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The Farmer's Son |
Last Updated: 6/5/2013 |
| This is the story of how the Tooks kept the Tookland free during the Troubles, until the return of the Travellers. (This story sets forth a different view of the Shire from previous stories.) |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 22 |
Published: 5/19/2008 |
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Jewels |
Last Updated: 6/3/2013 |
| From the "Scouring of the Shire" to the Grey Havens, and beyond... because the original Story ended much too abruptly for this reader's satisfaction. Originally published in March 2003; revised. Chapter 37. The Steward of Buckland has a proposal to make. |
| Rating: G |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 37 |
Published: 8/13/2004 |
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Thain |
Last Updated: 4/13/2013 |
| Paladin Took was a farmer's son; his grandfather had left the Great Smials, renouncing the life of the Great Smials Tooks, and the succession to the Thainship. He was never meant to be Thain, no more than was Bucca of the Marish... ("Pippin" chapter posted, in honour of Larner's birthday.) |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 37 |
Published: 6/16/2004 |
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Drabbles |
Last Updated: 4/8/2013 |
| Drabble, by definition, a story told in exactly 100 words, plus an optional title of 15 words or less. Quite a challenge. New story added: "Seeds of friendship sown." |
| Rating: G |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 44 |
Published: 8/14/2003 |
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How to Make a Match |
Last Updated: 3/5/2013 |
| Drabble series of how Faramir Took and Goldilocks Gamgee came to an understanding. |
| Rating: G |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 7 |
Published: 1/20/2012 |
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This and That |
Last Updated: 1/1/2013 |
| A place to collect dribs and drabbles, one-shot stories and one-chapter challenges. New story: "April Sunrise" -- for Dreamflower, a "Bilbo" story, just because. |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 34 |
Published: 12/2/2004 |
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The Tenth Walker |
Last Updated: 10/22/2012 |
| Probably been done before, and perhaps better, but Bill the Pony gave my elbow a nudge this morning, causing me to spill my tea, and he licked up all the sugar from the bowl, and is likely to make a complete nuisance of himself if I don't write down his story. New chapter posted--Sam and Pippin find a cure for what ails Bill. |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 55 |
Published: 6/15/2005 |
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Where the Merlin Cries |
Last Updated: 10/4/2012 |
| The story of Fastred and Elanor, and how the Westmarch came to be a part of the Shire. Rated PG-13 for nasty ruffians in a couple of chapters. Thanks to katakanadian for beta! |
| Rating: PG-13 |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 47 |
Published: 8/18/2003 |
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Knitting Socks |
Last Updated: 1/22/2011 |
| Pippin acquires a pony shortly before setting out on the Quest. Complete in 7 chapters. Originally published March 2003. Finally revised and ready to re-publish.
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| Rating: PG |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 1 |
Published: 8/13/2004 |
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Going, Going, Gone |
Last Updated: 1/20/2011 |
| AU: What might have happened, had Frodo not had the option of sailing into the Uttermost West with the Elves. (12 chapters total, 13 if you include the author's notes) 2nd epilogue added, a little afterthought, as a birthday mathom. Enjoy! (D. says there should be a beverage warning. So here it is. Beverage warning. Don't say you weren't warned.) |
| Rating: G |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 14 |
Published: 7/27/2004 |
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Family Matters |
Last Updated: 9/25/2010 |
| Follow-on to In the Greening of the Year. Pippin's head of escort must come to terms with duty and family, in the aftermath of a near-fatal mishap. |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 2 |
Published: 9/25/2010 |
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The Rescue |
Last Updated: 4/28/2010 |
| When Lotho Sackville-Baggins turned his eye on Odovacar Bolger's fortune and landholdings, Odo found himself seeking a refuge for his only daughter. This is the story of how Estella Bolger took on a new name and identity, and hid amongst the Tooks during the Troubles. |
| Rating: PG-13 |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 6 |
Published: 11/22/2008 |
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When Winter Fell |
Last Updated: 3/22/2010 |
| An echo from the past: During the "Fell Winter" young Bilbo finds aid and insight in his great-grandfather's memories of the Long Winter. Warning: Character Death (canon) (Chapter 25 added: Bilbo's Birthday dawns, and 26: From the Journal of Fortinbras Took, S.R. 1158) |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 27 |
Published: 6/6/2005 |
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You Can Lead a Took to Water |
Last Updated: 1/19/2010 |
| A birthday mathom, for your reading pleasure. Young Pippin performs an heroic rescue, returns a favour, and makes a friend. |
| Rating: G |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 1 |
Published: 1/19/2010 |
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One Who Sticks Closer than a Brother |
Last Updated: 12/25/2009 |
| Follow-on from A Matter of Appearances. A story exploring friendship, as lived by one of Pippin's cousins in Pippin's early years as Thain. New chapter added: Good news. (And a Merry Christmas to you all!) |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 47 |
Published: 9/11/2006 |
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Bound for Gondor |
Last Updated: 9/16/2009 |
| For Dana. This story was published in part on LJ on a previous birthday, but never finished. When Faramir Took tells Goldi he's off to Gondor, she determines to do something about it. New chapter added: Sam makes a quick decision.
