MID SUMMER ROSES
A tender tale about the day Frodo first came to meet a very young Samwise shortly after he arrived in Hobbiton to live with his Uncle Bilbo
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WHERE HE CAN NOT FOLLOW
Frodo wakes in the tower of Cirith Ungol shortly before he is rescued by Sam
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A LIGHT OF HOPE
Sam reflects on Frodo's fate and his own after stopping for a rest under
the dark skies of Mordor
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THE DARKEST HOUR
Merry witnesses the Eagles bringing Frodo and Sam back from the fires of Mount Doom after the One Ring is destroyed and shortly thereafter Pippin is brought back from the Black Gates after being crushed by a troll
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ONLY THE STRONG
After Frodo, Sam and Pippin have been brought to The Field of Cormallen, Merry is left to fight with his emotions as his friends lay in deep slumber
until the day they finally wake
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AMID THE WHISPERING TREES
When Merry and Pippin find Sam keeping vigil over Frodo, Pippin speaks of
a rumor he has heard telling of what others truly think did happen to
Frodo and Sam at the chasm of Mount Doom
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THE FRAGRANCE OF ITHILIEN
Frodo wakes in Ithilien after being rescued from Mount Doom
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AN AWAKENING WITHIN ITHILIEN
Sam wakes in Ithilien after being rescued from Mount Doom
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REMEMBRANCES OF THE PAST
Upon his return to Rivendell after destroying the One Ring, Frodo finds
himself haunted with painful memories of the journey to Mordor
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A SIMPLE GARDENERS HANDS
With the coming of a new spring, Frodo finds himself unable to write and is given a lesson in friendship on how to find himself once more
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THE LADY OF BREE SERIES
A series of four stories surrounding the adventures of Lily Butterbur, Barliman Butterbur's niece, who eventually crosses paths with Frodo ten months after his return to the Shire, also features many more original characters
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SO MUCH IS EVERLASTING
When the pain from Frodo's wound wielded to him on Weathertop returns to him two years after the journey to Mordor, Sam gives Frodo something he
has been keeping close at hand since their return home from Rivendell
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WHEN SHE SMILES
Frodo spends an evening with Elanor the eve before he sails over the sea
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TO THE HAVENS
A touching and emotional farewell to a dear friend
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TEARS BEYOND THE HAVENS
Sam reflects on the moments that come to pass after returning home
from the Grey Havens
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MATTERS OF THE HEART
Rose presents Sam with a gift left to her by Frodo the day he departed
the Shire to sail over the sea
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WHEN TWILIGHT FADES
Sam and Elanor share a moment together late one evening
before the light of the fire
based upon the events in Tolkien's epilogue to LOTR
which you can read here as it appears in
THE HISTORY OF MIDDLE EARTH THE END OF THE THIRD AGE
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AT YEARS END
coming soon
Sam follows a tradition he has been celebrating every Yule
since Frodo left the Shire
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AS THE STARS BRIGHTLY SHINE
Sam presents Elanor with a gift on her wedding day
that once belonged to Frodo
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THE LURE OF THE SEA
After the passing of his dear sweet Rose, Sam feels as though
the sea is calling him home
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REFLECTIONS
Elanor visits her father in the autumn after her mother passes and together they share memories of days long forgotten when she finds something in the pages of the Red Book last read when Frodo was still in the Shire
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A WHITE GULLS CALLING
Inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's poem The Sea Bell
Late one evening Samwise Gamgee hears something that he has not heard
in well over sixy years... the call of a gull from the Grey Havens
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STILL WATERS
After many years pass in the Blessed Realm,
Frodo finds himself longing to see Sam once again
Sean Astin has his own copy of this story, details can be found inside
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A LONG AWAITED ADVENTURE
After Sam sails over the sea his eldest son Frodo finds himself longing for an adventure of his own and it soon will be had when he must travel to Gondor
to see an aging Merry and Pippin
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BY GONDOR'S GRACE
A touching story about the final moments Merry and Pippin spend together before their passing in Gondor
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JOURNEY OF HOPE
During the fourth age of men the cities begin to crumble after the loss of their king, but within the falling city of Edoras the survival of men may rest in the hands of a young man named Wilhelm
