SRL Always faves Short to Mid
Short (under 100,000) to mid (under 300,000) works that are good enough to check regularly.
Doesn’t include series with more than 1 book currently.
Please mind the tags and ratings as some works are good for a general audience while others should be screened first based on audience triggers.
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Harry Potter and the Hunt for Happiness by Gimlili
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
12 Jul 2026
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If Harry's going to do it all over again it's going to be for him and him alone.
He's done living for other people, this time he's living on his terms.
This time he will find a way to be happy.
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suburban wonderland by just tired (stillredhead_just_tired)
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
10 Jan 2025
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During the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry does what Harry does best a reckless decision that implicates everyone around him, lucky for him Severus Snape is right there to fix it.
Not willingly, mind you.
“You got pregnant and didn’t tell me?” Regulus looked genuinely sad, the bastard.
Severus on the other hand had a flashback to ‘that night’ the one that he promised to never think about again. He had forgotten about it, but to his eighteen-year-old mind it was still fresh, he had forgotten about it after a decade or two. “I was ignoring that day, thank you.”
“How can you ignore it if you have a child now?” Lucius asked, sitting by his side and playing with Potter’s fingers. “How old is he anyway?”
Severus sighed, loudly. This was his life now? Pretending to be Potter’s carrier? “A couple of hours maybe. I didn’t check the time, and I think I fell asleep for a while there.”Series
- Part 1 of picture in my wallet
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Harry Potter was not having a good day. Struck by lightning, chased by 'giants', becoming trapped in Devil's Snare and nearly ending up an Acromantula's pre-dinner appetiser, are all very bad things. And he is now living in the Slytherin dorms. It says something about his life that he isn't really all that surprised by the events of the last twenty-four hours. It's a wonder he hasn't gone barmy before now. It really is.
It also should be taken under advisement, that Draco Malfoy should NOT be allowed to name things. EVER.
And what is up with Nearly Headless Nick and the other ghosts? Why is someone going around polyjuiced as Harry? Why do they smell like radishes? And do they HAVE to suck on so many sugar quills?
Never abandoned, will update until complete. Merely sometimes forgotten in the face of ravenous plot bunnies.
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- Part 1 of Synkardiás Verse
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After an unexpected birthday surprise, Harry Potter finds himself suddenly very different from what he was just a day before, and somehow taking care of a baby in need. However, his short and painful life has taught him that no one is safe around Harry Potter. So, how else can be protect this innocent baby but to kill off Harry Potter and become someone new. And, who best to help him than the one person who would really like him to not be James Potter's son...Severus Snape.
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A piece of Voldemort's soul attached to baby Harry Potter that fateful Halloween night. Over the years, the soul piece witnessed how much danger and pain his host was in. How far would the soul go to protect the child he began to care for, especially when the boy started to care for him in return? Oh, just a little over-protective care, some magic training, maybe some necromancy...
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AU. Severus Snape does not want to mentor the Boy-Who-Lived, but it seems inevitable when Potter is placed into his House. As the years pass and Potter turns darker and darker, Severus wonders whether he succeeded or failed.
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- Part 1 of From Samhain to the Solstice 2024
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When Harry Potter's Hogwarts letter raises red flags for Severus Snape, he delivers the letter instead of letting Dumbledore handle it. Severus does not see a miniature James Potter when he encounters the scrawny child, drowning in clothes that don't fit and holding himself carefully away from his aunt like she might strike him at any moment. Severus is reminded only of himself.
Severus's choice to rescue Harry might damn him when Voldemort returns, or it might change everything.
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The Speaker and His Wraiths by ATiredAndDeadWriter
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
01 Sep 2024
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In a world where Harry Potter chooses to seek his own answers instead of waiting around for Dumbledore, everything is different.
Harry and his friends at Hogwarts must prepare for the inevitable war, choosing sides and creating their own paths. Will they be able to manage it?
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- Part 1 of The Revolutionary Speaker
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What are dependents left to do when betrayed by those they trusted most, but to find a way to become masters in their own right. Set after Department of Mysteries fiasco in Order of the Phoenix.
Translation into French available here: https: // www.fanfiction.net /s / 11803029 / 1 / Emancipation
The silvergreenroyalty (Wattpad) or thesnarrysarchivist (AO3) have translated "Emancipation" into Spanish. If you are interested, check it out here.
Translation into Brazilian Portuguese available here: https: // www.wattpad.com /story/ 303310486-emancipation-tradu%C3%A7%C3%A3o
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Deceptions by confused_moron
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Arthurian Mythology & Related Fandoms
20 Jun 2026
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During the train journey following his third year, Harry's entire bloody world was turned upside-down. Overwhelmed by some sudden realisations and his bizarre escape from the future, he discovered that those he had believed to be his most loyal allies were the ones poised to inflict the deepest wounds. However, those he had never deemed trustworthy turned out to be the people who would be standing by his side amidst the war. And Harry finally found himself making profound decisions that would forever alter the course of his life...
Includes Dark but not evil Harry, some characters Bashing and mental trauma.
"Ohh sssweet Lady, I, the queen of hell, am sssstuck with an innocent child-" the snake exclaimed, causing Harry to pout as he squirmed in the blonde's lap to find a more comfortable position.
"Hey! Not fair! Wait- queen? "
"Yesss hatchling, I am Manassha the queen of hell ssserpentsss, and you sssweet little hatchling, are my counter-"