New Challenge: Potluck Bingo
Sit down to a delicious selection of prompts served on bingo boards, created by the SWG community.
Two academics discuss a recently-excavated prehistoric skeleton.
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Written for B2MeM 2015, in response to a prompt by Samtyr about a contemporary archaeological discovery proving the past existence of Elves + Elves still living covertly in Middle-earth.
Maglor makes a rare venture out of his solitude to bid a private farewell to Elrond, but ends up finding an unexpected connection with a certain halfling...
“They were right. The Valar were right all along.” Maglor watches Maedhros mourn.
Idril and Huor, on top of the highest tower in Gondolin, defy a weather metaphor.
Maglor, mountains, and ruling in Valinor during the First Age.
Lake Mithrim, in five acts. Maglor-centric.
The Havens of Sirion are a home for the refugees of two great slaughters, and the broken find a home by the sea. The queens-in-exile of Gondolin and Doriath meet there, and find something new from what they have lost. (MSV 2014 for Calima.)
Death is only another beginning for Fingon.
Maglor learns something new about his musical instruments from a rather unusual creature.
With all the geological upheavel caused by the War of Wrath, the Blue Mountains are not, perhaps, the safest place to be.
The Starkindler reminisces on the Beyond - and hopes.
A poem for Andreth in Ladros, in the long years of the Siege of Angband.
Maglor has come to stay the winter with friends, but his reprieve from wandering allows uncomfortable questions to arise. Written for Indy at Fandom Stocking 2014.
This paper, presented at the Mythmoot III conference in Baltimore, Maryland, on 10 January 2015, considers the history of Tolkien fan fiction, the development of online Tolkien fan fiction communities, and how writers of Tolkien fan fiction use their stories to learn more about the texts and develop analytical and critical approaches toward those texts.
Do not let the title of this story mislead you. This is just as much a Silmarillion story as anything else, or I wouldn't post it here.
An alternate, and not so happy, ending to The Last Battle. This is in my Avenger of Blood universe.
A short poem and among the very first things I've ever written Tolkien-related. It isn't much, but I hope you enjoy it.
Based on the original speculations and in-universe prophecies regarding the Dagor Dagorath, the Battle of All Battles.
Elwing reminisces on the coast of Alqualondë.
Cedric Diggory is dead. But does that mean his role in the Second Wizarding War is over? Who is this hooded Reaper, and what does he want?
Bella Swan exists as a mere shell after being left by Edward Cullen. Can she find healing and newfound purpose in the most unliekly of places? And what does Leah Clearwater's phasing have to do with the whole business?
And who are these tall, beautiful people who never seem to age? They're not quite wizards, but they sure know lots about magic.
I'm a bit embarrassed by this story now, but I thought I'd share it with you all anyway. I only got three chapters into it, but I don't think I'm likely to update it. It crosses over with Narnia, and follows Omega. You really have to read Omega before starting this one.
NEW: Major revisions being made. This story is meing re-written to make it consistent with Avenger of Blood.
Just a little Elves-in-modern-day story. Elwe, Olwe, and Elmo struggle to survive in a strange, undriendly world. Fortunately, they are not without friends and allies. This is AU, and it is NOT consistent with Omega and Alpha.
This is just a little oneshot that I posted on FFn last Christmas. It follows Omega directly.
Sundry tales of Elven politics.
Here is a song called Of Finrod and Bëor as was sung in Rivendell in the Third Age of the world. It is but a fragment from the Lay of Felagund, which told the story of Finrod Felagund in full. It was first cast into Sindarin in Imladris by some of the High Elves who dwelt there for a time, and later into Westron.
I: Of Finrod tarrying in Ossiriand
III. Of Finrod spying Men in the woods
III: Of Finrod's song of Valinor
IV: Of the waking of Men and the conversation of Finrod and Bëor
V: Of the disquiet of the Green-elves and the passing of Men into Beleriand
VI: Of the death of Finrod Felagund and the deeds of the House of Bëor
Coda
The third Kinslaying was a hideous self-inflicted wound for the elves of Beleriand. With a little common sense and pragmatism, could it have been averted? Or is that asking too much of all parties involved?