Inspiring Drabbles
Playlist Stories
Playlist stories are linked so you may click through them as though they are one long story.
You may start with the overview or click directly to the first chapter of any story.
- 1. Assorted Drabbles
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: See Olórin I was in my Youth in the West that is Forgotten; a perfect gem of a drabble with hauntingly beautiful language.
- Rating: General
- Status: General
- 2. Chivalry
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: How Shadowfax finally chose to bear a certain ragged grey wanderer; so much characterization in so few words!
- Rating: General
- Status: Reviewed
- 3. Important Business
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: A perceptive look at the Council of Elrond, by an observer who seemingly wasn't paying attention....
- Rating: General
- Status: General
- 4. The Third Eagle
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: A poignant view of a rescue mission from the POV of a special witness.
- Rating: General
- Status: Reviewed
- 5. Five Elements
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: A moving series of drabbles, each unique, about the five elements and how each uniquely epitomizes one of Tolkien's characters.
- Rating: General
- Status: General
- 6. Loudwater
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: A vignette told from the point of view of the River Bruinen; the river's voice is stunningly evocative and fitting.
- Rating: General
- Status: Reviewed
- 6. Beware the Sea
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: How the song of the Sea can awaken such longing in the hearts of so many different characters, each in their own personal way.
- Rating: General
- Status: Reviewed
- 7. All in a Day's Work
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: A rollicking fun set of drabbles with Imrahil's buckles all aswash — and the whole is far greater than the sum of its parts.
- Rating: General
- Status: Reviewed
- 8. Feelings of Superiority
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: An evocative set of drabbles depicting the prejudices of various peoples of Arda.
- Rating: General
- Status: General
- 9. Marking Fours
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: An emotionally powerful series about grief and healing.
- Rating: General
- Status: Reviewed
- 10. Coda
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: A haunting look at some flotsam from the Downfall of Númenor.
- Rating: General
- Status: Reviewed
- 11. Of Numenor That Was
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: Heartwrenching tales of witnesses to the Downfall of Númenor.
- Rating: General
- Status: Reviewed
- 12. Reverence
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: Gimli is overcome with awe in Aglarond....
- Rating: General
- Status: General
- 13. Old Man Willow
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: A hopeful view of friendship and healing for an unlikely denizen of the Old Forest.
- Rating: General
- Status: Reviewed
- 14. Cold be Hand and Heart and Bone
- Story Overview | Go to Ch. 1
- Included Because: A dark and creepy vignette....
- Rating: General
- Status: Reviewed
