My Selections from the 2023 HP Rec Fest

December 26, 2023

Happy New Year! Here, have some recs.

I dabble on Tumblr (I’m @Squibstress there), a platform I don’t entirely grasp because I have a serious case of the Olds. But I did manage to participate in the 2023 HP Rec Fest, which just concluded, so I thought I’d share my selections here because fic authors can never get enough love.

Each day had a theme, which was fun, and I highly recommend checking out the fest account to see all the fabulous stories that were recced there.

A Favorite Fic under 5k

For Him – Bil
All the wild summer was in her gaze – eldritcher
The Eyes Have It – lash_larue
The Strange Heart Beating Where It Lies – eldritcher

A Comfort Fic

Peace and Happiness – sirmioneforever
Reunions – pangaeaseas
Resurfacing – zaleti
Flipping the Elephant – therealsnape
Take a Break – arcticcat621

A Fic with Art

Bringing up Babymort – mywitch & groot
Slumming with Staff – mywitch
The Headmaster’s Closet – cabepfir

A Non-AO3 Fic

Dark Nights – Morgan72uk
The Thing About Travelling – anonymous

A Fest Fic

Ombra mai fu, Being the Beginning of the Very True Story of Minerva McGonagall and Elphinstone Urquart – tetleythesecond
A Taste of Life – therealsnape
A Night at the Opera – themightyflynn

An Unreliable Narrator Fic

Bridgerwarts – kellychambliss

A Canon-Compliant Fic

A Broomstick Built for Two – Spin84

A Canon-Divergence Fic

Death’s Dominion – MMADfan
All Things Happen for a Reason – madelone

A Rare Pair Fic

The Art of Preservation – yletylyf
Love Is a Battlefield – lash_larue
Safe As Houses – wwmrsweasleydo
Sunlight in the Garden – lyras
The Vultures of Love – dueltastic

A Dark Fic

O Frabjous Day – eldritcher
Only Right – kellychambliss
The Headmaster – kellychambliss

A WIP You're Following

Year of the Thestral – perverse_idyll

A Fic with over 100k Words

A Slant-Told Tale – squibstress

A Favorite Series

Adela – kelly_chambliss
The Minerva Quartet – eldritcher
Resolving a Misunderstanding – MMADfan
Nox Lumina – eudaemonia
The Ways of Minerva – margaretrevie

The Most Recent Fic You Bookmarked

Untitled (A Patronus Is) – thatsaddifferentstory

A Fic That Made You Laugh

Circumstances of a Small and Accidental Nature – dueltastic
Old Friends and New Ones – pyttan
Only Technically Dead – themightyflynn
Two Capable Women – therealsnape

A Fic That Made You Cry

Catmint – Asenora
The Many Uses of Lavender – evilbean

A Fairy-Tale-Inspired Fic

Golem – eldritcher
Sleeping Beauty – shiv5468

Fic with the Hottest Smut

Liars – DaphneRunning
You’re Always Welcome at the Three Broomsticks – rayvyn2k
Venus & Adonis – MarsEverlasting

A Fic Rated G

I Pray You, Be Merry – too_dle-oo
Once Burned – Alchemine

An Unfinished Fic

A Long Vernal Season – MMADfan

A Soulmate Fic

The Way It Should Have Been – margaretrevie

A Holiday Fic

A Christmas Fairytale with Sex and Goats – dueltastic
Four Christmases Pomona Sprout Loved and One She Hated – kellychambliss
Filius Flitwick’s Christmas – therealsnape
The Rose That Lived – milotzi

A Fic Rated T

A Little Crooked – tea_for_luping
Earth is the right place for love – eldritcher

A Fic with an Ending You Can't Stop Thinking About

Haeligeweille – redsnake05
Monster Mash: I Asked My Love – Milotzi

A Muggle AU Fic

Half-Term Saturday – therealsnape

A Pre-Canon Fic

A Toxic and Tender Time – psyfic
Witness – kelly_chambliss
Winter Bloom – titc
Highlnd Fling – delphipsmith
Seared with Scars – ts_whatnot

A Post-Canon Fic

15 Years, 5 Months and 1 Week – Morgan72k

A Fav among Faves

Hold the Line – eldritcher
We Change the Nature of Things – dueltastic
Right Nor Wrong – kelly_chambliss
The Steadfast Tin Soldier – selmak
The Reluctant Phoenix – purplefluffycat