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Findekáno glances at his cousin, his best friend, the one he's risked life and limb to find and save, only to bring him back to find he hasn't saved him at all. Maitimo's dull eyes are unfocused and don't react to the voices speaking in hushed tones around him. The Maitimo he knew is gone, replaced by a puppet with empty eyes.

Three brothers, a summer day, and a mother's foresight. A vignette concerning names.

Some conversations are not meant to take place.

Galadriel pays a visit to Elwing and is distressed with what she finds.

A pair of Maedhros x Fingon vignettes from Fingon's perspective, the first focussing on Maedhros' recovery from Thangorodrim, the second in Valinor in the distant future. 

Maedhros’ rescue from Fingon’s perspective, and a slashy but non-explicit encounter between the two of them about a year later. 

One night in Doriath, Melian seeks to teach Galadriel something of her magic.

One oppressive summer in Tirion, Anairë is sent by her father to Alqualondë. A diligent scholar and obedient daughter, Anairë has never made time for love, but finds her womanhood awakened by the most unlikely of romantic partners: Eärwen, daughter of the Telerin king. As the summer draws to a close, both women must accept that their obligations to their families and people do not allow much space for their love. Written for the International Day of Femslash 2013.

The in-universe authorship of LACE makes the document inherently unreliable.

Once upon a time, a little boy made his mother a promise.

An explorative response to the question "why didn't Curufin ever make Maedhros a mechanical hand"?

Nerdanel remembers (or tries to)

In the wake of Finrod's abdication and departure, Finduilas struggles to uphold order in Nargothrond in whatever way she can, and finds herself involved, if quietly, in momentous events. Written for Zdenka at Not Primetime 2013.

A collection of answers and essays originally written as guest contributions to Ask Middle-earth's Scribe Sunday project on tumblr. Will be updated bi-weekly. Discontinued.

These five short vignettes are AUs that might have been canon.  Each of them takes an idea that was conceived and then abandoned by Tolkien, and builds a brief scene on it. 

Maedhros reflects on the process of teaching himself to fight with his left hand and his motivations for it. 

Elrond meets his mother in an unlikely place. Sequel to 'Fissure'. 

This story follows Melkor and Sauron through the main Melkor-relevant events of the Silmarillion. Beginning with Morgoth's triumphant return to Angband with the Silmarils, through the consequences of the taxing battle with Fingolfin and the troublesome Quest for the Silmaril, all the way to Dagor Dagorath... and beyond. 

During the course of this story you shall see Melkor risen high and fallen low and you will learn a thing or two about the loyalty of a certain Maia. There will be moments sad and serious and those quite funny as well. Please review!

She was his, his bright-eyed, noisy, always-hungry lovely, until the day the sea called her home. Ereinion, Círdan and a quick look at life in 2nd Age Lindon.

Shortly after the kinslaying at Alqualondë, Finarfin finds his nephew Fingon on the beach. Always the peacekeepers in their tumultuous family, both must choose where their loyalties lie in times to come.

Melkor's thoughts before the making of the orcs.

Cooking for a large family is harder than it may seem.

In Eregion in the mid-Second Age, an ambitious young scholar sets out to understand the last remaining followers of the House of Fëanor. 

Curufin/Finrod. PWP. 

In which Fingolfin makes a fresh start, and later discusses the First Age with his younger brother