The Department of Mysteries: Poor Little Rich Boy
by Bob Sindeldecker and Esther Kleinig NOTE FROM BOB: Esther has done a brilliant job here and has been kind enough to ask for my input. I have added a little, but it is all...
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CC #119: Week of January 30, 2005
In this week’s Caption Contest image, Harry and friends open his new gift in the Great Hall. Read all of the winning captions for this week’s contest now!
Why Did Harry Live?
by darkBlue “The first question that I have never been asked–it has probably been asked in a chatroom but no one has ever asked me–is, ‘Why didnt Voldemort die?’ Not, ‘Why did Harry live?’...
The Two-Way Mirror #11: Avada Kedavra
by Daniela The Killing Curse is an Unforgivable Curse that no one has ever been able to block (with the exception of baby Harry). On the upside, it seems to be an ideal way...
The Magic Quill #38: Chokechain’s Labyrinth, Part 1
“I think it’s time for one among our number to reveal his true face,” Harvey said over the second round of drinks, the next time his party gathered in their dingy parlor in the back of the Hog’s Head pub.
“Not if you mean me,” said Joe Albuquerque, appearing this evening in the disguise of a Jamaican beachcomber.
The Magic Quill #36: Forward and Back
With a loud pop, Harvey disapparated.
“Hang on,” cried Sadie, puffing out a cloud of acrid smoke. “You never told us anything about those things Rigel bought. Did he use them all on the way into Gringotts, or did they come in handy getting through the maze?”
“Yes,” said Merlin.
The Magic Quill #35: More Riddle Me This
the Quill is enjoying its seasonal overhaul at Scrivenshaft’s, and I am wearing out my broomstick traveling for the holidays. Meanwhile, I hope you will ponder and enjoy these puzzlers about the continuity of the Harry Potter series. My theory is that Ms. Rowling has purposely left some details vague in order to limit the exposure of the magical world. But your guess is as good as mine…
The Two-Way Mirror #10: The Triwizard Tasks and the Seven Books
Seven tunnels of tasks, like seven books of tasks. In “Goblet”, we actually have a network of tunnels, the square maze, so much like a chessboard of tasks. And we have the two grand tournaments (like the two matrix groups of elements): one tournament is Quidditch (in which the players seem to be the most important part); the other is the Triwizard Tournament (here, the tasks are important).
