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epicyclical posted the last chapter of Draco Veritas today, third and last book of The Draco Trilogy.
I think a lot of HP fandom types can remember their first discovery of Cassandra Claire's stories in the same way that people remember where they were when they heard that man first walked on the moon, or when famous people died. Me, I found Cassie's A Season In Hell first off, early on in my discovery of HP fanfiction, back in late 2002. I remember I was on vacation and in a hotel, and read the thing cross-legged on my hotel bed, using dial-up and a hotel bible for a mouse wrist rest. I was writing my first HP fanfiction at the time--Other Chambers, Darker Secrets--and was poleaxed. Literally (as in, well, literally fell over, not literally hit with a poleaxe. Heh). Lay there across the garish hotel bedspread, breathing shallowly, wondering why on earth anyone should bother trying to write anything else after that. And I read Draco Dormiens the next day, and had to stop writing OC, DS for three days because I had to write fanfiction for her fanfiction before I could go on (that was Because of Who You Are--total fluff, but I was in LOVE, man). I'll never forget how sweet and gracious she was when I sent that story to her, asking her if she'd mind if I tried to archive it on restrictedsection.org.
Draco Dormiens, Draco Sinister, and Draco Veritas are, someone's calculated, almost one million words of fanfiction. The stories and characters within them mean almost as much to me as Rowling's series itself.
There's a big fat ache in the center of my chest for the end of this one. I'm sure I'll be having a cry soon.
*epicyclical is letting us know that at some future date her fanfiction may/will be removed from web archives, so those of you who want to read it should save copies now. Pdf files of the three parts of the Draco Trilogy (with pictures!) are available at the bottom of the DV epilogues page here.
epicyclical posted the last chapter of Draco Veritas today, third and last book of The Draco Trilogy. I think a lot of HP fandom types can remember their first discovery of Cassandra Claire's stories in the same way that people remember where they were when they heard that man first walked on the moon, or when famous people died. Me, I found Cassie's A Season In Hell first off, early on in my discovery of HP fanfiction, back in late 2002. I remember I was on vacation and in a hotel, and read the thing cross-legged on my hotel bed, using dial-up and a hotel bible for a mouse wrist rest. I was writing my first HP fanfiction at the time--Other Chambers, Darker Secrets--and was poleaxed. Literally (as in, well, literally fell over, not literally hit with a poleaxe. Heh). Lay there across the garish hotel bedspread, breathing shallowly, wondering why on earth anyone should bother trying to write anything else after that. And I read Draco Dormiens the next day, and had to stop writing OC, DS for three days because I had to write fanfiction for her fanfiction before I could go on (that was Because of Who You Are--total fluff, but I was in LOVE, man). I'll never forget how sweet and gracious she was when I sent that story to her, asking her if she'd mind if I tried to archive it on restrictedsection.org.
Draco Dormiens, Draco Sinister, and Draco Veritas are, someone's calculated, almost one million words of fanfiction. The stories and characters within them mean almost as much to me as Rowling's series itself.
There's a big fat ache in the center of my chest for the end of this one. I'm sure I'll be having a cry soon.
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epicyclical is letting us know that at some future date her fanfiction may/will be removed from web archives, so those of you who want to read it should save copies now. Pdf files of the three parts of the Draco Trilogy (with pictures!) are available at the bottom of the DV epilogues page here. 
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Date: 2006-08-17 07:24 am (UTC)Also, if you have A Lot to Be Upset About and/or Something Impossible, I'd love to have it. :)
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Date: 2006-08-17 07:40 am (UTC)-A Lot to Be Upset About (http://web.archive.org/web/20050217041734/http://www.astronomytower.org/authors/cassie/ALTBUA.html)
-Something Impossible (http://web.archive.org/web/20050207044514/http://www.astronomytower.org/authors/cassie/SI.html)
-A Season in Hell (http://web.archive.org/web/20030611230307/diagon.org/library/fic/cassie_season.html)
-After the Flood (http://web.archive.org/web/20031009174437/diagon.org/library/fic/cassie_flood.html)
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From: (Anonymous) - Date: 2009-02-14 08:41 am (UTC) - ExpandYeah, about that...
