Here at OBS we all love to read! What happens when one of our favorite series ends? Many of us look too Fan Fiction to get our reading fill. But what if you have never read any Fan Fiction before, or you just not sure if you want to because the actual author did not write the material? That’s where we come in, OBS is here to bring you some of the best Fan Fiction out there. We guaranteed that you will enjoy it.

Fan Fiction Highlight:  Destiny Reversed
Author: chattypandagurl
Description: (A Harry Potter Fan Fiction)
One morning Harry wakes up in a different world. His parents are alive and Neville bears the scar. Things are different and Harry starts to like that the weight of the world isn’t on his shoulders. Neville may not be able to bear that weight.
Chapters: 21
Rating: T

Short Preview:

“So you’re back, are you?”

Vernon Dursley’s sneer was unmatched in girth and wicked intentions, as if squinting his beady black pupils alone would cause his nephew to spontaneously combust. Weight shifted on one foot, it was hardly noticeable he was favoring his left leg until Harry’s approach compelled him to straighten up and pull up his shirt sleeves.

Harry sighed, taking his time as he pushed his trolley towards the fat man. His uncle seemed to be in an even fouler mood than usual, but maybe he was remembering the goblets that had bounced around on his head last summer, when Dumbledore had come to thankfully rescue Harry. It had been quite a sight, his Aunt and Uncle’s terrified faces as fancy gold goblets bounced innocently around their heads.

The slight smile the memory allowed him faded at the thought of Dumbledore. Sometimes he still thought he would turn around the corner and see the Headmaster’s crooked nose peeking out from behind a book.

“Have a good year, Uncle Vernon?” Harry said charitably.

But Vernon’s mind seemed to be on something else. His eyes narrowed, becoming almost obscured by the heavy bags underneath as his gaze settled on the two other people trailing behind Harry a little too closely for his comfort.

“Who’re they?”

Harry turned around to look at his two companions. “Oh, these are my friends,” he explained, eyeing his uncle warily. “Hermione and Ron.”

Vernon’s face turned a rather unpleasant shade of purple at this introduction. “I won’t be seen consorting with any more of your people; no I won’t!” he said firmly, glaring heatedly at Harry.

However, the effect was lost on Harry. Compared to the numerous of monsters, both creature and human, he’s encountered in his short lifetime, his uncle ranked fairly low on the fright scale. Perhaps when he had been little, stilling his sobs in the cupboard under the stairs after an especially brutal day in the Dursley household, but he knew now that the fiends in the closet were nothing compared to the ones that freely roamed Diagon Ally’s cobblestone streets and Scotland’s ever expanding fields. Vernon Dursley had never, for instance, met a Dementor and was forced to hear his mother’s last words over and over again. Nor had he ever felt the slimy, icy skin of Inferi clutching onto his arm, trying to drag him down to the depths, or watched in horror as a monster was reborn, saw it rise above the bubbling cauldron, its red snake-like eyes penetrating every fiber of his body –

No, Vernon Dursley was hardly terrifying.

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Social Networks are every where nowadays. With Twitter being one of the newer sites. People from all over Tweet, with Authors being no exemption. Our favorite authors have joined in on the fun. Talking about their books or simply just letting us know what they’re up to. OBS has decided to make it easy on you and list some awesome authors Twitters.

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Ellen Potter

is an American author of both children’s and adult’s books (as Ellen Toby-Potter). She grew up in Upper West Side, New York and studied creative writing at Binghamton University and now lives in Candor in upstate New York. She has been a contributor to Cimarron Review, Epoch, The Hudson Review, and Seventeen. Her novel Olivia Kidney was winner of the Child Magazine Best Book award and was a Best Book of the Year selection for 8-12 year-olds by Parenting magazine.

Karen Rivers

How she started writing her first novel, The Tree Tattoo, after Rivers dropped out of school and moved back into her parents’ basement.   It wasn’t exactly the high point of her life, but she labored away at it for about five years, never thinking anyone would want to publish it.   Then when it was done, instead of trying to sell it, Karen Rivers wrote her second novel, Dream Water.  Then she sold Dream Water and only THEN did Rivers try to sell her first book.  It was all a bit mixed up.  Somewhere along the line she signed with an agent and after that she just started writing and writing more and more and more until she was able to quit her crummy job and write full-time, which, as it turns out, was her dream job.

