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12 Days of Christmas, Day 6

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 18:25:33 GMT

Title: Here We Go Again
Author: Grundy
Rating: FR13
Summary: Anariel's first formal entrance into Tirion.
Word Count: 1075
Note: Still one behind...
( Here We Go Again )

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12 Days of Christmas, Day 4

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 04:14:29 GMT

Title: Go Marching In
Author: Grundy
Rating: FR13
Summary: Anariel's first formal entrance into Tirion.
Word Count: 1200
Note: This is the one I 'owed' from Monday. Today's is still in progress...

( Go Marching In )

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12 Days of Christmas, Day 5

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 04:25:19 GMT

(Yes, I know Day 4 is missing. I will make it up tomorrow. I had a long day yesterday.)

Today is another chapter of Dancing In the Dark.

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12 Days of Christmas, Day 3

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 04:17:15 GMT

Another chapter of Picking Up The Pieces
(What can I say, I'm trying really hard to finish up some of these long-running WIPs...)

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12 Days of Christmas, Day 2

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 03:41:38 GMT

Tonight in lieu of a new short, there is a fresh chapter of Dancing In the Dark. (I'm trying to finish this one. It won't happen by the end of the year unless I have a few breakthroughs, but in the near future.)

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12 Days of Christmas, Day 1

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 04:42:32 GMT

Title: Sun, Sand, Surf
Author: Grundy
Rating: FR13
Summary: Anariel takes up a new project.
Word Count: 1025
Note: Running a day behind, as a head cold meant I crashed fairly early after Christmas dinner.

( Sun, Sand, Surf )

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Coming soon...

Sun, 21 Dec 2025 01:47:06 GMT

If anyone has something they're hoping to see in this year's attempt at a 12 Days of Christmas fic spree, comment on this point to let me know. (Comments are not screened.)

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Fic Title Meme

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 02:02:28 GMT

As seen at starspray

Rules: How many letters of the alphabet have you used for [starting] a fic title? One fic per line, 'A' and 'The' do not count for 'a' and 't'. Post your score out of 26 at the end, along with your total fic count.

A - As Below, So Above (BtVS/Neverwhere crossover)
B - Blood Like Wine (Knives Out, Linda & Ransom)
C - Chewing The Fat (Silmarillion, Elrond, Elros, dwarves)
D - The Deep Breath Before the Plunge (Silmarillion, Maeglin)
E - Et Eärello (Silmarillion, Original Numenorean character)
F - First Impressions (Silmarillion, Doriath ensemble)
G - Good Night And Good Luck (Silmarillion, Elros & Maglor)
H - Having Walked In Darkness (Silmarillion, Findis & Lalwen)
I - Intermezzo (Silmarillion, Findis & Finrod)
J - Just (Silmarillion)
K - Keeping Faith (BtVS/Star Trek 2009 crossover)
L - Lovers of the Sea (Silmarillion, Eärendil & Elwing shading into Eärendil/Elwing
M - Mereth Aderthad (Silmarillion, ensemble)
N - Not His Strength (Silmarillion, Celegorm & Amrod & Amras)
O - Oathkeepers (Silmarillion, Elwing)
P - A Parting of the Ways (Silmarillion, Elros & Elrond)
Q - Queens' Gambit (Silmarillion, Finwë/Indis/Míriel)
R - Return (Silmarillion/BtVS crossover)
S - Scattered Pearls (Silmarillion, Olwë)
T - This Is The Way The World Ends (Silmarillion, Elrond & Elros)
U - Uncertain Seas (Silmarilion, Galadriel)
V - Valour Without Renown (Silmarillion/LotR, Celeborn, Galadriel, and Thranduil)
W - What A Tangled Net We Weave... (Silmarillion, Aredhel, Galadriel, Amras, Amrod)
X - Xander, Brother of Death (BtVS/Percy Jackson crossover)
Y - You Can't Go Home Again (BtVS/CSI crossover)
Z -

25/26. (And X and Y only had one title each.) Clearly I need to make an effort with the end of the alphabet...

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Day 31 - The Joy of Grandchildren

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:17:32 GMT

Title: The Joy of Grandchildren
Author: Grundy
Rating: FR13
Crossover: LotR/Silmarillion
Disclaimer: All belongs to Whedon & Tolkien. No money is being made here, it's all in good fun.
Summary: Maedhros is getting up to speed in Fourth Age Tirion. And giving certain granddaughters a talking-to - or trying, at least.
Word Count: 1755
Note: And that's a wrap!

