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A Series of Unnaturally Close Enounters: Table of Contents

Sorry, this chapter is purely Author's Notes to render explanation for this zany idea followed by a Table of Contents that I thought I would start writing now that the chapters are beginning to mount up and I'd rather the fic be navigable than a total mess.

The basic idea runs thusly: we have all of these "reviewer run" stories- where people ask for suggestions and use them, but have a basic plot line in mind. The idea driving this fic is that it will be entirely reviewer-run one-shots of any kind of encounter between any characters in the Harry Potter universe that anyone wants to see. It's like the challenges- you lay the rules and I do my best to write them.

The result, of course, is that there is no coherent plot to this from chapter to chapter. But the one-shots are thrown completely open. Ask for anything- from sweet to action to bizarre to sadistic, any relationship, any specifics you'd like: POV, what lines have to be used and by whom, lyrics from songs, etc. Slash requests from both genders are perfectly acceptable. (I would love to know who to credit for all materials, so if songs are asked for or lines borrowed from other films or books, just give me the appropriate names, thanks!)

The only limitation is that it would have to be a piece that could be done in one chapter and my final warning is that I do not think of myself as a humorous writer, so asking for a parody or witty dialogue might be difficult, though I am willing to give it a try.

This fic will have no plot – just a conglomeration of what people say they want me to write. All credit for ideas will be given to those who generate them. It's an experiment – if it fails, this piece will certainly not be continued as it will have nowhere to go.

The following is the Table of Contents, which will probably be updated every chapter that I post. This is intended as a helpful guide to those who wish only to read certain pairings or certain kinds of stories, and I shall do my best to give an accurate despcription of each story without re-writing them. Hopefully this makes reading this piece a lot easier.

Read at your leisure, enjoy and pitch me whatever ideas come your way! The first chapter is one of my own invention.

Chapter One: Forgotten Dreamers: A story that borders on the soft side of a "Teen" rating. On the order of 1300 words, it 'ships Minerva McGonagall and Tom Riddle when they meet after a battle in the Ministry between the Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters. Bittersweet.

Chapter Two: To Choose a World: Severus Snape-Hermione Granger. "Teen". My one-shot thought on the MLC and what Hermione would do if forced to wed a stranger. Definitely a romance. 3500 words.

Chapter Three: Conversion: Minerva McGonagall-Lucius Malfoy. "Teen". This story explores a relationship between the Transfiguration teacher and her Slytherin student, and how, exactly, Lucius Malfoy was convinced to take the Dark Mark. Bittersweet. 10,000 words

Chapter Four: War's Bedfellows: Lily Potter-Lucius Malfoy. "Mature." In a series of encounters with the Death Eaters in the last year of Lily's life, she finds herself and her son spared several times by Lucius Malfoy. She is drawn to him by his own feelings as a parent and the desperate need to provide for their infants in a collapsing world. Bittersweet. 7500 words.

Chapter Five: Out of Ashes: Hermione Granger-Bill Weasley. "K+". An action-adventure piece with a smidgeon of romance tossed in on the side. Seven years after the war, Hermione is sent by the Ministry to unlock a cursed mountain. She finds there not only Bill Weasley's professional team but evidence of a Ministry conspiracy from the Voldemort War. 6600 words.

Chapter Six: The Trial: Lucius Malfoy-Hermione Granger. "Teen." After the incident in the Department of Mysteries in "Order of the Phoenix", Lucius Malfoy is put on trial. Hermione, his lover of several months, and Draco have to deal with the fallout. Romance – mostly happy ending – story with a slightly harder edge. 11,300 words.

Chapter 7: A World that Might Have Been: Voldemort-Hermione. "K+". A short, mildly reflective piece. Hermione Peverell is watching Little League Quidditch and thinking about the world that she changed and the rippling effects her actions forty years prior have wrought. 3100 words.