A Potter Prequel?

Not to make this an "all JK Rowling, all the time" blog, but a very interesting bit of Harry Potter news today.

JK Rowling took part in a recent charity auction, wherein various authors were asked to write an original story on a single post card. The cards would then be sold at auction, and later collected in a book.

Rowling submitted a card which serves as a Harry Potter prequel of sorts.

The card is readable here. (Click on the "authors" section.)

My thoughts? It was fun to read, and when the reveal happened, I must admit to getting fairly giddy. There is something about that world, those characters, that is just so... exciting.

Should she do a series of prequels, focusing on the former generation of Hogwarts students?

The possibilities are endless for anything dealing with the Harry Potter world. A Hogwarts series, a series about various other wizarding schools...

Yet it's reading about young James and Sirius that just...takes you there.

(The Neil Gaiman card is a pretty fun read, as well.)