Cel's Fic Haven

Title: Elves and Potatoes
Author: celandineb
Fandom: LotR
Characters: Sam, Bilbo, Frodo, Ham
Rating: general
Summary: Mr. Bilbo "learns Sam his letters."
Note: The piece of poem that Bilbo reads to Sam is from a fragmentary "Lay of Earendel" written by Tolkien probably in the 1920s and to be found in The Lays of Beleriand, vol. 3 of The History of Middle-earth. Ham's remark, "Elves and Dragons? Cabbages and potatoes are better for me and you," is taken from the beginning of The Fellowship of the Ring, and his further comment there that "Mr. Bilbo has learned him [Sam] his letters - meaning no harm, mark you, and I hope no harm will come of it," is what inspired the present story.

( Elves and Potatoes )

Title: The Knife
Author: celandineb
Fandom: LotR
Characters: OCs
Rating: general
Summary: A very short vignette about a Hobbit supersition.
Note: Written for the Superstition challenge posed by Dwim on the HA Yahoo list. With permission, I've borrowed Gilda and Ula from Anglachel on a temporary basis. Gilda is the Mistress of Buckland, also a healer, and Ula is her apprentice. This story is set a few years before Ang's "Legacy."

( The Knife )

Title: Sheathing Sting
Author: celandineb
Fandom: LotR
Characters: Bilbo, OC
Rating: general
Summary: While visiting the Dwarves in Erebor, Bilbo goes to Dale to buy a new scabbard for his sword.
Note: This short vignette was written in response to a challenge at Henneth Annûn.

( Sheathing Sting )