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Tolkien Horror Week is back for another year of celebrating all the terrifying and unsettling bits of Tolkien's work! The event will run from October 25–31 and accepts all types of fanworks. There is an AO3 collection for the event here.

Below are some suggested prompts for each day of the week. They are not mandatory; feel free to combine them or disregard them entirely.

Day 1: Angband, Utumno, and Tol-in-Gaurhoth | older and fouler things | made and unmade Day 2: Angmar, Minas Morgul, and Númenor | like shades of night | devoted and damned Day 3: Mordor and the Dead Marshes | a dark cloud of fear | dead and undead Day 4: The Barrow-downs and the Old Forest | out of the mist | awake and asleep Day 5: Mirkwood, Nan Elmoth, and Taur-nu-Fuin | the depths of the wood | hunter and hunted Day 6: Nan Dungortheb, Ered Gorgoroth, and the Girdle of Melian | weaving webs of shadow | light and unlight Day 7: Isengard, Moria, and the Paths of the Dead | the deep places of the world | sworn and forsaken

Please mention @tolkienhorrorweek in the body of your post and tag #tolkienhorrorweek and #tolkienhorrorweek2026 in the first 10 tags. You may also submit a post. Please tag any content warnings/gore and place any NSFW content beneath a read more/link to AO3.

For more information, see the FAQ. If you have any questions, drop them in the ask box.

LEGOLAS & ARAGORN

discovered embroidery brush and, true to character, went overboard with it. a little practice in my illustration style, enjoy a trashy novel cover, either BL or buddy-cop depending on your interpretation, featuring the most annoying duo to ever exist. i know the elves of imladris wanted to lock them in a room and throw away the key, i know it!

We're back for 2026!

Hey all, we are going to be back this year! Please see the schedule below <3

2026 schedule:

Prompting: September 1st-14th Publishing of prompt list: September 19th (at latest) Claiming Begins: September 21st at 18:00 UTC Works due: November 20th Posting starts: November 27th