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Article: FAN FICTION: THE PLOTS THICKEN LOYAL FOLLOWERS FIND THE WEB A MAGICAL PLACE TO SPIN THEIR OWN VERSIONS.(Life and Arts)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- May 13, 2003
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Byline: REBEKAH DENN P-I reporter
Harry Potter and Hermione are lovers. Or maybe Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter are lovers. Or Harry has a cousin named Rae who is a wizard, too, and he's going to attend Hogwarts next year. Or Harry is dead, murdered in the war against Voldemort, but his friends must soldier on.
Why wait for the fifth Harry Potter book to be released June 21, when there are tens of thousands of alternate - and unauthorized - new Potter sequels already written?
Devotees of the J.K. Rowling books have taken the Potter world into their own pens, writing "fan fiction" stories and novels that continue, alter, or extrapolate from ...