New and Updated Fiction

Just getting to the campsite is its own adventure.

Ecthelion returns from the Halls of Mandos.
He is perhaps not quite as fixed as you might expect but, having sat through a recital of "The Fall of Gondolin", he decides something urgently needs fixing for somebody else.
And so, one fine spring day...

A peaceful lunch break in Ost-in-Edhil. A drabble (100 words).

In the aftermath of the War of the Last Alliance, Gil-galad's mother struggles to cope with her grief,

Written for Tolkien OC Week on Tumblr (prompt: gaps and ghosts).

Reborn in Valinor, Meleth begins to build a new life.

Indis struggles to understand her husband's son.

Maedhros and one of his followers discuss Elrond and Elros' future.

Someday you’ll go far. And I really hope you stay there. Finarfin’s words to Fëanor haunted him throughout his life, from the idyllic land of Valinor to the shores of Middle-Earth.

On Mount Olympus, Zeus receives a puzzling report about unusual activities among the Amazons.

His female relatives appear to know more about these than they let on.

Hobbits flock to The Green Dragon to try and decipher the meaning of Bilbo's speech and work out if he was insulting them, or complimenting them.

This is a fic for the Zinger! challenge. 

In 1814 Maglor walks the frozen river Thames, observing and reflecting.

"Dior was slain also, and Nimloth his wife, and the cruel servants of Celegorm seized his young sons and left them to starve in the forest."

Maedhros was not the first to look for the missing twins. Nor did he ever learn that they had been found.

Not many elves travel in deep space. Most stay close to home. Elnor is an exception.

À Gondolin, pendant que ses chevaliers parcourent le monde, Turgon déprime... Une parodie crack du Silmarillion façon Kaamelott et Sacré Graal. Suite du livre I. Nouveau chapitre : L'absence.

In Gondolin, Turgon is depressed... A comedy and parody of the Silmarillion with a lot of characters and chapters. Chapter 20: Fear.

Finrod visits Andreth at her museum, where she works as a conservationist.

A museum/magical realism AU retelling of the Athrabeth for the "Also Appearing" Monthly Challenge.

Sometimes life creates the most beautiful symmetries.
Or two times, Túrin and Beleg sat together during a blackout.

Maedhros is injured, and Elrond discovers his talent for healing.

Written for Tolkien Gen Week on Tumblr (prompt: grey spaces).

It's supposed to be impossible for the Ainur to get sick, but Mairon has always been exceptional.

Gil-galad comes face to face with Sauron.

Findis watches, entranced, as he takes up his tools and begins a new carving, taking a shapeless lump of wood and turning it into a leaping hound before her eyes.

Sometimes you just need a little help with a code from the author, even if you've been working with it for decades. If only they would answer their dang phone!
So, instead Maeglin calls an old friend, hears an amusing anecdote and passes on a message.
It's all in a day's work.
Except for the autopilot. That took a lot longer.

Elros befriends some gulls

Welcome to Eryn Lasgalen, the only space station with trees.
Yes, you heard that right. Actual, real life, full-sized trees.
Not the tiny shrubs they have over on Balar.
They may not quite reach the glory of the forests of old Doriath (before it all burned, of course), but what truly can?
Join Thranduil's spouse Alcarinna for a walk in the woods as she contemplates the past, meet Oropher and his husband, Ethuilass, newly returned from their diplomatic mission and despair with Legolas' older brother, Beriathal, and Tauriel over younger siblings who cannot stay in the same spot for longer than a minute, dammit!

Celebrimbor has a conversation with his cousin and ponders the future of his estranged father and uncles.

Written for Tolkien Gen Week on Tumblr (prompt: family). Part of my Woman King AU.