Calving by Melannen
'The visitor was lordly, handsome, and young, more or less.' Beautifully captures the style of 'On the High Marsh', and the characterisations are just perfect
[Added 30/12/2005; Drama; 1000-2500; Earthsea]
The Dark of the Moon by Daegaer
'"You danced so fast at the Dark of the Moon that no one could see how you would not be cut," Thar said. "You should practice more, you are not yet as fast as Arha-that-was."' A short but powerful piece that encompasses Arha's past, present & future
[Added 25/04/2009; Character Piece; 1000-2500; Earthsea]
The Eaten One by Daegaer
'In years to come, Tenar will look back on her days here at the Place, will see the years of her youth with a certain longing.' There isn't a lot of Earthsea fanfiction, and this unusual little vignette is among the best I've encountered
[Added 15/12/2004; Character Piece; <1000; Earthsea]
Epithalamium by Wild Iris
'"But water is always different," Therru says. "My father told me that. Every wave that rolls in to Gont Port once broke upon the rocks of Soléa when it was new."' Wild Iris achieves a delicate balance here between Therru & Tehanu, the girl firmly rooted in the prosaic Gontish life & the embodiment of the mysterious Other. The writing has a lovely sense of mystery and poetry
[Added 25/04/2009; Drama; 1000-2500; Earthsea]
The Inner Dark by Altariel
A quiet, beautifully-written piece, which weaves perfectly into canon and gives an intriguing take on Thar's motivations
[Added 19/08/2005; Character Piece; 1000-2500; Earthsea]
Lighting the Lamps by Solvent90
'After the desert and the dark, the bright complexity of village life had been a strange new pattern to learn, a maze she stumbled in, feeling young and awkward and foreign.' A quiet, unsentimental vignette, with excellent characterisations, which slots seamlessly into Tehanu
[Added 03/01/2007; Romance/Erotica; 1000-2500; Earthsea]
The Naming of Names by Victoria P.
Victoria does a surprisingly convincing job of melding Earthsea and Buffy canon in this short piece. I only wish it were longer! (Earthsea/BtVS)
[Added 15/12/2004; Drama; 1000-2500; Earthsea; Crossover]
The Song of the Silent by Werecat
'When the candles have burned down, when the people lie in deep, leaden sleep and silence fills the halls, another feast commences.' This tale of otaks at the Sunreturn literally gives a voice to the silent. An unusual & moving short
[Added 25/04/2009; Drama; <1000; Earthsea]
Sparkweed by Minerva McTabby
A new twist to Jasper & Ged's rivalry. Great tense dialogue & dead-accurate characterisations make this encounter slide surprisingly easily into canon
[Added 19/08/2005; Romance/Erotica; 2500-6000; Earthsea]
To Market by Antosha
'Betimes, when he woke in their bed in the morning, he thought that he could smell her. But all that came to his mind when he tried to remember the sound of her voice was a dry land. Mountains like cut glass.' A subtle, well-shaped vignette which turns the ghost that is Flint in canon into a living breathing character
[Added 25/04/2009; Romance/Erotica; 1000-2500; Earthsea]
The Veins of the Forest by Ellen Fremedon
'Metteir wore the crimson standard as her cloak all winter and spring. And when in summer she bore a son, she swaddled him in it, and she called him Azver, which is 'war-banner' in the Kargish tongue.' Luscious prose studded with precise details characterises this backstory, which could come straight from Tales of Earthsea
[Added 03/01/2007; Drama; 2500-6000; Earthsea]
White Hallows by Melannen
'"I did it," her mother said, through heavy-lidded eyes, her words feathered from her childhood on Osskill, "I did it because you needed to be taught a lesson about reaching beyond your place. And because I could."' A complex & highly plausible look at the dysfunctional family of the Lord of Re Albi, set during A Wizard of Earthsea but drawing on Tehanu. A memorable story with some gorgeous word pictures, which repays rereading
[Added 25/04/2009; Drama; <1000; Earthsea]