Kevin J Anderson

is an American science fiction author. He has written spin-off novels for Star Wars, StarCraft, Titan A.E., and The X-Files, and is the co-author of the Dune prequels. His original works include the Saga of Seven Suns series and the Nebula Award-nominated Assemblers of Infinity. He has also written several comic books including the Dark Horse Star Wars collection Tales of the Jedi written in collaboration with Tom Veitch, Predator titles (also for Dark Horse), and X-Files titles for Topps.

Andy Diggle

is a British comic book writer and former editor of 2000 AD. He is best known for his work on The Losers, Swamp Thing, Hellblazer, Adam Strange and Silent Dragon at DC Comics and for his run on Thunderbolts and Daredevil after his move to Marvel.

Brandon Mull

is an American writer who is best known as the author of the Fablehaven fantasy series, which is a New York Times’ bestseller. Mull has also written The Candy Shop War. Because many young readers are interested in his books, Brandon crosses the country talking to students, with the message that “imagination can take you places.”

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I know what you’re thinking, how can a chance at winning an awesome prize be so easy?? All you have to do is join the OBS forum and INTRODUCE YOURSELF on the forum, then you will be automatically entered for a drawing of a fabulous prize! Also, the winner of this contest gets to choose their prize!! We here at OBS like to give you options, so, the winner will get to choose from several utterly amazing books.

I would like to take a minute to tell you why becoming a member will be rewarding even if you don’t win the prize! Here is what our members get to enjoy and participate in:

• Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Hardback)
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New Moon Movie Quiz Part 2

We have yet another fun quiz for you. Two OBS Staffers created a New Moon Movie Quiz.

Take the first New Moon Movie quiz here.

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Please join us on the forum to discuss your results.

And don’t forget about our other quizzes:

New Moon Movie Quiz

Which Twilight Villain Are You?

Which Cullen Are You?

Which Twilight Car Would You Drive?

House of Night Betrayed

Harry Potter& The Philosopher’s Stone

Night World, Your Soulmate Relationship

Sookie Stackhouse Dead Until Dark

New Moon Book Quiz Part 1

New Moon Book Quiz Part 2

New Moon Book Quiz Part 3

Which Twilight Saga Wolf pack Member Are You?

Vampire Diaries The Awakening

House of Night Betrayed & Marked

Twilight Saga: Alice’s Closet Quiz

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Social Networks are every where nowadays. With Twitter being one of the newer sites. People from all over Tweet, with Authors being no exemption. Our favorite authors have joined in on the fun. Talking about their books or simply just letting us know what they’re up to. OBS has decided to make it easy on you and list some awesome authors Twitters.

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William Gibson

Is an American-Canadian writer who has been called the “noir prophet” of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction. Gibson coined the term “cyberspace” in his short story “Burning Chrome” and later popularized the concept in his debut novel, Neuromancer (1984). In envisaging cyberspace, Gibson created an iconography for the information age before the ubiquity of the Internet in the 1990s. He is also credited with predicting the rise of reality television and with establishing the conceptual foundations for the rapid growth of virtual environments such as video games and the Web.

Sarah Ockler

Wrote and illustrated her first book at age six—an adaptation of Steven Spielberg’s E.T. Still recovering from her own adolescence, she now writes books for young adults. Sarah has a bachelor’s degree in communication from the University of New York at Buffalo and also studied creative writing through Denver’s Lighthouse Writers Workshop.

Sam Morton

A Rock Hill, SC native and 1985 graduate of The Citadel, Sam Morton is co-author of five fiction anthologies. He holds bachelors and masters degrees in English. He is a member of The Inkplots, a group of published writers and authors active in South Carolina’s vibrant literary experience.

