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Welcome to Tolkien Weekly, a drabble community which welcomes drabbles based on any of the Works of JRR Tolkien, not just Lord of the Rings. Every Monday night at midnight a new challenge is set. All members then have seven days to let that challenge inspire them to write as many or as few drabbles as they like.

We stick to the strict definition of the term 'drabble' here, so please try to make sure that your stories are exactly one hundred words long - not a word more or less. That's why it's called a challenge!

Please include headers on all of your posts and always put the drabble behind a cut. Headers should take roughly the following form, although we won't send the wargs after you for minor variations:

Title:
Author:
Characters/Pairing:
Rating:
Warnings: (writers should warn readers for major squicks like character death, blood, incest and the like)
Book/Source: (Hobbit, Silm, LotR, HoME, UT, other). If your work is movie-verse, please say so here.
Disclaimer: (very important. Forget this once, we'll send a warning. Forget it twice, we'll send a very angry Gimli to chop you into tiny pieces.)

We're here to have fun, so put your writing caps on, ink your quills and get drabbling!

Please visit our Memories Archive to find any of our drabbles. We try to keep it up to date, but such things take time, so please don't be concerned if a recent drabble hasn't been archived yet.

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2nd June 2012

silverstarspray12:53am: Writing Challenge: Sign - A Quick Side Errand
Title: A Quick Side Errand
Author: SilverStarSpray
Characters/Pairing: Merry, Pippin
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Book/Source: LotR
Disclaimer: Tolkien's the genius, not me.

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1st June 2012

curiouswombat12:04pm: Challenge; writing - notice/sign. The Long Road Home, Part 2
Title: The Long Road Home, part 2.
Challenge; Notice/sign.
Author: Curiouswombat
Characters: Celebrían
Rating: G
Source: LotR

Disclaimer: The characters in this story do not belong to me, but are being used for amusement only, and all rights remain with the estate of JRR Tolkien.


The Long Road Home, part 2 )
Current Mood: busy

31st May 2012

huinare3:39pm: "Balin's Colony - Year One: Day Sixteen" -- for Writing: Note
Title: Balin’s Colony – Year One: Day Sixteen
Author: Huinárë
Characters/Pairing: Balin,Ori
Rating: G
Warnings: Alludes to a violent death (didn’t think it warranted PG)
Book/Source: The Fellowship of the Ring
Disclaimer: Characters belong to Tolkien.  No profit reaped by myself, aside from a wealth of intellectual giddiness.

Summary: Balin wants, among other things, for his company in Khazad-dûm to have better helms.  Answering the prompt “Note.”

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curiouswombat10:43pm: Challenge; Note. The Long Road Home, part 1.
Title: The Long Road Home, part 1.
Challenge; Note.
Author: Curiouswombat
Characters: Celebrían
Rating: G
Source: LotR

Disclaimer: The characters in this story do not belong to me, but are being used for amusement only, and all rights remain with the estate of JRR Tolkien.


The Long Road Home, part 1 )
Current Mood: busy

30th May 2012

huinare7:01pm: 'For a Glad World' --final belated response to the Natural Disasters challenge

Whew. Goodbye, natural disasters.  I'm already finished with the first two prompts of the current challenge, but will post them over the next couple days so as not to inundate the comm.

Title: For a Glad World
Author: Huinárë
Characters/Pairing: Melkor, Nienna, Estë, Sauron, Elves
Rating: PG
Warnings: Implied images of mutilation.
Book/Source: The Silmarillion
Disclaimer: Characters belong to Tolkien.  No profit reaped by myself, aside from a wealth of intellectual giddiness.

Summary: Of the aftermath of the destruction of Utumno.  Answering the prompt “Plague.”

Notes on names:
Eruhíni - Quenya 'Children of Eru,' a.k.a. Elves and Men; Elves in this case
Angainor - the chain used to bind Melkor
Mairon - Sauron's name of old
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silverstarspray6:30pm: Writing Challenge: Note - One Word at a Time
Title: One Word at a Time
Author: SilverStarSpray
Characters/Pairing: Frodo
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Book/Source: LotR
Disclaimer: Tolkien's the genius, not me.

