It was suggested that I provide a timeline for the stories I've written so that those considering reading them might be better able to place them in context.

Timeline for stories:

From the Song to the Rising of Ithil and Anor:
 Coveting the Light  (AIG) (ALEC)
 The Dance  (AIG) (ALEC)
 New Birth  (AIG)
 Envy  (AIG)

First Age:
 Spider's Ambition  (AIG)
 The Craft of the Elven Smith  (AIG) (HASA)
 Grief for the Living Son  (WPL)
 Seeking to Give Comfort (AIG)
 The Brides' New Homes  (AIG)
 The Pain of Remembrance  (AIG) (ALEC)

Second Age: 
 The Ring that Sauron Forged  (AIG) (HASA)
 The Mariner's Return  (WPL)
 Concerns Voiced  (AIG)
 Encounter  (OS2)
 The Game Lost  (AIG) (ALEC 2nd)
 Wounds from the Enemy  (AIG)

Third Age:
 
Pre-Hobbit
 Counselors
 On the Naming of Twins  (AIG)
 Star Daughter  (AIG)
 Stirring Rings
 Weapons Forged  (AIG)
 The Might of the Numenorean  (AIG)
 The Miscreant  (WPL)
 A Hard Mercy  (WPL)
 The Return of the Prodigal  (WPL)
 Nativity of a Future King  (AIG)
 I Want to be Just Like...  (OS2)
 Peace Interrupted  (WPL)
 Avoiding the Lesson  (WPL)
 Imogen  (AIG)
 The Question  (OS2)
 
The Hobbit
 Changing Views on Wisdom  (GDR)
 chapters 1-2 Fostering  (HASA)
 A Treasure Retrieved  (AU) (MHB) (HASA)
 A Hobbit's Tale  (MHB)
 Final Considerations  (GDR)

Pre-The Fellowship of the Ring
 A Pretense at Civility  (GDR)
 Bilbo's Shire, A to Z
 No Going Back  (AIG) (ALEC)
 A Useful Gift (GDR)
 Curses Fulfilled  (GDR)
 Ways Round, Ways Through  (AIG)
 Shall I Sing?  (MIT)
 chapters 3-4 Fostering
 first part chapter 5 Fostering
 chapters 1-8 Second Mum  (HASA)
 Isengar's Treasures from the Mathom Room  (WPL)
 Greed  (MIT)
 Enemy Vanquished  (MIT)
 A Rude Awakening  (OS2)
 Flooding and Glamours
 Foresworn  (OS2)
 Battle Plans  (WPL)
 Word of Resignation (AIG)
 Faith Tried  (AIG)
 Dancing the New Year In  (GDR) (ALEC)
 A Mother's Day  (GDR)
 Vengeance is Reggie's  (MIT)
 The Research Project  (GDR)
 Raiding  (MIT) (HASA)
 I Remember...  (OS2)
 Cleanup  (OS2)
 He Who Would Have All  (HASA)
 Plans for Seduction  (OS2)
 Transition  (MIT)
 Presumed Guilty  (OS2)
 Full Circle  (MIT)
 Choice of Heirs (MIT)
 Questions of a Young Hobbit  (MIT) (ALEC)
 The Gaffer's Watchdog  (MIT)
 The Promise for Next Year  (OS2)
 Rebellion  (MIT)
 The Shire's Soul  (MIT)
 An Unexpected Gift  (OS2)
 Forging an Alliance
 Just Desserts  (MIT)
 The Coin's Other Face  (HASA)
 Merry's Wedding  (MIT) (HASA)
 The Tell-tale  (AMT)
 New-Fangled Ideas  (MIT)
 chapters 1-3 The Ties of Family
 chapters 1-9 Lesser Ring
 Thanksgiving for Healing  (WPL)
 chapters 1-12 For Eyes to See as Can  (HASA)
 O Merry Mine  (MIT) (HASA)
 Marred Gifts  (MIT)
 Preparatory to an Introduction  (AIG)
 Tall Men with Stars on their Cloaks  (MIT) (HASA)
 From a Guardsman's Letter Home  (OS2)
 Monkeyshines  (WPL)
 The Coverup  (WPL)
 Love's First Kiss  (MIT)

