Themed list: epistolary fics
Posted on August 24, 2007
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What I take:
- fics where letters take a considerable amount of fic space or are vital to the plot.
King Draco’s code (what I don’t take):
- fics where there are, say, only several letters quoted in a long fic, so that they don’t play a very important part;
- when you suggest fics, it would do to remember that this is a list of epistolary fics — think if you are able to call a fic that, and if yes, then it probably fits in here;
- no WIPs that have only a chapter or two written;
- no drabbles;
- do not bring fics you haven’t read;
- do not bring fics you didn’t like;
- do me a courtesy, please, do not leave only a link. I’d appreciate the following info: author, title, pairing, rating, WIP status; how the fic fits here. But if you are certain about some fic but don’t remember whose it was or where to find it, just tell me, I’ll try and find it on my own.
Special marks:
# - liked
## - loved
NR - have not read
new - added in the last month or so
These are NOT my recs; it’s just a themed listing.
Check the Unsent Letters Challenge masterlist. Challenge summary: Pick your favorite character (feel free to repeat any character that’s already been done but try to write to different characters), and write their “10 Unsent Letters.”
Fics are sorted in alphabetical order by TITLE (articles excluded).
I. Entirely epistolary fics, which consist only of letters.
II. Fics where correspondence plays an important part but where there’s also simple narration.
36, by Nika (locked)
Harry/Draco; PG.
All Hail James Potter, or Why You Should Both Take A Minute From Your Incessant Shagging To THANK Me, You Ungrateful Gits: A Letter to Mssrs. Sirius O. Black and Remus J. Lupin, from M. James D. Potter, by Jennuine
Sirius/Remus, JP, PG-13, short.
Amidst the Doxies, by Iulia Linnea #
Snape/Harry, other pairings mentioned, NC-17, 6900 words. Genres: Postwar and Humour &/or Crack. Prompt: Career Change. Summary: Adelaide Alderton, an accomplished lady of leisure, now retired and in hiding deceased, makes (discreet) mention in her memoirs of two “celebrated” war heroes. Warnings: highlight in the fic post.
At Any Moment, by OzRatbag2
Snape/Hermione; and Minerva/Albus, story 2 is WiP, R to NC-17, long. Summary: Sometimes, secrets hide in the most unusual places. Diary-type fic; chapters represent diary pages written by characters.
Sequel: At Any Moment II: After the battle is over and some of the secrets are revealed, there are always a few moments more… Epistolary and narrative.
Banter, by ___umbrella (ASH)
Harry/Draco; PG-13; written for contrelamontre letter challenge (February 17-23, 2004).
Black Letters, by memorycharm
Sirius/Remus; PG-13; written for contrelamontre letter challenge (February 17-23, 2004).
Borrowed Time, by Cute Coati (or here) #
Harry/Draco in the past; R, one-shot. Warning: previous character death. Written for session 1 in wizard_trauma, challenge # 21: Character A deals with the loss of a spouse/significant other.
communiquills RPG
From the community info: “Seven years in boarding school is bound to generate more than a few letters to home. That’s what we’re looking to explore here: letters written by Hogwarts students to their parents, their siblings, friends who’ve already left, and anyone else they need to communicate with. We’re looking for you to pick a character and create their owl post.”
Contract of Employment (and associated correspondence), by Penknife #
Gen, PG, one-shot. Author’s note: For challenge #40 (”Contract for employment of a teacher at Hogwarts (including salary, benefits, expectations, code of conduct, etc.”) in the April Non-fiction Fest in Omniocular.
correspondence, by Illstarred #
Harry/Draco; PG. 3 parts are finished and available, part 4 is WIP (on hiatus?).
Correspondences, by Koanju
An exchange of letters between Harry and Sirius.
Cures, by Drusilla Dax and Miranda O’Dowd
Snape/Harry, NC-17. Summary: “Harry and Severus are working together to find a cure for lycanthropy. Harry’s on the moor looking for a flower and Severus is stuck at Hogwarts teaching Potions.”
Dead Letters, by romanculus_ex
Sirius/Remus, PG-13, short. Summary: Three different accounts of how they never got to tell one another they loved them.
Dear Father Christmas, by codenamelily
Gen, PG, short. Summary: “Everyone says that I’m too old to believe in you but I think you must be real, because the Dursleys would never bring me a Christmas present by themselves.”
Dear Halfblood Prince, by Ziasudra
Gen or Harry/Snape pre-slash, one-shot. Summary: “Harry writes Valentine’s Day letters. PostHBP.”
Dear Harry, by Trevelyan S
Harry/Snape; NC-17. Snape writes a letter to Harry.
Dear Remus, by masterofmercury #
Padfoot/Harry, Padfoot/James, Sirius/James, James/Harry; NC-17, one-shot. Warnings: Extremely chan. Mentions of rimming, incest, and bestiality. Harry tried to use ‘big words’. This story might not be suitable for English teachers and grammar Nazis… Summary: “challenge #68 in padfooted: James and Lily lived, but Sirius was still accused of killing Peter, with no way to prove his innocence. The Potters hide him as their pet. Can be gen or any pairing between Sirius, Harry, James and/or Lily. (nimori)”
Dear Ronnie, by ladynutmeg
One-sided Ron/Pettigrew; R. Summary: A letter to Ron.