( The Joy of Grandchildren )

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Day 30 - Back To The Beginning

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 01:49:22 GMT

Title: Back To The Beginning
Author: Grundy
Rating: FR13
Crossover: LotR/Silmarillion
Summary: Guess who's back?
Word Count: 1530
Note: Did I skip a fair bit timeline-wise to get here? Yes. Anariel had plenty of fun and adventure in Formenos before I hurried things back to Tirion. But I was hoping to get here this Fic A Day. Also, it won the poll. (Not that I explained to anyone that was what the poll was about.) And I wanted to do that before the last day...

( Back To The Beginning )

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IS 2025 Letter

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 15:13:36 GMT

Dear Innumerable Stars Author,

Hi there! I hope you are excited about both the exchange and your assignment! I am eager to see what you create!

This year's signup was done in a hurry - this summer has been non-stop from beginning to end.

Unlike past rounds, I don't really have prompts, just vague ideas and 'that sounds good'. If there's anything you're concerned about or want to run by me before you get too into writing, feel free to comment here - I have comment screening on. (I'm not fussed about anonymous or not, as a mod, I know who matched with me.) As far as ratings go, I will read whatever you're moved to write.

The DNWs are less because I never read them, than because I either need to be in a particular mood to read them, or because works them are very hit or miss for me. I don't want you putting your creative energy into something that will be anywhere from a toss-up to a long shot if I like it, or that I will only voluntarily read on a rainy day in November. (Just to be clear, I'm not saying my reading quirks make any sense whatsoever. Only that I have them and I'm doing my best to steer you clear of them.)

Finally, I would deeply appreciate if you could focus more on the good times and flashes of happiness and less on the angst and awfulness. I'm not asking for pure fluff, but please no dark/downer endings or "everyone dies". Eucatastrophe is good.

( DNWs )

( Likes )

As I said above, I don't really have solid prompts this year, just handwavery. I'm also going to list Worldbuilding tags for some of them, because there were so many good ones and so few allowed on the AO3 form...

( Request 1 - Silmarillion )
( Request 2 - Smith of Wootton Major )
( Request 3 - Crossovers )
( Request 4 - The Hobbit (book) )
( Request 5 - Lord of the Rings (books) )

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Day 29 - It's All Fun And Games Until...

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 02:59:59 GMT

Title: It's All Fun And Games Until...
Author: Grundy
Rating: FR13
Crossover: LotR/Silmarillion
Summary: Festival fun.
Word Count: 457
Note: Speed write before bed...

( It's All Fun And Games Until.. )

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Day 28 - Winter Fun

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:06:39 GMT

Title: Winter Fun
Author: Grundy
Rating: FR13
Crossover: LotR/Silmarillion
Disclaimer: All belongs to Whedon & Tolkien. No money is being made here, it's all in good fun.
Summary: Anariel is enjoying Formenos.
Word Count: 400. ish. There was some rewriting as I was posting.
Note: Oops. Speed write because I lost track of time.

( Winter Fun )

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As we come to the end of Fic a Day...

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:18:17 GMT

View Poll: #33545

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Day 27 - Up North

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 03:34:42 GMT

Title: Up North
Author: Grundy
Rating: FR13
Crossover: LotR/Silmarillion
Summary: Anariel still has new places to visit.
Word Count: 1150
Note: As we approach the end of Fic A Day, I am doing my traditional 'panic that I did not get as far as I meant to and start skipping a bit'.

( Up North )

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Day 26 - Watch Them Go

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:46:06 GMT

Title: Watch Them Go
Author: Grundy
Rating: FR13
Crossover: LotR/Silmarillion
Disclaimer: All belongs to Whedon & Tolkien. No money is being made here, it's all in good fun.
Summary: For once, it's not Anariel at the center of the family drama.
Word Count: 1025 says Word (before I edited while posting)

( Watch Them Go )

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Day 25 - Three to Make Ready

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 02:05:19 GMT

Title: Three To Make Ready
Author: Grundy
Rating: FR13
Crossover: LotR/Silmarillion
Summary: Anariel is starting to wish they'd done things her way again.
Word Count: 1044
( Three To Make Ready )

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Day 24 - Learning Curve

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 02:47:53 GMT

Title: Learning Curve
Author: Grundy
Rating: FR13
Crossover: Miss Marple
Summary: Edna Fairweather, future Watcher, doesn't see what good this will do.
Word Count: 460 says Word
Note: Maybe I'm going about this in the wrong way. If I say I expect tomorrow to be crazy busy, maybe I'll end up with writing time?

“Must I?” Edna Fairweather sighed.

She didn’t see what she was expected to learn from this. She’d been training for eight years now. St. Mary Mead was a quiet little village, nothing supernatural about it. Her mentor had been extremely clear on that point. Nor did she see why she needed to pose as a servant.

“Yes, if you wish to successfully complete your education.”

