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since: 05-12-08, id: 1574957, Profile Updated: 07-23-12
country: USA
Author has written 42 stories for Harry Potter, Dresden Files, Firefly, and Supernatural.

Hell hath no fury like the vast robot armies of a woman scorned.


1. Business As Usual » reviews
Ex-Sergeant Karrin Murphy teams up with an investigative duo to help her kill things and save people. You know, business as usual.
Crossover - Supernatural & Dresden Files - Rated: T - English - Supernatural - Chapters: 3 - Words: 3,780 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 5-21-13 - Published: 5-4-13 - Dean W. & Sam W.
2. Unfinished Business » reviews
On the anniversary of her best friend's death, Karrin Murphy meets someone she didn't expect to see in Graceland Cemetery. Set after Ghost Story. Rated for language and violence. Work-in-Progress.
Dresden Files - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 7 - Words: 21,952 - Reviews: 105 - Updated: 5-4-13 - Published: 9-22-11 - K. Murphy & H. Dresden
3. Down With the Sickness » reviews
Even wizards get the flu. And no, there's not a potion for that. Quit asking questions.
Dresden Files - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Humor - Chapters: 3 - Words: 3,982 - Reviews: 72 - Updated: 2-15-13 - Published: 4-22-11 - H. Dresden & K. Murphy
4. Walking Dead reviews
"Don't ask me how I knew she'd be there. I'm still not sure, myself." From Harry's perspective, set between 'Back in Black' and 'Unfinished Business.'
Dresden Files - Rated: T - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 845 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 6-11-12 - H. Dresden & K. Murphy - Complete
5. Tripping reviews
"It's not flirting. It's witty repartee." Harry Dresden rejects your reality and substitutes his own. Rated for language, unintentional drug use and offscreen violence. Warnings for absurd premise, creative anachronism and mentions of David Bowie.
Dresden Files - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,627 - Reviews: 27 - Published: 2-29-12 - H. Dresden & K. Murphy - Complete
6. Detonate reviews
"Beer and high explosives – this was his kind of holiday." Set after Summer Knight, slightly shippy.
Dresden Files - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 938 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 8-22-11 - H. Dresden & K. Murphy - Complete
7. Just Add Water reviews
"Murph nodded, as if this was a perfectly logical explanation for why her friend, the wizard, was covered in purple goop." Set sometime after the short story 'Last Call.'
Dresden Files - Rated: T - English - Humor/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 951 - Reviews: 15 - Published: 8-22-11 - H. Dresden & K. Murphy - Complete
8. Alacran reviews
"Our away team took a wrong turn somewhere in Faerie and ended up on Tattooine. Or Arrakis. Or in the middle of the Gobi freaking Desert." Set circa White Knight, pre-Camp Kaboom. References the giant scorpion incident in Storm Front.
Dresden Files - Rated: T - English - Humor/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 618 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 8-22-11 - H. Dresden & C. Ramirez - Complete
9. Back in Black reviews
"Sometimes, having a faerie godmother is kinda neat. You know. When she's not turning me into a dog." Set immediately after Ghost Story.
Dresden Files - Rated: T - English - Humor/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,041 - Reviews: 32 - Published: 8-22-11 - H. Dresden & The Leanansidhe - Complete
10. Lather, Rinse, Repeat reviews
"My apartment smelled like cordite and burning hair. Smoke was still curling out of the open trapdoor to the lab as I dialed for help. No, not 911. Quit looking at me like that." Set after Small Favor. Rated for language.
Dresden Files - Rated: M - English - Humor/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,142 - Reviews: 41 - Published: 7-21-11 - H. Dresden & Thomas R. - Complete
11. Getting Along reviews
Harry's roommate has boundary issues. Set between Blood Rites and Dead Beat. Rated for language.
Dresden Files - Rated: M - English - Family/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,103 - Reviews: 21 - Published: 6-15-11 - H. Dresden & Thomas R. - Complete
12. Sweet Beginnings » reviews
Love's labors pay minimum wage; Tonks is a barista by day, ninja by night. Remus writes, or tries to. Sirius levels up. Non-Magical American AU. Written for the MetamorFic Moon Winter Hallows Advent.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 4 - Words: 7,967 - Reviews: 26 - Published: 5-12-11 - N. Tonks & Remus L. - Complete
13. Feeding the Multitude reviews
"You know, when I signed on as a Warden, I thought there would be more riding undead dinosaurs, less making burritos. I could do this at home." It's breakfast time at Camp Kaboom.
