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Having traveled North and up a mountain in Aman, Fingon builds himself a house, and works on putting himself back together. A drabble sequence. Follows Aurora: Seeking the Northern Sky.
Maentâl Sílorion appeared in chapter 7 of Pages from the Archives of Cîr Imladris. He insisted on having more of his story told. Each chapter is intended to be able to stand alone.
Ficlets of Valinor, Beleriand, Ennor, and Middle Earth through the Ages.
Ficlets, drabbles, and other small pieces set primarily in early Valinor.
A view from two sides of a mirror, and what happens when those trapped are freed.
A Drabble sequence: 1,2,2,1.
Ficlets of an intimate nature set in various places and times, generally with minimal angst.
Fulfilling a promise, Fingon and Celegorm discover they are remembered as Superheroes by the circus children.
A King Fingon's Menagerie quintuple drabble/ficlet.
Poems that are drabbles, drabbles that are poems.
Non-angsty ficlets set in Valinor (and one or two in Middle Earth), many featuring Feanor.
Anairë, Nerdanel, and Faniel are visited by Ëonwë's sisters, the Winds of Sunset, Midnight, and Dawn.
Four drabbles.
Eärendil, waiting for the answer of the Valar to his plea. A triple drabble.
Celegorm, Returned, faces a challenge. A double-drabble.
Drabbles inspired by natural history prompts, from the Years of the Trees to the Fourth Age, from Valinor to Far Harad.
Featuring Indis and Miriel, Ilmare and Varda, Earendil and his mariners, Aragorn and the past, and Beruthiel and her white cat.
Fingon, returned, has more questions than answers, and travels north to find what answers he can for himself.
A drabble sequence
Findekáno writes his father a military dispatch and mentions the weather.
Maglor re-visits an ancient city.
Gwindor's attention is not where it should be, and his brother has noticed.
Elrond and Bilbo discuss the importance of light.
At the midsummer festival, is it necessary that one be shirtless?
Tales say that iron burns the flesh of elves.
The first of the great seafarers of Numenor is inspired by the tales of Elvish mariners of the First Age.
Update: another chapter / drabble added
Elrond muses on the idea of Elves being 'for the world'. A triple drabble.
A drabble sequence about Luthien Tinuviel.
Mainly in appreciation of her!
(Although perhaps not entirely without questions.)
Amandil is pushed by developments into rejecting his loyalty to Ar-Pharazon.
(drabble)
Elrond took his library with him to Valinor. In that archive are many things, and the librarians and archivists of Cîr Imladris (New Rivendell) are kept delightfully busy.