Early, Early Spring: Professor Sinistra Reflects by Oregonian

Rated: 1st-2nd Years •
Summary: I didn't know much about Professor Sinistra, the Astronomy Professor, until I wrote her last summer in my story Dark Enough To See The Stars. This poem shows a more personal side of her, even as she references her astronomical knowledge every day. This poem is part of my series (Winter At The Castle, Autumn At The Castle) describing castle life in all the seasons of the year, using various poetic styles. Did Professor Sinistra have a brother? Well, now she does.

Winner of 2015 Quicksilver Quill Award, Best Poetry

Perfect Catch by Arnel

Rated: 1st-2nd Years •
Summary: Waking up in the hospital wing wasn’t Harry’s idea of fun. However, the results of his stay might just prove to be more pleasant than he imagined.

Winner of the Best Game Action Award in the SIYE Quidditch Challenge.

Snappy Snape by Shena

Rated: 1st-2nd Years •
Summary: Snape is in a terrible mood. Why? Because he’s starting his first year at Hogwarts. What is Snape’s pet hate? People. Especially people who take an interest in him. His life is not going to be easy.

Waning by Oregonian

Rated: 1st-2nd Years •
Summary: The light and warmth are waning as winter approaches. What that implies depends on who and where you are.

Written for the 2014 Independent Study Poetry Class on the Beta Forums.

The Skeletons' Tale by Oregonian

Rated: 1st-2nd Years •
Summary: "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," wrote Shakespeare. This story arose from a 500-word drabble in a Beta Forum challenge, presenting a character who gained new and startling information about his ancestry and acted upon it. I expanded the drabble into a full story for my Creative Writing class at the local community college, necessarily deleting obvious mentions of magic and changing the characters' names. Thus, Draco, Astoria, and Scorpius Malfoy have disguised themselves as Denis, Aurelie and Silvestre Paridelle, and the Death Eaters are masquerading as Nazis, with a little jiggering of the timeline to accommodate the date difference between the Second Wizarding War and the Second World War.
With its Harry Potter roots thus concealed, the story was well-received by my instructor and classmates; nobody suspected a thing, but you, my readers, will instantly see and understand everything.

Thanks to my instructor and classmates for being my unwitting beta readers. Their comments and suggestions were valuable and improved the story greatly. The story is rated Alternate Universe for the accommodations that had to be made, but I hope you will enjoy it anyway.

Graves by Oregonian

Rated: 1st-2nd Years •
Summary: In December of 1997, Harry visits his parents' graves in Godric's Hollow and realizes that they are the end toward which we all are headed.

Written for the Sixth Annual October Triathlon: Race to Hallowe'en.
Inspired by this fragment of verse:
We do lie beneath the grass
In the moonlight, in the shade
Of the yew-tree. They that pass
Hear us not. We are afraid
They would envy our delight
In our graves by glow-worm light.
—”Thomas Beddoes, Dirge

Nominated for 2015 Quicksilver Quill Award, Best Poetry

Ginny's Big Decision by dg04

Rated: 1st-2nd Years •
Summary: After Dumbledore's Funeral, Harry tells Ginny that they can't be together anymore since he is going on the Horcrux Hunt. However, Ginny has a better idea for herself and Harry.

Argus Filch by BrokenPromise

Rated: 1st-2nd Years •
Summary: Written for the Anniversary Challenge v3 over on the boards - a double dactyl about a much maligned character.

The Sparrow and the Wolf by Nagini Riddle

Rated: 1st-2nd Years •
Summary: Remus receives some interesting council after one horrendous werewolf transformation, but he doesn't really take the advice...

Written for the 2014 Random Song Title Challenge

Through the Mines by Nagini Riddle

Rated: 1st-2nd Years •
Summary: Tom Riddle remarks on the power he held while at the orphanage and at school.

Written for the 2014 Random Song Title challenge