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Title: Dust On My Saddle (Drabble) (#2452)
Author: Rous
Chapters: 2

Archive: Tolkien
Category: Alternate Universe (AU)
Description: Tolkien meets the spaghetti western
Published: 17 Dec 2005
Updated: 16 May 2006
Warnings: None
Type: General
Characters: 


Chapter 1 - Dust On My Saddle

He dropped from the horse, spurs jingling.  Turning, he rolled his head, delighting in the cracks and pops as his vertebrae realigned themselves.  His gaze perused the nearly empty street before him.  No one met his blank eyes.

He headed for the saloon, dust falling from his coat.  Shouldering through the swinging doors, he bellied up to the bar.

“Whiskey?” asked the barkeep.

“Double,” his reply, glancing around.  “Lookin’ for Elrond.  Seen ‘im?”

“Sheriff?  He’s up the road, in Rivendell, waitin’ for the posse.

The stranger nodded.  Tossing a coin on the counter he left for a meeting with fate.


Chapter 2 - A/N

"OSA Drabble Challenge #40: Tolkien Done Modern".  

This is probably more correctly termed a crossover.  However, it is a modern take on the arrival of one in Rivendell.

Title comes from a song by Seals and Crofts- "Dust On My Saddle".  (That was a no brainer.)
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