Fellowship of the Ring
 second part chapter 5 Fostering
 chapters 4-7 The Ties of Family
 chapter 9 Second Mum  (HASA)
 chapters 13-18 For Eyes to See as Can
 Comfort Unexpected  (MIT)
 Decorum  (MIT) (HASA)
 But You Can't!  (MIT) (AU)
 Promises Made  (MIT)
 Change in Guard  (MIT)
 Lack of Discretion  (MIT)
 Or Perchance, when the Last Little Star
 On Lordship and Lands  (AIG)
 A Game of Ninepins  (NGH) (AU) (HASA)
 Questioning  (AIG)
 The Home of his Heart  (MIT)
 Stolen  (MHB) (AU) (HASA)
 Time Wasted  (MIT)
 The Ritual Disturbed  (MIT)
 Too Many Rangers  (NGH) (AU)
 First Lessons in the Wild  (MIT) (HASA)
 Honor Avenged  (MIT)
 Reasons During the Quest to be Grateful  (OS2)
 Probing  (MIT)
 Requesting Mercy  (MIT) (HASA)
 An Enemy Made  (MHB) (AU)
 The Arrival  (AIG)
 Miscalculation  (OS2)
 In Empty Lands
 A Deck of Heroes
 Will the Light Return?  (AIG)
 Thoughts on the Heir of Isildur  (AIG)
 First Snowfall in Imladris  (WPL)
 Waking on a Winter Morning  (OS2)
 Words of Counsel  (AIG)
 A Hot Meal Anticipated  (OS2)
 Experience  (OS2)
 Relative Strength  (OS2)
 Probing  (MIT)
 The Tree Guard  (OS2)
 Saved, but with Worries Doubled  (MHB) (AU)
 A Lament for Gandalf  (OS2)
 Jewels of Light  (MIT) (HASA)
 Parting Gifts  (MIT) (HASA)

The Two Towers
 Journey Divided  (MIT) (HASA)
 chapter 10 Second Mum
 Betrayal Most Unexpected  (MHB) (AU)
 Summonging the Grey company  (AIG)
 The King's Prayer  (MIT)

The Return of the King
 The Thoughts of the Servant of the Secret Flame  (AIG)
 The Wind Changes
 The Keys to the Realm
 For the Want of ...  (AIG)
 The Birth of a Different Hope  (AIG)
 The Lost Restored  (MIT)
 The Colors of Passing  (HASA)
 Light Thought Lost  (MIT) (HASA)
 A New Life  (MIT)
 Evil Will Thwarted  (MIT)
 A Treasure Restored
 Epiphany  (AIG)
 I Stand No More Alone  (AIG)
 The King Surprises  (AIG)
 A Maid Waiting  (HASA)
 The Bearing of Burdens  (MIT)
 Concerning Walls  (MIT) (HASA)
 Shared Grief for a Fallen Brother  (MIT)
 Argument and Anticipation  (MIT)
 Vocabulary Lessons  (MIT) (HASA)
 Unnatural Appetites?
 Failure of Duty  (MIT)
 In Defiance of the Dark  (AIG)
 Murder Most Foul
 Gifts and the Benefits of Scholarship  (MIT) (HASA)
 Iridescence  (MIT)
 Unbelief  (MIT)
 Ernil i Pheriannath  (MIT)
 At the Wedding Feast  (WPL)
 A Summer Night's Peace  (MIT) (HASA)
 The Perfect Gift  (MIT)
 Meditations while Watching Fish  (MIT)
 To Protect and Preserve  (AIG)
 The Extraordinary Son  (MIT)
 Comfort Given  (MIT)
 chapters 19-27 For Eyes to See as Can
 chapter 11 Second Mum
 Never Say Never  (OS2)
 Hard Learned Lessons  (OS2)
 chapters 1-17 The Choice of Healing  (HASA)
 chapters 8-12 The Ties of Family
 Contrast  (MIT)
 Uncertainty (AIG)
 Of Courtship Rituals and Wizards  (MIT)
 What Was Found  (OS2)
 Preservation  (OS2)
 A Day to Celebrate  (MIT)
 Spring of Memories  (OS2)
 Making Things Right  (OS2)
 Accusations  (OS2)
 New Quarters  (MIT)
 All Topsy-turvy  (MIT)
 His Daily Bread  (MIT)
 Trials and Tribulation  (MIT) (HASA)
 Writing  (AIG)
 Stricken from the Book  (MIT)
 His Birthday Wish  (AIG)
 Worthwhile  (MIT) (ALEC)
 By Ship or Grave  (MIT)
 Hope Fulfilled  (OS2)
 Thoughts to Live By  (OS2)
 The Debate  (OS2)
 Thinning  (MIT) (HASA)
 On Coins and Kittens  (MIT)
 Don't Linger, Sweet Brother (MIT)
 Once  (MIT)
 Last Comfort  (MIT)
 Leaving the Flock  (MIT)
 The Acceptable Sacrifice
 Awakenings  (MIT)
 Chapter 6-11 Second Mum  (HASA)
 The Tenant from Staddle
 Last Comfort  (MIT)
 Rest Disturbed  (WPL) (AU)
 Born to the New Age  (MIT)
 The Departure Observed  (MIT)
 The Ringbearer Prepares to Sail  (WPL)
 Loss of the Light  (MIT)
 Last Will and Testament  (MHB) (AU)
 Go Out in Joy  (AU) (HASA)
 Angainor  (MHB) (AU)
 The Farewell in Gondor  (AU)

