Penname: Dreamflower [Contact]
Real name: Barbara Rich
Member Since: 04/11/09
Membership status: Administrator
Biography:
Hello! I'm Dreamflower, and I have been a Lord of the Rings fan since 1967, when I was 15 years old. I have read the books countless times over the years, but I did not begin writing fanfic until 2004. I've written many stories, nearly all of them hobbit-centric; in addition I am a co-mod of the LOTR_GFIC community and of this archive. In my personal life, I've been married since 1976, and have one son, who is "grown and flown" and have two grandsons. LOTR and fanfic are my main hobby, but I have several other hobbies as well: calligraphy, cooking, needlework of all kinds, sewing, decorative painting and polymer clay are all other creative outlets for me.
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New! Sting Inscription by Dreamflower
Rated G
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Art Gallery. The inscription from Bilbo's and Frodo's sword "Sting" as depicted in the movies, calligraphed and illuminated.
Categories: Movies: Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, Artwork
Characters: None
Genres: Artwork: calligraphy, Artwork: painting
Places: None
Times: None
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 | Word count: 89 | Read Count: 45
Completed: Yes | Updated: 08/31/10 | Published: 08/31/10
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New! Ancestress by Dreamflower
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This is to be a set of 300 word fixed-length ficlets, exploring one possible pre-history for the race of hobbits. (The Prologue is a good deal longer than 300 words.)
Categories: The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion
Characters: Hobbit: Baggins-Bilbo, Hobbit: Baggins-Frodo, Original Female Character, Original Male Character, Other: Gandalf/Mithrandir/Ólorin
Genres: Family, Fixed-length Ficlet (other than drabble), Frame story (tale-within-a-tale), Romance-het
Places: Undying Lands: Tol Eressëa
Times: 3-Third Age, 4-Fourth Age
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 33 | Word count: 10559 | Read Count: 500
Completed: No | Updated: 08/31/10 | Published: 07/30/09
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The Fire: S.R. 1392 by Dreamflower
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A night's sleep at Bag End is interrupted by a fire on Bagshot Row...(
Categories: The Lord of the Rings
Characters: As a Group: Hobbits, Hobbit: Baggins-Bilbo, Hobbit: Baggins-Frodo
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Coming of Age
Places: The Shire: Bag End
Times: 3-Third Age: late
Warnings: 6. adult themes, 8. character death
Series: None
Chapters: 1 | Word count: 1886 | Read Count: 10
Completed: Yes | Updated: 08/16/10 | Published: 08/16/10
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Trotter by Dreamflower
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After his retirement to Rivendell, Bilbo finds proof he that is not the first hobbit to dwell there.
Categories: History of Middle-earth
Characters: Hobbit: Trotter
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Character study, Coming of Age, Frame story (tale-within-a-tale), Friendship, Hurt/Comfort
Places: Rivendell/Imladris, Eriador, The Shire: Great Smials
Times: 3-Third Age: middle
Warnings: 3. violence
Series: None
Chapters: 3 | Word count: 3229 | Read Count: 32
Completed: No | Updated: 08/08/10 | Published: 08/08/10
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The One Ring Inscription by Dreamflower
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Art Gallery. The One Ring inscription, Tengwar calligraphy
Categories: Artwork, The Lord of the Rings
Characters: None
Genres: Artwork: calligraphy
Places: None
Times: None
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 | Word count: 79 | Read Count: 76
Completed: Yes | Updated: 08/04/10 | Published: 08/04/10
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"Bilbo's Last Song" by Dreamflower
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Art Gallery. "Bilbo's Last Song" Calligraphy and watercolor.
Categories: Artwork, Other Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien
Characters: Hobbit: Baggins-Bilbo
Genres: Artwork: calligraphy
Places: None
Times: 3-Third Age: Post-War of the Ring
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 | Word count: 27 | Read Count: 79
Completed: Yes | Updated: 07/29/10 | Published: 07/29/10
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Hobbit Wedding Contracts by Dreamflower
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Art Gallery. A series of illuminated Hobbit "marriage lines" for various hobbit couples.
Categories: Artwork, The Lord of the Rings
Characters: As a Group: Hobbits, Hobbit: Baggins-Drogo, Hobbit: Baggins-Primula (Took)
Genres: Alternate Universe, Artwork: calligraphy, Artwork: painting, Family
Places: The Shire
Times: 3-Third Age: late, 3-Third Age: Post-War of the Ring
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 4 | Word count: 1152 | Read Count: 144
Completed: No | Updated: 07/28/10 | Published: 07/27/10
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To Lead His People by Dreamflower
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Aragorn has a heart-to-heart talk with his smallest knight...
