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."
A Thought about the Void (100 words)
Waking in darkness was... not entirely unexpected, really, all things considered. He blinked. It made no difference.
"Another one, I see."
"Who's there?"
"The Fisherman." The reply seemed wrapped in laughter, as though it was a funny joke.
"I don't..."
"Understand? No. You will, though."
It grabbed him.
Waking up was... rather unexpected, actually.
Looking around, he saw only grey figures in grey robes.
"What happened?"
"You cannot doom your fëa with words, no matter how much you swear them," someone replied, "only Eru controls the Void."
He whirled.
"Welcome to the Halls of Mandos... brother."
They were all here.