Each Other To Forgive, by Elfflame (locked)
Harry/Draco, mild R, short. Summary: After the war is over, Harry writes to Draco to find out why he helped him.
Epistolary Romance, by missparaphilia
Harry/Draco, R, short.
The Eumenides and Pallas Harry, by Obsessed One
G, Harry/Snape, a letter from Snape to Harry and Harry’s response to it.
Four Funerals and a Wedding, by Isis (isiscolo)
Hermione/various (all het); humour. A series of Daily Prophet articles reveals Hermione’s strange and deadly…appetites. Written for the Blame Somebody Else Fest.
From Paris, With Love, by Thistlerose
Sirius/Remus; PG-13. Summary: A letter, from Moony to Padfoot, written while on holiday in France.
From the Patient Files of S. Freud and C. Jung, by Zahra (hackthis) #
Harry/Draco, others, PG-13, one-shot.
Fuck You, by kitschxobject
Harry/Draco; PG-13; written for contrelamontre letter challenge (February 17-23, 2004).
_gloriamundi_, by _furorbelli_ (for Draco) and decerto (for Harry).
An experimental co-written project, in the form of letters between Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter. Full info here.
new How I captured my Soul Mate: A Muggle Studies Paper, by love_stoned0_0
Albus/Scorpius, PG-13, short. Summary: on a trip to Muggle London, anything can happen. Dancers, master plans and young love.
In Answering, by reapingfolk
Sirius/Remus; PG; written for contrelamontre letter challenge (February 17-23, 2004).
The Last Words of Severus Snape, by theladyfeylene
Humour, PG. Summary: These are letters to be distributed should Severus Snape be lost in the war.
The Letter, by paranoidkitten
Hermione/Ginny; PG. One fateful morning at breakfast, Hermione receives a letter.
Letter Home, by Rachael Sabotini
Harry/Snape implied. When Harry’s threatened, Neville finds how far he will go.
Lettered, by Pir8fancier #
Harry/Draco; NC-17. Summary: Draco and his love affair with his quill. Also see sequel: Lush Life, and remix: Reading Between the Lines, by mereol.
Letters, by Switchknife
Harry/Draco; PG-13; written for contrelamontre letter challenge (February 17-23, 2004).
Lettres Azkabanes, by Cute Coati
Gen, PG, short, humour. Summary: While you were imprisoned…
Letters: Both Logical and Loony, by lucy_lupin
Luna/Zach; PG. Summary: During the time between the Golden Trio’s sixth and seventh years, Luna Lovegood and Zacharias Smith become unlikely penpals. The two hash it out with their own particular brand of logic, and Zacharias is very set on finding out the exact nature of Luna and Harry’s friendship. And why does Luna think Professor Trelawney is part-kelpie?
Letters Home, by ms_semicolon
Albus Severus/Scorpius, PG, short.
Letters to a Young Gentleman by Halrloprillalar
Harry/Draco; PG-13; written for contrelamontre letter challenge (February 17-23, 2004).
Letters to Father by Tzigane (zaganthi)
PG, Snape/Draco, short. Summary: Draco writes home.
Letters with Lockhart by Isis (isiscolo) (or here, locked) #
Snape/Lockhart; NC-17. Written for the pornish_pixies Fantasy Fest: Snape/Lockhart, bibliophilia, Snape finds himself quite taken with Gilderoy’s writing style.
Lonely Letters by brokeni
Harry/Draco; PG; written for contrelamontre letter challenge (February 17-23, 2004).
The Longest Time by Becca (aqua_alta)
Snape/?; Snape receives letters from a ‘writer’.
Lord Voldemort’s Diary, by Violet Quill #
Voldemort/various DEs, Lucius/Snape; R, 1800 words. Summary: Not quite a year in the world of Death Eater orgies, world domination, and good hair. Notes: Written for the imitation challenge, in the style of Helen Fielding (ala Bridget Jones’s Diary). Parody.
Love Letters, by Ellid
Snape/Remus; R, one-shot. Part of Motherless Child series Summary: Remus is stuck in London. Severus is stuck in Hogwarts. What s a horny werewolf to do?
Love Letters, by Just Abi
Harry/Draco; WIP. No summary given.
Love Letters, Or The Valentines That Never Were, by Shaychana #
Various pairings, PG-13, humor.
Malfoy, by Underlucius #
Lucius/Snape; R. Macbeth x-over written for the Classic Canon Challenge.
A Moment in Correspondence, by Amanuensis
Harry/Sirius. 500 words.
The Naked Qiudditch Match, by Anya
Harry/Ginny, PG-13. Pre-OotP. chaptered, complete. A game of magical Truth or Dare leads to some dire consequences for the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
Notes, by crockywock
Gen, G; humour; chaptered fic. Summary: “Imagine McGonagall and Snape pinning notes at each other’s door. Innocent little notes, to do with everyday business at Hogwarts. Reminders of staff meetings and so forth. Jinxed, of course, so that students cannot read them. You’ll need to picture very clearly what happens between those letters. Dates are important, too, that’s why I added them.”