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29th May 2012

dwimordene_20115:44pm: The sign of power by Dwimordene
Title: The sign of power
Author: Dwimordene
Challenge: Writing: Notice/Sign/Inscription
Summary: He shall bear the mark of power…
Characters/Pairing: Éomer, Éothain, OCs
Rating: K
Book/Source: LOTR, LOTR Appendices
Disclaimer: I'm neither JRRT nor making money off this.

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28th May 2012

leianora10:24pm: Drabble: Notice or sign
Title: A Sign of Things to Come

Author: [info]leianora

Rating: G.

Book source: FotR

Summary: Sometimes signs do not keep away unwanted guests.

Disclaimer: The characters belong to JRRT and his estate. I'm just using them for fun.

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Current Mood: happy

29th May 2012

kortirion1:36am: Writing challenge
Not many takers so far... lets see what the next prompt inspires.

NOTICE/SIGN ...and we'll also accept INSCRIPTION for this one.

28th May 2012

huinare9:32am: ' A Swift Spring' -- for Natural Disasters: Hurricane
Just one more to go after this.  Hopefully I won't fall so drastically behind on the current challenge.

Title: A Swift Spring
Author: Huinárë
Characters/Pairing: Melkor, Eönwë, Ossë, Salmar
Rating: G
Warnings: Endnote!  Quite optional, but of esoteric interest.
Book/Source: The Silmarillion (and a shout-out to The Book of Lost Tales)
Disclaimer: Characters belong to Tolkien.  No profit reaped by myself, aside from a wealth of intellectual giddiness.

Summary: Of the razing of Utumno and the finding of Melkor.  Answering the prompt “Hurricane.”

Almost done at last.. )

26th May 2012

huinare4:21pm: Two excessively belated 'Natural Disasters' drabbles--for Famine and Earthquake prompts
Since it's been over a month since I posted the first three, the whole thing can be found on my LJ if anyone wants a memory refresher.


Title: Gnawed Bone-Close
Author: Huinárë
Characters/Pairing: Melkor, Glaurung, Ungoliant, Gothmog, Sauron
Rating: PG
Warnings: Booze?
Book/Source: The Silmarillion
Disclaimer: Characters belong to Tolkien.  No profit reaped by myself, aside from a wealth of intellectual giddiness.

Summary: Regarding the consumption habits of those under siege.  Answering the prompt “Famine.”

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Title: The Bitter Deed
Author: Huinárë
Characters/Pairing: Melkor, Oromë, Aulë, Valar
Rating: PG
Warnings: Critter death.  Plate tectonics.
Book/Source: The Silmarillion
Disclaimer: Characters belong to Tolkien.  No profit reaped by myself, aside from a wealth of intellectual giddiness.

Summary: Herein commences the razing of Utumno.  Answering the prompt “Earthquake.”

Author’s Notes: Angoronti – My non-expert rendering of Iron Mountains into Quenya.  If there is a canon Quenya title for said mountains, I have not come across it.

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25th May 2012

kortirion1:59am: Natural Disasters challenge - Plague: 'Oh For a Quiet Muse!': Kortirion
A slightly late entry for the Natural Disasters challenge...

Title: Oh For a Quiet Muse!
Author: Kortirion
Character: Bilbo
Rating: G
Source: AU FotR
Disclaimer: Tolkien wrote the books, all is his.


Oh For a Quiet Muse! )

23rd May 2012

dwimordene_201112:45am: Oubliette by Dwimordene
Title: Oubliette
Author: Dwimordene
Challenge: Writing: Note
Summary: Turn the page…
Characters/Pairing: Faramir, Éowyn
Rating: K
Book/Source: LOTR
Disclaimer: I'm neither JRRT nor making money off this.
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kortirion12:11am: New Challenge
And so it begins... the new series of prompts concerns WRITING - where, to whom, on what, and what with... that's for you to decide.

