Summary: In which Boromir admits to nightmares, and Frodo makes a choice.
Notes: Oh, lord. ( Explanations, backstory, and more details for the curious. )

...which I think is about half of you, I recently did a drabble challenge, with the following results:

Sun On The Daisies (LotR, PG)
Summary: Merry/Pippin, flowers, and nakedness. Half-nakedness.
Notes: From a request by randwise_gamgee.

A Lack of Brimstone (Good Omens, PG)
Summary: Shadwell/Madame Tracy, and life at Shangri-La.
Notes: This is what I get for ( Read more... )

Summary: Sequel to 'All Souls: Echoes of Darkness'. Some ghosts don't melt away because the sun has risen.
Notes: The other half of 'All Souls'. This part owes vast amounts to caraloup, who insisted that a particular scene could be better and wouldn’t leave me alone until it was, then published it in 'Inside A Song'.
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( Frodo woke up alone. )

-continued from here-

( There's nothing to be frightened of. )

Summary: 'We would be honored if you would come to Brandy Hall, Buckland, for a celebration of All Soul's Night, upon the night itself.'
Notes: 'All Souls' is properly the overarching title for two separate stories. I'm (belatedly) posting one this week and shall post the other next week. The story owes vast amounts to Jean Cocteau's La Belle et ( Read more... )

Summary: When Galadriel looked into the Ring-bearer's eyes, what passed between them?
Notes: In the movie, it's a silent greeting: "Welcome, Frodo of the Shire...one who has seen the Eye!" But in the book, Frodo doesn't see the Eye of Sauron until he looks into the Mirror of Galadriel, several pages later. Nor is it any mere greeting that ( Read more... )

-continued-

( He closed his hand on Frodo's hair... )

Summary: The hobbits have a tradition, when someone comes of age.
Notes: Published originally in Inside A Song. Praise or blame for this one goes to the Usual Suspect, who egged me into writing it, and then rewriting it so it would be even better, and of course to caraloup for handing me a polishing cloth and telling me to get to work ( Read more... )

The first part.

( III. In Which the Seed is Watered. )

Summary: A harvest in four parts.
Notes: The other cornerstone story in the universe of In The Hayloft, for those who might be curious. Another story originally published in Vilya.
Warnings: Fluff?
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( In Which The Seed is Planted. )