Master List for 2016

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Yes, you read that right: 2016. We're still wrapping up last year as we get ready for Small Gifts 2017.

Your mods apologize. We were on the verge of finishing up last January when 2017 appeared in full force and, Dementor-like, sucked all the joy out of life. (I started off joking here, but honestly, 2017 has had some very Dementor-like qualities: political chaos, natural disasters, and tragedies large and small in the news almost every day. We hope you're safe out there. Someone teach us how to cast a Patronus charm!)

But we're back this year, now posting primarily on Dreamwidth, and stronger than ever. Last year's master list appears below. Forgive us for being late!

Your mods,
Maggie and Min

2016 by the numbers: we had 36 participants and 41 gifts ranging from 350 to 26,000 words in length. One quarter of these gifts were art or art-plus-fic. Most importantly, because one of the best things about Small Gifts has always been its sense of community, we left 847 comments for each other.


ART:

digthewriter created The Small Things for woldy
Remus takes pleasure in Sirius resting against him as they study. Work-safe

dustmouth created Spinning in Place for druhkayris
In some universe, Remus and Sirius live in a house by the sea. Work-safe

druhkayris created Fullmoon for articcat621
Work-safe

gizenshi created Research for minttwinings
After a mystifying run-in with Firenze, the boys eventually attempt to make sense of his cryptic message. Work-safe

bererjs created Let's Eat for gizenshi
A story in pictures. Work-safe but warning for naked biceps!

shiftylinguini created Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) for ruinsplume
Just a moment between them inspired by ruinsplume's prompt: an intimate moment that shows their facial expressions Work-safe



ART AND FIC:

abyss_valkyrie wrote White Jumper for cackling_madly
Sixth Year and Sirius finally notices his feelings for Remus when he gets a white jumper. Rated PG-13, 4500 words, work-safe

dustmouth created The Trouser Incident for kittyaugust
A series of inconsequential letters between a werewolf and his live in Dog Star. Or the one where Sirius is doing mysteriously important negotiations somewhere up north, Teddy sniffs tinsel, and Remus does his best not to burn all the toast. Work-safe

magnetic_pole created The Cottage at Findorn for dustmouth
Remus and Sirius live in an enchanted cottage by the sea. This is Dumbledore's note instructing Sirius how to find it. Work-safe

magnetic_pole created A Match Made on Witter (In Nine Weets) for museinabsentia
It's 2007. Sirius is single, but he's got a fancy new mobile, and he's back on the market again after another failed relationship. Arthur Weasley keeps telling him how this new wizarding app Witter is going to revolutionize the wizarding world. Surely it can help him reconnect with that handsome werewolf from MuggleCon, right? (AU in which Voldemort never existed and Remus never attended Hogwarts.) Work-safe


FIC:

abradystrix wrote An Adventure for bererjs
Remus and Sirius find solace in travel as the world gets darker. Rated teen/mature, PG-13, 1400 words

articcat621 wrote Pointing Towards Home for luminousgloom
Sirius surprises Remus with an early Christmas gift. Rated T/PG, 1000 words

bearshorty wrote Christmas in July for huldrejenta
Being stuck and lying low at Remus’ place is testing all of Sirius’ patience. But a magic snow globe, ice skating and a glimpse of a past life might just help Sirius see his predicament in a new way. Rated PG, 2800 words

blanketdinstars wrote Noël Nouvelet for bearshorty
There are some things that stand the test of time. Rated G, 3000 words

brighty18 wrote Jovenalia for shaggydogstail
It’s Winter Solstice 1979 and the stars are aligned for wish making. But, beware, even the most solemn of ceremonies can be interrupted by angry foliage... Rated light R, 2600 words

cevennes wrote Lethe and Mnemosyne for grandilloquism
Winter ’79. Looking to get out from under the black-hole overhang of wartime, Sirius and Remus take off to play house on the Cornish moors. It goes downhill from there. Rated NC-17, 26,000 words

ghosttt wrote Broceliande for oh_peccadillo
Penrith, 1978. At the Blacks' most squalorous remaining estate, Sirius and Remus make an attempt to escape the war. Rated R, 4300 words

grandilloquism wrote Romance, Prosperity, Good Fortune for abradystrix
Sirius avoids meeting Remus' parents until he can't, then avoids that too. Somehow, it works out. Rated G, 1600 words

hastendown wrote True or False for ruinsplume
Sirius needs some Veritaserum to confess his feelings to Remus. Rated NC17, 1700 words

huldrejenta wrote Let's Play Together for nerak_rose
The way Remus remembers it, their old band used to be quite awful. The way Sirius remembers it, they were a huge success. Maybe they're both right. Rated G, 2400 words

kittyaugust wrote Locked Up: A Love Story for hastendown
Notes and scraps of the past, locked in a box for years, reveal a tiny love story (or two) -- if you know how to read between the lines of meddling friends. Rated G, 940 words