This story is set about four months after A Comedy of Merrys finishes. (Four months after Frodo Gardner's wedding, that is.) Faramir Took is 26, Goldilocks Gamgee is 25. (Thanks to Dreamflower for the beta of chapters 1 and 2.) |
| Rating: G |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 3 |
Published: 9/6/2009 |
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Gondor Holiday |
Last Updated: 8/16/2009 |
| When Pippin brings Diamond and little Faramir to Minas Tirith for a visit, just about anything can happen... and does. |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 0 |
Published: 8/16/2009 |
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Striking Sparks |
Last Updated: 2/26/2009 |
| The early days, when Pippin was Thain, seen from the perspective of one of his Tookish cousins. Companion story to "FireStorm" and "Flames". 16 chapters, first published in May 2003. Dinossiel noticed that this story wasn't posted all the way to the end, so I'll be publishing the rest in short order.
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| Rating: PG |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 10 |
Published: 8/13/2004 |
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O The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night |
Last Updated: 2/3/2009 |
| Finished! Happy Birthday (very very belated of course), Dreamflower! For the occasion, your bunny and the Muse have cooked up a little treat. Synopsis: While travelling with Men who know and love the Shire, Merry and Ferdi tell a tale of an adventure they shared as children. Working title was "Dreamflower's Bunny" |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 27 |
Published: 9/10/2006 |
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Letters Home |
Last Updated: 6/8/2007 |
| A bit of silliness, approach with caution. |
| Rating: G |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 3 |
Published: 12/5/2003 |
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Placeholder/Research notes for "Sickness" |
Last Updated: 5/11/2007 |
| "Great plague" story |
| Rating: G |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 0 |
Published: 5/11/2007 |
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A Matter of Appearances |
Last Updated: 4/16/2007 |
| A story that naturally follows from Runaway, coming before While There's Breath.... When Pippin sets out to prove to the Tooks his confidence in his disgraced cousins, disaster nearly follows. Note: character death Story complete, except for Author's Notes to come. |
| Rating: R |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 45 |
Published: 7/22/2006 |
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To Tell a Tale |
Last Updated: 9/6/2006 |
| This is a group effort, first posted on LJ, based on the premise: After the Coronation of the King, Pippin, having neglected a cold, falls seriously ill. Elessar, acting in his capacity as healer, decrees that the young hobbit must stay in bed. Of course the young and restless hobbit is chafing to get up just as soon as he's feeling a little better... How to keep him resting quietly? A fine problem for the newly-crowned King to tackle! Authors include, in order of posting: Lindelea, Shire |
| Rating: G |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 12 |
Published: 7/28/2005 |
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Someone As You Can Trust |
Last Updated: 8/20/2006 |
| In honour of the Eighth of April, a ficlet of two or three (um, or five) chapters. Frodo and Sam sat under the whispering trees amid the fragrance of fair Ithilien; and they talked deep into the night with Merry and Pippin and Gandalf, and after a while Legolas and Gimli joined them. ...how Frodo found out what his younger cousins were up to, after the Fellowship was broken. Final chapter added. Story complete. |
| Rating: G |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 5 |
Published: 4/7/2006 |
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LifeWatch |
Last Updated: 7/11/2006 |
| First published elsewhere in March '03. Cormallen story from Merry's viewpoint. Companion to poem "Too Young". Thanks to Dreamflower for the beta. Am not writing new material at the moment, so I hope you'll enjoy this "blast from the past", at least until my schedule allows writing time once more. Final chapter added, in which Beregond's friends hear his fate.
