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Penname: Torak [Contact - ]
Real name: Andrew Perry
Member Since: 2005.08.02
Last Login: 2024.10.14
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Drifting comfortably towards middle age, I'm English and Swedish, studied law and sociology briefly, served in the Swedish Air Force, and now work in maritime security. I'm a jazz and funk drummer, used to play the trumpet and the piano, and I'm a computer geek (though not competent enough to be a nerd). I play board games and RPGs when I have the time, play cops on TV, and have been married to a South African comic book geekette. Questions?
I write mainly comedy, or satire, or action with a dash of humour. I avoid angst.
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None ] A Treatise On The Perils Of Excessive Involvement In The Reading Of Fiction by Torak   [Reviews - 20] ** Winner of Best Overall in the Peter Pan Challenge ** ** Winner of Best Unusual Story Creativity in the Peter Pan Challenge ** When the RoR provides an enchanted library for Ginny to relax in, her dreams take on a strangely literary bent... COMPLETE... for now.
PG-13 - Peter Pan Challenge (2007-4), Post-HBP - Action/Adventure, Comedy, Crossover, Fluff, General, Humor, Romance - Warnings: Mild Language, Mild Sexual Situations, Violence - Words: 12219
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 3 - Published: 2007.08.27 - Updated: 2007.09.04 - Hits: 45534 |
| And The Walls Came Tumbling Down by Torak [Reviews - 27] ** Winner of Best Humor in the Hogswarts Discovery Challenge ** A mysterious door shows that the barrier between magical and Muggle may be thinner than anyone had expected... Oh, and the rating's just for language, pretty much the level that's in the books. And the warning.. well, that's just to be on the safe side. Doesn't really need it, but there's a tiny bit of innuendo.
PG - Hogwarts Discovery Challenge (2005-6) - Action/Adventure, Comedy, Fluff, General, Humor - Warnings: Mild Language, Mild Sexual Situations, Sexual Situations - Words: 2428
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 1 - Published: 2005.12.16 - Updated: 2005.12.16 - Hits: 5339 |
| As Mad As Ajax by Torak [Reviews - 24] ** Winner of Best Humor in the Angst Valentine Challenge ** Love is in the air at Hogwarts - but it might be getting a bit whiffy. (EDIT: Tweaked on the 15th to add missing italics. No other changes made.)
PG - Angst Valentine Challenge (2006-1) - Comedy, Fluff, Humor - Warnings: Mild Language, Mild Sexual Situations - Words: 2433
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 1 - Published: 2006.02.14 - Updated: 2006.02.14 - Hits: 5599 |
| Combat Catalyst by Torak [Reviews - 30] ** Winner of Best Overall & Best Adventure in the Dark Autumn Challenge ** As the sextet find some time to have a good chat and sort some things out, a large force of Death Eaters are on their way to cleanse Hogsmeade. Lots of non-fluffy fluff, whizz-bang special effects, and a Death Eater with a splitting headache. Rated for violence, gore and huge nasty pointy teeth. [18-10-2005: Rating edited - I'm told it's not that violent after all.]
PG-13 - Dark Autumn Challenge (2005-5) - Action/Adventure, Comedy, Fluff, General, Humor - Warnings: Disturbing Imagery, Mild Language, Violence - Words: 8340
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 1 - Published: 2005.10.14 - Updated: 2005.10.14 - Hits: 5166 |
| Festively Besieged by Torak [Reviews - 14] ** Winner of Best Adventure in the The Marauders Map Challenge ** (WORD COUNT 9,999 words precisely.) Five years after Voldemort's defeat, a hostage situation threatens the anniversary celebrations - and the only ones who can save the day are Harry, Ginny, and a large black dog. A/N edited 2009-01-02, no other changes made.
PG-13 - The Marauders Map Challenge (2008-6) - Action/Adventure, Comedy, General, Humor, Romance - Warnings: Death, Disturbing Imagery, Extreme Language, Intimate Sexual Situations, Mild Language, Mild Sexual Situations, Sexual Situations, Violence - Words: 10315
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 1 - Published: 2008.12.31 - Updated: 2008.12.31 - Hits: 6523 |
| Harry Potter And The Dark Legion by Torak [Reviews - 17] *** The author has been reminded via the e-mail address on file that this story is listed as incomplete and has not been updated in over 2 years *** Picking up where HBP left off, this (eventually) novel-length fic covers Harry's seventh year in the magical world. Probably my most ambitious story yet, and packed with little nods to external sources, just like the annotations in Pratchett's Discworld novels. Rated PG-13 for now, but I may change the rating depending on how future chapters go.
PG-13 - Post-HBP - Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Fluff, General, Humor - Warnings: Death, Extreme Language, Mild Language, Mild Sexual Situations, Violence - Words: 10279
Completed: No - Chapters: 4 - Published: 2005.11.02 - Updated: 2007.07.24 - Hits: 21920 |
| Harry Potter and the Mystery Of The Glanville Orange by Torak [Reviews - 4] *** The author has been reminded via the e-mail address on file that this story is listed as incomplete and has not been updated since 2006 *** A crossover of sorts, involving Harry and a modern-day film noir and pulp novel spoof sort of thing. Much hilarity, suspence and romance ensues. Or at least two of the three. Probably.