Categories: The Lord of the Rings
Characters: Hobbit: Took-Pippin (Thain), Northern Dúnedain: Aragorn/Strider
Genres: Character study, Coming of Age, Friendship, Gapfiller
Places: Rohan: Edoras
Times: 3-Third Age: Post-War of the Ring
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 | Word count: 2063 | Read Count: 42
Completed: Yes | Updated: 07/24/10 | Published: 07/24/10
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A Sweet Visit by Dreamflower
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Frodo makes his first visit back to Brandy Hall after moving to Bag End
Categories: Challenge Stories, The Lord of the Rings
Characters: Hobbit: Baggins-Frodo, Hobbit: Brandybuck-Merry (Master)
Genres: Character study, Childhood, Family, Fixed-length Ficlet (other than drabble), Fluff
Places: The Shire: Brandy Hall
Times: 3-Third Age: late
Warnings: None
Series: 27. 2010 July Challenge: Short and Sweet Fixed-Length Ficlets
Chapters: 1 | Word count: 393 | Read Count: 14
Completed: Yes | Updated: 07/20/10 | Published: 07/20/10
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In the Court of the High King by Dreamflower
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Fredegar Bolger and the delegation of hobbits from the Shire have arrived in Minas Tirith. For the next few months, they will work to strengthen the ties between the Shire and the realms of Men...(a sequel to "A New Reckoning" and "The Road to Edoras")
Categories: The Lord of the Rings
Characters: As a Group: Hobbits, Gondorian: Faramir son of Denethor, Gondorian: Ioreth, Half-Elven: Arwen Undómiel, Hobbit: Bolger-Fredegar "Fatty", Hobbit: Brandybuck, Berilac, Hobbit: Burrows-Mosco, Hobbit: Cotton-Wilcome "Jolly", Northern Dúnedain: Aragorn/Strider, Original Female Character, Original Male Character
Genres: Action/Adventure, Character study, Drama, Friendship, Gapfiller, General, Novel
Places: Gondor: Minas Tirith/Minas Anor
Times: 3-Third Age: Post-War of the Ring
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 6 | Word count: 10507 | Read Count: 88
Completed: No | Updated: 07/12/10 | Published: 07/03/10
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Chance Encounter by Dreamflower
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Pippin runs into an old friend in Minas Tirith after the Quest. This is a sequel to "Life of a Bard".
Categories: The Lord of the Rings
Characters: As a Group: The Fellowship, Gondorian: Bergil son of Beregond, Gondorian: Faramir son of Denethor, Half-Elven: Elladan, Half-Elven: Elrohir, Original Male Character, Rohirrim: Éomer, Rohirrim: Éothain, Rohirrim: Éowyn
Genres: Action/Adventure, Character study, Friendship, Gapfiller, Novel
Places: Gondor: Minas Tirith/Minas Anor
Times: 3-Third Age: Post-War of the Ring
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 | Word count: 2575 | Read Count: 15
Completed: No | Updated: 07/08/10 | Published: 07/08/10
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The Smallest Hands by Dreamflower
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This is a song written in Minas Tirith by Menelcar the Minstrel, in honor of the four hobbits.
Categories: The Lord of the Rings
Characters: As a Group: The Travellers (Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin)
Genres: Poetry
Places: None
Times: 3-Third Age: the War of the Ring
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 | Word count: 344 | Read Count: 11
Completed: Yes | Updated: 07/08/10 | Published: 07/08/10
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The Life of a Bard by Dreamflower
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COMPLETE! Young Pippin considers a career…(Takes place three years before the Quest.) (MEFA Winner: 2005 Award Category: Races/Places: Cross-Cultural: Pre-War of the Ring - Third Place)
Categories: The Lord of the Rings
Characters: Hobbit: Baggins-Frodo, Hobbit: Brandybuck-Merry (Master), Hobbit: Gamgee-Samwise, Hobbit: Took-Pippin (Thain), Original Male Character
Genres: Coming of Age, Drama, Family, Friendship
Places: The Shire
Times: 3-Third Age: late
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 12 | Word count: 20958 | Read Count: 246
Completed: Yes | Updated: 07/08/10 | Published: 05/13/10
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Esmeralda at the Bridge by Dreamflower
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It's S.R. 1436, and an historical meeting is taking place at the Stonebow Bridge...