Dresden Files - Rated: T - English - Humor/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 819 - Reviews: 15 - Published: 5-12-11 - C. Ramirez & H. Dresden - Complete
14. Absolution reviews
"The way my mind works must be less stream-of-consciousness and more vicious cycle-of-contrition. Vicious, I tell you. My hand to god, it has fangs and tentacles." Slightly AU, set after Summer Knight.
Dresden Files - Rated: T - English - Angst/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 866 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 5-12-11 - H. Dresden - Complete
15. In Theory reviews
He'd been assigned to her, which he decided, after a few successful assignments, was less a blow to his already suffering ego and more an arrangement that worked quite well. On paper.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 439 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 5-12-11 - Remus L. & N. Tonks - Complete
16. Inside Joke reviews
After it's all over – long enough over, even though it doesn't feel that way, they run into each other in the galley. Set after Serenity.
Firefly - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 242 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 5-12-11 - Mal & Inara - Complete
17. Once More For Luck reviews
Remus, being a tad naïve, had expected dinner or coffee or a movie and had ended up at a party on a beach at half past one in the morning. In retrospect, he feels he shouldn't have been so surprised.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 930 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 5-12-11 - Remus L. & N. Tonks - Complete
18. As if in a Dream reviews
There's no such thing as a direct flight - Susan and Martin are on their way to Chicago. Set at the beginning of 'Changes', spoilers abound.
Dresden Files - Rated: T - English - Angst/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,040 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 5-8-11 - Susan R. & H. Dresden - Complete
19. Curiouser and Curiouser reviews
Sometimes, being stuck in the body of a coed necromancer has its advantages. Set after Small Favor.
Dresden Files - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 835 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 5-1-11 - A. Luccio & H. Dresden - Complete
20. Higher Education reviews
Harry Dresden is not college material.
Dresden Files - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 399 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 4-24-11 - H. Dresden & Ebenezer M. - Complete
21. Drive reviews
A man's car says a lot about who he is.
Dresden Files - Rated: T - English - Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,863 - Reviews: 26 - Published: 3-2-11 - H. Dresden & Ebenezer M. - Complete
22. Only What You Need » reviews
After the loss of a friend, the Order's two token shapeshifting freaks find comfort in the bottom of several bottles and in each other .
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Angst/Friendship - Chapters: 4 - Words: 5,497 - Reviews: 20 - Updated: 1-10-11 - Published: 11-10-10 - N. Tonks & Remus L. - Complete
23. Paying Attention reviews
In which Nymphadora Tonks spikes the punch, is made fun of by her friends and learns a few things.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,080 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 7-26-10 - N. Tonks & Remus L. - Complete
24. Strung Up reviews
Gilderoy Lockhart is pompous, Sirius is irate, and Remus practices Defense Against the Dumb Arts. Marauder-Era, featuring James, Peter, Lily, a periwinkle picnic blanket and...dun duh duh... the Giant Squid.
Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 938 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 3-12-10 - Gilderoy L. & Remus L. - Complete
25. Shine reviews
The Lupins attend the first Christmas Ball following the war. AU. Written for the Pink Advent Meta event!
Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,987 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 3-3-10 - Remus L. & N. Tonks - Complete
26. Keep Calm and Carry On reviews
The best laid plans of women and werewolves oft go awry; the real story behind the Lupin's "quiet wedding."
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,001 - Reviews: 32 - Published: 12-10-09 - Remus L. & N. Tonks - Complete
27. Not Your Average Business Trip reviews
It took him a moment to remember where he was — stationed in a drab seaside village with none other than Nymphadora Tonks. She stands over him holding a camp lantern. "If you're a ghost here to show me Christmas Past, I'd rather not."
