Whoops HPSA's alive-- and an idea

[icarus]

I have an idea.

The benefit of the HPSA was not that people picked the greatest Harry Potter stories ever, but that the HPSA collected, democraticly, a large number high-quality recs in various pairings and ratings.

Many of you know that I talked to Natalie of the HPSA about a complimentary contest, the details of which are not needed here as tinderblast pointed out some fundamental flaws in my idea (yeah, she was right).

A Nominations Page
Fool that I am, I'm creating a nominations page on my site.

Here's how it works:
1 - Give me a link, an author's name and email, pairing, rating & summary (and any warnings please).
2 - I'll post it in my LJ.
3 - If someone seconds the nomination, then I'll add the link to my site (with credit to the person who recommended it).

This is open to any pairing, any rating, Gen, Slash, Chan, Mpreg, Squidfic, Femmeslash -- whatever. It is not subject to my tastes, nor am I allowed to nominate or second anything myself. (Ah, democracy!) I only request (unenforceable of course) that people not nominate (or second) their own work.

Now I'm rather busy and an utter fool to do this, so links will be added on my availability of time and personal whim. But I'll try to get them up once a month or so. Without further ado...

The Nominations Are Now Open!

You can nominate anything, but if we need focus (or an idea scratcher) let's see some Fred/George.

Comments

[rane-ab.livejournal.com]

The Longest Time (www.sockiipress.org/~luthien/snapeff/archive/longest.html) by Becca SS/??, NC-17
This is a short story that somehow always manages to make me smile. One night, Snape receives a letter, and he writes back. But who is the mysterious writer? It's hot, it's funny, and you won't be able to decide whether to keep reading the interactions or skipping to the end to see who the writer is.

Sedation in Agony (Closed-doors.cyberbree.com/archive/sedation.html)/Closer to Redemption (Closed-doors.cyberbree.com/archive/redemption.html) by Hazelnut (umbrarumregni) SS/RL, NC-17, non-con
This is a darkfic. This is non-con. Explicit and very violent non-con. If you're easily squicked by this kind of thing, please don't read it.
These two fics take place during PoA, at a time where Remus believes Sirius has indeed betrayed him and their friends. And Remus longs to forget... This was the first non-con fic I'd ever read, and at the time, the characterisation completely blew my mind away. In the meantime, I've read my share of fics with remarkable characterisation, but this remains one of my favourites. Especially, Closer to Redemption, which is told from Snape's POV. Twisting and chilling.