Emeldir in the Battle of Sudden Flame. (Background Barahir/Emeldir. Implied/referenced character death.)

The Entwives tend their orchard.

Éowyn tells her friends the story of a valiant woman from long ago. (Or, the story of Haleth from the Silmarillion as told by Rohirrim of the Third Age.) Gen, referenced character death.

A series of singing lessons in which more than music is studied, and the teacher learns something from the student. (Femslash, Eugénie Danglars/Louise d'Armilly.)

How Arawn King of Annwvyn pursued Gwydyon after the death of Pryderi, and how Gwydyon called up an army of trees to fight for him. (Based on the Mabinogion and the Book of Taliesin (Llyfr Taliesin). Gwydyon, Gilvaethwy, Rhiannon, Arawn and Arawn's wife. Referenced rape and character death.)

Dying on Haudh-en-Ndengin, Rían has a prophetic vision and sings one last song of defiance. (Poetry.)

Rían falls unconscious on the Hill of Slain and awakes in Gondolin. (Canon divergence AU. Warning for referenced canonical character death.)

How Radagast first earned Beorn's good opinion as "not a bad fellow, as wizards go." (Gen, featuring Radagast, Beorn, some of Beorn's ponies, and Radagast's horse. Bookverse.)

The courtship and love of Sappho and Anaktoria, as told in poetry. (Femslash, Sappho/Anaktoria. Sapphic verse.)

Goldberry plays a prank on a duck. (Double drabble.)

When Éowyn was a child, she once sought out the Dead of the Dwimorberg. (Gen. Warning for referenced canonical character death.)

At Nienor's request, the women of Brethil share stories and songs about Haleth, the river's daughter, and those they loved. (Femslash: Goldberry/Haleth, Goldberry/Nellas, Haleth/OFC.)

Three drabbles featuring Éowyn and Faramir. (Gen and het.) 1. Éomund's Daughter - Éowyn greets her father, who has come back from fighting an Orc raid. / 2. Dark Briars - The prince lies sleeping under a witch's curse. (Second person, fairy tale AU.) / 3. The White Tree - After the war, Faramir tells Éowyn the history of the White Tree.

While dancing at night in the woods, Lúthien meets a shadowy stranger. (Femslash, Lúthien/Thuringwethil. Minor blood drinking.)

Varda's handmaiden and Sauron's messenger encounter each other in the night. (Femslash, Ilmarë/Thuringwethil.)

Drabbles set during the First and Second Ages of Middle-earth. (Exactly 100 words as counted by MS Word. Femslash and gen. Summaries and characters listed in the first chapter. Warning for character death.) Most recent: Míriel is captivated by Indis's hair.

After the fall of Doriath, Nellas seeks a new land to call home.

They are both asleep, and they meet in dreams. (Drabble. Femslash, Sleeping Beauty/Snow White.)

Penelope encounters an unexpected temptation. (Femslash. Melantho/Penelope UST; implied Melantho/suitors and Odysseus/Penelope.)

If Míriel never married Finwë or had a child, if she put all her energy into her craft instead of giving birth to Fëanor . . . what might have happened? (Canon divergence AU. Gen, background Finwë/Indis.)

Celebrimbor takes refuge in memory. (Finding out wherever there is comfort there is pain, only one step away . . .) Gen. Non-linear narrative; warnings in endnotes.

The myth says that Orpheus sang before Hades and Persephone. But Eurydice sang also . . . (Sapphic verse. Femslash with female Orpheus/Eurydice; background Hades/Persephone. Angst with a happy ending.)

Galadriel throws down the walls of Dol Guldur.

The Queen of the Night teaches Pamina how to use her power. (The Queen of the Night, Pamina.)

The Queen of the Night has a dispute with her husband and takes back her young daughter from Sarastro's temple. (The Queen of the Night, Pamina's father, Pamina, the Three Ladies, Sarastro. Warning for fatal illness and child kidnapping.)

Aerin, despairing after the losses of Nirnaeth Arnoediad and her forced marriage to Brodda, receives a moment of comfort. (Femslash, Aerin/OFC.)

