Happy birthday, dear Severus. May you live beyond the end of the seventh book and find happiness of your choice.

( Top Ten HGSS WIPs )

I've read all the gifts so far delivered in the SSHG Exchange. I liked many of them, some were terribly interesting, but... I am listing here only the stories without any buts whatsoever. Thank you, anonymous authors. I am looking forwart to learning who you are.

For the Present I Speak Your EchoI was carried by the story and bumped into the ( Read more... )

True Colors by Elephas
Complete in 5 chapters. Unpretentious but well well done. Snape the outcast captured in New Zealand and left in St. Mungo's to die. But, Hermione works there as a Healer.

Shimmer by Aoibheann
One-shot. An optimistic Snape, OMG!

Fade by southern_witch_69
One-shot. A sad sad take on surviving the pain of loss and loving again. Read only when necessary. It hurts.

On the Road That I Have Taken by Humanity74Chapter 50. This comes after such a long time that I'd completely forgotten that it was a WIP. I remember the main issue (loop) as resolved, but it wasn't really. I had to go back to several chapters in order to remember where we were. This is a "one of a kind" plot, well written and still open for very ( Read more... )

The Man Who Sold the World by MeggoryChapter 26 has come in. This is one of top-10 WIPs of mine and also the only one in its category. Although I have read a few other stories about the world with Voldemort in charge, some of them good, no other made me believe that the author knows what it is like to live under occupation. My hair stood on end ( Read more... )

Accountable by Dyce
Finally a story I can recommend with all my heart. Four chapters so far, a pregnant Hermione with full responsibility and no guilt (yet), a ghost Dumbledore, a mellowed Draco, a lovable Ginny and a shell-shocked Snape who is just like himself, but not for long. The story moves at a brisk pace, streight towards the Outstanding

Looking for Magic by Hypnobarb
Chapter 57, Hypnobarb was bitten by another scientific bug. Great.

Between the Darkness and the Light by Potion Mistress
Chapter 3, after a close encounter with Murderer!Snape, Hermione is back in the Order, with a story she must no tell them (or us). Seems interesting, so far. Snape is rather violent.

Loyalty brings its own rewards by BFerret
Hufflepuff matchmaking campaign. Very skillful processing of canon concept of Hogwarts house qualities. A big plot captured in very few words. An outstanding small story that I will remember longer than hundreds of longer (and shorter) ones.

Keyhole by Fleab
Good. Horrible and sad, but good. Snape turned sadistic killer by an insert in his brain. When Hermione pulls her weight to have it cut out, he cannot stand the memory of his deeds. Six chapters.