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All things in Arda are filled with Song, and each Song is a story - even for that which does not seem to have its own voice. This is the tale of one such thing; of a smith, a dwarf, and a bowman, and the fallen star that sang its way through their histories.

FA346: Estolad, East Beleriand, and circa FA150: near the Orocarni Mountains, Eastern Middle-earth

Zimrahin, wife of Malach and mother of Adanel & Magor, relates a tale of one of their ancestors to a young Adanel, wise-woman-in-training.

(Third in my Hildórien to Beleriand series, connecting Adanel with her earlier OC ancestors.)

FA125: West of the Orocarni Mountains, and FA0: on the shores of of Hildórien
A great great grandmother relates her memories of the first time she saw the moon rise.

A pair of young twins are lost in the wood.
In the tradition of folktales changing over time, I've written three endings, narrated in different voices. So this tale comes in three sizes: happy, medium, and sad. (And I'm not entirely sure myself which is which.)

Drabbles for the Words of Wit & Wisdom (or Whimsy) challenge.

A road trip in six drabbles.

In which Legolas has a bad dream.

Isildur contemplates what to to tell his wife as he writes home from the siege of Barad-dûr.

Finduilas considers the question whether she ever had a rebellious phase and remembers an episode from her childhood.

A collection of stories for the Pass the Parcel prompt for the Holiday challenge!

If anyone else would like to join, contact Grundy to be added to the list of authors so you can add your chapter.

The first snow of the year has come! Time to go outside and have some fun!

Glorfindel struggles to write his letter.

Two drabbles written at the Holiday Party instadrabbling event.

1. Maedhros almost (but not quite) makes his little brothers cry. Russingon. Valinor, Years of the Trees.

2. Sauron does something genuinely nice to someone. Tol Sirion, First Age.

From the Instadrabbling session on the SWG Discord server, 2 January 2022.

He didn't marry Sauron the Deceiver for the peace and quiet. A baby before noon still feels like a step too far.

Ulfang's daughters(in-law) seek aid in the aftermath. Reckoning with their own grief and choices (or lack thereof) they navigate Angband, the nightmare they grew up with, now the only place they can turn for help.

It's all fun and games (until someone gets hurt...)

Drabbles written for the Holiday Party Instadrabbling, Never Have I Ever and Truth or Dare prompts.

What happened to Maglor after he cast the Silmaril into the sea? Modern setting AU with Maglor in our times, after ages of wandering the earth.

Happy New Year 1230 S.A.! At the New Year’s party, Celebrimbor and Annatar are intoxicated with each other, among other things.

Written for SWG Challenge Holiday Party. Prompt: A Long-Expected Party.

First Age 122: in the foothills of the Orocani Mountains—west of Hildórien and far, far east of Beleriand
A little girl discovers a little of her own magic.

(The second in my Hildórien to Beleriand series exploring the early life of the Edain ancestors.)

circa FA50, Lórien, Aman
A half-baked pseudo-philosophical conversation between Ulmo and Irmo on Life, the Universe, and the reliability of dreams as a form of Unbiased Communication in aiding the Secondborn Children of Eru.

As the Last Alliance marches east through desolation, Oropher learns of what befell the Entwives.

Elendil and his wife ruminate on the fragile space between what is seen and what is true, as Númenor slips silently into shadow.

In which a certain silver-tongued prisoner worms his way into Ar-Pharazôn's mind.

In which the winds of change are sweeping through Númenor, and Míriel does her best to stand steady in the storm.