Categories: The Lord of the Rings
Characters: As a Group: Hobbits, Half-Elven: Arwen Undómiel, Hobbit: Brandybuck- Esmeralda (Took), Hobbit: Brandybuck- Estella (Bolger), Hobbit: Brandybuck-Merry (Master), Hobbit: Gamgee-Rose (Cotton), Hobbit: Gamgee-Samwise, Hobbit: Took-Diamond (of Long Cleeve), Hobbit: Took-Eglantine (Banks), Hobbit: Took-Pippin (Thain), Northern Dúnedain: Aragorn/Strider
Genres: Character study, Family, Friendship, Gapfiller, General, Vignette
Places: The Shire
Times: 4-Fourth Age
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 | Word count: 783 | Read Count: 20
Completed: Yes | Updated: 07/03/10 | Published: 07/03/10
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Cado's Year by Dreamflower
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Pippin's cousin Cado Banks has been sentenced to a year and a day of servitude in Rohan, for taking part in an attack on the King's embassy. This is the story of his year. (A sequel to "The Road to Edoras" and running concurrently with "In the Court of the High King".)
Categories: The Lord of the Rings
Characters: Original Female Character, Original Male Character, Rohirrim: Éomer
Genres: Character study, Coming of Age, Drama, Friendship, General, Novel
Places: Rohan: Edoras
Times: 3-Third Age: Post-War of the Ring
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 2 | Word count: 2945 | Read Count: 10
Completed: No | Updated: 07/03/10 | Published: 07/03/10
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In the Courtyard of the Fountain by Dreamflower
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Mosco Burrows has a conversation with the Steward...
Categories: The Lord of the Rings
Characters: Gondorian: Faramir son of Denethor
Genres: Character study, Vignette
Places: Gondor: Minas Tirith/Minas Anor
Times: 3-Third Age: Post-War of the Ring
Warnings: None
Series: 26. 2010 June Challenge: The White Tree
Chapters: 1 | Word count: 1259 | Read Count: 20
Completed: Yes | Updated: 07/02/10 | Published: 07/02/10
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The Road to Edoras by Dreamflower
Rated G
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COMPLETE! A sequel to "A New Reckoning". Fredegar Bolger leads an embassy of hobbits to the King's Court in Gondor. But first they must go to Rohan.
Categories: The Lord of the Rings
Characters: As a Group: Rohirrim, Dwarf: Gimli son of Glóin, Elf: Legolas Thranduilion, Gondorian: Bergil son of Beregond, Gondorian: Targon, Hobbit: Bolger-Fredegar "Fatty", Hobbit: Brandybuck, Berilac, Hobbit: Burrows-Mosco, Hobbit: Cotton-Wilcome "Jolly", Original Female Character, Original Male Character, Rohirrim: Éomer, Rohirrim: Éothain
Genres: Action/Adventure, Character study, Drama, Friendship
Places: None
Times: 3-Third Age: Post-War of the Ring
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 56 | Word count: 117135 | Read Count: 894
Completed: Yes | Updated: 06/30/10 | Published: 04/27/10
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A Fair Beginning by Dreamflower
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Bilbo, Frodo and Merry are called to Whitwell for a momentous event...
Categories: The Lord of the Rings
Characters: Hobbit: Baggins-Bilbo, Hobbit: Baggins-Frodo, Hobbit: Brandybuck-Merry (Master)
Genres: Angst, Character study, Childhood, Drama, Family, Friendship, Gapfiller
Places: The Shire: Whitwell
Times: 3-Third Age: late
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 | Word count: 2728 | Read Count: 11
Completed: Yes | Updated: 06/27/10 | Published: 06/27/10
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A Summer's Day Ramble by Dreamflower
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Fatty Bolger and his friend Folco Boffin take a little walk, and find a little surprise...
Categories: The Lord of the Rings
Characters: Hobbit: Boffin- Daisy (Baggins), Hobbit: Boffin- Folco, Hobbit: Bolger- Rosamunda (Took), Hobbit: Bolger-Fredegar "Fatty", Hobbit: Brandybuck- Estella (Bolger)
Genres: Character study, Childhood, Family, Friendship, Humor
Places: The Shire
Times: 3-Third Age: late
Warnings: None
Series: Childhood Tales of the Shire
Chapters: 1 | Word count: 2051 | Read Count: 17
Completed: Yes | Updated: 06/26/10 | Published: 06/26/10
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All You Have to Do is Ask by Dreamflower
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Hobbit lads in an afternoon at play...