laroseminuit wrote To Drive the Cold Winter Away for ghost
Containing the tale of two lovers, torn apart by youthful follies and divers duty, reunited in the heart of conflict so to prove that the flame of love once lit might ever be rekindled. Rated G, 2500 words

liseuse wrote Build a Little Fire This Midnight for blanketdinstars
In which there are quiet stolen moments, violin playing of dubious quality, and sticky locks. Rated PG-13, 2000 words

littlepistols wrote The Infinite Loop and Other Travails for laroseminuit
Remus and Sirius travel back in time for a mission for the Order of the Phoenix. If only Remus and Sirius knew what, or who, they were looking for... Rated PG, 5700 words

llaeyro wrote Two Truths and a Lie for honest_brain
A getting together at last story. Rated NC-17, 3000 words

luminousgloom wrote A Feast for mustntgetmy
Remus has a go at cooking a Christmas feast. Rated R, 3500 words

marc_duork wrote Love and Joy Come to You for dustmouth
Yuletide 1979 at the Potter’s, and Remus gets caught up in yet another ‘tradition’ he’s never heard of. Rated PG-13, 2900 words

mindabbles wrote Christmas Crackers for marc_duork
Anything worth having is worth waiting for. Rated light R, 2200 words

mindabbles wrote Three Times Remus and Sirius Didn't Get Together and One Time They Did for shaggydogstail
Remus and Sirius have a deal. Rated R, 5000 words

museinabsentia wrote All Souls Night for rhye
Arranged marriages had gone out of fashion decades ago in all but the strictest of families. Pureblood arranged marriages were terrifyingly archaic. And just downright terrifying. Rated light R/dark PG-13, 4400 words

mustntgetmy wrote Show Me What It Could Be Like for abyss_valkyrie
Unbeknownst to any of his friends, Remus has been writing M/M erotica for a living. But naturally, it's impossible for this kind of secret to be kept for very long - especially from Sirius. Rated R, 4400 words

nerak_rose wrote Home Is Where the Heart Is for dustmouth
Remus has been away for a few weeks. Sirius is waiting for him. Rated G, 350 words

oh_peccadillo wrote Concomitant for cevennes
a lie low in Los Angeles, oneiromancy Rated R, 1960 words

rhye wrote The Bachelor Professors for sostrata
In alternate reality in which everyone lives, Harry visits Remus and Sirius in Hogsmeade during his first break in Auror training. Rated PG, 1600 words

ruinsplume wrote A Taste of Ginger for llaeyro
Remus and Sirius need to spice things up. Rated NC-17, 6500 words

segundite wrote It's a Match! for liseuse
Remus swipes right into the biggest mistake he’s made in a long time. Rated PG-13, 3100 words

shaggydogstail wrote The Great Gryffindor Dating Game (No Money Back, No Guarantee, Accept No Imitations) for adriositiense
Sirius likes Remus. Remus likes Sirius. Their friends are supportive. Christmas is coming and romance is in the air. So it should be a simple matter for them to get together, right Rated PG-13, 13000 words

shaggydogstail wrote Sirius Versus the Igloo for segundite
Remus finds himself stuck in an igloo, the Forbidden Forest, in the middle of an epic blizzard, with Sirius and no magic. Apparently they’ve been pranked by Peter. Marvellous. Rated PG-13, 3600 words

shaggydogstail wrote A Star, Singing for dustmouth
A few points: 1. James did not get Sirius to proxy-stalk Lily; 2. Sirius and James are definitely not shagging; 3. Lily is absolutely not going to enchant a snitch to use as a sex toy; 4. Peter didn’t even think about asking for a transfer to Hufflepuff; 5. Remus thinks the Epiphany Ritual is completely pointless. One of those is true. The importance of jam in Epiphany Potion is still under debate. Rated PG-13, 5000 words

sostrata wrote A Ghostly Christmas for brighty18
Remus, Sirius, and Harry spend their first Christmas together after Voldemort's defeat. Ghostiness ensues. Rated PG, 3900 words

woldy wrote Smoke, swans, and other Black family traditions for digthewriter
Sirius has disowned the Black family, but he hasn’t abandoned all their solstice traditions. Rated PG, 2300 words

As always, we made our best efforts to get the master list right, but if you find typos or mistakes, we'd warmly welcome the correction.

Enjoy last year's party? Come join us again! Sign-ups for Small Gifts 2017 are still going on. They'll end as claiming begins this Saturday, October 21, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. (That’s 8:00 a.m. in Los Angeles, 10:00 in Mexico City, 4:00 p.m. in London, 5:00 in Berlin, 7:00 in Dubai, and 11:00 p.m. in Shanghai. Australia-Pacific folks, send us an e-mail, and we'll help you out.)