Essayel

The Mattress by Essayel
11/24/2003

As another day dawns, Sirius Black confides to Remus his suspicions that they and the rest of the inmates of the Fan Fiction Factory are merely cogs in the wheels of some great and sinister conspiracy. "If we are imaginary," he suggests, "then surely our imaginations are as valid as anyone else's." Remus thinks he has a point. Severus thinks he's talking through his hat. Tarzan wants another banana. Join them in the Fanficfactory for another day of saving the world as we know it.

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Chapters: 4
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Saving Face by Essayel
11/20/2003

James and Sirius both have one and Remus doesn't see why he shouldn't have one too! A 7th year Marauders tale of face fungus and revenge!

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On his way to gather ‘the old crowd’, Sirius has a frightening encounter. What is a wizard to do when he knows he is about to die? Drive his best friend to distraction and beyond, that’s what! Silly challenge fic written before OotP so now totally AU.

Words: 10,633
Chapters: 1
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Guilty Conscience by Essayel
07/05/2003

Antidote to denial fics! An author sleeps and a character cruelly done away with comes to exact his retribution.

Words: 991
Chapters: 1
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Writer's Block by Essayel
06/01/2003

A writer labours over her keyboard distracted by two men who have taken up residence in the cottage next door. Frankly they are both too gorgeous for words. Then a happy holiday flirtation turns into something much more dangerous.``This story takes up a few months after the finish of Black Dog and, I hope, answers an outstanding question or two.

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For Old Times Sake by Essayel
05/22/2003

Alone in the house Madame Mercator, Daily Prophet astrologer, is uneasy. Her own horoscope has warned her that she might meet an old friend and now her crystal ball seems to be trying to tell her something....then there's a knock at the door!

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Black Dog by Essayel
04/20/2003

After a battle when the smoke rises, survivors look about them with gratitude and grief and find some way of coping. Some find forgetfulness in the arms of a lover, some oblivion in the comforting depths of a bottle but there are alternatives. From the heart of the battlefield rises a heart-broken howl and a black dog with foam flecked jaws streaks away. If life as a human is more than one can stand, surely life as a dog will be more bearable?

Words: 50,693
Chapters: 13
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Hagrid's lessons are awful! He needs help to make them more exciting. Sirius was the last person he should have approached for a bright idea.

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The Whore's Tale by Essayel
02/11/2003

"My favourite client, eh? Oh, no question about it. It must be over twenty years since I first saw him, our first meeting in our long and, I’m pleased to think, mutually satisfying business arrangement. I can remember it as though it was yesterday. Remus Lupin - I ask you.Wouldn't you have thought he could come up with a better name than that?" A 'working girl' reminisces.

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George Moran, museum conservator, is pleased to have finished his latest job. But who wrote the Principia Paper? Who are R and W and S and J? What will this stick do if he waves it?

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Too Tired To Think by Essayel
09/05/2002

Sirius has offended Remus, not so much for what he said as when and why. This is nothing new in their long friendship but now that their relationship has taken a new turn will Remus accept Sirius’ excuses?

Words: 2,415
Chapters: 1
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