Bedtime Stories by Anérea
Fanwork Notes
Listed vaguely in in-universe chronological order, this selection ranges from post-creation to the Third Age.
Podfics run from a few minutes to over an hour. Check individual podfics for ratings and warnings.
I'll probably keep adding to this list as I come across more.
For ziggy, who thought this would be a good idea. Thanks for your enjoyment and encouragement!
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Summary:
Just a few of my favourite podfics that I've found soothing for bedtime (or middle of the night, or any time really) listening.
Major Characters: Celebrimbor, Narvi, Belladonna Took Baggins, Gandalf, Bungo Baggins, Original Character(s), Original Female Character(s), Elwing, Eärendil, Olwë, Númenóreans, Dúnedain, Elrond, Celebrían, Maglor, Maedhros, Celegorm, Caranthir, Mandos, Frodo, Samwise Gamgee, Narvi, Aulë, Ilmarë, Thuringwethil, Fox, River-woman
Major Relationships: Celebrimbor/Narvi, Celebrían/Elrond, Ilmarë/Thuringwethil, Daeron/Maglor, Eärendil/Elwing, Caranthir/Original Character
Genre: Fanwork Collection, Recommendation List
Challenges: In Rare Form, Jubilee
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate
Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Posted on 11 January 2025 Updated on 12 January 2025 This fanwork is a work in progress.
A Promise of Lightning (read by Chestnut_pod, written by The Wavesinger)
The story of Ilmarë and Thuringwethil, from the beginning to the beginning, again.
Length: 40:53
Major Characters: Ilmarë, Thuringwethil
Major Relationships: Ilmarë/Thuringwethil
Rating: Adult Warnings: Sexual Content (Moderate), Violence (Mild)
Paper (written and read by Dawn Felagund)
Curufin escapes to the realms of fantasy to escape the pressures of his family and discovers the thrill of first love.
Major Characters: Curufin, Unnamed Canon Character
Major Relationships: Curufin/Unnamed Canon Character
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild)
Beyond the Western Shore (read by Anérea, written by StarSpray)
In her wanderings through Aman, Minyelmë comes to the farthest shore.
Length: 3:10
Major Characters: Original Female Character
Rating: General
Warnings: None
Hearken Still Unsated (written and read by polutropos)
When the Noldor return to Middle-earth to make war on Morgoth, only rumours reach Menegroth of their reasons for coming, but Doriath's minstrel experiences their loss and longing through his connection to Music and the gift of his Queen. Years later, he is sent to the Feast of Reuniting and meets the Elf whose grief he felt. A story about the Eldar returning home, their connection to the land and to each other, and their relationship to Music and fate, love and free will.
Length: just over 1.5 hours
Major Characters: Daeron, Maglor, Melian
Major Relationships: Daeron/Maglor, Daeron & Melian
Rating: Adult
Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild)
No Traveler Returns (read by Tanis, writen by IgnobleBard)
Namo confronts a newly dead Elf.
Length: 8:12
Major Characters: Mandos, Original Character
Rating: General
Warnings: None
Lake Helevorn: A Summer Romance (read by Anérea, written by Himring)
Uncanonical take on Caranthir's canonical wife: in himring!verse she's not an elf.
Length: 4:15
Major Characters: Caranthir, Original Female Character
Major Relationships: Caranthir/Original Female Character
Rating: Teens
Warnings: None
Unstrung (read by polutropos, written by tehta)
Right before the War of Wrath, Maglor explains himself.
Length: 18:36
Major Characters: Maglor, Maedhros, Celegorm
Major Relationships: Maedhros & Maglor, Elrond & Elros & Maglor
Rating: Teen
Warnings: None
All They Had to Lend (read by Chestnut_pod, written by gogollescent)
From a few hundred feet up, the swan ships could be seen to hesitate.
Length: 18:18
Major Characters: Elwing, Eärendil, Olwë
Major Relationships: Elwing/Eärendil
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: None
What Lies Beyond The End (read by Anerea, written by Melesta)
"The Silmaril falls slowly, so slowly, as if taking its time to caress the weightlessness of Ulmo’s waters. Does it seek relief also, Maglor wonders, to be free at last of all the hands that lusted after its blessed shine?"
Maglor casts his Silmaril into the Sea.