Obituary, by Nym (link to the main page)
Snape/Harry, Snape/Lily. Snape writes a letter to be opened only in the event of his death.
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, by Wemyss
Gen, one-shot. Summary: The Light has won. Harry and Draco have led the Order to victory. Severus Snape now awaits execution, a double-, treble-, quadruple-agent whose only loyalties, it seems, were to himself, and whose actions can never be excused. He is allowed a final letter to the victors, and, not surprisingly, disagrees with their assessment of his loyalties, motives, and just deserts.
Opalescent, by Charlottechaos
Narcissa/James (James/Lily, Narcissa/Lucius, Harry/Draco), R, one-shot. Summary: Letters piece together a missing history of a romance that never was between James and Narcissa.
An Open Letter to the Person With Whom I’ve Been Engaging in Various Sordid Acts, Including but Not Limited to Mutual Masturbation, Terribly Sloppy Oral Sex and Also There Was the Time That We Attempted Actual Intercourse Only to Discover It Was Horribly Awkward, by Breed (weatherby) (or here) #
Draco/Ron; R, short.
Owl Post, by Sam Vimes (copperbadge)
Harry, Remus, gen; G.
Owl Post series, by Jade (Jade) (Link to the main page. To get the password, join JadeFics y!group or friend jadehp on lj)
Sirius/Harry; NC-17. 32 letters from Harry to Sirius and back.
Owls from a Dog: Can the Euphamism and Owls from a Dog: Past Posted, by Nimori
Harry/Sirius; PG-13. Written for the postcard challenge on Canis Major.
Patchwork Quill: Harry Potter Letter Games
An epistolary RPG. Rules and other info can be found here.
The Parkinson Papers, by S_Star (astra_argentea)
Pansy/Hermione; PG; short. This is a remix of Love Letter by rubykate.
Persuasion, by lowlands_girl (link to part 3; previous chapters are linked from there)
Gen, PG-13, AU, novelette. For Omniocular September challenge, the AU Extravaganza. My prompt was “63. The Chamber of Secrets is not opened in Harry’s second year. It’s Ginny’s second year now, and she’s still writing in Riddle’s diary.”
Postcards on the Edge of Destruction, by Starkindler (nufaciel)
Harry/Sirius; PG to R. Warning: Character Death/ Summary: “During the war against Voldemort, Harry and ‘Snuffles’ have no choice but to correspond via postcards.” Author’s Note: This was a response to the Owls from a Dog Postcard Challenge on Canis Major. It was written as a series of postcards, but it is one story.
Proestigium, by Lady Strange NR
Snape/Hermione, novella. Summary: An epistolary story based on the WIKTT “Arsenius Jigger” challenge. There will be 42 letters in all. Correspondences trace the changing lives and times of the various characters in the HP universe as well as some new characters.
PS… by Thistlerose
Summary: The summer after Harry’s fifth year at Hogwarts, Remus Lupin finds a letter that Sirius wrote for his godson - but never sent - two months before his birth. Without reading it first, Remus sends the letter to Harry.
Remus Lupin, Early Pioneer in the History of Magical Minority Rights, by Magnetic Pole #
Gen with some Snape/Lupin in the background, G, short. Summary: Wilhelmina Weasley writes an essay about her hero in the history of Magical Minority rights.
A series of letters, by daughter_moon
Harry/Remus; R, one-shot. Summary: “Harry and Remus exchange letters after a rather messy parting.”
A Series of Owls; or, Tell Me a Story, by daylightsparks
Remus/Tonks, PG, ficlet. Summary: Remus and Tonks have too much time on their hands.
Shotgun, by Sparrowhawk
An exchange of letters among Harry, Snape, Sirius, and the twins, written for the Snape FQF challenge “Sirius must beg Snape to marry Harry”.
Silent All These Years, by Cluegirl (or here) ##
Gen; R, one-shot. Warnings. Really foul language. Topics: Cancer, family alienation, abusive parenting, racism, abandonment, abortion, pregnancy from rape, terminal illness, euthanasia.
Sincerely, Harry Potter, by PhoenixSong (Mijan)
Gen; PG-13, one-shot. Summary: Harry writes a letter…
Still Life in Wood and Parchment, by skrtkpr #
Harry/Draco, canon pairings, PG-13, 6500 words. Prompt: Strength. Summary: Twenty-two years ago, Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy turned their backs on the life they could have had. But they haven’t forgotten; and they haven’t guarded their secrets closely enough.
A Tale of Two Letters, by Hyphen
Gen; G, humour, one-shot. Summary: “Two letters written by Sirius, twenty years apart.”
Thin Walls, by lunalelle
Lucius Malfoy, Hermione Granger, PG-13, short. Summary: Hermione Granger is thrown into prison for treason because Harry Potter is not expendable.
To Potter, On Valentine’s Day, With Gravest Misgivings, by fitofpique
Gennish Snape/Harry, G, short. Written for buckle_berry’s Valentine’s Cardathon.
