tortured Poets Fest!

Click the links listed below to check out all of the content our lovely Tortured Poets have created for all of us today! (and go to our bio to access the rest of the AO3 Collection)

🖌 You Should See Your Faces by @crookshanksagentofowca

Ship(s): Bellatrix Black Lestrange/Voldemort, Cygnus Black III & Bellatrix Lestrange, Druella Rosier Black & Bellatrix Black Lestrange, Walburga Black & Bellatrix Black Lestrange, Bellatrix Black Lestrange & Arcturus Black

Rating: T

Summary:

The Blacks are not pleased when they find out about Bellatrix's affair with the Dark Lord but she won't let that stop her. 

✍️ loml by @bluedahlia912

Ship(s): Regulus Black/James Potter and Sirius Black/Remus Lupin

Rating: M

Summary:

Grief is all-consuming.

No one really talks about that—the way it crashes over you whenever you least expect it, even years down the road.

You are given a period of mourning, shrouded in black—a few weeks, perhaps, and then you’re expected to move on, ready to face the world with a smile.

But what if the secret love of your life was also the loss of your life?

For James Potter, losing Regulus Black was as colossal, as *defining*, as loving him.

Now, he spends his time dancing with phantoms, struggling to survive.

🗝 Spider in the web by Scribblesofamadlibra 

Ship(s): Ted Tonks/Andromeda Black

Rating: M

Summary:

Andromeda Black fears her mother's yule celebration nearly as much as she fears a life trapped in the web of her family's ideologies. Will she have the mettle to break free?

or

Andromeda Black has had enough.

📜 Two Graves, One Gun by ErisMornsGhost 

Ship(s): Hermione Granger/Harry Potter, Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy (minor), Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter/Daphne Greengrass

Rating: E

Summary:

In the fallout of their victory in the War, Hermione is forced to re-examine her life, her dreams, and her friendships. Caught in a damning cycle of push/pull with her best friend, Hermione must determine if it’s love (or is it leaving?) that will save her soul?

🕯 pick your poison, babe by cosmic_kate @ktsaysthings

Ship(s): Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy

Rating: E

Summary:

Hermione walks into the bar with a Ron Weasley shaped hole in her heart and a lilac skirt that fits her like a second skin. Her idea of getting him back doesn’t go exactly as planned.

Inspired by imgonnagetyouback by Taylor Swift.

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Be sure to check our page for Day 8’s reveals! Until then, Tortured Poets <3

🩶 Your mods,

@wolfpadx @multiimoments @heartsoncover @lemonlans @mercurial-witch @steveahoi damagecontrol & shewritesmaybe

[hp-fanfic-archive]

@hprecfest Day 25: Holiday (National Holiday) Fic

Après Ski by @scullymurphy [Hermione/Draco, M, 9k]

Ginny's let a ski chalet in Switzerland for a pre-Christmas weekend with friends. It's beautiful, cozy and festive, but there aren't enough beds, which means Hermione and Draco will (reluctantly) have to share. And then, of course, they get snowed in…

Mutual pining my beloved <3. This fic is so delightful, and has really amazing characterizations. I really really love this friends to lovers dynamic (and of course the oh so classic There’s Only One Bed trope). A really good read!

[wwreversetropefest2024]

🎄 Just for fun 🎄

The deadline for the fest is dwindling down, but that doesn't mean you can't write a reverse trope for yourself! What's another common holiday trope you'd love to see twisted? 🎄

➡️ AO3 Collection Page ⬅️

[inastarlesssky]

Oh my poor Draco, I'm putting him through the ringer in this one.

[lhrryonce]

No remedy for broken hearts

pairing: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy

rating: M

WIP: 4/?

summary:

When Draco and Astoria can’t find a cure for Astoria’s mysterious illness, in a last-ditch attempt to save her life, they consult with Healer Granger.

It'll be too little, too late.

-

“What time am I meeting you at St. Mungo's later?” he asked, not lifting his eyes from his plate.

“I am meeting with Healer Granger at 4 pm. You don’t have to come. I can ask Daphne or Mother to escort me.”

“I have cleared my schedule,” Draco replied drily. How could she assume he had anything more important to do than accompany her? He tried to mask his annoyance. “I want to see what this all entails. I'm not convinced, still.”

“Well, you don’t have to be,” she replied, “I have made my decision. If this is the best option I have right now, I am not going to waste it." She was looking at him now, almost challengingly.

“Roscher said you might get worse in the beginning.”

“I am aware of what he said, I was paying attention.” Unlike you. She didn’t have to say that part.

“I was paying attention.”

“You were occluding,” she snapped.

{read on ao3}

[hp-soulmates-secret-santa]

🌿Tangled In You🌿 for @dramioneendgamealways RATING: Teen and Up LENGTH: 810 words TAGS: Post-War, POV Hermione Granger, Tattooed Draco Malfoy, Rolled Sleeves Agenda, when he calls her 'mine', Praise Kink SUMMARY: Hermione's alone, hot under the pressure of her work and her husband's thoughts of her. A fluffy, post-marital flirt sess!

🌿Peels🌿 for MitsukiSirya RATING: General Audiences LENGTH: 3,330 words TAGS: : Soulmates AU, brief mention of canon-typical violence SUMMARY: Is there really magic in everything? Oh? What about an apple? I don’t like the apple skins, so those can’t be magic, right? What could be magical about that?

🌿Silver and Gold🌿 for razzleberrie RATING: General Audiences LENGTH: 6,301 words TAGS: Secret Santa SUMMARY: Draco & Hermione. A cabin. A wedding. Rings. And snow. What could possibly happen?

🌿Marked by Mistletoe🌿 for @browneyesandhair RATING: Teen and Up LENGTH: 4,481 words TAGS: Ministry Co-workers, Post-War, Fluff, First Kiss, Making Out, Pining Hermione Granger, Cormac McLaggen Being an Asshole, Jealous Draco Malfoy, Oblivious Draco Malfoy, Christmas Fluff SUMMARY: Draco always wondered how he would find his soulmate, but he never considered it could be someone he'd known most of his life...After some silly Christmas shenanigans involving mistletoe, he and his soulmate find their soul marks!