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Welcome to The Dark Mark, where the darkness is just as addictive as the stories! Feel free to join up and start submitting yours to our archive (and for new members, feel free to take full advantage of our New Member Special!) and be sure to join our evil (but fun) Forums as well! If you're confused about anything, please check our FAQ Forums, and read our Terms of Service, Submission Rules and Help pages too!

The Dark Mark Archive was opened June 1st, 2008.


 January 1 - 31, 2009!

Beautiful graphic by Hongily of TDM! :D Click the banner for information about OPEN Queues!




Featured Stories
High and Low by Hermione of Ravenclaw Pre-Teen (12+)

In the hours after the Final Battle, Ginny roams the halls of Hogwarts in search of something, or more precisely, someone.

Thanks to everyone who voted "High and Low" the story of the month for December 2008. I appreciate it!

Thanks to carrieberrie at The Dark Arts for the great banner!




Site News
6 months young!
by Kate ((Bobby Dazzler)) on 05 Jan 2009 8:22 am

Happy 6th month anniversary TDM's archive! :D

On the 1st of January, 2009, this archive celebrated it's 6 month anniversary of being born.  To celebrate that fact, the admin have decided that it was time to add a new layout to the selection available for your useage :) This new layout was designed by myself with the help of Sara (who absolutely rocks!), but if you find it too dark, you can easily change it back to the other design by selecting the...



New to TDM!!! :)
by Kate ((Bobby Dazzler)) on 02 Jan 2009 8:10 pm

Happy New Year everybody!

From all the staff here at TDM, we wish you all the best for the new year :)

There's a new writing challenge out at the moment called the Out of the Old Writing Challenge (http://forums.the-dark-mark.com/viewthread.php?tid=2147)  - feel free to enter this and win house points during our month long OPEN QUEUE!!! Yes, the validators are refreshed...



NEW SUBMISSION RULES!
by Kate ((Bobby Dazzler)) on 24 Nov 2008 11:31 pm

Please note that the following rules will come into practise at Midnight, Dec 1st 2008, Australian EST. These new rules have been written by our wonderful validator interns as a part of their training, and worked together as a team to change the submission rules for you all to make your experience on our archive more enjoyable.

Remember, these changes will not start immediately!!! Wait for Midnight, Dec 1st Australian EST before starting to follow these rules...


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Series: 2
Stories: 351
Chapters: 767
Word count: 2031642
Authors: 89
Reviews: 4103
Reviewers: 102
Newest Member: veliakida
 

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Random Story
Days Gone Past by harrylilyjames Pre-Teen (12+)
 Amazing banner by Abyssica!These were the days Lily swore were perfect. With her James and Harry at her side, she just couldn’t ask for anything more... [prequel to Empty-but can be read by...


Poll
What's your favourite type of story on the archive?

One shots (short)
One shots (short) 0%
One shots (long)
One shots (long) 18%
One shot anthology's
One shot anthology 0%
Short stories
Short stories 36%
Novels
Novels 36%
Novel collections
Novel collections 9%


Shoutbox
Bobby Dazzler
Jan 14, 2009 11:13 pm
The OPEN QUEUE will end in 15 days time on January 31! By the 1st of Feb, normal submission rules will apply! Be sure to refresh your memory about them by reading the submission rules!!!
Bobby Dazzler
Jan 5, 2009 09:47 am
as you will get into a bit of trouble - it's for the validators informing you of important stuff only :) Speaking of which - There are only 5 stories in the queue if you wish to take advantage of
Bobby Dazzler
Jan 5, 2009 09:46 am
The new layout design is still under construction, but we hope you like it :) The queue is OPEN for all of January, so make the most of it, and don't post in here unless you're a validator

This shoutbox is for validator use only to post notices for TDM members. Do not post in here if you're not permitted to as you will get into trouble.


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