Dunworthy’s answer was brusque and entirely without sympathy.

“You are intent on being a Watcher. You show promise. But you still have much to learn, about normal humans as much as about vampires or demons. Think of this as a field assignment.”

“Playing housemaid to a spinster who isn’t quite advanced enough in years to be called a little old lady just yet? What do you expect me to learn from her?”

“The standards your class traditionally hold mine to, for a start.”

Dunworthy’s tone was sharp enough that Edna bit back her retort.

“But more than that, if you disabuse yourself of the notion that you already know everything, you may learn a great deal about people, observation, and deduction from your employer. She’s one of the sharpest women in England. If her name isn’t widely known, it’s certainly not because it isn’t worth knowing.”

“Why isn’t it known, then? And what exactly does she do?”

“It isn’t known because she chooses not to be known outside her own circle. Fortunately for you, that circle includes a Watcher or two in addition the current head of Scotland Yard.”

Edna blinked. The Council had connections in high places, of course, but she did not normally think of the Metropolitan Police and the Watchers in the same breath. Or even the same paragraph, really.

“As for what she does, she solves things. Mysteries, if you prefer. Generally based solely on her experience of village life and things she’s observed. A useful mentor for someone who’d quite like to run the Council someday. You’re lucky she’s willing to take you on, and luckier still she needed a new girl and thought that would be an excellent cover for your presence.”

Edna nodded dutifully, though privately she thought ‘niece’ would have done better. Ladies of this Jane Marple’s sort, who had not married because of the Great War, inevitably had any number of nieces, young cousins, daughters of cousins, and goddaughters. One of them visiting would hardly be out of the ordinary. And they would be in the room for all sorts of things a servant would be dismissed for.

“Mind both your manners and your attitude,” Dunworthy advised as she turned to go. “Miss Marple doesn’t suffer fools gladly – and girls who have an overly high opinion of themselves are dangerously close to fools in her book.”

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Day 22 - The Merry Widow

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 23:24:18 GMT

Title: The Merry Widow
Author: Grundy
Rating: FR13
Crossover: Pride & Prejudice
Summary: Lydia isn't terribly upset at being widowed.
Word Count: 445 says Word
Note: In the same 'verse as Not What She Intended. Unfortunately, I have to call it an early night tonight. Otherwise there would have been more Lydia the Vampire Slayer...

( The Merry Widow )

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Day 21 - Not What She Intended

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 23:22:57 GMT

Title: Not What She Intended
Author: Grundy
Rating: FR13
Crossover: Pride & Prejudice
Summary: Lydia's plan has gone somewhat awry.
Word Count: 392 says Word
Note: Another speed write. Hopefully tomorrow will be less hectic.

( Not What She Intended )

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Day 23 - Persistence

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 23:20:39 GMT

Title: Persistence
Author: Grundy
Rating: FR13
Crossover: LotR/Silmarillion
Summary: A little Finwean family drama.
Word Count: 500 says Word
Note: So tired. Have been awake 16 hours, about to crash, have a speed write and I should actually have time for something meatier tomorrow. Will also catch up on cross-posting.

( Persistence )

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Day 19 - Like (Grand)Father, Like...

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 02:53:48 GMT

Title: Like (Grand)Father, Like...
Author: Grundy
Rating: FR13
Crossover: LotR/Silmarillion
Summary: The trip to Tirion isn't all bad...
Word Count: 1000 per Word

( Like (Grand)Father, Like... )

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Day 17 - Preparing To Make An Entrance

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 01:55:00 GMT

Title: Preparing To Make An Entrance
Author: Grundy
Rating: FR13
Crossover: LotR/Silmarillion
Summary: Anariel doesn't mind another round of Tirion. It's the getting there that's bothersome.
Word Count: 1065
Note: Rushing a bit to try to get Anariel back to Tirion. (She'll be other places too, but there's something I'd like to get to this month that I don't want to come out of left field...) Also a few days behind cross-posting.

( Preparing To Make An Entrance )

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Day 13 - Settling In

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 01:28:20 GMT

Title: Settling In
Author: Grundy
Rating: FR13
Crossover: LotR/Silmarillion
Summary: Anariel is starting to feel at home.
Word Count: 1150

( Settling In )

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Day 12 - Conversations About Dead People

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 23:11:59 GMT

Title: Conversations About Dead People
Author: Grundy
Rating: FR13
Crossover: LotR/Silmarillion
Summary: Anariel and Ambarussa talk about pleasant things on a sunny afternoon.
Word Count: 860
Note: 10 minute speed write before I faceplant into bed. If there are typos, chalk it up to tiredness/haste and I will fix them later.

( Conversations About Dead People )

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