Length: 6:18
Major Characters: Maglor
Rating: General
Warnings: None
Three times, the forge (read by Chestnut_pod, written by LiveOakWithMoss)
Celebrimbor kisses Narvi. Narvi kisses Celebrimbor. Somehow, Celebrimbor is still perplexed.
Length: 8:35
Major Characters: Celebrimbor, Narvi
Major Relationships: Celebrimbor/Narvi
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild)
Those Who Have Dwelt In Darkness (read by the_dragongirl, written by LadyBrooke)
Narvi is hesitant to put his trust in others to make their weapons for the Final Battle.
Aulë sees too many similarities to past events.
Length: 8:55
Major Characters: Narvi, Aulë
Rating: General
Warnings: None
Stay, Forever (read by polutropos, written by Melesta)
The first snow brings bittersweet memories for Elrond. Through remembrance and song, he reveals a feeling that has been budding in his heart for a long time.
Length: 9:26
Major Characters: Elrond, Celebrían, Maglor
Major Relationships: Celebrían/Elrond, Elrond & Maglor
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: None
kâtha batîna lôkhî (read by Chestnut_pod, written by vardasvapors (cynewulf))
For even after the ruin the hearts of the Dúnedain were still set westwards; and though they knew indeed that the world was changed, they said: 'Avallónë is vanished from the Earth and the Land of Aman is taken away, and in the world of this present darkness they cannot be found. Yet once they were, and therefore they still are, in true being and in the whole shape of the world as at first it was devised.'
The title translates from Adûnaic as "all roads are bent".
Length: 11:51
Characters: Númenoreans, Original Characters
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: None
Concerning Hobbits (read by Thimblerig, written by WerewolvesAreReal)
As in all matters, the hobbits handled their Creation quietly, and this is because they were not created at all.
Length: 16:25
Major Characters: Frodo Baggins, Sam Gamgee
Rating: General
Warnings: None
My Adventure, by Belladonna Baggins née Took (written and read by Thimblerig)
Gandalf exclaimed once: 'That I should live to be 'Good morninged' by a son of Belladonna Took!' Bilbo's mum has a story to tell and this is it. Holidays by the Sea, Elves, and much Falling in the Water.
Length: approximately 100 minutes
Characters: Belladonna Took, Gandalf, Bungo Baggins, Original Characters
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: None
A Vulpine Gentleman With Business of His Own (read by Chestnut_pod, written by bunn)
A brief interlude in the life of a fox with a job to do.
Length: 5:14
Major Characters: Fox Passing Through the Wood On Business of His Own, Riverwoman
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: None
Almacombë Lairesto: A Tolkien Poetry Podfic Anthology by Chestnut_pod (various authors)
From Nortonion, an anthology to keep. This highly anticipated first edition of collected poetic works from the Western Lands of Arda features 13 poets, 27 poems, and innovative audio formatting. The First Edition of The Nortonion Almacombë Lairesto is an excellent tool for teachers and an unmatched resource for students.
Includes:
Art in the Ordinary by lferion
Song of Lake Linaewen by Zdenka
Alchemy by Lady_Branwyn
Fragment: In the long days of Darkness by losselen (zambla)
Gil-Galad Was No Elven-king by kimikocha
To Drain a Lake by Himring
A Song for Goldberry by KhamulTheEasterling
Gross Reflections (On the Fifth Battle) by lferion
The Shieldmaiden and the Witch-king by Zdenka
Black and White by Lingwiloke
The north-march by losselen (zambla)
Three Bredlik poems by Himring
For which we were created by LiveOakWithMoss
Grey and White Wings by lferion
Rían at the Hill of Slain by Zdenka
Cirdan by primsong
Gacela of the stolen sun by losselen (zambla)
Hope Across Helcaraxe by orphan_account
To an absent lover by Himring
F*ck Me When the War Is Done, and Other Poems by Ninnachel by amyfortuna (elwinfortuna)
Erebor Waits by lferion
Middle-earth Poetry by Zdenka
Pippin in Gondor by primsong
Two poems for Daeron by losselen (zambla)
Song for a dark road by Judin
Song of the Laughing Maiden by Zdenka
Paths of Story by Himring
Length: 56:19
Characters: various canon and original characters
Rating: General Audiences to Mature
Warnings: Major Character Death (in some poems)