Míriel finds a source of loyalty in dark times. (Femslash, Míriel/OFC.)

During the battle in the Chamber of Mazarbul, Gimli hears the voice of his dead kinsman. (Gimli, Balin's ghost, Legolas.)

A Sindarin Elf of Nevrast mourns the departure of her lover, one of Turgon's people who went with him to Gondolin. (Double drabble. Femslash, OFC/OFC.)

Éowyn visits her brother, who has been imprisoned at Wormtongue's instigation. A missing scene from The Two Towers.

Newly released from Mandos, Maeglin is reluctant to rejoin society. A cousin he has never met comes to look for him. (Slash, pre-relationship. Celebrimbor/Maeglin.)

Haleth and her people are newly settled in Brethil. Lúthien is drawn to learn more about mortals, and Haleth in particular. (Femslash. Haleth/Lúthien; mention of Beren/Lúthien.)

How the stone giants came to be, and how they settled in the Misty Mountains. (Characters: the Stone Giants, Aulë, Durin the Deathless.)

Drabbles set during the Third Age of Middle-earth. (Exactly 100 words as counted by MS Word. Gen and femslash; warning for character death. Summaries and characters listed in the first chapter.) Most recent: Gildor's hope of victory.

For the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast": The curse is broken, but parts of the enchantment remain. (Drabble. Het, Beast/Beauty.)

Two cousins on opposite sides of a river, and a shared secret. (Two drabbles. AU. Celebrimbor/Maeglin.)

Galadriel, testing the abilities of the Ring of Water, discovers an ancient power of the rivers.

A series of seven drabbles about Nargothrond and those who became involved with its fate, based on a set of river-related prompts from Tolkien Weekly. Gen and het (Finduilas/Gwindor).

Théodwyn struggles to finish one last work before she dies. She is aided by a spirit only she can see. (Femslash, Míriel Serindë/Théodwyn. Warning for character death.)

Scenes from the last days of the war: a woman of Minas Tirith and the fountain in her courtyard. (Het, OFC/OMC.)

Drabbles set during the First and Second Ages of Middle-earth. (Exactly 100 words as counted by MS Word. Gen, het, and femslash. Summaries and characters listed in the first chapter. Warning for aftermath of violence, non-graphic torture, and brief possession/horror.) Most recent: Nellas and Nienor are caught in a spring rainstorm.

As Ar-Pharazôn's fleet nears completion, two childhood friends must decide what to do. (Double drabble. Femslash, OFC/OFC.)

Samwise Gamgee's granddaughter Fíriel dreams of Cuiviénen under the stars. (Femslash, Fíriel Fairbairn/Iminyë.)

Aredhel escapes from Nan Dungortheb and is aided by a daughter of the river. (Femslash, Aredhel/Goldberry. Canon divergence AU. Warning for spiders and animal death.)

Írimë goes into exile and Elemmírë stays behind, but their thoughts are with each other, on the Ice or in the darkness. (A sequence of five drabbles. Femslash. Female Elemmírë/Lalwen.)

Even before their fatal quarrel, Saeros is exasperated by Túrin's lack of grooming. (Triple drabble.)

Old age comes to Demophon, who as a child was almost made immortal. But the gods have not forgotten him. (Gen. Demophon, Demeter, Persephone. Implied character death.)

The autumn draws to a close, and it is time for Persephone to leave her mother. (Background Hades/Persephone; warning for referenced canonical rape/abduction.)

Elwing and the wind. (There are powers in Arda that are not told of in the histories.) Femslash. Elwing/OFC; background Eärendil/Elwing.

On Chelestra, the Sartan send away the mensch and prepare to enter their long sleep. Orla believes that all will be well when they awaken. (Orla, Samah, Ramu, original chacters. Pre-canon.)

The Labyrinth, the deadly maze created by the great craftsman Daidalos, was also a living thing. As the years passed, it fulfilled its duty and guided prisoners to the jaws of the Minotaur. Could such a being as the Labyrinth ever feel pity? (The Labyrinth, Ariadne, Daidalos, Minos. Labyrinth POV. Gen, warning for Minotaur victims and implied character death.)

