Chapter 2 – Part 2 Unexpected Surprises Chapter 2 – Part 1 Unexpected Surprises Chapter 1 – A Staircase of Stars Chapter 2, Part 3 – Unexpected Surprises by Silent Draco And on one morning, the rain turned to elven-glass and furled back, and a far, green country was revealed under a swift sunrise. Tol…
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Unexpected Surprises – Chapter 2 – Part 1
A note from the author: I begin to appreciate the scope of Christopher Tolkien’s labors, and I’m only at short forms of six chapters. Writing Chapter Four meant major reconstruction, which forced new versions of Chapters One and Two. This is essentially getting inside Sam as a character, and working out what the Delta who…
A Staircase of Stars – Chapter I
by Silent Draco The tale in part was revealed only to Cirdan of the Havens, before he sailed with the Last Ship into the Uttermost West. He murmured hints of this to the Gardners, the hereditary Masters of the Westmarch and Mayors of the Shire. Only this brief account remains from the days of Frodo IV…
There and Back Awry
by Silent Draco Part 4 of 4 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Bilbo and Ham made their way down the road and around the Water, to many a cheer and farewell from The Green Dragon. The simple tune kept humming in their ears, and soon they began to sing verses,…
There and Back Awry
by Silent Draco Part 3 of 4 Part 1 Part 2 It was no more than a short while and two unexpected slides on loose pebbles, before they arrived at the verdant door of The Green Dragon. Bilbo entered and called a greeting to Old Butterwort, “Good evening, innkeeper! Of your courtesy, may we…
There and Back Awry
by Silent Draco Part 2 of 4 Part 1 A week had passed, and May followed the course of the Water, meandering into June. June began to trickle down stream, and Master Hamfast watched The Road and listened for the gate with increasing concern. It was a Family Gathering, so of course there were games,…
There and Back Awry: A Halfling’s Misadventure in Half-Pints
by Silent Draco (No relation to Smaug the Golden, and we speak aught of that side of the family) Part 1 of 4 Now, 1382 was a fine year for apples in the Shire, and also a good year for beehives and honey-comb. Flowers bubbled up from the ground and exploded like trumpets, and trees…