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  1. Public Bookmark 10

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    Orodruin, known in the Southlands as Mount Doom unexpectedly erupts, forcing 8 year old Halbrand Maia to relocate across Middle Earth to Eregion and the quiet suburb of Ost-in-Edhil, where he moves in next door to one Galadriel Noldor.

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    Best friends to lovers via two natural disasters, a lot of angst, miscommunication, mutual pining and one drunken confession.

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    20 May 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 14

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    Once upon a time, deep in the marches between England and Scotland, there lived a young maiden, fair as the sun...

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    29 Mar 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 10

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    "We are overwhelmed, Lord Sauron."
    He wants to scream. He hates that name. He never wants to hear it again.
    He thinks of the name she called him. Why can't he be Halbrand again? Why have all his plans fallen apart?
    Why did he ever let her go?
    Rage burns him from the inside out. The orc says something else, but he cannot hear him. He cannot hear anything but the blood rushing in his ears, and he feels only the bellow of anguish building until it erupts—and the entire world around him disintegrates into blinding light.
    Fear seizes his entire being. Has he accidentally shed his fana? Is he losing his vision?
    Then he feels her arm in his grasp, the soft, seawater-worn sleeve of the white shift she wore on the raft.

    or: Above the flames of Eregion, Galadriel had left him no choice but to bind her with his darkness. Maybe here, in this illusion, he can know what it would have been for her to bind him with her light.

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    28 Mar 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 14

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    Dol Guldur stands by itself, perched forebodingly atop a dark mountain and veiled by mist. Its turrets twist high, reaching for stars winking faint against a navy sky, battlements sprawling between them like jagged teeth. Inside, stone walls meet neatly, wooden floors hold firm and every great door remains sensibly shut. Whatever walks among its vast halls walks alone.

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    Like Mike Flanagan before me, I'm copying Shirley Jackson's homework. But let's make it Annatariel.

    (The Haunting of Hill House inspired Modern AU)

    Written for Hellghoul Week 2025

    Chapter One - 24th October - Come out, come out wherever you are.../Eyes
    Chapter Two - 27th October - Things that go bump in the night/moon
    Chapter Three - 31st October - Trick or Treat/Free Day

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    31 Jan 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 14

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    “But there are some loves so great that the very earth itself cherishes their memory. And before these lands were cursed, they had been hallowed.”

    After the mountain of fire’s eruption, a small clearing in the woods is inexplicably preserved from destruction.

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    02 Jan 2026