I. Sarastro steals Pamina from her mother, but the Queen of the Night does not let her go without a struggle. / II. The Queen of the Night begins her preparations to take back her daughter from Sarastro, but she is interrupted by memories. (Queen of the Night, Sarastro, Pamina, Pamina's father)

The story of what happened between the Wise Woman and the Moon. (Based on the fairy tale "The Buried Moon".)

After the events of the opera, Pamina and Sarastro face each other. (Drabble.)

How a count's son who was an unskillful student came to learn three languages of the animals. (Based on the fairy tale "The Three Languages".) Gen, no warnings.

Lalwen pays Elemmírë a sudden visit, trying to escape the growing divisions among the Noldor and her family. Femslash (female!Elemmírë/Lalwen).

In the Houses of Healing, during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Ioreth and the woman she loves strengthen each other with unspoken words. (Femslash, Ioreth/OFC.)

Arwen's song in the night brings peace to Minas Anor. (Double drabble; gen, implied/referenced character death.)

Idril has a troubling encounter with her cousin Maeglin on the morning of her betrothal to Tuor. (One-sided Maeglin/Idril; Idril/Tuor.)

[Child Ballads] Isabel displeases her stepmother and undergoes a dreadful transformation. Alone on a rocky crag, she suffers under her stepmother's curse and sings her own enchantments. (Based on the traditional ballad "Kemp Owyne".)

[Child Ballads] A young scientist is lured away by a treacherous lover. (A Vorkosigan-influenced space AU of the traditional ballad "The Outlandish Knight". Het. Warning for character death.)

Maglor still makes music, and Maedhros listens, when it is all they have left. (Gen, no warnings beyond the usual Silmarillion doom and angst. No dialogue.)

Boromir asks for the first time, though not the last, why his father is not King. (Quadruple drabble. Gen, no warnings.)

Aragorn visits Gilraen's house one final time after her death. (Triple drabble. Gen, no warnings.)

The women of Erendis's household tell each other stories on a rainy day. (Or, a tale from New England retold in Númenor.) Contains an OFC/OMC romance and referenced original character death.

The learned scholar Rúmil of Tirion meets a Hobbit and shares his opinion about Dwarves. (Rúmil, Bilbo, and Gandalf. Gen, no warnings.)

With the Silmaril lost, Maglor is driven by Elwing's words to look for her children. (Gen; warning for aftermath of violence. Contains brief appearances by Elwing and young Elrond and Elros. This ficlet immediately follows "Hope For No Safety.")

Elwing's defiance at the Havens of Sirion. (Gen; contains background violence, as it takes place during the Third Kinslaying.)

Dís wishes to know her home and her enemy.

Finduilas, recovering from her wound among the folk of Brethil, finds a young woman on Haleth's grave-mound, and fate is changed. (Canon divergence AU with a happier ending. Femslash: Finduilas/Nienor.)

Legolas and Gimli seek the Straight Road to Valinor. (Gimli/Legolas, no warnings.)

Morgoth's victory approaches, but Arien will still choose her own fate. (Femslash (Arien/Ungoliant). Implied character death.)

Fingon and Maedhros try to overcome what separates them, even death. (Written for Himring for Fandom Stocking 2015. This is specifically about Himring's Fingon and Maedhros, as told in her series "Gloom, Doom and Maedhros," and references events from that series as well as canon. Fingon/Maedhros. Non-permanent character death.)

When Csevet is captured and injured by a faction opposed to Edrehasivar VII, the emperor's concern leads to a significant late-night conversation. Slash (Csevet/Maia). Csevet, Maia, original characters, background nohecharei. Warning for torture.

The Aldudénië was Elemmírë's formal, public lament after the Darkening of Valinor, but she also had private feelings which she put into her poetry. (Three poems by Elemmírë about the Darkening, the First Kinslaying, the Flight of the Noldor, and above all, her love for Lalwen.) Femslash (female!Elemmírë/Lalwen). Referenced canonical character death.