The first prompt is:

NOTE

22nd May 2012

silverstarspray4:55pm: Natural Disasters Challenge: Plague - Falling Like a Rain of Flowers
Title: Falling Like a Rain of Flowers
Author: SilverStarSpray
Characters/Pairing: Gandalf
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Book/Source: LotR
Disclaimer: Tolkien's the genius, not me.

falling like a rain of flowers )

curiouswombat8:54pm: Disasters; Plague. A Final Bedtime Story For Little Hobbits.
Title: Another bedtime tale for little hobbits.
Disasters Challenge; Plague.
Author: Curiouswombat
Characters: hobbits.
Rating: G
Source: LotR

Disclaimer: The characters in this story do not belong to me, but are being used for amusement only, and all rights remain with the estate of JRR Tolkien.


Another Bedtime Tale for Little Hobbits )
Current Mood: busy

17th May 2012

dwimordene_20117:59pm: The Ilion Vector by Dwimordene
Title: The Ilion Vector
Author: Dwimordene
Challenge: Natural Disasters: Plague
Summary: Diplomacy is war by other means.
Characters/Pairing: OMCs, OFCs
Rating: K+
Book/Source: LOTR Appendices, UT
Warnings: Too many notes!
Disclaimer: I'm neither JRRT nor making money off this.
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jay_of_lasgalen8:24am: Natural Disasters
Whoops - sorry for the late posting!   The final prompt for the 'Natural Disasters' challenge is Plague.

As always, you can use the prompt in any context you wish.

14th May 2012

curiouswombat8:16pm: Disasters Challenge; Earthquake. Another bedtime tale for little hobbits.
Title: Another bedtime tale for little hobbits.

Disasters Challenge; Earthquake.

Author: Curiouswombat
Characters: hobbits.
Rating: G
Source: LotR
For the Disasters Challenge; Earthquake.

Disclaimer: The characters in this story do not belong to me, but are being used for amusement only, and all rights remain with the estate of JRR Tolkien.


Another Bedtime Tale for Little Hobbits )
Current Mood: busy
kortirion12:19am: Natural Disasters challenge - Earthquake & Hurricane: 'Remember, Remember': Kortirion
Title: Remember, Remember - a drabble pair
Author: Kortirion
Character: Faramir
Rating: G
Source: RotK
Disclaimer: Tolkien discovered Middle-earth, and all who dwell therein are his.


Remember, Remember )

12th May 2012

silverstarspray1:47am: Natural Disasters Challenge: Hurricane - When Evening in the Shire was Grey
Title: When Evening in the Shire was Grey
Author: SilverStarSpray
Characters/Pairing: Gandalf
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Book/Source: LotR
Disclaimer: Tolkien's the genius, not me.

when evening in the shire was grey )

11th May 2012

curiouswombat6:02pm: Another Bedtime Tale for Little Hobbits; Hurricane challenge.
Title: Another Bedtime Tale for Little Hobbits
Author: Curiouswombat
Characters: hobbits.
Rating: G
Source: LotR
For the Disasters Challenge; Hurricane.

Disclaimer: The characters in this story do not belong to me, but are being used for amusement only, and all rights remain with the estate of JRR Tolkien.


Another Bedtime Tale for Little Hobbits )

I'm slightly out of synch - I'll do earthquake soon!
Current Mood: busy

9th May 2012

lindahoyland1:59am: Earth Tremors - Earthquake

Title: Earth Tremors
Author: Linda Hoyland
Characters/Pairing: Faramir/Eowyn
Rating: PG
Warnings: mild sexual content
Word count: 100
Book/Source: LOTR book-verse
Disclaimer - These characters all belong to the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien. This story was written for pleasure and not for financial gain.



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8th May 2012

dwimordene_20113:08pm: Storm force five by Dwimordene
Title: Storm Force Five
Author: Dwimordene
Challenge: Natural Disaster: Hurricane
Summary: Morgoth invented dragons for a reason…
Characters/Pairing: Eönwë, Nienna, dragons
Rating: K+
Book/Source: The Silmarillion
Disclaimer: I'm neither JRRT nor making money off this.
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jay_of_lasgalen11:56am: Natural Disasters
The next prompt for the challenge is 'Hurricane'
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