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,649 - Reviews: 15 - Published: 11-12-09 - N. Tonks & Remus L. - Complete
28. Going to Pasalacqua reviews
Despite the loss of a busty ale wench, this evening still rated better than Remus's last birthday, which he had spent in stony silence, seemingly refusing to ever talk to Sirius again. But of course, that had been Sirius's own damned fault.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,683 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 11-9-09 - Remus L. & Sirius B. - Complete
29. Step Into the Night » reviews
Remus and Tonks- an unlikely duo. Can a Punkrock Auror and Deceivingly Quiet Professor-ish Werewolf make it work? Place your bets now! 31 chapters, OoTP through HBP.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 31 - Words: 84,564 - Reviews: 512 - Updated: 9-23-09 - Published: 5-20-08 - Remus L. & N. Tonks - Complete
30. Fleurs Du Mal reviews
Goths, Boggarts, Bellatrix Lestrange in a bikini, and carnivorous plants are the least of Remus Lupin's worries on a Non-Date with Nymphadora Tonks. Rated T for language. Written for the Metamorfic Moon Midsummer Tales Event.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,579 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 9-20-09 - Remus L. & N. Tonks - Complete
31. Blessed be the Ties that Bind reviews
Family is the only refuge from war-The Weasley family's journey through the Second War with Voldemort. Written for the LJ community Fandom Fusion's Ides of March Challenge. Rated for torture and character death.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,196 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 9-18-09 - Complete
32. Class reviews
When Gryffindor House throws a suprise party, they throw it as far as they can. Starring McGonagall, the Marauders, and Lily.
Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,858 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 9-18-09 - Minerva M. - Complete
33. Any Colour You Like reviews
An accident at the Ministry sends Auror Tonks to the Swinging Seventies, where she meets four very familiar young men who aren't the Beatles. Clearly, I've fallen prey to the tempting idea of magical time-travel. Rated T for language and ridiculousness.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,844 - Reviews: 39 - Published: 9-17-09 - N. Tonks & Remus L. - Complete
34. Lullaby reviews
Andromeda's birthday brings more than the usual surprises. Posted on LiveJournal.
Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 570 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 9-17-09 - Remus L. & N. Tonks - Complete
35. Department of Mysteries reviews
Title: Department of Mysteries Word Count: 100 x 10 Rating: T, because of The Flaming Lips. Summary: Ten drabbles featuring different members of the DA and the Order of the Phoenix, leading up to and during the battle at the Ministry in OoTP.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,384 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-24-09
36. Empire of Dirt » reviews
A HP Ficlets ahoy! A storage facility for those little plot-bunnies, or plot-dragons. Characters- Any and/or All. Pairings- I'm fond of the canon pairings. Rated T for safety.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 9 - Words: 4,406 - Reviews: 34 - Updated: 6-24-09 - Published: 9-16-08
37. Juxtapose reviews
Together they laughed awkwardly, finally realizing what exactly they had done, just how subconscious their relationship was, just how much they were a part of each other." Written for the MetamorFic Moon Pink Christmas Advent.
Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,848 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 1-22-09 - Remus L. & N. Tonks - Complete
38. Kryptonite, or A Much Better Ending reviews
Once upon a time, in a land across the sea, there was a girl with a ridiculous name..." Written for the MetamorFic Moon Pink Christmas Advent.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,725 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 1-22-09 - Remus L. & N. Tonks - Complete
39. God Rest Ye Merry Hypocrites reviews
First, it's bad luck to wake a sleeping Auror. There is a very high possibility that I could get hexed for it, and I'm not fond of the idea of spending Christmas as a ferret." Written for the MetamorFic Moon Pink Christmas Advent on LiveJournal.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,195 - Reviews: 24 - Published: 1-22-09 - Remus L. & N. Tonks - Complete
40. They're Weird and They're Wonderful reviews
Tonks and Remus are left in the lurch by an important person on an even more important day. Temporary madness and/or Weasley assistance ensues. Written for the MetamorFic Moon Autumn Moonlight Jumble!
Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,084 - Reviews: 62 - Published: 11-21-08 - Remus L. & N. Tonks - Complete
41. The Pine Tree Incident of 1977 reviews
An outtake/flashback from Step Into the Night. Sirius Black is a chef and his favourite recipe is disaster, motorbike style. James gets the girl, Peter gets skydived upon, and Remus gets flying lessons.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,555 - Reviews: 15 - Published: 11-19-08 - Remus L. & Sirius B. - Complete
42. The Bottom of the Stairs reviews
Written for the LJ community MetamorFic Moon's event, The Beatles and the Bard Timeless Moon Ball. R/T romanticky-humour! "No, I have bigger a problem to worry about. A dilemma, even. A predicament, one might say."
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,052 - Reviews: 23 - Published: 9-28-08 - N. Tonks & Remus L. - Complete