A list of fan-written stories & poems for the Earthsea series by Ursula Le Guin. Compiled by the Espresso Addict

short story

Stories of 1500–2500 words

Son of Astowell, by Adularescence (general; WIP)
Summary: There are dreams, and then there are dreams. What happens to the equilibrium when dreams become reality? What happens when the gates of Lastland, Astowell, begin to crumble?

Available at: Fanfiction.net
Main characters: OC(s)
Pairing: none
Source: A Wizard of Earthsea
Time set: Unknown
Date published: 2006

Naming the Land, by Antosha (mature)
Summary: They lay that night on the hearthstones and there Tenar taught Ged the mystery that the wisest man could not teach him. (Tenar/Ged, Tehanu missing scene)

Available at: Livejournal
Main characters: Ged, Tenar
Pairing: m/f
Source: Tehanu
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2006

To Market, by Antosha (general)
Summary: Flint finds foolishness. (Flint/Tenar, pre-Tehanu missing scene)

Available at: Kia Repository, Livejournal
Main characters: Flint, Tenar
Pairing: m/f
Source: Tehanu
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2009

Thistledown, by Edo no Hana (general)
Summary: The deeds of women are not often written into songs.

Available at: Archive Of Our Own, Fanfiction.net
Main characters: Ged, Vetch, Yarrow
Pairing: m/f
Source: A Wizard of Earthsea, The Farthest Shore
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2009
Written for: Yuletide 2009

A Matter of Dress, by Eldrice (general)
Summary: During a rainy night on Gont, a mother tells her hurting daughter a small, quiet tale of Tenar of the Ring, containing just the slightest flavor of romance

Available at: Fanfiction.net
Main characters: Tenar, Ogion, OC(s)
Pairing: m/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan, Tehanu
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2004

Comes the Prince, by Eldrice (general)
Summary: Tenar’s eyebrow quirked in response, and she looked thoughtful for several seconds. Finally: “Yes, highness, I suppose you may ask me to marry you, if that’s what you really wish.”

Available at: Fanfiction.net, Earthsea Fiction LJ
Main characters: Tenar, Ogion, OC(s)
Pairing: m/f
Source: Tombs of Atuan, Tehanu
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2006

Of Swords and Boys, by Firerose (general)
Summary: The sword of Erreth-Akbe is the oldest in the world

Available at: Yuletide, Skyehawke, Firerose
Main characters: Erreth-Akbe, Maharion, OC(s)
Pairing: m/m
Source: 'A Description of Earthsea'
Time set: Reign of Maharion & other Havnorian kings/queens
Date published: 2005
Written for: Yuletide 2005

Chasing Shadows, by Isabeau (general)
Summary: Wizards are by their very nature in love with their craft more than anything else, and nothing can surpass that, but Vetch thinks that he is perhaps a bit in love with Sparrowhawk.

Available at: Archive Of Our Own
Main characters: Vetch, Ged
Pairing: m/m
Source: A Wizard of Earthsea
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2009
Written for: Yuletide 2009

Dark Sands, by Penintime (general)
Summary: A girl from Oranéa must fulfill a prophecy on the island Sort.

Available at: Archive Of Our Own
Main characters: OC(s)
Pairing: none
Source: Unknown source
Time set: Between Tehanu & The Other Wind
Date published: 2011
Written for: Yuletide 2011

The Roke Wind, by Quoin (general; WIP)
Summary: There is power in the naming of things in the Old Speech, this is about what might happen if a wizard had no true name

Available at: Fanfiction.net
Main characters: Ged, Doorkeeper, OC(s)
Pairing: none
Source: The Farthest Shore
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2004

A Wizard of Earthsea: Alternate Ending, by Subtle King (teen)
Summary: A short alternate ending to A Wizard of Earthsea

Available at: Fanfiction.net
Main characters: Ged, Vetch, Jasper
Pairing: none
Source: A Wizard of Earthsea
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2007

The Naming of Names, by Victoria P. (general)
Summary: A Slayer meets a wizard

Available at: Glass Onion, Unfit for Society
Crossover with Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Main characters: Ged, Ogion, crossover
Pairing: none
Source: A Wizard of Earthsea
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2002

Keepers, by Wild Iris (general)
Summary: The founders of Roke age and argue, but their stories will outlast them. A conversation in a library

Available at: Fanfiction.net, Skyehawke, Earthsea Fiction LJ
Main characters: Crow, Ember
Pairing: none
Source: 'The Finder'
Time set: Dark Time, founding/early history of Roke School
Date published: 2009
Written for: Earthsea Fiction LJ Challenge

The Humiliation of Cob, by Yunshui (general)
Summary: Set between the events at the end of A Wizard of Earthsea and the beginning of The Tombs of Atuan, Sparrowhawk encounters Cob summoning the dead, and in a rage terrorizes and humiliates him, setting the stage for The Farthest Shore.

Available at: Fanfiction.net
Main characters: Ged, Cob, Ogion
Pairing: none
Source: The Farthest Shore, A Wizard of Earthsea
Time set: During Earthsea Quartet
Date published: 2011