• "The Adventures of Fungo Hafwise"
• By Philip W. Helms
• American Tolkien Society
• letter-sized chapbook
• 32 pp.

"Fungo Hafwise is a hobbit of exceptional size and strength with the mind of an innocent child. Alarmed by a Black Rider’s visit to Hobbiton, Fungo seeks his friend and protector, Sam Gamgee only to find Sam has fled with Frodo Baggins. Bearing a coil of rope Sam forgot to take, Fungo sets out in pursuit of Frodo and Sam, a quest that will take him all the way to the Land of Mordor and the terror of Mount Doom. The resulting tale is a minor epic of guileless loyalty and determination pitted against the full panoply of Evil as Fungo makes his way across Middle-earth in the midst of the War of the Ring. A tragi-comic adventure." (from an American Tolkien Society catalog)