The Trouble with Birthdays [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 ], by calico_jynx and kit84 NR
Harry/Draco, R, chaptered fic. Summary: Total Crack fic. Draco is pleased with his birthday present, Voldemort isn’t. All told through emails (or w-mails). Sequel: Parties, Presents and Piss Ups [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 ]. Both stories can also be read at the Hex Files.
Unsent Letter, by Obsessed One (at the HP/SS FQF; you’ll need password)
PG, Harry/Snape, an unsent letter from Harry to Snape.
Untitled epistolary fic, by Arkady (wired lizard) #
Dumbledore/Grindelwald, R, medium-length. Summary: Being a correspondence between Albus P.W.B. Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald, and being also somewhat unedited and in need of a title, but done, in the end, for the Greater Good.
Untitled epistolary fic by Ayla Pascal (curia_regis)
Snape/AD implied; PG. Summary: “After Severus dies, Albus finds a letter in his things. He reads the letter.”
utter_rubbish RPG, by blackmurtlap and brak4werewolves NR
Remus/Sirius, James/Lily; NC-17. Summary: Summer Letters, ‘76. On-going (WIP).
Veil by glitterdemon
Sirius/Remus; PG-13; written for contrelamontre letter challenge (February 17-23, 2004).
The Very Secret Diary, by Arabella
Gennish Tom/Ginny; PG. Chaptered novella. Author’s summary: ‘His d-diary!’ Ginny sobbed. ‘I’ve b-been writing in it, and he’s been w-writing back all year -’
Virtual Romance, by the_viper_room (links to following parts at the bottom)
Harry/Draco, R, 4 chapters. Summary: Wizards + modern technology = a virtual romance. Unless Harry remains forever oblivious.
Wicked Game II: Let Me Dream of You by McKay (scribbulus_ink) (link to the main page) ##
The second story in the Wicked Game trilogy; Snape/Remus.
Back to I. Entirely epistolary fics.
II. Correspondence plays an important part.
101 Ways to Heal Your Wizarding Woes (Or, an Unfortunate Incident with a Traffic Cone and a Policeman’s Helmet), by who_la_hoop
Harry/Draco, NC-17, novella. Summary: Harry is a trainee Auror, and Draco is living at Malfoy Manor, bored and petulant with nothing to do, and no career prospects. Draco’s attempt to heal himself via Muggle psychology – including writing a series of ‘why I hate you’ letters to Harry – backfires when an overanxious house elf delivers the results to Harry. Harry is bemused, Draco is angry and together they have a lot of issues to work out.
ab epistulis, by autumnlecroix /aduialelin #
Harry/Draco; R, novel-length. Summary: “15 yrs after Hogwarts, Draco owns a bookstore and ends up developing a correspondence with the author of his favorite novel. Humor, the abuse of a perfectly good lemon, cold showers, renegade books, and those “good intentions” that go bad.”
The Abundance of Her Charms, by OdoGoddess #
Snape/Luna, NC-17, 16700 words. Summary: Abhorred in life, thinly admired in death, Severus Snape slowly discovers a sort of peace to be found in the company of a maddeningly perspicacious Ravenclaw. DH-compliant, set before epilogue.
After the Fact, by Abaddon (nothingbutfic)
Harry/Draco.
The Agency, by Shocolate
Harry/Ron; R. The Challenge : “Ron gets a job over the summer in order to buy a new broom. He doesn’t know it, but Harry is his best customer.”
Brother, Confessor; Lover, Redeemer, by Empathic_Siren #
Harry/Draco, R, ~10000 words. Team Canon. Warnings: Epilogue compliant. Summary: Harry is running from his past, but it won’t leave him alone. Can a string of anonymous confessions help him confront everything and move on?
Brown Ribbon, by Switchknife
Hermione/Ginny; NC-17. Correspondence is an important detail.
But I Have A Penis, by Florahart #
Harry/Draco, NC-17, ~ 11,000 words. Prompt: Written for dragon_charmer, who wanted a bunch of things, including: seduction, hurt/comfort, dirty talk, Parselsmut, teasing, UST, happy endings, and well-written MPREG.
A Carefully Crafted Letter, by Florahart #
Pairing: “no panicking. It’s Filch. And there is Macnair. And Ron.” NC-17, one-shot.
Chatroom Anonymity, by Silent_Stalker
Harry/Draco; R. It’s not a letter exchange, it’s a series of web-chats and other written chats.
Clay, by Richan
Snape/?, Snape/Harry. PG-13. Someone writes a ‘Dear Severus’ note.
Conversationalist Wanted 1, 2 and its unfinished sequel Recoil 1, 2, 3, 4, by Labyrinthine (you’ll have to join the y!group to read it)
Harry/Snape; In an attempt to get Harry ‘dating’ his friends put a contact add in the papers.
Correspondence, by Raget Nimds (Cybele and Snaples) (raget) (or here; requires password)
Snape/Harry; NC-17. Summary: “Severus and Harry trade a flurry of intensely erotic letters during a Potions class. The game quickly turns serious once they are left alone in Snape’s office.” Chapter 1 is in the correspondence form.