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| Rating: G |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 17 |
Published: 3/13/2006 |
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Dreams of Gold |
Last Updated: 3/19/2006 |
| While I'm not writing new material at present, I went to a "green concert" last night, and it made me want to post something in honour of those who wear the green. This ficlet is part of a larger work, unfinished and unpublished (except for one chapter that was tacked on to another story as an epilogue of sorts). This part, which can stand alone, seems to be three or four chapters long; don't know, as am cutting and pasting a relatively small part from a very bulky draft. In any event, the st |
| Rating: G |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 4 |
Published: 3/16/2006 |
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To See Justice Done |
Last Updated: 2/18/2006 |
| "Of old, death was the penalty." Such is the knowledge of every guardsman of Gondor, Beregond included. And now that the day of his hearing is at hand, and the King's only choices by tradition death or exile, what shall be his doom? Can anything or anyone save him? This is actually a "Samfic", written when Rabidsamfan requested stories about Samwise. Complete in seven chapters. |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 8 |
Published: 2/11/2006 |
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Shire Songbook |
Last Updated: 1/18/2006 |
| A collection of songs of the Shire. The original, of course, is to be found at the Mathom House, in Michel Delving. Comments welcome. Added 1/18: "Throw Another Log on the Fire", to cheer all those who suffer in the winter doldrums. |
| Rating: G |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 14 |
Published: 8/18/2003 |
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Where the Love-light Gleams |
Last Updated: 1/12/2006 |
| A Yuletide story. On a special commission for the Thain, Ferdibrand Took finds himself lost and alone in unfamiliar territory. (Title taken from an old song, written in 1943: I'll Be Home for Christmas) Finished! Final chapter posted. Happy Yule to you, and may the new-born year be one full of blessings. |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 14 |
Published: 12/31/2005 |
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Best Beloved |
Last Updated: 1/6/2006 |
| A compilation of related ficlets and drabbles, all having to do with Merry and Estella. Added: "A Dream Away", per Dana's request |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 3 |
Published: 5/20/2005 |
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Just Desserts |
Last Updated: 12/4/2005 |
| Sequel to "All that Glisters". An elusive figure: Jack, son of Robin, or Robin, son of Jack... he wandered the Shire before the King's Edict, and after (and it is the after that has made him a fugitive for ever more). Now, it seems, he has been discovered. What will be his fate? [Written at the request of Bodkin, who won a guessing game on LJ and claimed this story as the prize.] Note that rating has been changed to PG-13 as a cautionary measure.Note: "Haleth" will be change |
| Rating: PG-13 |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 38 |
Published: 10/3/2005 |
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A Healer's Tale |
Last Updated: 10/23/2005 |
| Pippin's story, from the viewpoint of one who knew him perhaps better than he would have wished... (a companion story to "At the End of His Rope") Final chapter posted. Chapter 51: Epilogue. |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 53 |
Published: 3/22/2005 |
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Ruffians |
Last Updated: 10/7/2005 |
| First published in March-April 2003. A party of hobbits travelling from Buckland to Bree are waylaid by ruffians. Epilogue added, by Anso's request and Cuthalion's suggestion.
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| Rating: PG-13 |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 4 |
Published: 9/14/2004 |
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The Party's Over |
Last Updated: 8/22/2005 |
| An extended birthday-present for Dana, posted at LJ on her birthday and for several days following. Pippin finds himself in hot water after he and Merry host one of their splendid parties at Crickhollow. |
| Rating: G |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 3 |
Published: 8/18/2005 |
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Kindling Fire |
Last Updated: 5/6/2005 |
| The story of Rosemary Took, who took on a life of her own when her brother Ferdibrand's story was told. (Most of the chapters will be G-rated, but there will be a few intense scenes, thus the PG-13.) New chapter added: An Interrupted Journey |
| Rating: PG-13 |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 4 |
Published: 9/22/2004 |
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The Rebel |
Last Updated: 5/2/2005 |
| The day after the battle Frodo rode to Michel Delving and released the prisoners from the Lockholes. One of the first that they found was poor Fredegar Bolger, Fatty no longer. He had been taken when the ruffians smoked out a band of rebels that he led from their hidings up in the Brockenbores by the hills of Scary.--"The Grey Havens" |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 10 |
Published: 9/27/2003 |
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There and Back |
Last Updated: 5/2/2005 |
| My very first effort!
