A Sense of History: Straight Road
The next in a series of articles about ships passing to and from the West, Simon uses "The Fall of Númenor" to attempt to arrive at Tolkien's reading of the exordium to "Beowulf."
The first drabble is by Elleth.
Maglor in history (modern times).
The beach finally cleared in the evening, though the heat of the day lingered even after sunset. The few people who had not yet departed paid little attention to the dark figure emerging from underneath the pier. He kept a careful distance to the humans, as always beginning to slouch through the sand, gathering this discarded piece of trash or that, seeking food, only to toss them away again, empty. If anyone had watched his face closely, they might have seen a muscle in his cheek twitch upon finding a half-eaten chocolate bar, which he quickly pocketed, and moved on.