Kenaz Fiction

Thank you so much, heartofoshun for the beta and ongoing moral support!

So, with a free day at my disposal and being, for the moment, on top of my programming class homework, I decided to go through my graveyard files in search of old, unfinished fics that I might be inspired to pick up again.

The piece below was written shortly after one of my trips to Ireland (maybe 2009?), specifically to Sligo. I had outlined this entire *sprawling* epic about the Dagor Dagorath, told from multiple first person POV's, wherein the forces of the Eldar are marshaled at the onset of the Final Battle, and old wounds and grievances must be dealt with... there were entire plot threads about Maglor retrieving his brothers from the Halls of Waiting and dealing with the fallout of his family's legacy; culture shock for those who had stayed in Middle-earth into the 21st century and returning to a Valinor which, in many ways, remained a land unchanged by time; there was a whole romantic arc about Beleg and Haldir, and Beleg coming to terms with his extremely complicated relationship with Turin, who lives again to fulfill his destiny... you get the point: BIG STUFF.

Too big. The fact that only one chapter of it exists after 5 years ought to be a sign that it's time for me to run up the white flag and admit defeat on this one-- it's Just. Too. Big. And I will never write it. Maybe someday I'll write up a really detailed backstory/primer and then attach little ficlets to it if and when they worm their way out of my brain, but I can say with a large degree of certainty that the mega-epic that I had envisioned will never come to pass. And that's ok! I'm much more invested in seeing Ionnath through than fighting with an unwieldy beast that only ever existed in a bunch of lists and outlines and a single finished chapter.

I workshopped this with some friends a couple of years ago in the hopes that it would spur me to action, but if that group can't get me motivated (and to them: *thank you*), well, then it's really time to just consign this one to Kenazfiction Purgatory. It does sort of stand on its own, in a way, but it was but a small part of what I had originally imagined. So in the spirit of letting go and moving on, and hoping that future days will prove more fruitful than those past, I offer the following:

Desolate Winds, Part I: Over the Wandering Sea
RPF, Silmarillion/Lord of the Rings
Rating (this part): PG

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The incredibly talented artist hrymfaxe was asked by someone on her f-list for a drawing of Beleg, and she she decided to use a scene from my story for her subject! Isn't it fantastic? You can practically hear the roar of the bear and feel the tension in Beleg's body as he prepares for the fight of his young life!

(also? BELEG BUNS!!!! Is there anything better? I think not.)

For her commentary on the image, click here. Thank you so much, Hrymfaxe! I am thrilled and flattered and delighted beyond words!

Title: Heart of the Wood
Author: Kenaz
Email: Kenazfiction@gmail.com
Beta: Ignoblebard. Remaining mistakes are my own.
Rating: R
Pairing: Beleg/Túrin
Warnings: None.
Request: Something bittersweet. Try to include horses, swift-flowing water and birdsong.

   

Written for Keiliss for the 2007 Slashy Santa Fiction Exchange

Summary: " ...And Beleg and Túrin were companions in every peril, and walked far and wide in the wild woods together." Six vignettes of Beleg and Túrin, on the marches of Doriath and beyond.

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They are calling, calling, Away, come away!
    And we know not whence they call;
For the song is in our hearts, we hear it night and day,
    As the deep tides rise and fall:
O, Death will never find us in the heart of the wood
    While the hours and the years ride by!
We have heard it, we have heard it, but we have
    not understood
We must wander on together, you and I.

-Alfred Noyes, In the Heart of the Woods



All shall be well,
But not for me
But not for me.

- Current 93, In the Heart of the Wood and What I found There


( In The Heart of the Woods )

Title: Where The Shadows Are
Author: kenazfiction
E-mail: kenazfiction@gmail.com
Pairing: Elrond/Gil-Galad
Rating: R
Disclaimer: Tolkien, not I, claims both King and Herald.
Archive: OEAM, Melethryn, The-Archive.net, King & Herald (yay!).
Feedback: of course!
Beta:Tuxedo Elf
Summary: "I am the scion of kings..that bodes ill for me." One eyebrow arches in a remarkable impression of Elrond’s own. "We Noldor Kings do not, as a rule, end well.”

Written for Belle for the 2006 Mistletoe in May ficswap... Many thanks to Denise and Fim and Min for organizing such a fun exchange!

( Where The Shadows Are )