The Tolkien Decameron Project
With COVID-19 running rampant around the world, many people are currently stuck at home during this pandemic.
With the Tolkien Decameron Project we are trying give those of us who are currently sitting at home something to pass their time with and, hopefully, bring a little bit of joy into their lives. Just like in the original Decameron, we are collecting stories to tell each other, no matter the writer, the genre or the length of the story.
In here you can post and read everything from the Lord of the Rings fandom, the Hobbit fandom or the Silmarillion fandom, be it a brief one-shot or an epic of sprawling proportions, a tale of romance or a swashbuckling adventure, funny or serious - you decide what to read and write! Have fun, be creative and, above all, stay safe!
(Open, Unmoderated)
Recent works
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Who Durst Withstand by potatoesanddreams for WarriorEowyn
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
14 Nov 2021
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Maeglin finds courage enough.
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Turukáno could tell at once that something was wrong. Although recently his nephew had become more cheerful, Lómion’s disposition had long tended toward the melancholy – but Turukáno had never seen this look on his face before. His expression was hard and unmoving as stone, his jaw clenched and his lips pressed tightly together, and he stared fixedly at some point on the wall behind his uncle. Turukáno did not even think he was breathing.
He did not speak, and after a moment Turukáno prompted him hesitantly. “Lómion?”
His nephew did not look at him, but a muscle in his jaw twitched. “I need,” he said through gritted teeth, “to show you something."
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False Dawn by Idrils_Scribe
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien
19 Apr 2021
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The year is 1409 of the Third Age. The kingdom of Arnor has splintered apart, and in the northern wastelands Angmar's shadow grows. Having failed to conquer Rivendell with his armies, the Witch-king tries a more devious way to destroy the House of Elrond - a house now divided against itself.
Sequel to Gathering Dusk, but can be enjoyed on its own. STORY COMPLETE
Many thanks to my marvelous beta readers Anoriath and Dawn Felagund, without whose help, encouragement and support this story could not have been written.Series
- Part 2 of Gathering Dusk
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Turning Shadows Into Shapes by Lorinand_Lost (Barefoot_Dancer)
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
27 Feb 2021
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"Fëanáro learns many lessons in the Darkness."
[In which Nolofinwë puts a blade to his brother's throat]
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- Part 1 of We'll Be Done in a Turn of the Earth
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Ode to Ar-Pharazôn the Golden, by His Very Obedient Wife by potatoesanddreams
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
27 Dec 2020
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The King of Westernesse, the Golden One
Who rules by right of calling it his right
That he should rule...A poem by the Queen of Númenor. If anyone suspects that its praise is less than wholly earnest, they have only to ask her, and she will deny it.
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Saudade by ncfan
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
14 Dec 2020
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Early in the Second Age, Elrond is a loremaster-in-training (self-taught, but not any less well-taught for that, thank you) in Gil-galad’s court. He does not speak of his past, and does not take to inquiries with good grace. But when he receives an assignment that will take him to one of the few remnants of the drowned lands of his childhood, he finds that his past is not so easily ignored as all that. Gil-galad’s choice of traveling companion for him does not help matters. At all.
Recent bookmarks
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Beneath Starlit Skies by crowned_chaos
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
09 May 2022
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In which a twenty year old human becomes a twenty year old elven child after unforeseen dimensional travel and lost memories are slowly regain.
Or: in which she awakens beneath a sea of stars.
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- Part 1 of catching stardust