DS, no Z

"-----/ --s/ ---/ -/ ------/ --/ --/ s---/ --/ ----d/, --/ d---/ ------s/. -------/ ---s-/ ----/ -/ ---/ s-------/ ----s/ --/ ---/ -----/."

O, please.

DOS, no Z

"-----/ --s/ -o-/ -/ ------/ -o/ --/ s---/ o-/ ----d/, --/ d---/ ----o-s/. -o-----/ -o-s-/ ----/ -/ ---/ s-------/ ----s/ --/ ---/ -----/."

E-t was time to pay you a visit ;)

DOSE, no Z

"--e-e/ --s/ -o-/ -/ ------/ -o/ -e/ see-/ o-/ -e--d/, --/ de--/ -e--o-s/. -o-----/ -o-se/ ----/ -/ -e-/ s-------/ ---es/ --/ --e/ ---e-/."

"r"s?

SO RED, no Z

"--ere/ --s/ -o-/ -/ ------/ -o/ -e/ see-/ or/ -e-rd/, --/ de-r/ -e--o-s/. -o-----/ -orse/ ----/ -/ -e-/ s-------/ ---es/ --/ --e/ ---er/."

Let's have some T with all those letters, please.

SORTED no Z

"T-ere/ --s/ -ot/ -/ -----t/ to/ -e/ see-/ or/ -e-rd/, --/ de-r/ -e--o-s/. -ot----/ -orse/ t---/ -/ -e-/ st------/ ---es/ --/ t-e/ ---er/."

How about Ns? I'm puzzling over this; some of the words are clear already, but I can't for the life of me figure out the context and some key words, so I have no idea where to search...

SNORTED no Z

"T-ere/ --s/ not/ -/ -n---t/ to/ -e/ seen/ or/ -e-rd/, --/ de-r/ -e--o-s/. Not--n-/ -orse/ t--n/ -/ -e-/ st-n--n-/ ---es/ --/ t-e/ ---er/."

"w's?

Tourist Misinformation
 

This is the giant, boring all the relatives who can't get rid of him in Farmer Giles of Ham.

Indeed.
 

Wow, you beat Esty! ;)

Please proceed.

The Expurgated Tolkien (reprise)
 

In honour of Good Friday, here's something completely unrelated to Easter.

Are there any O's ? (O wie Ostern)

O, positive
 

There certainly are.

Any Sssss? We wantsss them, yesss we doesss!

So
 

Certainly. Sibilants sited so:

Well, that didn't reveal much. How about T?

Can I have some R with the T?

"a"s?

E for me ! :)

A Store
 

Sorry about the delay, folks: important off-line business interrupted play.

:D There's only one place where bone-trees grow: the Isle of Lost Dogs. Mew to Roverandom, on the way to the moon.

(how practical; no animal has to be killed to get meat-bones!)

The Earthly Paradise
 

Indeed there is, Guinevere; and indeed it is.

Thank you, Squatter! :)

I hope this one isn't too short:

I'm afraid my current work on a lecture about two of Tolkien's minor works means I'm not participating much here - my apologies! I promise to do better after it's finished. How about a T break?

Have a T ! ;)

S T
 

...and S, just for me...

ST :)

"r"s?

ST + 1 R

S---/ ---s/ ---/ s----/ --t/ t---/ --/ --/; t---/ -t/ -s/ --r---/ -'--/ ----/ --/ ---/.

"a"s? As in: "May the stars shine upon the hour of our meeting."

STAR

S---/ ---s/ ---/ s-a--/ --t/ t---/ --/ --/; t---/ -t/ -s/ -ar---/ -'--/ -a--/ --/ ---/.

E is nice :)

STARE

Ah, the last word gave me the final clue! There aren't too many three-letter words with a double e.
Corrigan to Aotrou in The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun

Yes, well done Esty! :)

Here's a very short one: