Bambu
Member Since 2005 | 27 Stories | Favorited by 542 | 117 Reviews Written | 1,029 Review Responses
I have loved the written word since watching my mother’s fingers trace the lines of a book, luxuriating in riveting tales and well-turned phrases. Many a night I read until dawn, a plastic flashlight hidden under the covers to light the pages as I raced the rising sun to finish my latest must-read.
Since joining the HP fandom, I've been privileged to receive more than 50 awards, including Best Author (Quill to Parchment Awards) and Best Classic Author (Most Potente Passions). Among others, my stories have won awards for Best Hurt/Comfort (Spoils of War, Morning Has Broken), Best Novel Length (Calling Card, Guard…Check…Mate), Best One Shot (A Beach in Ireland), Best WIP (Saving a Death Eater, The Summoning), Favorite Overall Story (Complexities), and Readers’ Choice (A Quest of Paladins).
Aside from a judicious polish for formatting and egregious typos, I don't plan on revising my early work. Those stories are the stepping stones of my writing journey. Please note some stories contain adult content. None is more graphic than equivalent scenes in the television shows True Blood or Game of Thrones, and age appropriate warnings are posted.
I no longer write fanfiction prolifically. Like many fanfic authors, my focus has shifted to original work. A member of the Romance Writers of America and the Southern California Writers Association, I write under my name: Lin Thornhill.
My original story Verisimilitude published in Thoroughly Modern Monsters (Story Spring Publishing, 2013) reached the top 100 fantasy anthologies and broke into the top 10 in the UK the first month of release. Ben and Christine’s story will continue in 2016.
Fixation, my latest short story, slated for publication in J. Aldis’ anthology Immanence, with a winter 2015-2016 release, is particularly exciting as it anchors the Messengers of Inari novel series I’ve been developing for the past year.
9/2015
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Saving a Death Eater
by Bambu
157 Ratings, 0 Likes, 189 Favorites )Post-Deathly Hallows plot. While Harry is immured in the headmaster's office, sunk into Snape's memories, Hermione is spurred into action of a different sort.
36,240 Words, Started 07/22/2007, Updated 08/12/2013
Guard... Check... Mate
by Bambu
120 Ratings, 0 Likes, 327 Favorites )Late one night, after evening the distribution of house points, Snape discovers an unwanted intruder into the sub-levels of Hogwarts. What he finds alters his perception and the course of his life.
49,097 Words, Started 07/11/2005, Completed 07/24/2005
Riddle Me This
by Bambu
61 Ratings, 0 Likes, 10 Favorites )When a colleague is discovered to be missing in action, Hermione Granger is sent to Egypt to investigate.
51,550 Words, Started 03/23/2012, Completed 05/06/2012
A Beach in Ireland
by Bambu
53 Ratings, 0 Likes, 137 Favorites )Eight years post-Voldemort, Hermione decides to celebrate her birthday quietly at home, but serendipity takes a hand.
8,680 Words, Started 10/16/2009, Completed 10/16/2009
The Witch Bower
by Bambu
35 Ratings, 0 Likes, 39 Favorites )Post-war, Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy have formed an unlikely friendship which has grown into an intimate relationship. When Hermione’s doubts about the relationship appear to derail a happy ending, the nameless, elemental guardians of the Malfoy line take matters into their own hands in order to ensure the future of the family.
39,871 Words, Started 04/01/2007, Completed 06/07/2007
A Member of the Family
by Bambu
30 Ratings, 0 Likes, 26 Favorites )On a sun-dappled summer's day, Hermione's young daughter finds an unexpected 'guest' at the bottom of the garden.
1,713 Words, Started 07/03/2009, Completed 07/03/2009
A Circular Path
by Bambu
26 Ratings, 0 Likes, 14 Favorites )A brief encapsulation of Hermione's life post-war (in honor of her birthday.)
810 Words, Started 09/19/2008, Completed 09/19/2008
The Three Rs
by Bambu
26 Ratings, 0 Likes, 65 Favorites )Viktor Krum is a famous Quidditch player, witches throw themselves at him often. Why isn't he happy?