Bits of memory from Elrond's early childhood. (Double drabble.)

After her death, Nienor is found by the ghost of Finduilas, who has been watching over Brethil, and offered a new existence. (Warning for referenced character death, suicide, and child death; however, all deaths are canonical and take place before the beginning of the story. This is meant as something of a fix-it.)

During the Fëanorian invasion of Doriath, Feredwen is briefly snared by memory. (Gen. Brief violence, biased POV character. Part of the series that starts with "The Messengers of Celegorm.")

Celebrimbor sees his father for the last time. (Warning for character death.)

Gorlim searches for Eilinel. (Gorlim/Eilinel. Warning for character death, horror elements.)

A sonnet from Aeneas to Helen of Troy, on fate and burning cities.

The smiths of Eregion prepare to face Sauron. (A poem in modified Sapphics. The narrator is Feredwen, an original character.)

After the end of the War of Wrath, Feredwen, a follower of the sons of Fëanor, decides not to return to the Blessed Realm. (Gen. Reference to canonical character death; biased viewpoint character; internal monologue. Follows "The Messengers of Celegorm" and "Paths of Exile".)

After the Battle of Sudden Flame, Barahir and Emeldir try to hold their ground against the encroaching darkness from the North. Het (Barahir/Emeldir). The OC tag is for Rían's mother, who is not named in the sources.

Anthy looks at the stars. (Drabble. Post-canon, Utena/Anthy implied.)

Three poems based on three stories from the Jewish Bible. (Gen and slash: Miriam & Moses, David/Jonathan, and Barak & Deborah.)

How a knight came to the house of the Shadow Folk and bargained to save his father's life, and what then became of him. (A story based on the poem "The Listeners" by Walter de la Mare. Gen with fairy tale elements. No warnings.)

[Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak] Max's mother teaches him a magic trick for dealing with wild things.

A silly retelling of the Silmarillion in the style of Dr. Seuss.

Glorfindel knows more of Orcrist's history than he wishes to tell. (Triple drabble. Gen; Glorfindel and Thorin; based on The Hobbit book and The Silmarillion.)

Celebrimbor, his family, and unfixable problems. (Gen, no warnings. Triple drabble.)

Moments on a Fëanorian's journey, from the Oath to the fall of Ost-in-Edhil. (A sequence of six drabbles. Gen; warning for character death and violence. OFC (Feredwen) with appearances by Celegorm, Sauron, and Celebrimbor. Follows "The Messengers of Celegorm.")

After Lúthien's capture by Celegorm, the Silmarillion says "Celegorm sent messengers to Thingol urging his suit" and "Thingol was wrathful" (understandably!). But what happened to the messengers? (A sequence of eight drabbles. Gen; referenced character death and Kinslaying. Fëanorian OCs (Feredwen and others); Thingol and Celebrimbor mentioned.)

Denethor considers the palantír and his sons. (Double drabble. Gen, no warnings.)

Elrond remembers an old song. (Gen; allusions to the Third Kinslaying. Elrond, Maglor; young Elros and very young sons of Elrond.)

Odin chooses a Valkyrie; the Valkyrie chooses life and death. This story is based on the Volsung Saga and the Eddas and includes a short section in alliterative verse. (Odin, Hljod, Hrimnir, Hrimnir's wife, Rerir's wife, Volsung. Het (Hljod/Volsung, other canon pairings). Warnings: Multiple character deaths; brief violence; supernaturally unpleasant pregnancy ending in death.)

Some nine years after the events of the novel, Ivanhoe is with King John's army in Normandy. A new plot is laid against him, and an old acquaintance hinders it. (Gen, canon pairings; warning for historical character death and canonical anti-Semitism.)

In the years when Moses lives in Pharaoh's palace, Miriam and Aaron try to protect their people. "There are two of them, children of Amram and Yocheved: Miryam to see, and Aharon to speak." (Gen. Slavery, mild violence.)

A handmaiden of Finduilas bids her a last farewell. (Double drabble.) Denethor/Finduilas; character death.

