“Memento Mori” — Original Short Story

Aaalright, so we’ve talked about how Rowling approaches Allegory in her fiction. Now it’s time to look at some examples. This stuff is crazy good.

PS – HUGE SPOILER WARNING. This video is spoiler incarnate. You have been warned.

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3 Messages Hidden in Harry Potter (and Fantastic Beasts)

Watching Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them gave us an appreciation for an aspect of Harry Potter we’ve never really paid much attention to.

Let’s talk about allegory, and Rowling’s ingenius approach to it.

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This month’s story still needs a setting — any ideas?

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On the lookout for more ideas for the upcoming story. This time we’re talking SETTING.

Mostly looking for suggestions on:
—Environments
—Culture
—Context in general
—Time period
—Aesthetics

Any ideas?

Make Something Up — Harry Potter Month

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Time to MAKE SOMETHING UUUUP~

This month’s story prompt. If you’ve been following our Harry Potter posts and you’ve got a story brewing in your head, now’s your time. Write it up and send it our way!

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The Slenderman — Something Interesting

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It may have fallen from vogue, but the Slenderman is still out there, watching from a distance. Just try not to notice it, or it may just notice you back.

For more on the slenderman, check out perhaps the most popular piece of fan art surrounding it: the “Marble Hornets” web series.

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Announcing October’s theme…

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This Month’s Theme: Creepypasta

This is something we’ve wanted to discuss for a loooong time. It’s such a strange literary phenomenon. Few movements have *ever* lead to such surges in the popularity of writing, and the fact that it all revolves around the horror genre must mean *something*.

So many curiosities, so much general strangeness. This should be a fun month.

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