Title: Judas Kiss
Author: Daffodil Bolger
Rating: R
Summary: 21 Halimath, 1421 S.R.

Comments: Frodo suffers with guilt on the road to the Grey Havens. Very angst-laden indeed.

Title: I Gyel
Author: Daffodil Bolger
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Sam dreams.

Title: Time to Be
Author: Cassiopeia
Rating: R
Summary: A day in the life of Sam and Frodo.

Title: Let it Be
Author: Cassiopeia
Rating: PG
Summary: Frodo must make another difficult choice. Sequel to Time To Be.

Comments: The first part is an absolute classic; beautiful but agonising. Personally I've always thought it's better taken on its own than with the sequel, but I've included that too for completeness.

Title: Epilogue
Author: Cassiopeia
Rating: PG
Summary: Sam talks with Elanor about Mr. Frodo.

Title: White Shadow
Author: Cara Loup
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Strange paths cross the Sundering Seas.

Title: When
Author: Cara Loup
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Frodo waits in Valinor.

Title: Sûlinîr
Author: Cara Loup
Rating: PG
Summary: Spring returns, and Sam has a journey before him.

Title: Five Elements
Author: Cara Loup
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Water - Fire - Shadow - Air - Earth: The turning points of Frodo's and Sam's bond from Amon Hen to Bag End.

Title: The Calling
Author: Cara Loup
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Sam receives his call to the Sea.

Title: Sick Day
Author: Calligraphy
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Post-Quest. Frodo has one of his sick days. Sam takes care.

Comments: AU in the sense that Sam seems to be living at Bag End after the Quest with no mention of Rosie, but that's all to the good. Some might be upset by Frodo's characterisation, but I love it: his loss of control and his sense of shame about it are perfectly believable, and Sam's unwavering devotion makes this one of the most wonderfully characterised fics I've ever read.

Title: A Letter Unwritten
Author: Bill the Pony
Rating: PG
Summary: Sam stands watch in the Emyn Muil, thinking.

Title: Fos' Almir
Author: Bill the Pony
Rating: PG
Summary: Old and burdened by grief and the bitterness of loss, Sam sails for Valinor. Will he make his peace with Frodo-- and himself-- there?

Comments: Another unique Tol Eressea story; in this one, Sam's choices are not done when he decides to sail.

Title: Endurance Beyond Hope
Author: Bill the Pony
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Expectations clash with reality when Sam arrives in Valinor sixty years after Frodo's departure from Middle Earth. WORK IN PROGRESS

Comments: This is a WIP, but don't let that put you off, because our lads get over a pretty major hurdle right before it cuts off, and it's easy enough to read it as an ending. This is, quite simply, the best Tol Eressëa fic out there. Usually, Sam steps off the boat and it's as though they were only parted yesterday, and lovely though that is in its way, this feels more real, more like a story worth telling as opposed to something borne of a need to fill the chasm that the ending of LotR leaves open. I sincerely hope that this is finished one day, but even in its current state it stands among the best that Frodo/Sam has to offer.

[Note: technically, this is not a "first time" fic, but I have labelled it as such because, well, it might as well be]

Title: Hope Always
Author: AZ Telcontar
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Samwise holds on to the hope that Frodo can be wholly healed.

Title: The Last Kiss
Author: Annwyn
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Sam encounters a Yule custom that throws him for a loop.

Title: Heart's Ease I: The Language of Flowers
Author: Annwyn
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Sam can't tell Frodo how he feels, so he lets the garden do the talking for him.

Title: Heart's Ease II: Yearning
Author: Annwyn
Rating: PG-13
Summary: A chill settles on the new relationship - and Sam doesn't know why.

Title: Heart's Ease III: A Painful Pleasure
Author: Annwyn
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Sam discovers the reason for Frodo's withdrawal. A bath scene with a twist.

Title: Heart's Ease IV: The Love of Master Samwise
Author: Annwyn
Rating: R
Summary: Sam follows his Frodo into the West. A Valinor fic with an unusual ending.

Comments: The first three form a nice first time fic, but be careful of continuing onto Part IV unless you're prepared for a lot of angst.

Title: Atonement
Author: Angharad
Rating: PG
Summary: In Minas Tirith after the destruction of the Ring: Sam POV.

Title: Thunder Without Rain
Author: Aina
Rating: PG
Summary: Frodo and Sam wake together on the edge of a thunderstorm.

Title: At the End of All Things
Author: Aina
Rating: R
Summary: Time cannot heal all wounds.

Comments: Sam's deciding to go over the sea has been done many times, and this is one of the better ones: the writing has an honest, raw quality very fitting for Sam, and it doesn't demonise Rosie.

Title: The Music of the Thing as it Happens
Author: Achillea Millefolium
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Dawn in Ithilien is beautiful beyond imagining.The memory of it stays with Sam well into the hot summer of 1420.

Comments: The author has a real gift for making the most heart-wrenching angst elegant and not the least bit trite. This piece is short and wonderfully crafted, and makes you ache for a Sam who doesn't understand.