New and Updated Fiction

Double-drabble written for the instadrabbling session on the SWG Discord server with the prompts: children, unlikely, discovering, weird.

This counts 200 words in Word.

Maglor flirts with anti-establishment views and fails miserably at flirting with anything else. Elemmírë just wants him to work on his melisma.

Winter morning in Himring, the siedge of Angband time. Short look at the world with bright grey eyes. Vignette, Maedhros' POV.

Macalaurë cares for Tyelpë, with some interesting results.

Maglor, still wandering, and a song originally sung by Judy Garland.

Celeborn arrives in Valinor and finds himself in Varda's halls as a guest for the first time.

A glimpse of Rian after Lalaith, the little daughter of her cousin Morwen, died from a plague sent by the Enemy.

Two lessons for Turin: one with Sador, and one with Beleg.
He learns not as much as he might.

Miriel and a book.

He should have seen it coming, Nolofinwe thought while Maitimo’s lips descended on his, hot and demanding. His nephew had stolen away to talk with him almost every time he visited Findekáno and it hadn’t escaped Nolofinwe how he looked at him – and he couldn’t deny that Maitimo was proving a hard trial for his self-control.

After Maitimo recognises Nolofinwe at a place for people of special tastes, they share a common secret. But is this a chance to have this kind of relationship with someone they care about or should they forget about it because of their close kinship?

Findekáno brings Maitimo home, but nothing is like it was between Nolofinwe and Maedhros after his imprisonment in Angband. Maedhros feels tainted and unworthy, but Nolofinwe is not going to give up on him.

What is left behind to linger in time.

An eagle arrives in Gondolin, bearing news of a great battle to come. Maeglin and Rog discuss their decision to march to war alongside the King.

Five short scenes with a twist, in five different locations. Each of them harder to write than the previous one!

1st Place, Ficlet: Elder Days & Smaug's Treasure, MEFA 2011

Celeborn visits the Greenwood in spring, and recalls a prior visit.

“He has led us in here against our fears, but he will lead us out again, at whatever cost to himself.  He is surer to find his home in a blind night than the cats of Berúthiel.”  Aragorn, Moria.

The story of a woman and her cats. 

A box of ashes, and its journey back to the beginning. Featuring ithildin, Smaug, and a surprising number of dwarves.

There’s an Elf climbing through the garage window.

Worse than an Elf: a Mod.

(a Maglor-in-History) 

It happened in the days of the First Age--

Or, how Elwing got those ships.

It always hurts to lose a might-have-been. But here Amarië is.

Legolas is tasked by Ulmo to travel to Gondolin to make sure history does not again deviate from Eru's plan. 

This is a time travel AU wherein Legolas Greenleaf and Legolas of Gondolin are the same person.

Written for the My Slashy Valentine Swap 2021.

An unseasonably large snowstorm causes Gil-galad to fret about their upcoming March to Mordor.

The world begins with starlight and clear water. The River-daughter opens her eyes to see the stars as shimmering streaks blurring together. It is such a delightful sight that she reaches for them, and gasps when her hand breaks out of the water into cool air.

The River-daughter, from her awakening to the sun's first rising.

Two drabbles (100 words) I wrote during the Ribbon-cutting event instadrabbling 25.04.2021.

The first is Silvergifting, prompt words daisy, riddle, sunlit, lawns

The second is Russingon, prompt words warmth, smile, memory, river

Arien looks down on Middle-earth and, thanks to Yavanna, she sees...

Can you guess?

(Gollum once guessed it long ago.)