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After stepping into a chasm filled with fire, Maedhros finds himself in an eerily familiar house.

A young Adanel in two drabbles from the Holiday Party Instadrabbling event using the "Never have I ever" prompt.

Two journeys of the Blue Wizards in two drabbles from the Holiday Party Instadrabbling event using the "Never have I ever" prompt.

Fixed length-ficlets featuring Elendil the Tall, one set during this childhood in Numenor, the other after the Fall of Numenor.

It was not Melian’s wont to speak against her husband in public. When she did she tried to do so gently. She would not undermine his authority before his people—she was not one of Bauglir’s creatures to bend others by force to her will.

But in the privacy of their chambers it was a different matter.

All things in Arda are filled with Song, and each Song is a story - even for that which does not seem to have its own voice. This is the tale of one such thing; of a smith, a dwarf, and a bowman, and the fallen star that sang its way through their histories.

FA346: Estolad, East Beleriand, and circa FA150: near the Orocarni Mountains, Eastern Middle-earth

Zimrahin, wife of Malach and mother of Adanel & Magor, relates a tale of one of their ancestors to a young Adanel, wise-woman-in-training.

(Third in my Hildórien to Beleriand series, connecting Adanel with her earlier OC ancestors.)

FA125: West of the Orocarni Mountains, and FA0: on the shores of of Hildórien

A great great grandmother relates her memories of the first time she saw the moon rise.

A pair of young twins are lost in the wood.

In the tradition of folktales changing over time, I've written three endings, narrated in different voices. So this tale comes in three sizes: happy, medium, and sad. (And I'm not entirely sure myself which is which.)

Drabbles for the Words of Wit & Wisdom (or Whimsy) challenge.

A road trip in six drabbles.

In which Legolas has a bad dream.

Isildur contemplates what to to tell his wife as he writes home from the siege of Barad-dûr.

Finduilas considers the question whether she ever had a rebellious phase and remembers an episode from her childhood.

A collection of stories for the Pass the Parcel prompt for the Holiday challenge!

If anyone else would like to join, contact Grundy to be added to the list of authors so you can add your chapter.

The first snow of the year has come! Time to go outside and have some fun!

Glorfindel struggles to write his letter.

Two drabbles written at the Holiday Party instadrabbling event.

1. Maedhros almost (but not quite) makes his little brothers cry. Russingon. Valinor, Years of the Trees.

2. Sauron does something genuinely nice to someone. Tol Sirion, First Age.

From the Instadrabbling session on the SWG Discord server, 2 January 2022.

He didn't marry Sauron the Deceiver for the peace and quiet. A baby before noon still feels like a step too far.

Ulfang's daughters(in-law) seek aid in the aftermath. Reckoning with their own grief and choices (or lack thereof) they navigate Angband, the nightmare they grew up with, now the only place they can turn for help.

It's all fun and games (until someone gets hurt...)

Drabbles written for the Holiday Party Instadrabbling, Never Have I Ever and Truth or Dare prompts.

What happened to Maglor after he cast the Silmaril into the sea? Modern setting AU with Maglor in our times, after ages of wandering the earth.

Happy New Year 1230 S.A.! At the New Year’s party, Celebrimbor and Annatar are intoxicated with each other, among other things.

Written for SWG Challenge Holiday Party. Prompt: A Long-Expected Party.

circa FA50, Lórien, Aman

A half-baked pseudo-philosophical conversation between Ulmo and Irmo on Life, the Universe, and the reliability of dreams as a form of Unbiased Communication in aiding the Secondborn Children of Eru.