Instadrabbling, 2026-Present  

And his heart bade him haste by ethanray

Warnings: No warnings apply

Eärendil thinks about his family while sailing home

For April 2026 Instadrabbling

Courage of the Trembling Tongue by StarSpray

Warnings: Mature Themes

Passing headlights sweep across the wall, yellow and striped through the blinds. In the distance a siren wails, and in the dark, quiet hotel room they lie facing each other, each curled toward the other like parentheses, with thousands of years of history tucked between them.

Drabble-poems by Flora-lass

Warnings: Character Death

All written for SWG instadrabbling sessions. Updated in January 2026 with Aredhel.

Down to the River to Pray by annarobots

Warnings: No warnings apply

It occurred to Elwing that she had made a mistake, coming along with these strange, fair folk, when Eärendil asked her, in a voice of such heartfelt earnestness that she nearly pushed him down and rubbed his face in the mud, if she wanted to meet Ulmo.
“Er,” she said, instead of enacting violence, “I don’t know. I’m not wild about strangers.”
Eärendil, who was not so easily dissuaded once he had set his course, did not laugh. “But he knows you already. It is only your heart that is estranged.”

Elwing, Eärendil, and the gifts of the River.

A few moments in Gondolin by Quente

Warnings: No warnings apply

Instadrabbling prompts that took the shape of a few perspectives on Turgon's great city.

The Gift of Swans by annarobots

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There on the shores of the Lonely Isle we abode under the stars, and yet within sight of the radiance of the Blessed Realm.

Grief is not the only geography I know by Himring

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Indis explains how she took to wandering around Valinor.

HongyueG's Tolkien Drabbles by HongyueG

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A compilation of Tolkien-related drabbles.

A meeting at the Trees by ethanray

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Nerdanel goes to the Two Trees after Fëanor is banished and meets Indis there

For March 2026 Instadrabbling

Nameless by elennalore

Warnings: No warnings apply

A nameless being hunts Elves in the woods around Cuiviénen.

A Rougher Sea, a Deeper Gulf by Himring

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After the Fall of Numenor, the Elves of Lindon try to find out what happened to the ships of Isildur and Anarion. A pair of drabbles featuring Galdor and Anarion's wife.

The Tale of Tar-Ciryatan's Daughter by Kaylee Arafinwiel

Warnings: Character Death

Ailinel, orphan of Numenor, is one of the poor girls dowered by Tar-Ciryatan and titled a "King's Daughter", encouraged to sail East to his colonies and find herself a husband.

It doesn't take her that long.

But even after she and Shipman Gaerondur find love, life in the colony isn't easy. 

Those Who Linger by Finitely Venerated

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Turgon yearns for happier days, days before he knew cold. But he knows in his heart that some things are forever lost, and wonders if he, too, is merely a remnant of the departed, a spent husk to be cleared if spring should ever bloom again.