Corresponding, by Telanu (somniesperus) ## (link to the front page)
Snape/Harry; PG-13; story #4 in the Tea Series.
Corresponding Follies, by EnglishMuffin2 #
Harry/Sirius; R, novel-length. Summary: “Harry Potter is lonely. He is seventeen years old, months away from graduating, actually survived defeating Voldemort but has never had any type of relationship. Until he recieves a secret admirer.”
Courtship Letters, by Winifred Zachery NR
Snape/Harry, NC-17, WIP. Summary: Who sent Harry a children’s book? And why? Will the letters that follow explain it all?
Crimson Ink, by Rhianna
Ginny/Voldemort,PG-13, chaptered fic. Summary: Alternate Universe - Ginny has vanished into thin air, what if something different had happened down in Slytherin’s lair?
Dear Aunt Snape, by Marginaliana #
Gen, Snape, Luna, PG, short. Warnings: Thoughts and mentions of suicide. Summary: Snape’s words reach more people than he’d counted on when he is recruited for The Quibbler’s new advice column.
Dear Harry…, by angstymalfoy
Snape/Harry; PG, one-shot. Warnings: MPreg references, OOC!Snape. Summary: Harry gets a letter from Severus, asking him to take him back.
Desperately Seeking Someone, by Alaana Fair
Harry/Draco, NC-17, one-shot. Summary: A personal ad brings out the best in our Harry. Fluff, Humour, Romance, Smut.
Discretion Required and its sequel So Much For Discretion, by Ruhgozler #
Harry/Lucius, NC-17. Summary: Harry answers a personals ad in the Daily Prophet. They correspond. They like each other. Things get pretty intense when they decide to meet.
The Epistolary Journal of Draco Malfoy, by Elfflame (locked)
Harry/Draco, R, short. Warnings: Shmoop. Summary: So, Draco is 27 today. So here is my third-ever birthday offering for him. It seems to have become a tradition for me to write letter-fics on his birthday, so that was what I did again this year.
Epistula Ultima by Fabula Rasa (link to the main page; also at the RS) #
Snape/Sirius; NC-17. A letter from Snape helps Sirius Black unravel the tangle of their mutual hatred.
Extreme Snape-Over, by gwennie357
Snape/Harry, Snape/Remus; PG-13. Summary: “Remus talks Severus into an extreme makeover, but are his motivations pure? When Severus turns to Harry for support and entertainment, they form an unbreakable bond. But what will Harry think when Snape’s new look is revealed? A random bit of Snarry fluff just because I wanted to!” While Snape is secluded for his make-over, he exchanges letters with Harry and Remus.
Facilis Descensus Averno, by Kalichan and RM (link to the first part; further click the “next” button; or go to the comm and browse) NR
Multiple, het and slash, up to NC-17, WIP, mixed-media fic. See the long summary here.
Far too personal, by Icarus
Ron/?; Ron has submitted a personal ad and corresponds with an anonymous admirer to arrange a meeting.
Going Postal, by Beth H (bethbethbeth) #
Harry/Snape; NC-17. Team Romance entry in Snarry Games. Summary: “Years after his death, Albus Dumbledore still has the uncanny ability to pester people, as Severus and Harry will soon discover.”
Gratia Plena, by Femme (femmequixotic) ##
Snape/Harry, R. Summary: Memories of a drunken kiss lead two lonely souls together at Christmas.
Green Owl Post, From a Man, by Aldalindil (tartanshell)
Snape/Lockhart, R, poem. Summary: “A series of owls between Severus Snape and Gilderoy Lockhart, based on Dr. Seuss’ “Green Eggs and Ham.”
Hello, Half-Blood Prince, by Acid #
Gen; G, one-shot. Half-Blood Prince receives a letter.
hello_hbp: Hello, Half-Blood Prince, by Acid and Sinick ##
Harry/Snape, WIP. It’s the end of Harry Potter’s seventh year. With the aid of the Order of the Phoenix Harry has defeated Voldemort, and the Wizarding World is now free. Meanwhile, in a Muggle town a snowy owl finds a fugitive from Wizarding Justice. What news does its letter bring?
Hogwarts Letters, by Rose Whispers
G; fen; one-shot. Summary: “Colin Creevey is petrified by the basilisk just after Halloween and lies in the Hogwarts infirmary until the spring; this is the story of how his Muggle parents deal with the news, and how they are dealt with.”
The Hollow Wall, by Nimori ##
Sirius/Harry; NC-17, one-shot. Summary: Harry has a ghost to put away. It’s a larger job than he once expected.
Impersonals, by gun (gunderpants)
Remus/Tonks, hard R, 4000 words. Summary: Remus Lupin enters into an email conversation with a young woman whose profile he finds on an internet dating website. A tale of love, low self esteem and choosing between a nice young deviant and a woman with a champagne bottle up a most curious place.
