She walks in Beauty - Linda Hoyland

B2MeM Prompt and Path:“She walks in beauty like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies…” Lord Byron. Purple path Wild. Prompt taken from Red Path

Format: Short story

Genre: Angst, spiritual

Rating: PG

Warnings: None

Characters: Arwen, Varda

Pairings: Aragorn/Arwen

Creator’s Notes (optional): I was also thinking of the SWG prompt “Strength and Beauty” when writing this, but don’t know if it qualifies.

Summary: Arwen has a memorable encounter.

Back to Middle-earth Month 2017--Night and Day

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Scattering Beacons of Hope

B2MeM Prompt and Path:She Walks In Beauty Like the Night, Red
Format:drabble
Genre:spiritual
Rating:G
Warnings:None
Characters:Manwë, Varda
Pairings:None
Creator’s Notes:Tolkien provided the sandbox, I merely play with the bucket and shovel he left behind. No profit of any kind is made from my fanworks.
Summary:After the Lamps were toppled, Varda thought long and hard about how light could be provided. The Trees gave light to Valinor, but what about the Children still to come?

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The Moon Endures by Linda Hoyland

B2MeM Prompt and Path: Tyranny .Purple Path

Format:
Short Story.

Genre: Angst, spiritual, family

Rating: PG

Warnings: mention of sacrifices and tattooing

Characters: OCs

Pairings:OMC/OFC

Creator’s Notes (optional): Tahir and Adiva are recurrent OCs of mine. Events here take place a few years prior to events in LOTR. The tribal customs are further discussed in my stories “East is East” and “Too Long a Sacrifice.” The Hamam is similar to a Turkish bath.

Summary:
Tahir and Adiva are troubled about the future.


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Moonrise by Linda Hoyland

B2MeM Prompt and Path: Full Moon Purple Path
Format: Ficlet
Genre: Romance, spiritual
Rating: PG13
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Characters: Aragorn, Arwen, Faramir Eowyn, OMC, OFC
Pairings:Aragorn/Arwen
Creator’s Notes (optional): Tahir and Adiva are recurrent OCs in my universe.Their religion worships the moon.
Summary:Aragorn and Arwen take a moonlight ride.

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Circle of Faith - Linda Hoyland

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Format: Short story
Genre: Spiritual
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Aragorn, Arwen, Faramir
Pairings: Aragorn/Arwen, OMC/OFC
Summary: An ancient circle of stones attracts the attention of the Ambassador from Harad and his wife.
Back to Middle-earth Month 2015 Participant

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Grace Bestowed

B2MeM Challenge: Rebellion
"Many treasures and great heirlooms of virtue and wonder the Exiles had brought from Númenor; and of these the most renowned were the Seven Stones and the White Tree."
Format: ficlet
Genre: angst, spiritual
Rating: PG
Warnings: impending character death
Characters: Aragorn
Pairings: none Aragorn/Arwen
Summary: Aragorn says farewell to an old friend.
With thanks to curiouswombat for the plot idea
Disclaimer: The characters are the property of the Tolkien Estate. No profit has been, nor will be made from this story.

B2MeM 2013 Day One--Rebellion
B2MeM 2013 Day Twenty
B2MeM 2013 Day Twenty

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Lords of the West, by Marta

B2MeM Challenge: "C" for Courage
Format: short story (4,260 + Notes)
Genre: angst, theodicy-by-any-other-name, family
Rating: Teen
Warnings: battle gore; canonical character death; marital intimacy if you squint
Characters: Fingolfin, Olwe
Pairings: Fingolfin/Anaire
Summary: Olwe and Fingolfin had more cause than most to resent the Valar's tendency to leave dark lords unchallenged. A meditation on courage, tragedy, and divine inaction.

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