More Potter from J.K.

Dear Class,

I've expanded your reading list for the year to include a new prequel to Harry Potter featuring Sirius Black and James Potter, written by J.K. Rowling herself. The short prequel (800 words) was written to support Dyslexia Action and the English PEN society and is included in a larger collection featuring short pieces by such notables as Neil Gaiman and Margaret Atwood, among others. Each work will be auctioned separately, but a collected volume should go on sale in August, so get your pennies together.

Pictured above is Rowling's sign off, which reads: "From the prequel I am not working on--but that was fun!" So a mere 800 words it must be for us, the eager fans.

Still, if you ache for more Potter, perhaps some good fan fiction will ease the pain. If you've ever delved into the world of fanfic, you'll soon learn that much of it is bad. Quite bad. But there are some gems in the mix. For your reading pleasure, as we wait for the "prequel," and Breaking Dawn in August (for you, V), I've collected some very good fanfics here (mind the ratings, younglings [for you, Jedi J]):

"Never Enough" by evanesco75, which begins with Molly Weasley's murder! Aah! So good.
"The Price of Love" by RogueSugah , which I read over two long flights and nearly burned my eyes out of their sockets because I couldn't put it down.
"Ginny Weasley and the Curse of the Firstborn" by Anniepenrose, and surprisingly, a Ginny/Draco story, which, surprisingly, made me love Draco.

That's enough reading for today, class. Quiz tomorrow.

Prof. H