New Challenge: Epic 80s
This month's challenge features hundreds of fresh prompts from the bodacious decade of the 1980s.

This is a collection of true drabbles completed for the 'Four Words' drabble bingo card.
"... the long-tressed Wingildi ... spirits of the foam and the surf of ocean."
~ a painted sketch for Scribbles and Drabbles 2024.

Fingon rescued Maedhros from Thangorodrim. In the dungeons of Angband, a flicker of hope is lit. If they can escape, perhaps so can others. If nothing else, they must try.

The leader of the Lossoth contemplates her decision to help Arvedui.

A young Orc on a spirit quest walks through the memories of her people.

Life as a thrall of Lorgan is not easy. Tuor's capture complicates things.

Three perspectives on Ereinion Gil-Galad.

A minor incident during the Fall of Eregion: no, this is not about the Gwaith-i-Mirdain or Celebrimbor, it is about the Dyers' Guild. Not one for the history books, but the Eldar remember...

Stinging from his defeat in a musical competition at the Mereth Aderthad, Maglor unexpectedly makes friends with a deaf child.

The news of the Second Kinslaying arrives on Balar among the Falathrim. They are all shocked and horrified, but for one of them, it poses a specific problem.

After an evening dealing with rowdy dwarves, Lindir longs for his normal peace and quiet. But there's no rest for him yet, because in this strange Rivendell, the elves cannot. Stop. Singing.
Or: serious Hobbit movie elf meets silly Hobbit book elves: the fic.

“You,” Fingon pronounced, “are drunk. I am not going to give you anyone’s name just so you can make up a silly drunken ballad."

Drabbles for the Tengwar challenge, featuring Elemmakil and Laegwen

For the Tengwar prompt challenge.
All 36 prompts plus bonus chapter

It's a nice evening and Laurendil is trying to teach Rog to dance.

Minyelmë comes to Tirion to see Lalwen, arriving just in time to see things come to a head.

A Dwarf, a Man, and an Elf race across a grassy plain... Except that these three are original characters of the First Age racing across the plain of Ard-galen and their plight is rather different.

“Have you an interest in gardening, Carnistir?”

Like any good modern girl in Middle-earth, Natalie joins Thorin and Company on their quest to take back the Lonely Mountain. She bonds with Bilbo along the way.

It was written that Ulmo was alone, but delving deeper into the nature of the Valar and their adopted world reveals otherwise.

An origin story for the crebain, following a Dunlending OC. Written for the second B2MEM 2024 Drabble Race, for the prompt "bird nest".

Minor catastrophes cluster on the site of an archaeological dig and someone even gets hurt. But it could be worse, as an unexpected arrival changes the course of events. Then something happens in the middle of the night... And it turns out that our heroine can't tell anybody, at least not in (academic) print.
Now with bonus gapfiller from Maglor's point of view.

Idril and Meleth (my OC) welcome Finduilas, Niënor, and other refugees into Havens after the Fall of Doriath, hoping they can start anew there. Finduilas's daughter is distraught about the situation. Also, how did Finduilas and Niënor make it to the Havens after the Fall of Doriath?

In Valinor and homesick for Imladris, Celebrían decides to build a new one.