19,506 Words, Started 03/20/2007, Completed 03/27/2007
The Spoils of War
by Bambu
24 Ratings, 0 Likes, 78 Favorites )The final battle is over and Hermione Granger has lost everything ... except the one item she has chosen to take with her.
4,082 Words, Started 01/12/2007, Completed 01/12/2007
Dreams Come True
by Bambu
18 Ratings, 0 Likes, 29 Favorites )Sometimes the journey is worth it. This is a cluster of drabbles in response to the Snape Has It All Challenge.
1,498 Words, Started 02/19/2007, Completed 02/19/2007
Silly Little Girl
by Bambu
17 Ratings, 0 Likes, 32 Favorites )Drabble series written for the 'compulsion' prompt at GrangerSnape100, Hermione, Harry and Ron have been on the Horcrux hunt for seven months when a letter from Snape lands in her lap ... literally.
5,283 Words, Started 07/11/2007, Completed 07/11/2007
Swing Time
by Bambu
17 Ratings, 0 Likes, 1 Favorite )A disowned and dishonored Draco Malfoy has been given refuge by the Order of the Phoenix at the Burrow. The only time of the day in which he’s granted any privacy is during the swing shift, tea time to midnight, which he spends, appropriately enough, in the Weasleys’ garden.
9,783 Words, Started 04/18/2012, Completed 04/18/2012
Passages of Time
by Bambu
16 Ratings, 0 Likes, 17 Favorites )In a post-HBP world, Hermione looks back on the reasons she remained in the wizarding world.
2,564 Words, Started 08/13/2005, Completed 08/13/2005
The White Peacock
by Bambu
16 Ratings, 0 Likes, 8 Favorites )For some, a paradigm shift takes a fraction of a second. For Lucius Malfoy, that fraction of a second is three decades in the making.
24,184 Words, Started 03/16/2011, Completed 04/15/2011
Moments of Compassion
by Bambu
16 Ratings, 0 Likes, 8 Favorites )The morning after the Battle for Hogwarts Hermione Granger handles a grim task.
1,737 Words, Started 09/18/2009, Completed 09/18/2009
Stunned
by Bambu
16 Ratings, 0 Likes, 38 Favorites )The Voldemort War is over and reconstruction has begun within the wizarding world. An occupational team is at Malfoy Manor and Hermione has been in residence for two years... with Narcissa. What does Draco think of that?
12,648 Words, Started 10/24/2005, Completed 10/25/2005
Inheritance
by Bambu
15 Ratings, 0 Likes, 2 Favorites )On a fateful day, Hermione Granger is working at her desk in the Ministry of Magic when an unexpected guest darkens her door.
4,723 Words, Started 01/06/2012, Completed 01/06/2012
Brewing in Pairs
by Bambu
13 Ratings, 0 Likes, 18 Favorites )Arrangements have been made for students to return to Hogwarts for pre-NEWT coursework. Potions class is a taste of things to come.
1,610 Words, Started 09/18/2009, Completed 09/18/2009
Balance of Power
by Bambu
12 Ratings, 0 Likes, 6 Favorites )After the debacle at the Department of Mysteries, finding the solace of sleep isn't easy.
808 Words, Started 08/13/2008, Completed 08/13/2008
Ozoni: A Simmered Miscellany
by Bambu
11 Ratings, 0 Likes, 3 Favorites )A miscellany of ficlets, un-paired drabbles, and snippets of Snape/Granger tidbits.
444 Words, Started 09/18/2009, Updated 09/21/2009
The Potter
by Bambu
10 Ratings, 0 Likes, 0 Favorites )Harry's introspective the morning after the Battle for Hogwarts. There's soup!
1,572 Words, Started 05/21/2012, Completed 05/21/2012