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The Tenth Walker |
Last Updated: 11/22/2024 |
| 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. Chapters are about as long as a pony's attention span. New: At the base of Caradhras.
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| Rating: PG |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 117 |
Published: 6/15/2005 |
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A Horse for Bandobras |
Last Updated: 11/8/2024 |
| Originally published in honor of the Professor's birthday, a series of drabbles, double drabbles and (perhaps) triple drabbles recounting how Bandobras, son of Thain Isumbras III, came to be remembered by history as being tall enough to ride a horse. Newly added: Chapter 4. |
| Rating: G |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 6 |
Published: 1/3/2020 |
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Drabbles |
Last Updated: 11/3/2024 |
| Drabble, by definition, a story told in exactly 100 words, plus an optional title of 15 words or less. Quite a challenge. New drabble added in commemoration of All Souls' Day: As Long as Hope Remains (Remembering the departed, part 2). |
| Rating: G |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 52 |
Published: 8/14/2003 |
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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie |
Last Updated: 8/16/2024 |
| While in Minas Tirith after the end of the War of the Ring, surely the hobbits were showered with presents from a grateful populace, or at least the people tried to shower them with presents. This is the story of one awkward but lovable gift, and a unique solution to the problem. Final chapter added: Epilogue. Also added to the "Prologue and Explanation": a remembrance of Panda, who has joined Zoe on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge. |
| Rating: PG-13 |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 23 |
Published: 3/6/2014 |
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This and That |
Last Updated: 4/9/2024 |
| A place to collect dribs and drabbles, one-shot stories and one-chapter challenges. New story posted for Larner's birthday (dedicated to Panda and Zoe and Jiffy and Mwg, and Panda and Brendi, and all the rest who are waiting at the other end of the Rainbow Bridge) Arriving at the Feast (Content warning: Death. And life after.) |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 45 |
Published: 12/2/2004 |
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The Thrum of Tookish Bowstrings, Part 2 |
Last Updated: 3/7/2024 |
| Working title: Farry and Ferdi Go to Gondor. [Under construction from outline to draft, and now, from draft to finished chapters.] |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 0 |
Published: 3/7/2024 |
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Survival, Part 1 |
Last Updated: 3/21/2021 |
| The Travellers learnt much about survival in their travels in the Outlands, which came in handy upon their return to the Shire, and afterwards. |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 0 |
Published: 3/21/2021 |
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Honour |
Last Updated: 11/11/2020 |
| On this Veterans Day, it is my wish to honour veterans everywhere, especially those who have lived through the horrors and still remember, and those who fell but are still remembered. |
| Rating: G |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 2 |
Published: 11/11/2020 |
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The Thrum of Tookish Bowstrings, Part 1 |
Last Updated: 4/14/2020 |
| The son of the Thain learns what is needed to become a Tookish archer. (Story set during Pippin's years as Thain.)
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| Rating: PG |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 30 |
Published: 2/9/2020 |
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You Can Lead a Took to Water |
Last Updated: 3/24/2020 |
| (Continuation of a birthday mathom, for your reading pleasure.) Young Pippin performs an heroic rescue, returns a favour, and makes a friend. And so, here we come to the end of all things, in this story at least. That's one WIP finished. Thank you for coming along on the journey, and for your patience. Wishing you the best in these difficult times.
Dreamflower, I dedicate this story to you. Happy Birthday (or unBirthday), and many happy returns. |
| Rating: G |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 12 |
Published: 1/19/2010 |
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Thain |
Last Updated: 10/18/2018 |
| 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... New "Pippin" chapter posted.
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| Rating: PG |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 45 |
Published: 6/16/2004 |
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Newly Wed |
Last Updated: 8/17/2015 |
| Placeholder for Faramir/Goldilocks story. |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 0 |
Published: 8/17/2015 |
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The Proposition |
Last Updated: 8/1/2015 |
| How did the Thain recruit spies from outside the Tookland, to help keep the Tookland free in the time of the ruffians? How did those spies manage the difficult and dangerous task of gathering news? Companion story to The Rescue. Thanks, Dreamflower, for looking it over! |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 23 |
Published: 2/20/2014 |
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All Work and No Play |
Last Updated: 7/10/2015 |
| Placeholder for story to come. Thanks to Larner for beta-reading!osmrtnice
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Rating: PG |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 0 |
Published: 7/10/2015 |
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One Who Sticks Closer than a Brother |
Last Updated: 3/24/2015 |
| 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. |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 57 |
Published: 9/11/2006 |
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When Winter Fell |
Last Updated: 3/4/2015 |
| 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) |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 35 |
Published: 6/6/2005 |
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To Rescue a Damsel |
Last Updated: 3/3/2015 |
| When Goldi Gamgee takes action without thinking through the consequences, Faramir Took makes it his business to make everything come out right. |
| Rating: G |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 5 |
Published: 4/2/2014 |
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To Tell a Tale |
Last Updated: 1/19/2015 |
| Today's Posting: "On the Role of the Yule Dwarf" by Larner. 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 |
| Rating: G |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 14 |
Published: 7/28/2005 |
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The Rescue |
Last Updated: 12/19/2014 |
| 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: 17 |
Published: 11/22/2008 |
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How to Make a Match |
Last Updated: 5/29/2014 |
| Drabble series of how Faramir Took and Goldilocks Gamgee came to an understanding.replique montre suisse
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| Rating: G |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 16 |
Published: 1/20/2012 |
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The Farmer's Son |
Last Updated: 5/22/2014 |
| 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 of mine.) |
| Rating: PG |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 31 |
Published: 5/19/2008 |
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In the Greening of the Year |
Last Updated: 5/13/2014 |
| 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: 11 |
Published: 11/22/2004 |
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Striking Sparks |
Last Updated: 3/24/2014 |
| 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.
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| Rating: PG |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 16 |
Published: 8/13/2004 |
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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.
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| Rating: G |
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Status: In Progress |
Chapters: 37 |
Published: 8/13/2004 |
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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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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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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.
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| Rating: R |
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Status: Complete |
Chapters: 45 |
Published: 7/22/2006 |
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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. Story complete: Epilogue added. |
| 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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