New Challenge: Allusive
Literature and art constantly refer back to each other using allusions, and this month's prompts are inspired by allusions to literature, myth, art, and history.

On the way towards Middle-earth, after the Kinslaying, one Noldo remembers that night and a certain girl. Written for the fanfiction contest on the Croatian Tolkien forum; theme of the contest: Remembrance. 2010 MEFA First place in Genres: Ficlet: The Silmarillion.

On a summer evening, while sitting on the beach in England, one elf remembers his past. Written for the fanfiction contest on the Croatian Tolkien forum; theme of the contest: Remembrance.

Afterlife, penance, and madness. The Halls of Waiting can be dark as well, for some.

Where madness begins; Maeglin takes a one way journey expecting to end up dead. He does.

At the end of the First Age, religious feuds and civil unrest threaten Valmar and Tirion. A 'What-If' AU.
New in Chapter 20: Sidaizon sets out to begin his new duties as Oraistar of Oichimyaiva, and learns some disturbing news from Vedezir.

The story of a mighty weapon and heirloom, spanning the younger ages of the world.
Thanks to JDE for the thorough beta work and for nudging me to post a story for the first time!

MEFA 2010 - First Place in Races: Other Beings: General

After the Sack of Doriath.

Valinor has been left in darkness, and Finarfin is the new king of the Noldor. One night, he awakens with a strange vision: Someone has died in Middle-earth--but who?

Many scribes and bards have claimed that the Valar spared Elendil and his sons, but what is fact and what is myth?

Tar-Miriel faces the wave that will drown Númenor while, in the midst of the forbidden realm of Valinor, Ar-Pharazôn is granted sudden awareness of her fate.

A young daughter in the House of Anárion asks how the world came to be rounded.

While the Númenóreans live in the height of their pride and folly, they leave darkness and ruin in their wake. A young woman in Middle-earth struggles with this legacy. [The full text was not showing, but it has been fixed now.]

When the Valar recall Maglor to Valinor to plead for clemency, it falls to a reluctant rival to find him.

Construction has begun on Sauron's temple in Armenelos, but strange, dark afflictions are plaguing those who go near ...

Isildur said no word, but went out by night and did a deed for which he was afterwards renowned.
Isildur discovers that heroic deeds are not nearly as simple as the poets make it sound.

Sauron has been taken prisoner by Pharazôn but nurtures an ever-growing influence. In the midst of a Númenor increasingly divided, a young Anárion works quietly after rebellion, discovering both love and betrayal in its midst.

Erestor sails to Valinor and finds himself involved with someone he was infatuated with as a youth. Based upon the request by Darth Fingon, in the 2009 Ardor in August fic swap, for Finarfin/Erestor, set in the Fourth Age in Aman, including secrecy and moral doubt. Did not want a fluffy, happy romance and if Earwen is part of the story and/or finds out about the affair, she should not be soppily happy for them. Huge thank yous to: IgnobleBard, Lilithlessfair, and Aearwen, for reading and providing corrections and suggestions.
2010 Middle-earth Fanfiction Awards -- First Place in Races: Elves: Noldorin Elves

Ar-Pharazon takes Sauron as a hostage for the good behavior of his people.

Pharazôn and Amandil's diplomatic mission to Middle-earth may do more harm than good ...

Two brothers face their father's death and the differences that have arisen between them, for one is of the King's Men and the other of the Elf-friends.

Elrond receives a final letter from his brother.

163 years after their parting in Middle-earth, Elrond travels to Númenor to see his brother again.