These were both written for the Literary Drabble challenge at SBBC on MNFF. I had a lot of fun that month. So the titles in brackets under the titles of the drabbles are the names of the works that inspired them.

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Percy has always put his trust in the Ministry, to the detriment of all else. But when does "trust" become "turning a blind eye"?

As the war progresses, Percy begins to have doubts - doubts that will, eventually, lead him back towards his family.

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A story that re-imagines Grendel not as the monstrous descendant of Cain but as a prince of the trolls of Scandinavia - and tells the story of his subsequent confrontation and death at the hands of Beowulf from a different perspective.

NB: I wrote this about two years ago - be warned.

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Hugh is a scribe living at a wizarding monastery called St Kentigern's Priory. His peaceful life is shattered when Muggles come, seeking his and his brothers' lives for the crime of witchcraft. And during the melee, Hugh makes the worst mistake of his life...

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Severus Snape is undoubtedly a man who has had more than his fair share of adversity. And he is also a man twisted by his experiences. What childhood experiences, only hinted at in the memories Harry accidentally saw during Occlumency lessons, helped mold Snape into the Death Eater he later became?

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