Before the Elves came to Aman, they spent centuries in the dark lands of Middle-earth, but there are few stories from these days. This series collects artwork and stories that attempt to close that gap in the history of the Eldar.

A collection of stories about Elrond\'s childhood with the Sons of Fëanor, and its impact on his later life.

25 chapters assembled into five stories. Each chapter fills four prompts, one from each of the four cards in the SWG May 2022 Vintage Bingo Challenge, for a total of 100 prompts filled.

The five stories are not all in the same continuity/universe -- for one thing, Ilverien and Red Crow cannot coexist, though there are elements they have in common -- but all of them can be read as part of an overall set of ideas.

Scenes from the lives of Caranthir and his wife Parmacundë.

Episodes from the life Galadriel wove for herself in Middle-Earth.

Who were Ulfang's people, and why did they betray the Elves?

Ongoing Russingon-centric exploration of the Finwëan family dynamic. Maedhros and Fingon throughout the ages and those who loved them dearly.

Stories can be read independently.

Narya & Raiy's Pass the Parcel for Holiday Party 2021

Tolkien briefly mentions the Awakening of Men and then over 300 years later they appear in Beleriand with fully-formed culture and an apparently exciting and interesting history that's barely hinted at in the Athrabeth Finrod Ah Andreth.

The latter describes an oral tradition passed down through many generations, so while the Tale Of Adanel may contain a core of truth, the precise details of their ancestors' lives would naturally become embellished or forgotten according to each storyteller's memory and understanding, morphing and evolving over time.

The stories in this series explore the possible early history of Adanel's ancestors, the keepers of their wisdom traditions. (Adanel and her Brother happen to themselves be the ancestors of most of the First Age Edain and Peredhil heroes.)

A collection of stories concerning the Númenoreans, primarily the Faithful and Elf-friends. Some are standalones, while others crossover with larger fics and other series. Think of it as the Númenorean corner of Fern's Middle-earth Cinematic Universe.

A collection of stories concerning Thranduil, the Silvan Elves, and even the Doriathrim. Some are standalones, while others crossover with larger fics and other series. Think of it as the Greenwood's corner of Fern's Middle-earth Cinematic Universe.

A collection of stories featuring characters from across my "his vision darkened", "archaic and content", and "old path to a new hell" series, all leading to "Defiance" that will depict the war itself, and which will be followed by a final fic as a coda. Think of this series as the Infinity War/Endgame of Fern's Middle-earth Cinematic Universe.

A collection of stories concerning a dark lord of many names and many guises. Some are standalones, while others crossover with larger fics and other series. Think of it as Sauron's corner of Fern's Middle-earth Cinematic Universe.

Stories written (or begun) for Nancy Stohlman's flash fiction prompts in November 2021, National Novel Writing Month.

Loosely all the fics featuring or staring Fingolfin, Gil-galad, or Gil-galad's mother, Meril. Geographical focus on Hithlum and northeastern Beleriand. Also will be the Hadorian counterpart to the Bëorian collection.

Le Silmarillion version crack.

In Gondolin, Turgon is depressed...

The kinslaying of Sirion happens. 

Maedhros and Maglor kidnap the twins Elrond and Elros, and this will be their life together. 

It is Aman. It is the Fifth Age. Finally left to his own devices, Finarfin has decided to show his own radical streak, unkinged himself, and established representative democracy in Tirion against the will of the Valar. Adding to the crazy, all his exiled, slain relatives are beginning to return from Mandos ...

Some people are Returned to life as children, not the adults they were. Fingon is one such.

Fingon was a king whether or not he used the title. He was a king because people chose to follow him, people who were lords themselves, with their own liegefolk. And the model for lordship at that level among the Noldor was kingship. 

All the pieces I wrote for February 2020's Crackuary Bingo, at least 100 words per square.

The pieces are arranged in the series in something resembling groups. Several of the pieces definitely belong together.

B1: rap songs or battles gone horribly wrong (or right! Finrod learned it somewhere!) — Conversation Overheard in an Avallonë Cafe (200)

B2: Elves in space — Sky-Sailors (100)

B3: sex pollen — Pollen and Honey (300)

B4: wingfic — Wings (100)

B5: characters at the club — Regency Drama (100) | Shield-House (200)

I1: in a modern school or workplace — Conversation Overheard II | Casting Omens, Reading Cards

I2: "Is there a reason you're naked in my bed?" — Reposal (100)

I3: unexpected roadtrip — Irmo's Children (300)

I4: excessively Tolkienesque — Light Defiant (100)

I5: the Dome of Varda is real — Other Physics (100)

N1: 13 going on 30 — Slippage (200)

N2: rebirth and reembodiment taken to their logical extremes — Slippage

FREE SPACE — Free Space (100)

N4: Choose a historical period. Rewrite your favorite canon scene there. — Regency Drama

N5: characters in a video game - Endless Night (200)

G1: self-insert — Astronomer's Daughter (100)

G2: body swap — Hound, Running (200)

G3: time loop — Endless Night

G4: crack pairing — Marriage Rings (200)

G5: Silmarillion slam book — Cyclical History (100)

O1: characters are animals — Hound, Running

O2: character breaks free of the fictional world — Extra-Calary (200)

O3: include a musical number — Conversation Overheard

O4: choose a whack detail from The Book of Lost Tales to become canon — Irmo’s Children

O5: absurdly magical — Extra-Calary

Glorfindel, whose father awoke at Cuiviénen, sees the perfect elf, and is compelled to undress him.

Finrod and Glorfindel. golden flowers.

Finrod and Galadriel in Doriath