As A Hobbit Dear: A Lord of the Rings Serial – Chapter 2: The Healing of Hurts
I don’t know how long I slept or what happened during that time, but when I finally came to, I was in a lovely room and lying in a soft bed. The air here was…
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Tolkien and His Friends
Even though Tolkien disliked a literary work being analyzed in reference to its author’s life, he admitted that “[a]n author cannot…remain wholly unaffected by his experience” (Tolkien, 2011, p. xxii). And since in his life…
As a Hobbit Dear: A Lord of the Rings Serial – Chapter 1: The End of All Things
This was it, this was the end of the line, and we had finally made it. Why was he hesitating? “Frodo?” He turned, and our eyes locked. Something was wrong, very wrong. “I’m here,” he…
Finrod Finds Men: A Silmarillion Story
By S. Dorman Word Count: 718 Rating: G Summary: A story set in Tolkien's Silmarillion. ‘Twas in autumn on the borders of Beleriand when, astride his golden mount, came Finrod Felegund. He was parted from…
Frodo’s Last Shire Yule: A Lord of the Rings Story
Frodo stood silently in the dark parlour, looking at the single light that glowed by his favorite chair. The book he was reading awaited him by the table. The blanket he often wrapped himself in…
Different Kinds of Friendship in Middle-Earth
Note: In the text I use the following abbreviations: FOTR – The Fellowship of the Ring TT – The Two Towers ROTK – The Return of the King H - The Hobbit SIL – The…
Happy Yule, Frodo!: A Lord of the Rings Story
A/N: This is my Christmas present to my dear Queen Galadriel, but since it deals with Frodo’s first Yule at Bag End, it’s being posted today. A sort of sequel to “Brother of My Heart”.…
A Gondorian Christmas: A Lord of the Rings Story
A/N: Merry Christmas! I am imagining Faramir to be around eight. The story, plot, and dialogue here contained is the sole intellectual property of Bradley Whitecliffe. The characters and setting are borrowed from J.R.R. Tolkien’s…
A Light to the World: The Call Heard and Answered
At the ‘Council of London’ the Tea Club and Barrovian Society held in December 1914, J. R. R. Tolkien and his three dearest friends spoke of the call they felt to bring beauty and meaning…
Frodo and Sam’s Relationship in the Light of Aristotle’s Philia
Author's Note: In the text I use the following abbreviations: FOTR - The Fellowship of the Ring TT - The Two Towers ROTK - The Return of the King SIL - The Silmarillion NE -…