Eight Hundred Words

Fellow fans, may we present...

( ...the final MASTER LIST of ficlets with author names! )

We had thirteen fics from twelve authors dealing with all kinds of themes, including friendship, romance, marriage, gender politics, sex, and families. All the members of the Mauraders generation got a chance to shine--including Peter! Romance, humor, angst, we wrote it all.

We also had more than a hundred comments from readers--we love you, readers!--and about forty guesses at authors. And the most intrepid fic detectives among you? (As of midnight last night?)

* In a turn of brilliance that's actually a bit intimidating, participant elsane managed to deduce the author of no fewer than nine--yes, we said nine--of the ficlets. Congratulations, Elsane! The perceptive readers secretsolitaire and mindabbles both correctly guessed three authors each.

* The most recognizable authors? snegurochka_lee, whose ficlet "Bachelor Auction" was identified correctly by no less than five people, and minnow_53, whose ficlet "The Years Before You Came" was identified by four.

* The least recognizable author? magnetic_pole, whose "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" was the only fic that went completely unidentified. (Although she was flattered to find you thought she wrote several other wonderful ficlets.)

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Thanks so much to everyone for playing--reading, commenting, guessing, writing, enjoying the first war again, remembering how much we can say in just a couple hundred words. This has been such a delight, everyone! Finally, magnetic_pole would like to offer special thanks to sambethe, who volunteered to help out and wound up doing all the work. Thanks, K.

Thanks so much, everyone!
sambethe and magnetic_pole

800_words ficlets are public! Drop by the comm, take a look at these fabulous ficlets about the MWPP era, and leave a comment and a bit of love for the authors.

( Master list of ficlets! )

For the fic detectives among you, each ficlet ends with a poll asking you to guess the author. To get you started, here's the list of authors who participated in the challenge:

cho_malfoy
crooked
elsane
florahart
innerslytherin
joanwilder
kuro_nyoko
magnetic_pole
minnow_53 (two entries)
rose71
snegurochka_lee
westernredcedar

When we reveal the authors on Wednesday, we'll also let you know which sleuths were most successful at unmasking our anonymous authors.

Enjoy these coffee break-sized fics!
Sambethe and Maggie

Title: Ten Years
Author: kuro_nyoko
Characters: James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew
Pairing: Remus/Sirius, if you squint a little.
Summary: The Marauders talk of their future the night before they leave for their last Christmas holiday at Hogwarts.
Rating: PG-13 for language and themes.
Warnings: Drug and alcohol use, and language, too, I suppose.
Notes: Un-beta'd, all mistakes are mine.

( Ten Years )

Poll #1201823
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None, participants: 3

Take a guess and tell us who wrote this ficlet.

Title: The First Mistake
Author: westernredcedar
Summary: James Potter saved Severus Snape from a werewolf. Really. He did.
Characters: James Potter, Severus Snape
Rated: PG-13 (language)

( The First Mistake )

Poll #1201814
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None, participants: 3

Take a guess and tell us who wrote this ficlet.

Title: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Author: magnetic_pole
Characters: Lily Evans
Summary: This is no way to start a family, with a lie.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Dark themes, discussion of abortion, implied infidelity
Notes: 1600 words, I’m afraid. I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time. (Blaise Pascal, Muggle mathematician, scientist, philosopher, and fellow procrastinator)

( The Hand That Rocks the Cradle )

Poll #1201794
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None, participants: 4

Take a guess and tell us who wrote this ficlet.

Title: The Werewolf Who Was a Ghost
Author: rose71
Characters: Remus, Sirius
Summary: What did Remus really do for a living during the First War?
Rating: PG

( The Werewolf Who Was a Ghost )

Poll #1201787
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None, participants: 6

Take a guess and tell us who wrote this ficlet.

Title: In Between the Lightning Flashes
Author: innerslytherin
Characters: Remus Lupin/Peter Pettigrew
Summary: When the Marauders have Order missions, Peter keeps vigil. One night, Remus joins him.
Rating: PG
Warnings: Angst
Notes: Thanks to my super-fast beta-reader, who knows who she is.

( In Between the Lightning Flashes )

Poll #1201781
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None, participants: 4

Take a guess and tell us who wrote this ficlet.

Title: Bachelor Auction
Author: snegurochka_lee
Characters: James/Sirius
Summary: "Come on, Padfoot, don't cause a scandal. I promised Lily's mum my lads would behave."
Rating: hard R
Warnings: None!
Notes: I dare you, Ms Rowling. Come on, do it this way. I dare you. :) Also, 800 words exactly, whee!

( Bachelor Auction )

Poll #1201766
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None, participants: 6

Take a guess and tell us who wrote this ficlet.

Title: Woman's Work
Author: elsane
Characters: Lily Evans, Edgar Bones
Summary: Lily's first day at work doesn't go quite as she expected.
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Notes: If I had an extra 200 words I'd throw in a subtexty allusion to a certain ship, but otherwise this is what I'd want from new canon. Thanks to She-Knows-Who for the beta.

( Woman's Work )

Poll #1201729
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None, participants: 4

Take a guess and tell us who wrote this ficlet.

Title: Silver Bells And Cockle Shells
Author: minnow_53
Characters: Lily/James, Remus/Sirius
Summary: Remus has doubts at Lily and James’s wedding.
Rating: PG

( It’s impossible not to watch the clock... )

Poll #1201556
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None, participants: 4

Take a guess and tell us who wrote this ficlet.