Víressë

Published on 4 January 2016 | Short Story | Gift Story | Reader's Choice 

As Sauron's reach lengthens, Winter lingers overlong in Gondor. In the midst of cold, despair, and the slow march to war, Boromir kindles a forbidden love affair with an unknown errand-rider that creates intrigue and betrayal.

Detour

Published on 28 January 2017 | Short Story | Author's Choice 

It is the Fifth Age of Arda. Finarfin has unkinged himself and declared Tirion a democracy, and the Noldorin people are alive with the possibilities to be found in their new existence. Yet Maedhros, more than ten years after his release from the halls of Mandos, has retreated to a life of apathy and loneliness, until one day, Anairë comes to deliver him news that he never hoped to receive: His cousin Fingon has been released from Mandos.

This work is part of the collection Republic of Tirion.

Swans

Published on 11 August 2017 | Short Story

Against Maedhros's wishes, Fingon is off to a summer retreat in the mountains, a retreat designed by the Valar for newly reembodied Elves. Amid games of kickball and group therapy, Fingon makes a friend, discovers the Noldor haven't actually invented everything, and begins to grasp the complexities of his post-reembodiment relationship with Maedhros.

This work is part of the collection Republic of Tirion.

Hatred

Published on 7 June 2006 | Ficlet | Gift Story | Reader's Choice 

First it was duty, then it was friendship. Now hatred stands in for the forbidden passion Maedhros and Fingon. 400 words.