Fanfic set in books

[Ebony]

No: HPFGUIDX 8174

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Kathleen Kelly MacMillan 
<kathleen at c...> wrote:
> I have noticed a small but growing number of fanfics that take 
place during the times of the books and show what might have been 
happening "offstage".  Is there a term for these kind of fics?

I've seen them called "alternate --- year" fics, Kathy.  I don't know 
if there's a term for them.

> As an R/H shipper (but mostly as someone who just likes both Ron 
and Hermione better than Harry), I really enjoy these, because they 
often feature Ron and/or Hermione, and because I also like to 
speculate about what's going on offstage.  When I started writing 
this, I was all ready to reel off a list of some that I had read, but 
of course now I am blanking!  I guess "The Other Kiss" counts, even 
though it's technically right after GoF, and the only other 
> one that comes to mind right away is "Masquerade", which despite 
being H/H is very good. 

Both of those stories are on my ff.net favorites page... even with my 
ship preference and being unsympathetic to Ron, I really think B 
Bennett's "The Other Kiss" is very plausible and good.  Masquerade is 
also on the page.

Check out "Fallen Grace"... she's young but a good writer.  She's 
also R/H.  So is Zsenya... she's a member of this list.  During this 
vacation I've read and reviewed all of her fics.  I love what she's 
done with Ron.  The fic occurs during the summer after GoF when Ron 
goes to visit Hermione.  Mature, interesting writing... cute 
storyline... that should keep you busy for a while.

Among the newest adolescent and teen writers at ff.net, I think that 
the better ones are R/H... the majority H/H during canon fics I've 
read are for the most part pretty badly written.  (Speaking of which, 
Kathy, I was surprised to find that you're strongly R/H... I'll 
always be grateful to you for posting about "Yours and Yours and 
Yours" by wotan to the PoU list.) 

--Ebony