Jennifer Karin

is an activist, professional writer, wife and mother of three boys—though not in that order. With over 20 years in public relations and advertising, Jennifer recently turned toward more personal creative endeavors as a columnist, author, and imagination advocate.Jennifer’s books include Letters to a Girl, The Bear Who Loves Halloween, and The Dreamstarter Books 1 & 2. The Dreamstarter Book won the 2009 Book of the Year Award from Creative Child magazine for the way it brings families together.

Kathy Temean

Is an author and award winning artist/illustrator, who has done commissioned art for many corporations, such as, The McDonald’s Corporation, Bristol Myers-Squibb, US Airways and numerous individuals in the Mid-Atlantic Region. You can find her art in many galleries across the Northeast.

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Here at OBS we all love to read! What happens when one of our favorite series ends? Many of us look too Fan Fiction to get our reading fill. But what if you have never read any Fan Fiction before, or you just not sure if you want to because the actual author did not write the material? That’s where we come in, OBS is here to bring you some of the best Fan Fiction out there. We guaranteed that you will enjoy it.

Fan Fiction Highlight:  Cullen Moments
Author: Nightdancers
Description: (A Twilight Fan Fiction)
This story takes place almost immediately after Alice and Jasper join the Cullens, but strictly before Forks. It is a series of (mostly) disconnected chapters that chronicle different events in that time span, focusing on different characters and different points of view. The chapter title will be the indication of who’s speaking
Chapters: 7
Rating: T

Short Preview:

Esme Referees

It is really something else to be the mother figure to a family full of vampires. Mind-reading, future-seeing, constantly bickering teenage vampires. When I lost my baby, I never expected to have any more reason to live. The pain, the absolute emptiness flooded my consciousness and consumed me. I wanted nothing more in this world than to die. But Carlisle refused to let me go, and I would be eternally grateful. Now I had six reasons to live, and to live forever. I never imagined I would be so lucky. I never imagined that the light at the end of my somber tunnel was this immortal life.

Of course, being the matriarch wasn’t always a walk in the park.

“Esme!” I heard Alice’s shrill voice carry easily throughout our two-story house, wondering why she was screaming so that every being in the house and probably within a mile radius could hear her. There was an irritated undertone in her words, but she sounded more excited than anything. “Esme, come quick!”

I was downstairs, standing close to our old piano. The pretense was that I was fixing up some of the wilted roses in the vase nearby, but in reality I just loved to see as well as hear Edward playing. He was letting his fingers dance over the keys lightly, playing a sweet tune composed just for me. His eyes would sometimes close and he would lose himself in the music, letting his oftentimes quiet heart speak. My first son – as I would always think of him – already had a small smile on his face, and I knew he was inwardly laughing at whatever antics his siblings were up to this time.

He opened his eyes and gave me a faint nod, but kept on playing, keeping his eyes focused on the keys though there was no need. With a sigh I put down the rose in hand and flitted upstairs, arriving outside Alice’s door roughly five seconds after she had first called me.

Her impatient voice greeted me by opening the door and shushing me in, closing it behind her. “Come in, come in. What took you so long?”

I didn’t bother to answer, instead taking in the scene before me. Alice was standing anxiously a few steps from the door, bouncing on the balls of her feet. Even in her short, jerky moments she looked like she was dancing – how she did it, I was never sure. Emmett was standing across the room, arms crossed across his chest and a spectacular childish scowl on his face. I immediately recognized the stubborn posture.

The television was on, nearly muted. I had been hearing the hum of it earlier, but hadn’t bothered to listen to what these two were actually watching. Right now it was showing what appeared to be the final stages of a baseball game. The score on the set was five and two, though I didn’t recognize the team initials. I could already sense what this would be about.

“Emmett won’t pay up,” Alice immediately told me, looking more than a little smug. “We bet on the outcome of the game, and now he refuses to admit he lost.”

I couldn’t help but roll my eyes. Emmett was the one who always wanted to bet, with nearly everything and everyone. It didn’t help matters that he was so competitive, always wanting to win. And it certainly didn’t help that Alice had the ability to see the future. His booming voice echoed in the medium sized room, more than a little annoyed. “She cheated. Obviously. Why should I pay her?”

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