Ink, by Pirate Perian (Link to all chapters)
Remus/Tonks; PG through to R. No summary given by the author, I’m quoting Kikei, the reccer: “This story revolves around what I think is a unique premise: letters. There is very little of the ‘and then he/she noticed that…’ which has come to characterise so many stories of this ship- probably because most of it takes place in the form of notes that Tonks and Remus leave for one another.”
Is Forever Enough? by Janice Chess #
Ron/Draco, Harry/??, R, one-shot. Summary: “Ron reluctantly accepts Draco’s help in identifying the author of a series of seductive love letters he accidentally finds under Harry’s bed. Will the answer lead to love or heartbreak? Or maybe a little of both? Seventh year, post-war, canon-compliant through HBP.”
Just A Few Letters Off, by Devi the Winter Witch
Harry/Snape, PG13. A bit of owl post with an owl that doesn’t go where he’s supposed to.
Lacquered Box, by chichiris_chica
Albus Severus/Scorpius, R, short. Summary: On paper everything seems easier.
The Last Word, by Kalina Lea (kalinalea) #
Snape/Hermione; PG. Author’s summary: “Hermione is tasked with bringing Muggle computers to the Ministry, and an e-mail glitch leads to a mysterious correspondence. Who will have the last word?”
Learning to Speak, by ThreeSidedOrchid (synn) #
Snape/Harry, PG-13, ~10K words. Pre-slash. Genre(s): Romance. Prompt(s): Ashes of Youth, St. Mungo’s. Summary: “Most men spend their lives trying to either brush off the ashes of their youth, or rekindle them. The truth is that the only way to move forward is to accept them.”
The Letter, by Eeyore9990
Severus/Lucius, also surprise pairing; PG-13, short. Summary: “As the owls swooped in at breakfast, Severus Snape didn’t even bother looking up.”
The Letter, by LegacyLady
Snape/Harry; PG. Part of the HP/SS Fuh-Q-Fest Wave VII at http://www.kardasi.com/HPSS/storyindex.htm. For the password join the kardasi-security yahoo!group.
The Letter, by Michelle
Harry/Snape; PG. A missent letter causes havoc. Part of “From Dusk til Dawn - the Harry Potter/Severus Snape Fuh-Q-Fest” Wave 2 at http://www.kardasi.com/HPSS/storyindex.htm. For the password join the kardasi-security yahoo!group.
The Letter, by Minx (miraminx)
Snape/Remus, PG-13, short. Summary: Snape’s letter reveals many things.
Letters, by Caesia390
Gen; PG, one-shot. Summary: Inspired by this bit from Juxian Tang’s Damage Control: ‘I wonder what they say to the parents of those who died. An accident? Accidents happen in Hogwarts, all the time. If Black succeeded in his plan, with the Shrieking Shack, it would be what my parents would get, just a letter with apologies.’
Letters, by belladonna_tb (fizzmonkeys) NR
Harry/Ginny; PG-13, 3 chapters. Summary: Ginny never expected for things to turn out the way they did after the defeat of Voldemort. Who knew that Harry would pull away? Who knew that he was capable of walking out of her life? Yet still, he did without a single word to her for five years.
Letters, by kerrymdb
Remus/Tonks, PG, short. Summary: Remus’s new job gives him startling insight to his bride.
Letters, by Zed Adams #
Harry/Draco; PG.
Letters: A Love Story in Two Parts, by mnemosyne_1 (or here)
Snape/Lupin, NC-17, ~14100 words. Summary: More than kisses, letters mingle souls… ~John Donne
Letters from Exile One Merciful Morning, by Sphinx / TextualSphinx NR
Snape/Hermione; R, complete. Author’s summary: “Here’s angst laced with humour and tender enchantment; good grammar and lexicon serve as enhancement. And how can you not want Snape’s wholesale Redemption. Or thoughts about Sex - sufficient temptation? Voted ‘BEST ROMANCE’ in Bloody Brilliant Awards.”
Letters in the Dead of Night, by qotc #
Dumbledore/Grindelwald, NC-17, short. Summary: It was lucky that Bathilda had found that particular letter. The correspondence that followed had been far less innocent.
Letters Never Sent, Words Never Spoken, by MaraudersWolf
Snape/Lupin, G, short. Summary: The war has ended. Those who have died are buried and life is moving on. Given the task to deal with the estate of Severus Snape, Harry learns more about the people who affected the life of the Potions Master.
Life’s Little Letters, by Jessie
Harry/Snape; PG. Answers the challenge: Severus is secretly the Hogsmeade contact for the Gay Wizards Advice Service. He corresponds by anonymous letter with an unhappy wizard (Harry) at “From Dusk til Dawn - the Harry Potter/Severus Snape Fuh-Q-Fest” Wave 2 at http://www.kardasi.com/HPSS/storyindex.htm.
The Lightning Letters by Ari Munami (or here) #
Harry/Draco. PG (?) 800 years on from the fall of Voldemort, a young historian sets out to solve the mystery of the Lightning Letters.
