As always there would be no My Slashy Valentine without all the amazing writers, old and new, who take on this challenge. Thank you for still signing up when I changed all the deadlines this year.
Congratulations to all our new writers who completed their first swap: daughter0fdurin, duckwhatduck, emma_and_orlando, Ethele_Feanarion, feyandferal, Flora_lass, hautdesert, InfiniteRiver, inthedarkofthenight, jauneclair, julomaiboulomai, LeetheVix, lordlyliights, luthnethril, rebornflameofthenoldor, skatesfullofsunshine, StormsBreadth, Tar_Eleniel, tombombadildo, until_the_stars_are_all_alight, whirligiguana, and whovianhiddlestoner! Please check out their stories and make them feel welcome.
Our pinch hitters this round were so wonderful --- shout out to AdmirableMonster, elladansgirl, InfiniteRiver, LeetheVix, Lorinand_Lost, Tehhumi, tombombadildo --- they made sure no one was without a gift ficcie for reveal day. I could not have done it without them.
Thanks always to all our veteran writers who continue to participate, tell their friends and show new participants that this is a fun yearly tradition! Together you all make this swap a vibrant part of the Tolkien community.
And now, for your reading enjoyment…
My Slashy Valentine 2026: The Master List!
AdmirableMonster wrote Our Hands Clasped So Tight for EclecticKefi
♥ AdmirableMonster wrote The crownless again shall be queen for until_the_stars_are_all_alight
Aglarien wrote A Most Eventful Journey for Melusine6619
Aprilmoon08 wrote Power of Love for Ignoblebard
a_world_of_whimsy wrote The Price Of Defeat - The Price For Life for Harp_of_Gold
BaccaratBlack wrote Before They Were Kings for HewerOfCaves
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daughter0fdurin wrote And so the Mountain Thawed for Lucigoo89
duckwhatduck wrote the hind at the green altar for whirligiguana
EclecticKefi wrote Elegy for StormsBreadth
elennalore wrote The Mole and the Serpent for Lanthanum12
elfscribe wrote Lost and Found for Aglarien
elladansgirl wrote Songs of the Nightingale for inthedarkofthenight
♥ elladansgirl wrote Days remembered for emma_and_orlando
Elleth wrote That Perches in the Soul for ingenious_spark
Elronds_Library wrote a riot of shadow and shine for NiennaWept
emma_and_orlando wrote The Art of Stating Intention for elladansgirl
Ethele_Feanarion wrote It only took two Ages of the World for aprilmoon08
FakeCirilla9 wrote The Shadow of the Oath for hautdesert
feyandferal wrote The salt on your lips and the hands that God gave you for InfiniteRiver
Flora_lass wrote His Clear Bright Eyes for lordlyliights
Harp_of_Gold wrote cut yourself open and let me inside for reindeer_pizza
hautdesert wrote The course of our journey here, here where we part for ohboromir
HewerOfCaves wrote Rules, Unspoken or Otherwise for luthnethril
I_did_not_mean_to wrote I have questions for you for elfscribe
IgnobleBard wrote Healing Wound for daughter0fdurin
ingenious_spark wrote Slow-Forged for starlightwalking
InfiniteRiver wrote Interterrās for mangacrack
♥ InfiniteRiver wrote Where Babies Go To for kitkatkaylie
inthedarkofthenight wrote if thine is glory for lynndyre
jauneclair wrote that each shall take his freedom for Rian
JazTheBard wrote The Two Fairy Princesses for maglor_my_beloved
julomaiboulomai wrote Dawn, Daylight, Delight for JazTheBard
kitkatkaylie wrote The Peculiarities of Peredhil for Tabru
LadyWithaQuill wrote Reunited At Last for Phyncke
Lanthanum12 wrote Love's Bitterness for maitimiel
LeetheVix wrote Recognition for Tar_Eleniel
♥ LeetheVix wrote No Law Nor Love for jauneclair
Lost_inMiddleearth wrote the darkest night will end and the sun will rise for mouse
lordlyliights wrote river to bath, hands to hold for tombombadildo
Lorinand_Lost wrote Virago for FakeCirilla9
♥ Lorinand_Lost wrote Kingmaker for jauneclair
LuciGoo89 wrote Even in the shadow of the mountain, none are lost for skatesfullofsunshine
luthnethril wrote love you with my eyes closed for feyandferal
lynndyre wrote Tirolach a Turon for LadyWithaQuill
maglor_my_beloved wrote Lady Fair for julomaiboulomai
maitimiel wrote Waves of Devotion for Elronds_Library
mangacrack wrote The Door Swings Wide for LeetheVix
Melusine6619 wrote When It's Love for Ethele_Feanorian
mouse wrote Long and Delicate Labour for duckwhatduck
NiennaWept wrote the river-gift for Elleth
ohboromir wrote Warrior's Bond for Lorinand_Lost
phyncke wrote The Wanderer's Lament by the Sea for whovianhiddlestoner
rebornflameofthenoldor wrote Pride Goeth Before a Fall for cytryne
♥ red_lasbelin wrote you should take this heart of mine for Flora_lass
reindeer_pizza wrote All His Evil Deeds for rebornflameofthenoldor
Rian wrote The Descent for Melesta
sallysavestheday wrote Atonement for tomefaired
skatesfullofsunshine wrote A Love Worth Waiting For
starlightwalking wrote An Unexpected Union for I_did_not_mean_to
StormsBreadth wrote Intreat me not to leave thee for sallysavestheday
tabru wrote Driftwood for ulmondil
Tar_Eleniel wrote With a wreath of flowers crowning her head for a_world_of_whimsy
♥ Tehhumi wrote Gone Beyond My Years for elennalore
Thinwhitedutchess wrote The flight of a bird has no wings for below_et_almost
tomefaired wrote summon forth the wounded night for Thinwhitedutchess
tombombadildo wrote Through the Shadows, Through the Swirl for undercat
♥ tombombadildo wrote Though It Touched Him the Nearest for jauneclair
until_the_stars_are_all_alight wrote she's calling my name (again) for AdmirableMonster
whirligiguana wrote hidden fruits for Lost_inMiddleearth
whovianhiddlestoner wrote Carved Antler for BaccaratBlack
If you need a link to the entire collection, it is right here: 2026 My Slashy Valentine
Happy (belated) Valentine’s day! Please be sure to thank your writers.