Fourth Age:

Post-The Return of the King
 Reconciliation
 Gifts Go Round  (MIT)
 Conspirators' Yule  (MIT)
 What He Cannot Say  (OS2)
 A Problem with Names  (AIG)
 Regrets  (MIT)
 Reassurance  (MIT)
 Judgment and Healing  (MIT)
 A Storm of Glory  (MIT)
 What Was that Job Description Again?  (NGH) (AU)
 Masters of the Hill  (AIG)
 And Just Whose Wedding Is It?  (AIG)
 Don't Know as I'm Ready for This  (OS2)
 The Gaffer's Day  (AIG)
 Fighting Shadows with Light  (AIG)
 The Birthday Blessing  (MIT)
 No Longer Merely a King  (AIG) (ALEC)
 From the Ashes  (AIG)
 Whining  (MIT)
 What Might Have Been  (OS2)
 Epilogue Second Mum
 A Proposal of Renewal  (AIG)
 Renewal Embodied  (AIG)
 chapters 18-20 The Choice of Healing
 chapters 13-42 The Ties of Family
 Foresight  (WPL)
 A Luthien within the Shire  (MIT)
 The King’s Commission  (HASA)
 Sometimes Wonder is Built, Brick by Brick (AIG)
 In Memorium  (MIT)
 The Gaffer's Farewell  (MIT) (HASA)
 At the Harbor  (AIG)
 chapters 9-42 Lesser Ring
 New Daughter  (AIG)
 She Watches (MIT) (HASA)
 Rowan Mine  (MIT) (HASA)
 Mirror, Mirror  (MIT) (HASA)
 A Message and a Bottle  (MIT) (HASA)
 Assuring his Welcome  (WPL)
 The Pilgrimage  (WPL)
 Requesting Gifts  (WPL)
 Gifts Intended  (WPL)
 Symbols of Love  (AIG)
 First Victory!  (AIG)
 A Tree Grows in the Pass (AIG)
 Echoes  (MIT) (HASA)
 Pleasant Dissonance  (AIG)
 Treating with the Enemy  (AIG)
 Escort  (AIG)
 chapter 28 For Eyes to See as Can
 Gifts Go Round  (MIT)
 A Matter of Record  (AIG)
 Why Mums and Dads Leave Home  (NGH) (AU)
 Passover and Pilgrimage
 Adolescence  (AIG)
 The First Snowfall of the Season
 "History Becomes Legend, and Legend Fades into Myth"  (MIT)
 The Dedication  (WPL)
 Filled with Light as with Water (HASA)
 The Practice Sail  (WPL)
 The Cook-off  (NGH) (AU)
 Light Reading  (NGH) (AU)
 Fledged  (MIT)
 chapters 6-7 Fostering
 Waiting on the Dock of the Bay for Reunion  (WPL)
 The Welcome  (AIG)
 Reunion
 Rejoicing with the Dawn (MIT)
 The Light of your Smile  (MIT)
 Hearts Healed  (MIT)
 A Yule Communion  (MIT)
 Not a Typical Night's Work  (NGH) (AU)
 Inequity  (NGH) (AU)
 Cook Needed  (NGH) (AU)
 Longing  (MIT) (HASA)
 Traditions  (AIG)
 The Guardsman Comes Home  (AIG)
 The King's Time  (AIG) 
 Light on the Way  (HASA)
 Embassy to a New Time  (AIG)
 Visitation  (MIT)
 Seasonal Help  (AU) (HASA)
 Fired Anew  (AIG)
 Transformation  (NGH) (AU)
 

MIT indicates a single-chapter story appearing in the collection Moments in Time.

AIG indicates a single-chapter story appearing in the collection 'Neath Anor, Ithil, and Gil.

GDR indicates a single-chapter story appearing in the collection Between Green Door and Golden Ring 

WPL indicates a single-chapter ficlet appearing in the collection Wherever the Prompt Might Lead

OS2 indicates a drabble appearing in the collection Only a Second or Two

MHB indicates a Single-chapter story appearing in the AU collection Might Have Beens.