Sequel: The Lightning Letters II: Internal Affairs and The Lightning Letters II: Internal Affairs, Part 2 (or here)
Love Under Will, by Aja (wayfairer) #
Harry/Draco, R. discontinued WIP. Summary: In their 5th year, Harry and Draco choose to be with one another; but the story–and the battle– is just beginning… Ch. 13 of the story is written as letter exchange.
Lush Life, by Pir8fancier ##
Harry/Draco, R, novella. Sequel to Lettered. Summary: “Draco Malfoy has just had his fortieth birthday, is currently editor of a soft porn gay men’s magazine published in the U.S., is the author of a no-holds-barred tell all of his life as a former rentboy, and is perfectly happy. Uh, not really perfectly happy, because we wouldn’t have much of a story, now would we. Enter one Harry Potter.”
Midnight in the Owlery, by The Treacle Tart #
Snape/Remus; PG-13, one-shot. Summary: “On a sleepless night Remus Lupin finds himself alone in the Hogwarts Owlery. He scribbles a note on a spare bit of parchment and sends it out into the dark night. What happens when someone answers?”
The Morning Post, by Onyxmoon
Snape/Remus. NC-17. Summary: A morning in the life of young Remus Lupin and Severus Snape.
A Most Unlikely Correspondence, by little beloved
Snape/Hermione, G, one-shot. Summary: Having received an unexpected letter, Severus Snape embarks upon a most unlikely correspondence with Hermione Granger. Romantic short story, told in two chapters, mainly through a series of letters.
No Longer Bound, by Switchknife (link to the main page)
Sirius/Remus; PG-15. Correspondence plays an important part.
Notes, by Oconel
Harry has been receiving notes from a stranger, and he’s increasingly curious about them–in fact he’s becoming addicted to them.
Notes, by Salix
Snape/?, R. Snape gets anonymous love letters.
One-oh-three-nine, by CJ Marlowe # (locked; join the comm; or here)
James/Sirius, Harry, NC-17, one-shot. Warnings/kinks: Voyeurism. Sort of. Summary: these are the records of hogwarts wrongdoers…
Only Words, by mariamme
Percy/Oliver, Percy/Penelope friendship, PG, short.
Only Your Shadow, by Phoenixsong (Mijan) #
Harry/Draco; PG-13. “It’s easy to hate someone from a distance. When you talk to a person, up close, things can look very, very different.”
Draco sets Harry up for an ambush, but revenge isn’t enough. He wants to see Harry fall for himself, and he wants Harry to know, when it’s all over, that Draco Malfoy finally beat him. So, Draco decides to shadow Harry all day… but he gets much more than he bargained for.Never get too close to your enemy; you might mistake him for a human being.
The Pandora Complex, by Nimori #
Snape/Harry, NC-17, short. Summary: “Some boxes, once opened, are impossible to shut — as Snape discovers when a student brings fanfiction to class.”
Parenting, Pancakes, and the Professor, by Violet Quill #
Percy/Neville, PG, short. Summary: Percy has been a single dad ever since he and Penelope divorced six years ago. Now his son, who has just started Hogwarts, writes to his dad three times a week, certain that he must be incredibly lonely. What he doesn’t realize is that the cure for that loneliness will be one of his very own professors.
Pariah, by Aucta Sinistra (Aucta Sinistra) ##
Harry/Snape; PG. Author’s summary: “Dashed off because I was challenged to do “Snape pursues Harry”.
Peer Review, by Venivincere #
Harry/Snape; NC-17. Team Romance entry in Snarry Games. Summary: “Harry teaches Snape a lesson.”
Per Solum Lacuna: By Words Alone, by Azhure and Wintermoon2 (or here)
Harry/Draco; R; novel-length. The NC-17 version can be found in their yahoogroup. “Enchanted diaries bring solace to unlikely lost souls. It’s a wizarding version of internet romances! What will happen when these Mystery Writers finally meet?”
Pretty Little Drawings, by Lychee
Harry/Snape; NC-17, chaptered novella. Summary: “Who hasn’t ever drawn a naughty picture on a scrap in their homework notebook? Hmm? Harry is no exception to the rule. Except that it’s his Potions homework, and he turns it in without realizing.”
Purple Prose, by Mac (ausmac)
Snape/Harry; PG. Snape writes a letter. Writes, and discards, and writes, and discards. Humour.
Reading Between the Lines, by mereol #
Harry/Draco, NC-17, novella. This is a remix of Pir8fancier’s Lettered (see above, in section 1).
Redemption series, by Carfiniel #
Snape/Remus, PG to R (WIP). Summary: After Voldemort’s defeat, Remus–crippled in his last battle–and Severus–pardoned but a pariah–manage to forge a connection, despite the expectations of the world around them.
Remember Me, by ceria_taliesin
Albus Dumbledore/Gellert Grindelwald, PG-13, short. Summary: Gellert remembers Albus after that summer.
Respected Elf Enslaver, by Alex25
Draco/Hermione, PG-13, chaptered fic. Summary: How could a romance, or even a friendship, or even a little RESPECT develop between Draco and Hermione? Owls between the two, IC, unique perspective, preHBP.
