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A set of ficlets for B2MeM 2011 (continued for the Season of Writing Dangerously).

New --- Day Twenty: As the new High King of the Noldor after the Dagor Bragollach, Fingon receives a reminder that not all is as grey as it seems. A double-drabble according to Open Office.

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"Vairë the Weaver [...] weaves all things that have ever been in Time into her storied webs [...]" - "Valaquenta", Silmarillion

It is hard to love the world that is. Nevertheless, someone has to do it...

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Five short scenes with a twist, in five different locations. Each of them harder to write than the previous one!

1st Place, Ficlet: Elder Days & Smaug's Treasure, MEFA 2011

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Chronicling history is never an easy job. It is even harder when you don't always agree with the management - and cannot quit...

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The people of Tirion learn of Miriel's death. For the Five Things challenge for SWG's fifth birthday. 2011 MEFA nominee.

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Feanor's soul is lost in the Halls of Mandos and in its own faded memories.

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Maeglin spends an afternoon alone in his head. Even with company.

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I seem to remember a note of Christopher Tolkien's saying that his father never etymologized the word Leithian or explained exactly what is meant by the title Lay of Leithian. This may well be wrong, but meanwhile here's this - well, you might call it a meditation.

Intended for the "To Be Free" challenge, although perhaps it doesn't really fit...

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Fixed-length ficlets written in response to the Back to Middle-earth Month 2010 challenges. Please see the Table of Contents for summaries and warnings for each.

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The Pendant in the Stream, in which Nerdanel considers her life had she never married Fëanor.
Delvers, in which Maedhros recalls a superstition of the captives in Angband (warning for dark themes).

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Love, no matter how wicked, always finds a way.

A slightly strange something I wrote for Jan/Feb's ALEC 'Forbidden Love' theme.

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Ælfwine/Eriol on his way back to England after visiting Tol Eressea mourns.

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A lone inhabitant of Angmar reflects on its terrible king.

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Being a fantastical account of the Lady Galadriel’s journey to Middle-earth by an unknown author; edited and with critical comments by Erestor and Melinna of Ered Luin; preface by the Lord Celeborn of Lórinand, formerly of Doriath, Sirion and Eregion. 

MEFA 2010 Third Place (Times: First Age and Prior: Noldorin Elves).

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Maedhros stands at the precipice and ponders his choices, his folly, and his release.

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The host of the Valar who marched to Middle-Erth to vanquish Morgoth were wreathed in valorous splendor. But what were they like before they set foot on the Hitherlands? A short piece; Thanksgiving present for Ellfine, Fiondil and KiMahalei.

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This series will include small thinglets that do not fit in my other series.

New: Speak Faster. Nerdanel meets Ælfwine on Tol Eressëa. A double drabble.

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Huan considers his former master; his boy.

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This is a mere collection of frivolous experiments in literary mimicry; credit (so far) goes to Rudyard Kipling, Lord Dunsany, JRR Tolkien, HP Lovecraft, Terry Pratchett, CS Lewis, Gogollescent and Saki (HH Munro).  MEFA 2010 Honourable Mention (Genres: Drama: Incomplete) for chapters 1-8.

(1) The children's version of the fall of Gondolin.

(2) Nevrast lies abandoned.  Where did the king and all the people go?

(3) On the road to Rivendell, Bilbo, Thorin and Gandalf discuss dwarvish singing.

(4) Beneath Barazinbar, Sleeping Beauty... awakes.

(5) Trolls, tea parties and a touch of literary theory.

(6) Uncle Gorthaur has some words of advice for his dear Thuringwethil.

(7) Maglor confronts his ghosts on the beach.

(8) Domestic discontent in Lothlórien.

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A young daughter in the House of Anárion asks how the world came to be rounded.

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AU.  Thorondor never came to the Thangorodrim, and Fingon, in Mithrim, is stranded in the aftermath.

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Nerdanel's journey. From her marriage to Fëanor to coming full circle, and the recurring choice along the way: Tomorrow, or yesterday? A fic inspired by this year's B2MeM prompt 31: As a citizen of Middle-earth, one day you wake up with a choice: yesterday or tomorrow. Which would you pick and why? MEFA Nominee 2009. Thank you, Whitewave! Won First Place in Times: First Age and Prior: House of Finwe.

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An Eärendil vignette exploring why he was fated to sail the skies.  A little odd, and a little bleak.

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For Back to Middle-earth Month 2009: scenes from the life of young Pengolodh, the loremaster of Gondolin whose writings brought us The Silmarillion.

Updated:
Truth for Day Eight: Beauty/Ugliness
The Mountains and the Sea, for Day Nine: Anti-Heroes

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A set of stories that retell Greek, Indian, Chinese and Japanese myths and legends, not to mention Brother's Grimm fairy tales, in Middle-earth with Tolkien's characters. Current selection include Iadel, The Mighty Singer, Living Stone, Minstrels,  The Woe of a Maiden who loved Legolas, The day the sun didn't rise and Gemini.

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Cultural differences, a young king, an arrogant Maia, and rather too much wine.

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