Muse's Playground

Title: To the End of His Days
Rating: PG
Warnings: Cannon character death
Genre: General, Drama
Length: Tribble
Summary: In the year 1384 SR, after the death of his wife, Sam leaves Middle-earth and sails to Valinor.


Continued from 1. Mourning


( 2. Promises )


Continued in 3. Expectations

Title: A Meeting of Conspirators
Rating: G
Warnings: Angst!
Genre: Drama
Length: Ficlet
Summary: For dreamflower02, who wanted something about Merry and Sam in the Conspiracy.
A/N: References events in The Trouble With Love, but it is not necessary to have read that.


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Title: A Night at the Ball
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Genre: General
Length: Short story
Summary: When the barmaids of The Eagle's Peak Inn are invited to a royal ball by Merry and Pippin, they can't believe their good fortune. There's just one catch - they must help the hobbits play a prank on the King. Takes place during the story Distractions. Written for dreamflower02.

A/N: In my story Distractions, the hobbits discovered that Aragorn had withheld information from them regarding Arwen, namely that she would soon be arriving to marry him. Rather than tell Aragorn that they knew about his secret, they devised a scheme in which they invited some barmaids to a ball honoring the visiting Haradrim so that the barmaids could entertain Aragorn. This story takes place between chapters 24-28 of Distractions. Some of the dialogue and text comes from those chapters.


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Title: A Day of Rest
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Genre: General
Summary: Sam is under the weather.
Author's Note: For cookiefleck, a little Sam h/c. :)
Award: MEFA 2011, Hobbits: Family, 3rd place


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Title: In the Shadow of Arda
Rating: G
Genre: General
Length: Ficlet
Warnings: None
Summary: Frodo, Sam and Bilbo witness a celestial event.
Author's Note: For Shirebound - last year, she requested a Yule fic where Sam finds Frodo sleeping outside, but I figure, why should he miss out on the fun? Also, since we weren’t able to witness last night’s lunar eclipse due to the rain, I figured someone should enjoy it. :)


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Title: For Eyes to See That Can
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Genre: General
Length: Ficlet
Author's Note: This is for lbilover's birthday. Some time ago on her LJ, she asked why Sam is able to see the Elven rings at the Grey Havens, when he couldn’t see Galadriel’s ring earlier, and wondered if it was because Sam had been a Ring-bearer or if it was because the rings had faded in power. My response was that it could easily be both of these possibilities, but there was a possible third explanation lurking within the text.
Summary: Help often comes in unexpected ways.


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Title: Selfless
Rating: PG-13 for dark themes
Warning: Major Angst
Genre: Drama
Length: Ficlet
Summary: Frodo struggles against the Ring.
Award: MEFA 2011, Hobbits: General, 2nd Place


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Title: Distractions
Rating: PG
Warnings: Some mild angst, slightly AU due to timeline
Genre: General
Length: Novel
Summary: Frodo and Aragorn are restless, and their friends are at a loss as to what to do about it. Merry concocts a plan he hopes will help, but unforseen events get in the way.
Award: MEFA 2009 Nominated, WIP


Continued from Author's Notes, Part I


( Author's Notes: Deleted/Alternate Scenes )

Title: Distractions
Rating: PG
Warnings: Some mild angst, slightly AU due to timeline
Genre: General
Length: Novel
Summary: Frodo and Aragorn are restless, and their friends are at a loss as to what to do about it. Merry concocts a plan he hopes will help, but unforseen events get in the way.
Award: MEFA 2009 Nominated, WIP


Continued from Chapter 34


( Epilogue – The World Ahead )


Continued in Author's Notes, Part I

Title: Distractions
Rating: PG
Warnings: Some mild angst, slightly AU due to timeline
Genre: General
Length: Novel
Summary: Frodo and Aragorn are restless, and their friends are at a loss as to what to do about it. Merry concocts a plan he hopes will help, but unforseen events get in the way.
Award: MEFA 2009 Nominated, WIP


Continued from Chapter 32


( Chapter 33 – All Is Revealed )


Continued in Chapter 34