An Ordinary Woman

Published on 27 January 2008 | Short Story | Author's Choice | Award Winner | Gift Story 

A more realistic interpretation of Lúthien's story, how she came to enter her people's legends, how she met Beren, and how Finrod got himself into deep trouble.

When the Stars Smile

Published on 21 December 2005 | Short Story | Author's Choice | Gift Story 

A romantic comedy about how Caranthir met his wife and developed his disdain for the House of Finarfin.

This work is part of the collection Felakverse.

The Longest Night

Published on 7 January 2010 | | Gift Story | Reader's Choice 

In the depths of a bitter winter, Finrod Felagund receives an invitation from Bëor to attend a strange midwinter festival in honor of the longest night of the year.

This work is part of the collection Felakverse.

Caranthir the Slandered: Narrative Bias, Cross-Cultural Alliances, and Fëanor’s Angriest Son

Published on 26 July 2018 | Essay

Caranthir is relentlessly described in The Silmarillion as dark and harsh and haughty, yet these descriptions bear little resemblance to his actual deeds. Instead, I argue in this essay, Caranthir serves as one of the rare cosmopolitans of the Noldor and is deliberately cast by the Silmarillion's pseudohistorical narrator as a foil to the equally cosmopolitan Finrod Felagund in order to elevate the reputation of the latter.