Categories: The Lord of the Rings
Characters: Hobbit: Baggins-Bilbo, Hobbit: Baggins-Frodo, Hobbit: Boffin- Folco, Hobbit: Bolger- Odovacar, Hobbit: Bolger-Fredegar "Fatty", Hobbit: Brandybuck-Merry (Master), Hobbit: Cotton-"Nick", Hobbit: Cotton-Carl "Nibs", Hobbit: Cotton-Lily (Brown), Hobbit: Cotton-Tolman "Old Tom", Hobbit: Cotton-Tolman "Young Tom", Hobbit: Cotton-Wilcome "Jolly", Hobbit: Gamgee-Samwise, Hobbit: Took-Pippin (Thain)
Genres: Childhood, Family, Fluff, Friendship, General
Places: The Shire
Times: 3-Third Age: late
Warnings: None
Series: Childhood Tales of the Shire
Chapters: 1 | Word count: 4505 | Read Count: 16
Completed: Yes | Updated: 06/26/10 | Published: 06/26/10
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The Gaffer’s Letter by Dreamflower
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The Gaffer gets a very special letter.
Categories: The Lord of the Rings
Characters: Hobbit: Baggins-Frodo, Hobbit: Gamgee-Hamfast "the Gaffer", Hobbit: Gamgee-Samwise
Genres: Character study, Family, Friendship, Gapfiller
Places: The Shire
Times: 3-Third Age: Post-War of the Ring
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 | Word count: 1375 | Read Count: 28
Completed: Yes | Updated: 06/20/10 | Published: 06/20/10
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Rainy Day at Whitwell by Dreamflower
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The weather is wet, the children are cranky, Esmeralda tells a story... (A Tip and Tulip story)
Categories: The Lord of the Rings
Characters: Hobbit: Brandybuck-Merry (Master)
Genres: Childhood, Family, Fluff, Frame story (tale-within-a-tale), Humor
Places: The Shire: Whitwell
Times: 3-Third Age: late
Warnings: None
Series: Childhood Tales of the Shire
Chapters: 1 | Word count: 1397 | Read Count: 26
Completed: Yes | Updated: 06/12/10 | Published: 06/12/10
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Pippin and the Mask by Dreamflower
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Frodo and Merry look forward to showing off the costune they've made for little Pippin, for the Fall Festival...
Categories: The Lord of the Rings
Characters: Hobbit: Baggins-Frodo, Hobbit: Brandybuck-Merry (Master), Hobbit: Took-Pippin (Thain)
Genres: Childhood, Family, Fluff, Humor
Places: The Shire: Brandy Hall
Times: 3-Third Age: late
Warnings: None
Series: Childhood Tales of the Shire
Chapters: 1 | Word count: 1300 | Read Count: 46
Completed: Yes | Updated: 06/12/10 | Published: 06/12/10
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Marching Orders by Dreamflower
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Bilbo recieves some wise advice from an unexpected source.
Categories: The Lord of the Rings
Characters: Hobbit: Baggins-Bilbo, Hobbit: Baggins-Frodo, Hobbit: Brandybuck-Merry (Master)
Genres: Character study, Childhood, Family, Fluff, Friendship, Humor
Places: The Shire: Bag End
Times: 3-Third Age: late
Warnings: None
Series: Childhood Tales of the Shire
Chapters: 1 | Word count: 1160 | Read Count: 26
Completed: Yes | Updated: 06/12/10 | Published: 06/12/10
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Enthusiasm by Dreamflower
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A tiny sequel to "Waiting for Frodo and Merry"; wee Pippin greets his cousins...
Categories: The Lord of the Rings
Characters: Hobbit: Baggins-Frodo, Hobbit: Brandybuck-Merry (Master), Hobbit: Gamgee-Samwise, Hobbit: Took-Pippin (Thain)
Genres: Character study, Childhood, Family, Fluff, Friendship, Humor
Places: The Shire: Bag End
Times: 3-Third Age: late
Warnings: None
Series: Childhood Tales of the Shire
Chapters: 1 | Word count: 369 | Read Count: 32
Completed: Yes | Updated: 06/12/10 | Published: 06/12/10
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