Date: 2006-08-18 09:18 pm (UTC)Huge thanks.
Never mind
Date: 2006-08-18 09:21 pm (UTC)Re: Never mind
Date: 2006-08-18 09:22 pm (UTC)Help!
Date: 2006-08-25 06:22 am (UTC)Re: Help!
Date: 2006-08-25 04:35 pm (UTC)please please? please?
Date: 2006-08-25 02:29 pm (UTC)Re: please please? please?
Date: 2006-08-25 04:36 pm (UTC)(Hope summer camp was fun!)
Re: please please? please?
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Date: 2006-09-03 11:46 pm (UTC)And I was going to read her works, but then I found out that she removed them :(
Does any one of have anything by her, saved? Please?
Oh and I spotted your livejournal because I was reading several of your stories on your website, it was WOW.
"One Piece Of Parchment" gripped my heart, and I agree with you when you said "This is about as bad as it could get". That was so evil hehe. But I loved how it went, and I've read more of your stories, I also like the "Left Unfinished" short story. You've done such a great job!
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Date: 2006-09-06 04:07 pm (UTC)Thank you so much for the lovely comments; you sweetheart!
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Date: 2006-09-10 07:48 pm (UTC)Is the epilogue finished as well?
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Date: 2006-09-11 01:51 am (UTC)Go here for the pdfs: http://www.heidi8.com/dt/
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Date: 2006-10-06 01:16 am (UTC)monnathegreat@gmail.com
Thank you!
Monna
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Date: 2006-10-06 01:20 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-11-16 01:17 am (UTC)woohoomarz@hotmail.com is the email to reach me
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Date: 2006-11-17 03:21 pm (UTC)http://www.heidi8.com/dt/
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Date: 2007-01-15 11:10 pm (UTC)thank you so much for the link ...
i've been out of the hp fandom for more than a year ... and all of a sudden some of the greatest fanfictions ever written are gone ... and no author recorded in schnoogle under the name of cassandra claire ...
well thank you. :) I'm glad some people are keeping track ...
I love your stories too btw. ;)
anja
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Date: 2007-01-16 01:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-13 01:44 pm (UTC)Thanks ^_^!
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Date: 2007-02-18 08:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-18 05:20 am (UTC)By any chance do you have a copy? Also I would love to read A Season in hell again, do you have a link to it?
I know I must be the annoying comment to your post but you've peaked my interest. ^^
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Date: 2007-03-18 05:33 am (UTC)But thank you for bringing back the memories of reading the fics. ah nothing better than finding good reads ^^
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Date: 2007-03-22 06:12 pm (UTC)Cassendra Claire
Date: 2007-03-22 05:19 am (UTC):oP
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Date: 2007-03-22 06:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-08 01:13 am (UTC)from what i know http://www.heidi8.com/dt/ doesnt have the pdf files anymore. I will do ANYTHING as to get them because I'm still in the middle of reading the stories.
if anyone can help me out, my email is amodernnlove@yahoo.com
thank you SO much.
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Date: 2007-04-08 01:19 am (UTC)anymore, I followed papertigress's links and I got them!
thanks so very much.
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Date: 2007-04-08 04:44 am (UTC)Re: draco trilogy
Date: 2007-04-08 08:38 pm (UTC)http://amanuensis1.livejournal.com/141170.html?thread=5628018#t5628018
NOOOO!!!! Corrupted file!!!
Date: 2007-05-03 10:35 am (UTC)Thanks!
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Date: 2007-05-03 11:56 am (UTC)PDF files of The Draco Trilogy
Date: 2007-06-24 09:49 am (UTC)Go to http://www.fur-haven.com/draco.html
:)
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Date: 2007-06-24 04:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-07-23 04:31 pm (UTC)"After the Flood "? I would be so gratefuk I didn't realise they were being taken down.
My email is jt2725@aol.com
Thank you so much
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Date: 2007-07-24 02:55 am (UTC)Tracy
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Date: 2008-01-27 11:15 pm (UTC)I can be reached at nuther1of6billion@yahoo.com
By the way, I heart your fics too and hope you don't suddenly decide they have to leave the internet. :)
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Date: 2008-03-30 02:50 am (UTC)mmmbop@gmail.com
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