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Recipient: songquake
Author: slytherite
Title: Fostering Witch-Muggle Understanding
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Hestia Jones/Petunia Dursley, background Vernon Dursley/Petunia Dursley
Word Count: 13,848
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): * Adultery in a dying marriage, homophobia, a few swears, and strongly implied sex. *.
Summary: One can learn a lot from a freak, Hestia Jones discovers, if one is willing to take the time to listen.
Author's Notes: Songquake requested plot, canon compliance, homo/bisexuality, and collisions between the wizarding and Muggle worlds; the last prompt was absolutely irresistible, particularly when Petunia poked her nose into it. Hopefully I’ve done it justice here.
I’d like to thank bethbethbeth for running this fantastic fest, my fandom-unaffiliated sister for telling me that "whirly blades" is not nearly as mellifluous a phrase as I’d thought (and giving me a much-needed prod to finish), and J.K. Rowling for making the whole thing possible.

( Fostering Witch-Muggle Understanding )

Recipient: chantefable
Author/Artist: atdelphi
Title: Snitch
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Viktor Krum/undisclosed
Word Count: ~20,000
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *Anti-Muggle bigotry, hate crimes, and references to genocide*.
Summary: Thorfinn Rowle, Death Eater, is alive and dwelling in Akureyri, Iceland. Ten years after the Battle of Hogwarts, Viktor Krum receives a mysterious letter and becomes entangled with an anonymous informant.
Author's/Artist's Notes: My thanks to F and S for all their help—and thank you, chantefable for the inspiring prompts!

(Mod Note: this story is image heavy; a text-only version can be found here or you can read the original in situ on Delphi's journal here)

( Snitch )

Recipient: injustice_worth

Author: musamihi

Title: The Ministry's Man

Rating: PG-13

Pairings: John Dawlish/Bartemius Crouch (Sr.) (unrequited); John Dawlish/Rufus Scrimgeour.

Word Count: 11,300

Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): * Canon character deaths, dark themes.* 

Summary: John Dawlish has spent his career in the shadows of the Ministry's greatest men. One of the only things they all have in common is that they never stay for long.

Author's Notes: I hope you enjoy, injustice_worth! Your inspiring list of characters was a joy to work from. Many, many thanks to M for beta-reading – all remaining mistakes are my own. And thanks, of course, to the wonderful mod, for running such a fantastic fest.

( The Ministry's Man )