Author: Shirebound
Title: One Shining Moment
Rating: G
Theme: Waiting
Author Notes: A prequel, of sorts, to my 2006 story "The Path to Healing".
Summary: A 5000-year hope is fulfilled.
Word Count: 200

( One Shining Moment )

Author: Larner
Title: Heirs in Waiting
Rating: G
Theme: Waiting
Elements: Otho would have been Bilbo's heir, but for the adoption of Frodo. He read the will carefully and snorted. It was, unfortunately, very clear and correct (according to the legal customs of hobbits, which demand among other things seven signatures of witnesses in red ink ( Read more... )

Author: Linda Hoyland
Title: All Comes to Those who Wait
Rating: PG
Theme: Waiting
Elements:So at last Faramir and Éowyn and Meriadoc were laid in beds in the Houses of Healing; and there they were tended well. For though all lore was in these latter days fallen from its fullness of old, the leechcraft of Gondor was still wise, and skilled in the ( Read more... )

Author: Amy Fortuna
Title: Idle Grievances
Rating: G
Theme: Waiting
Elements: "But from Valmar no message came, and Manwë was silent. He would not yet either forbid or hinder Fëanor's purpose; for the Valar were aggrieved that they were charged with evil intent to the Eldar, or that any were held captive by them against their will. Now they ( Read more... )

Author: Himring
Title: Latecomers
Rating: PG
Theme: Waiting
Elements: From The Silmarillion: Now Felagund learned from Bëor that there were many other Men of like mind who were also journeying westward. 'Others of my own kin have crossed the Mountains,' he said, 'and they are wandering not far away; and the Haladin, a people from whom we are ( Read more... )

The theme for May 2016 is 'Waiting'. Stories should feature the theme of your character waiting for something or someone. All prompts are based on a situation from your chosen source. The sources are The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings or the Silmarillion. Leave a comment with your chosen source and one of the mods will give you a prompt ( Read more... )