Fest rec: Salt & Pepper

[paulamcg]

Posting has been completed at the Salt & Pepper Fest. Now there's an exceptionally wonderful opportunity to check out everything in a small anonymous AO3 collection (here), or all the fest entries in a lovely DW community (here: hp_goldenage).

Unlike, in my experience, almost every fest in our huge HP fandom these days, Salt & Pepper is not restricted to particular pairings, characters and/or tropes. The only requirement is that the protagonists in the works must be not exactly young (but at least fifty years old). Still, this diverse fest's size has remained manageable for any reader and commenter. This year six of the stories are clearly shorter than 4K words, and three are between 5K and 6K words.

And the single long story at the fest is an excellently-written, touching and thoughtful exploration of two fabulously-portrayed witches and of the developments in their lives and relationship:

I see a great deal of myself in you (Andromeda/Augusta, 20K words) by Anonymous

Comments

[eldritcher_fic]

Congratulations on your continued prolific output in writing for one more fest! I am hoping to make it to My Little Head this week, since I have been saving it as a treat.

I am dramatically behind on reading and writing and replies. My head's been woolly and it's full of war and miserable things.

[paulamcg]

Thank you for commenting here! You've assumed correctly that I have taken part in this fest as a writer, too (and if you've glanced at the collection, you've probably recognised my fic, even though it's not the only one I haven't commented on). In the end, I did come up with a story for Salt & Pepper, and I managed to sign up just before the deadline. (That story isn't even half miserable, and I'm rather fond of it myself.)

Oh, I can't really rec my Fireside Tale as a treat! I've been aware that the title alone is off-putting enough, even though Your Little Head doesn't need to be interpreted as referring to the reader's head. :) My second-person protagonist's head is definitely full of miserable things, and I hope you'll find something lovely to read that will make you feel better!