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Mutants and Magic: A Look At America’s Hogwarts
BY KEVIN MICHAEL DERBY Even with Rowling’s vivid imagination, lively characters, and fantastical setting, Hogwarts was familiar.
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Legend of the Lost: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 8: A Death-Eater’s Tale
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “I was 19 when I went on my first raid, to kill or capture a wizard most outspoken in the opposition who was hiding in the muggle world.”
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The Path of Merlin: A Harry Potter Poem
BY TIMOTHY MATHER Harry Potter walks between worlds, magical or muggle, where power is more of a burden than a gift.
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The May Fair: A Harry Potter Story
BY BLUEWATER5 “Hi, mate!” a man in a striped shirt cheerily waved to them. “I can tell your young’uns are ready to win a fantastic prize!”
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Moments: A Harry Potter Story
BY DANIKA COOPER “Lil,” her husband’s voice tore her from her thoughts, and he started. “There’s no time; we have to get out of here.”
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Too Many Wrackspurts: A Harry Potter Story
“Too many Wrackspurts,” she said sadly, a small frown marring her otherwise smooth forehead. “They’re messing with your memory.”
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Testament: A Star Trek Serial – Chapter 9
M.C. PEHRSON “Vulcans find it difficult to express gratitude. Always we strive to be self-sufficient and correct in every detail, so as to spare the pride.”
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F&F Summer 2017: Harry Potter Issue
Can’t see the issue? Read it on issuu.com or as a PDF. Table of Contents: Take Good Care of Her – SheankelorLeaving a Mark – Bradley J. BirzerA Hollow Promise – Kat ClementsGrandparents Day – BlueWater5Everyone Loves… Snape? – Sarah LevesqueThe Dentist – Prunus PadusMy Duty Forbids It – Avellina BalestriAltering Eternity – NiafLessons from
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Meet Clive
Meet Clive, our very own Tyrannosaurus Dragon and mascot! He may not be able to really fly or use those short arms of his, and he might be a bit clumsy, but that only makes him more adorable! Clive was born during a quote discussion between our editors, finally being allowed ‘real’ status after a
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The Elf and the Orc: Chapter 9
BY BRITTANY KELLER “So that myth I heard as a child about there once being two Elvish Sorceresses, twins…it was truth?”
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Lessons From Geekhood: Being Proud of My Inner Slytherin
BY REIKHART ODINSTHRALL By and large, few people want to be selected for Slytherin, because that is where the “bad” people go.
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Legend of the Lost: A Harry Potter Serial – Chapter 7: Black Hills, White Snow
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI “Don’t keep fighting what you know you are. The boy with the factory smudges, who became a prince of darkness. Let it flow through you.”
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Squib Sisters: A Harry Potter Story
“We would like to inform you that, because of their exemplary magical talents, Averonna and Cheryce Pickersgill are invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.”
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Black Flame: A Harry Potter Story
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI Am I alive? Am I dead? Is this truly my hell, my eternal black flame that blazes around me for all that I have done and failed to do?
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A Hidden Hero: The Importance of Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter Series
BY HANNAH VINCENT It is in The Deathly Hallows that Ron’s character blossoms fully, revealing a man who longs to protect his loved ones.
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Shattered Mirror: A Snow Queen Poem
“The Queen of Ice sat proud upon her throne; her one-time child-pawn toyed at her feet…”
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Three Taps: A Game of Thrones Story
BY 1000th GHOST “You couldn’t say it out loud. But could you…” He thought for a moment. “It doesn’t have to be verbal.”
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Testament: A Star Trek Serial – Chapter 8
BY M.C. PEHRSON “This life is one of trials. You must never value peace above truth. Listen, my coming will drive a wedge between father and son, mother and daughter.”
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The Elf and the Orc: Chapter 8
BY BRITTANY KELLER “Orc or Elf, we’re the same on some level. Orcs are not as bad as your people seem to make us out to be.”
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Why I Avoid Sorcery in My Fantasy Novels
BY KARA SWANSON Often times, in fantasy novels, the term “sorcerer” is not even used in the correct context of literal sorcery.