PG-13 - Alternate Universe - Action/Adventure, Comedy, Crossover, Humor - Warnings: Mild Language, Mild Sexual Situations, Violence - Words: 2688
Completed: No - Chapters: 1 - Published: 2006.02.07 - Updated: 2006.02.07 - Hits: 3276 |
| Harry's Got A Brand New Hag by Torak [Reviews - 11] Harry and Ginny set off to find Potter Manor. It's not a long walk, but they still manage to get snowed in...
PG-13 - "Baby, It's Cold Outside" Challenge (2008-1) - Comedy, Fluff, Humor, Songfic - Warnings: Mild Language, Mild Sexual Situations, Sexual Situations - Words: 1919
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 1 - Published: 2008.03.01 - Updated: 2008.03.01 - Hits: 6730 |
| Hogwarts DIY by Torak [Reviews - 7] When Kingsley Shacklebolt launches a plan to rebuild Hogwarts, he must negotiate a maze of obstacles, not least of which is his Permanent Secretary, Sir Algernon Chumbleforth-Smythe. But then he has an idea to bypass the bureaucratic cauldron-measurers...
PG-13 - Reconstruction Challenge (2007-5) - Comedy, Fluff, General, Humor, Romance - Warnings: Mild Language, Mild Sexual Situations - Words: 1417
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 1 - Published: 2007.10.10 - Updated: 2007.10.10 - Hits: 5936 |
| Hollywood Or What? by Torak [Reviews - 35] A bumbling Death Eater's botched spell drags him - and a kidnapped Ginny - into a series of alternate cinematic dimensions. Naturally, Harry's saving-people-thing kicks in, and he follows them in to bring her back. Rated for innuendo, some violence and mostly mild language.
R - Post-HBP - Action/Adventure, Comedy, Crossover, Fluff, General, Humor - Warnings: Disturbing Imagery, Mild Language, Mild Sexual Situations, Sexual Situations, Violence - Words: 34230
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 8 - Published: 2007.07.06 - Updated: 2007.10.01 - Hits: 39456 |
| I Need A Vacation by Torak [Reviews - 17] Lumbered with kids that will be their own in a mere ten or twenty years, Harry and Ginny face the hardest babysitting gig ever...
PG-13 - Post-HBP, Twin Travel Challenge (2008-3) - Action/Adventure, Comedy, General, Humor, Romance - Warnings: Disturbing Imagery, Mild Language, Violence - Words: 3715
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 1 - Published: 2008.06.30 - Updated: 2008.06.30 - Hits: 6769 |
| Murder On The Hogwarts Express by Torak [Reviews - 13] When a corpse is found on the Hogwarts Express, it's up to Harry to solve the murder...
PG-13 - Hogwarts Express Challenge (2006-3) - Action/Adventure, Drama, Humor - Warnings: Death, Disturbing Imagery, Mild Language, Mild Sexual Situations, Violence - Words: 2220
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 1 - Published: 2006.07.01 - Updated: 2006.07.01 - Hits: 4631 |
| Snow Excuse by Torak [Reviews - 15] A freak confluence of events traps - traps, I tells ya! - Harry and Ginny together at - conveniently - Ginny's romantic little cottage in the Highlands. Coincidence, or something far more sinister?
PG-13 - "Baby, It's Cold Outside" Challenge (2008-1) - Comedy, Fluff, Humor, Romance, Songfic - Warnings: Mild Language, Mild Sexual Situations - Words: 1992
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 1 - Published: 2008.02.13 - Updated: 2008.02.13 - Hits: 6078 |
| The End Of The World by Torak [Reviews - 18] Possibly the fluffiest-ever take on the end of the world, this fic considers what might happen if a thoroughly mundane cataclysm were to appear in the imminent future. Technically I suppose it features some (hah!) deaths, but not really in a depressing way. Still... Oh, and do whacking great asteroids count as violence?
PG-13 - Post-HBP - Drama, Fluff - Warnings: Death, Mild Language, Mild Sexual Situations - Words: 3476
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 1 - Published: 2005.09.09 - Updated: 2005.09.09 - Hits: 6682 |
| The Potter Monster by Torak [Reviews - 15] *** The author has been reminded via the e-mail address on file that this story is listed as incomplete and has not been updated since 2005 *** The creature rolling about in Harry's chest proves to be less metaphorical than anyone thought. What other nasty little beasties do we know that live inside people's ribcages? Rated R for the gore in the prologue.
R - Alternate Universe - Action/Adventure, Crossover, Humor - Warnings: Disturbing Imagery, Mild Language, Violence, Violence/Physical Abuse - Words: 751
Completed: No - Chapters: 1 - Published: 2005.09.09 - Updated: 2005.09.13 - Hits: 4386 |