NGH indicates a single-chapter story appearing in the AU collection Not Gonna Happens.

HASA indicates a story that has been reviewed and approved at the Henneth Annun Story Archive, http://www.henneth-annun.net

ALEC indicates a story that was written for the A_Long_Expected_Contest competitions, http://community.livejournal.com/a_l_e_c/

AU indicates an alternate Universe story that differs significantly from Tolkien's own story

Stories nominated for awards:
  For Eyes to See as Can  MEFA 2005 Honorable Mention, Hobbits
  Light on the Way  MEFA 2005 Second, Romance
  The Colors of Passing  MEFA 2005;  Mithril 2005 semi finalist, Drama
  The King's Commission  MEFA 2005 First, crosscultural;  Mithril 2005 semifinalist, 3 categories
  A Message and a Bottle  MEFA 2006 Third, Hobbits Short Stories
  Iridescence  MEFA 2006
  Lesser Ring  MEFA 2006 HM, Adventure Epics
  The Acceptable Sacrifice  Golden Mushroom HM, Angst;  MEFA 2006 Third, Hobbits--Epics
  Stricken from the Book  MEFA 2007
  Decorum  MEFA 2007 Second, Shire Humor
  Adolescence  MEFA 2007;  Most Precious Award
  Merry's Wedding  MEFA 2007 Second, Hobbits Pre-Quest
  Second Mum  MEFA 2007
  Go Out in Joy  MEFA 2007 Second, AU Shire or Buckland 
  The Tenant from Staddle  MEFA 2007 Second, Crosscultural Incomplete
  Stricken from the Book  MEFA 2007
  Longing  MEFA 2007
  Vocabulary Lessons  MEFA 2007 Second, Late Third Age Gondor;  Mellon Chronicles 2007
  Requesting Mercy  MEFA 2007 Third, Drama;  Mellon Chronicles 2007 First Aragorn
  What Was that Job Description?  MEFA 2007
  She Watches  MEFA 2007 First, Hobbits Gapfiller
  The Lost Restored  MEFA 2008 Second, Late Third Age, Gondor
  Epiphany  MEFA 2008
  The King's Time  MEFA 2008
  Concerning Walls  MEFA 2008 HM, Cross-cultural, Frodo & Faramir
  The Ritual Disturbed  MEFA 2008
  The Craft of the Elven Smith  MEFA 2008 First, Multi-age, General
  Too Many Rangers  MEFA 2008 First, Hobbits, General
  The Keys to the Realm  MEFA 2008 Third, Drama featuring Aragorn
  I Stand No More Alone  MEFA 2008  HM, Men, Minas Tirith
  Symbols of Love  MEFA 2008 HM, Adventure, General
  Jewels of Light  MEFA 2008
  O Merry Mine  MEFA 2008 Second, Hobbits, Hurt/Comfort
  By Ship or Grave  MEFA 2008
  The Ring that Sauron Forged  MEFA 2008 First, Poetry, Hobbits
  For the Want Of ...  MEFA 2008 HM, Late Third Age, Gondor
  The Birthday Blessing  MEFA 2008
  A Maid Waiting  MEFA 2008
  A Summer Night's Peace  MEFA 2008
  The Gaffer's Farewell  Mellon Chronicles 2008  Second, death-fic; MEFA 2009 First, Hobbits, Frodo or Sam
  The Guardsman Comes Home  Mellon Chronicles 2008  Third, post-LOTR; MEFA 2009 HM Drama, Gondor
  Stereotypes Tryptich  (Relative Strength)  MEFA 2009
  The Dance  MEFA 2009 Second, Drama, general
  Failure of Duty  MEFA 2009 Second, Drama, Gondor
  First Snowfall of the Season  MEFA 2009
  Will the Light Return?  MEFA 2009 HM Ring-war, General
  Loss of the Light  MEFA 2009 First, Post-Ring-war and Beyond, General
  The Pain of Remembrance  MEFA 2009 Third, Drama, Elrond and Family
  In Empty Lands  MEFA 2009 Second, Cross-cultural, Incomplete
  No Going Back  MEFA 2009 HM Villains, General
  Just Desserts  MEFA 2009 Second, Humor, Children
  Last Comfort  MEFA 2009
  Angainor  MEFA 2009 Third, AU, Angst
  The Departure Observed  MEFA 2009
  From the Ashes  MEFA 2009 First, Post-Ring-war and Beyond, Aragorn
  In Defiance of the Dark  MEFA 2009 Second, Character Study, Angst
  No Longer Merely a King  MEFA 2009 Second, Character Study, Aragorn