Five ways to end Harry Potter

So here we are: at the end of the “Harry Potter” decade. The books have been printed and are under lock and key. (Presumably.) J. K. Rowling has made her choices. Harry is either going to live or die. Severus Snape is either evil or good—or maybe a little bit of both. Ginny will stick with Harry, and Ron will hook up with Hermione. Or not. Eager readers still have to wait a fortnight or so for answers to these questions. Which is why the Op-Ed page of The New York Times asked four writers and one artist to fill the void and draft “Harry Potter” endings of their own. Read more of this article to see how Meg Cabot, Larry Doyle, Polly Horvath, and Damon Lindelof would end the series.