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I fell in love with Sam and Frodo back in the seventies, and Lord of the Rings was a bedtime story for our six kids, lo these many years. But the movies have made Middle Earth real to me in a whole new way, and started me writing my own additions to the story. I was tickled to death when I found other people are as obsessed as I am and also writing new adventures and insights into Middle Earth -- long live fan fiction!

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• The Autumn of His Discontent

  Frodo's birthday has come again, for the fifth time since Bilbo went away. Frodo is happy as Master of Bag End, enjoying his inheritance. Or he should be happy. He has every reason to be happy. But he's restless, discontented - and an autumn camping trip with his cousins seems like the perfect cure. But not with Sam! Sam has been a bit too helpful - Frodo is feeling smothered as well as restless, and the young gardener is left behind, much to his dismay.

  G · 2 chapters · In progress · Published 9 March 2008 · Updated 28 April 2008 · Reviews (19)

• Jenseits der Anfurten

  Beyond the Havens, in German, translated by my much-loved friend Cuthalion.

  G · 6 chapters · Complete · Published 23 November 2005 · Updated 23 November 2005 · Reviews (0)

• The Grey at the End of the World

  The ending of the Shire, and Canohando's last battle. Rated for violence, disturbing scenes, rape. It's a sad story, but hope shines brightest when the night is black. New: parting in joy, meeting in sorrow... but the end, after all is said and done, is a new beginning.

  PG-13 · 28 chapters · Complete · Published 14 March 2005 · Updated 23 November 2005 · Reviews (108)

• The Queen's Orc

  He was the Ring-bearer's orc, bound to him by solemn blood-pact, and he wore the Queen's Jewel. That was all Aragorn knew of him, until he appeared in Minas Tirith, seeking the Lady whose jewel he wore...

  G · 41 chapters · Complete · Published 1 April 2004 · Updated 6 December 2004 · Reviews (166)

• The Shaping of Samwise

  When the time came that Frodo must carry the Ring, Sam would not let him go alone. But loyalty that deep has to begin somewhere...

  G · 9 chapters · Complete · Published 20 May 2004 · Updated 20 May 2004 · Reviews (5)

• Long Home of Mortals

  Sam sailed at last to join Frodo in Tol Eressea, and their reunion was sweet, but they were still a long way from home. And even in the Undying Lands, hobbits are not immortal... Sequel to Beyond the Havens

  G · 5 chapters · Complete · Published 20 May 2004 · Updated 20 May 2004 · Reviews (13)

• Following the Other Wizard: journey into healing

  Gandalf had sent Frodo on the Quest, and brought the hobbit out of Mordor in the end, on Eagles' wings. But Gandalf went over the Sea at last, and Frodo was left behind to find what peace he could. There was another wizard, though, wise in the care of wounded creatures...

  G · 36 chapters · Complete · Published 11 January 2004 · Updated 13 March 2004 · Reviews (153)

• Sam's Rose

  Sam's thoughts went back to her again and again, even in Mordor. And against all hope, he survived, and came home to make her his bride! But can he make a life with her -- and Frodo?

  G · 34 chapters · Complete · Published 15 January 2004 · Updated 15 January 2004 · Reviews (11)

• Another Way of Leaving

  Frodo had hoped that Gandalf would take him along, into the West, but that invitation never came. Despair grew in him, and at last he crept away from Bag End in the middle of the night, intent on finding a place where he could end the pain and his life at one blow, without grieving Sam, or Merry, or anyone who loved him. Caution: suicidal depression

  PG · 6 chapters · Complete · Published 11 January 2004 · Updated 11 January 2004 · Reviews (6)

• Nur ein schlichter Hobbit

  The Shaping of Samwise (übersetzt von Cúthalion) Eine absolut bezaubernde Geschichte, die den Beginn der legendären Freundschaft zwischen Frodo Beutlin und Sam Gamdschie beschreibt.

  G · 9 chapters · Complete · Published 29 December 2003 · Updated 29 December 2003 · Reviews (2)

• The Drunkard of Bag End

  Frodo tries to drown the haunting voice of the Ring, but there are other voices, too, that demand his attention...

  G · 4 chapters · Complete · Published 21 August 2003 · Updated 3 September 2003 · Reviews (5)

• Beyond the Havens

  Frodo sailed West, and Sam was left behind. But he followed - sixty years later, he had not forgotten his Master, and he followed him -

  G · 6 chapters · Complete · Published 5 August 2003 · Updated 5 August 2003 · Reviews (8)

• Midnight At Bag End

  Frodo sits in the moonlight in the spring of his last year in Middle Earth, remembering Lothlorien and considering his choices.

  G · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 3 August 2003 · Updated 3 August 2003 · Reviews (4)