From "The Black Gate Opens" to "The Field of Cormallen" from Pippin's perspective. Companion story to "Choices". |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 2 |
Published: 8/6/2003 |
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Choices |
Last Updated: 5/2/2005 |
| A story of the friendship between Peregrin Took and Beregond of Gondor. Part of a group of stories set between "The Black Gate Opens" and "Many Partings", told from differing viewpoints. 6 chapters. (Thank you, Carol and Julie, for your careful and untiring beta reading!) One of my earliest efforts, this was originally finished in early February 2003. |
| Rating: G |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 7 |
Published: 11/14/2003 |
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Seeing Red |
Last Updated: 3/25/2005 |
| Companion story to "At the End of His Rope". The story of how Merry's steward Berilac Brandybuck saved a toddler from being trampled to death, and how two mischievous tweens and some enormous, ahem, items of intimate apparel, saved Berilac... (First published April 2003) |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 2 |
Published: 3/25/2005 |
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FireStorm |
Last Updated: 3/14/2005 |
| Peregrin Took did not automatically follow his father, Paladin, as Thain. This is the story of how he proved himself to the rest of the Tooks, earning the right to be called The Took, and Thain. 17 chapters (including the Prologue). Originally published April-May 2003. Part of a group of stories including "Striking Sparks", "Flames", and "StarFire". |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 17 |
Published: 8/13/2004 |
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A Took by Any Other Name |
Last Updated: 3/10/2005 |
| Pippin goes against all convention in the naming of his son. (Chapter 5 is tenatively rated "R" due to the graphic nature of the material, related to capture by Orcs. All other chapters are PG-13 or below.) Warnings: violence, character death. Oops! Forgot to change this! Final chapter added! |
| Rating: PG-13 |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 21 |
Published: 2/2/2005 |
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Flames |
Last Updated: 3/8/2005 |
| New! No one, not even the author or editor, seemed to notice that the story jumped from Chapter 36 to Chapter 38. Recently we discovered the long-lost Chapter 37, from a document last saved to disk in August 2003. Apologies for overlooking this chapter. Hope you enjoy it. It is relevant to "A Took by any Other Name", in case you were wondering. ***
The original summary:
This story is complete.
Ferdibrand Took, brave, bold, but in disgrace because of an incident in his past, help |
| Rating: PG-13 |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 59 |
Published: 8/3/2003 |
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While There's Breath... |
Last Updated: 1/31/2005 |
| Pippin has a chance to prove his loyalty when a simple river crossing turns deadly. (Final chapter added, and "author's notes" finished.) |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 8 |
Published: 1/15/2005 |
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All That Glisters |
Last Updated: 1/16/2005 |
| In the year King Elessar rode north, to dwell for a time by Lake Evendim, word of the Thain's treasure-hoard was heard beyond the Bounds of the Shire, and trouble followed. (From Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, II. vii: "All that glisters is not gold; / Often have you heard that told. / Many a man his life hath sold / But my outside to behold. / Gilded tombs do worms enfold.") Final chapter posted! Thanks to all who've taken the time to read and comment. |
| Rating: PG-13 |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 73 |
Published: 9/9/2004 |
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Clearing the Heir |
Last Updated: 12/10/2004 |
| A holiday story, written for Marigold's Challenge Number 11. How did Bilbo come to the decision to name an heir? |
| Rating: G |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 4 |
Published: 12/2/2004 |
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In the Greening of the Year |
Last Updated: 11/29/2004 |
| Straightforward action-adventure/drama in relatively few chapters. When the mother of the Thain is overdue returning from a visit, Pippin pulls out all the stops to find her. Note to the Reader: Had thought to add an epilogue, but really, the story is complete as posted. No need to say more. Thank you! |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 10 |
Published: 11/22/2004 |
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And Empty Holes It Fills |
Last Updated: 11/20/2004 |
| Written for Marigold's Challenge 10: It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.
(From The Hobbit, “Riddles in the Dark”)
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| Rating: PG |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 1 |
Published: 11/2/2004 |
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The Fall |
Last Updated: 11/4/2004 |
| Two stories using the same "opener"...the first features Smeagol and Deagol, in the days before the Ring. In the second, little Samwise gains another reason to look up to his Mr Frodo... Originally written for Marigold's Challenge #2.
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| Rating: G |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 2 |
Published: 11/4/2004 |
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A Fistful of Flowers |
Last Updated: 9/8/2004 |
| Another challenge. Take these words/phrases, and weave a story with them: A giant slug, green, tickle, tied up, Merry. Originally published in May 2003. |
| Rating: G |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 1 |
Published: 9/8/2004 |
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Too Young |
Last Updated: 9/8/2004 |
| Merry's thoughts after arriving at Cormallen. Originally published March 2003, slightly revised. |
| Rating: G |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 1 |
Published: 8/13/2004 |
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