Once upon a time, there was a prince who came near to realizing the truths of the world. The Master of Illusion became aware of it. He called a flower maiden to him and said, "If this prince remains where he is, he will discover that this world is only an illusion. Go to him and lead his mind astray." (Warnings: Implied dubcon and general creepiness as in canon; veiled spoilers.)

A sci-fi version of Macbeth. (In space!) "A single green light blinked on Duncan's headset like a watching eye. It unnerved him. Feeling foolish, he covered the light with one hand and raised the gun with the other." (Gen, canon pairings; character death and non-graphic violence.)

A Barrayaran folktale from the Time of Isolation. (Gen. Mild violence, OC death.)

Miles has a brilliant idea for a school project, but it gets a little out of hand. (Featuring Miles and Cordelia, with assistance from Ivan and Elena. Gen, no warnings.)

[Titus Andronicus] Lavinia survives the ending of the play. Here are ten alternate stories about what she might have done afterwards. (Warnings: References to canonical rape and mutilation, culturally accepted infanticide.)

A woman of Númenor on the sea, in doubt and hope: Isildur's wife after the Downfall. (Gen, background canon pairings, no warnings.)

In Númenor before the Downfall, Isildur watches over his treasure. (Gen, no warnings.)

Three times that Ilmarë fulfilled her duties to Varda. (Gen, no warnings.)

Newly arrived at the Havens of Sirion, the child Elwing tries to comfort herself with memories. (Implied/referenced canonical character death.)

A young hobbit attempts to go to sea, with unfortunate results. (Comic poem, no warnings.)

Aredhel deals with Fëanorians, family, and the Ice. A sequence of eight drabbles. (Gen, referenced canonical character death.)

Held captive in Nargothrond, Lúthien dreams of Beren and exchanges one prison for another. (Triple drabble. Contains horror elements.)

Elwing makes a friend in the woods of Doriath. (Gen.)

Míriel keeps Erulaitalë as best she can. (Gen. A 144-word fixed-length ficlet in honor of Bilbo and Frodo's birthday.)

Achren reluctantly settles into Caer Dallben and awaits the moment for revenge. (Gen, Achren POV with Magg, Coll, and others.)

Melian asks Finrod, on a visit to Menegroth, to test the abilities of her young student in songs of power. (Gen, no pairings.)

Someday, she will devour the light-weaver. Ungoliant's view of Melian. Gen, no pairings. Contains horror elements, spiders.

Before the Sun or Moon rose, the River-mother sang to the waters and they awoke. (An origin story for Goldberry drawing on the Silm, LOTR, and "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil." Main characters are Goldberry and the River-woman; brief appearances by Melian and Tom Bombadil. Gen.)

Arwen prepares to make the King's standard. (Aragorn/Arwen mentioned.)

As the end of their journey nears, Rían remembers Dorthonion. (Gen, no pairings.)

In Ar-Pharazôn's palace on Númenor, Isildur's wife encounters peril, temptation, and unlooked-for help. (Gen, canon pairings implied.)

What the Queen does and leaves undone, the day before the Downfall of Númenor. "The Armada sets sail, and Míriel waits for the shape of their doom to reveal itself." (Gen, no pairings.)

A chance encounter: Thorongil, captain of Gondor, crosses paths with Finduilas and her young child. (Gen, canon pairings implied.)

The ascent from the Underworld, from Eurydice's point of view. In the end, Eurydice chooses. (Character death.)

The personifications of Faithfulness and Jealousy have a long-standing rivalry, which takes them through many centuries and countries (and five Shakespeare plays). When Iago manipulates Othello into murdering Desdemona, it is far from the first time he has done this. Includes plot elements from The Winter's Tale, Titus Andronicus, Cymbeline, Othello, and Much Ado About Nothing.

A whim of Puck's has more consequences than he anticipates. (A Midsummer Night's Dream/Henry VI Part 1 crossover.) Puck, Oberon, Margaret of Anjou, and the Earl of Suffolk. Pairings as in canon.

Scenes from the Muses' wanderings. Gen, no pairings.