Reunion, by Icarus (icarusancalion) (link to the main page, then choose Ron/Draco; or you can read it at the Restricted Section, but you’ll need password) ##
Ron/Draco, NC-17, long. Summary: Ten years after their steamy romance, ten years of complicated, messy lives, two men find themselves at loose ends… and together again. Ch 5 of the series consists of letters between Snape and Draco.
Sage Advice, by Starkindler (you’ll need password)
Harry/Snape; NC-17. Answers the challenge: Severus is secretly the Hogsmeade contact for the Gay Wizards Advice Service. He corresponds by anonymous letter with an unhappy wizard (Harry) at “From Dusk til Dawn - the Harry Potter/Severus Snape Fuh-Q-Fest” Wave 2 at http://www.kardasi.com/HPSS.
Salutation, by zionsstarfish
Harry/Draco; PG. Written as a response to
Shoebox Project, co-written by dorkorific and ladyjaida #
This is a story composed of the photographs, letters and memories “found in the shoebox under Remus’s bed.” Very slow WIP. Begins here.
The Simulacra Series, by Switchknife (for Snape) and Sinope (for Harry)
Snape/Harry. NC-17, chan. Not correspondence; the series is an exchange of inner monologues.
Sincerely, by Melanie M. (sarcastic_irony)
Harry/Draco; R, one-shot. Summary: “Harry begins to receive letters form a mysterious source. A fic done in 100 word Drabbles.”
A Snarry Epistolary, by The Mad Scriptor
Snape/Harry, NC-17, ~10K words. Summary: After the war, Harry and Snape begin to develop a friendship….
Tissue of Silver, by Fearless Diva ##
Harry/Draco, novella. A love story concerning possessed furniture, black silk pyjamas, courtroom drama, premonitions of doom, assassination attempts, Death Eater yoga, absinthe, bare feet and a sensible werewolf. Rated: R for coarse language, brief drug use, some sexual content, and consideration of issues of sexual consent.
Sequel: Seeing the Light
Too Long a Sacrifice, by Abaddon
Remus/Sirius.
An Unconventional Confidence, by Demeter (link to the main page; or here)
Snape/Sirius. PG-13. Summary: Before setting out on his GOF mission, Snape writes a letter to be opened only in the event of his confirmed death. He confesses his feelings for someone (but that is not the same person to whom the letter is addressed).
An Unexpected Note, by Jacquie
Harry/Sirius; an innocent note left for Sirius turns not so innocent thanks to the twins’ enchanted parchment.
Untitled, by NMalfoy #
Harry/Sirius, NC-17, AU.
Unwanted Advice, by jenchan
Harry/Draco; PG-13. Written for contrelamontre’s claustrophobia challenge. Post-war, Draco runs an advice column in the Daily Prophet.
Volunteers, by Anna Fugazzi #
Harry/Draco, past Harry/Ginny, Draco/OFC, PG-13, novel-length. Written before DH. Harry and Draco volunteer as Ministry and Muggle (respectively) liaisons for Beltane.
Sequel: Ember to Ember.
Walking the Line, by Silent Auror (or here)
Harry/Draco; NC-17, novel-length. Summary: “Sixth year is over and Draco Malfoy is on the run. The war is on and an unwanted assignment is forced upon him by the only people he trusts - and a one-time arch-enemy who just may be out to kill him. Spoilers for HBP.”
Watching His Death, by Viv
Snape/Remus; PG-13. Summary: Snape ends up at Voldemort’s mercy. And he’s not alone. Part of the Watching Series, follows “Watching His Buzz” and “Watching His Game”.
When You Are Ready, by corvus coronis
Gen, Harry, Pettigrew, Snape, PG-13+. Summary: Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it … as Wormtail finds when he comes to Harry asking for perks. Warnings: Mention of Best (non-graphic, Animagus), Mental torture (magical), Scat (animal, non-erotic), past character deaths. Challenges: for Round 1 of the thematic_hp - Forced Marriage or Bonding, Prompt #3: – “As time goes by, an unfulfilled life debt becomes a slave bond. The constraints of the life debt force Peter Pettigrew to become Harry Potter’s slave; to lose his magic and obey everything Harry says. However, even though Harry hates Peter, he has never been comfortable with slavery.”
Written, by zionsstarfish #
Harry/Draco; PG-13. Summary: “Draco, Year Six.”
Written By Hand, by Setissma
Sirius/Remus,R. Summary: When Remus has to go to Romania for a summer, he takes the only thinghe can: pieces of everyone. Somehow, he ends up taking a bigger pieceof someone than he might have hoped.
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Hey! I checked this list and thought perhaps you’d like to add Proestigium by Lady Strange. It’s a SS/HG story, here’s the link:
http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=9249
It’s letters and journal articels (with which Snape and Hermione correspond), and I liked it quite a lot.
Cheers,
Cira
Thanks!
There is another fic for your list, my own ‘Courtship Letters’, where letters play an essential role in the courtship between Snape and Harry. They will play another important part later on.
Rating is NC-17, 28 chapters so far and WIP
http://www.hpfandom.net/eff/viewstory.php?sid=20568
Hope this is what you’re searching for!
Thank you!