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Detection victorious over mortal Art

2014-07-06T05:10:26Z

Title: Detection victorious over mortal Art
Author: leone
Rating: PG
Character(s): Watson, HOlmes
Summary: Holmes finds a way to entertain himself at art galleries
Warnings: None
Author's Notes: ACD-verse. Fill for the July 5 picture prompt
Word Count: 221B

( Watson bent arthritically in front of each image in the gallery . . . )

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The Great Vowel Shift

2014-07-04T22:15:12Z

Title: The Great Vowel Shift
Author: leone
Rating: PG
Character(s): Mary, Sherlock
Summary: Sherlock is book-smart.
Warnings: None
Author's Notes: Sherlock-verse. Fill for the July 4 writing poem prompt by Walt Whitman:
Words! book-words! what are you?
Words no more, for hearken and see,
My song is there in the open air—and I must sing,
With the banner and pennant a-flapping.

Word Count: 193

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With a fringe on top

2014-07-04T04:47:01Z

Title: With a fringe on top
Author: leone
Rating: PG
Character(s): Mary, Watson, Holmes, Lestrade, various OCs
Summary: Mary's girlhood entertainments find some unexpected outlets
Warnings: Off-stage human trafficking
Author's Notes: ACD-verse. Fill for the July 3 writing prompt: A character's hidden talent saves the day. I encourage you to peruse these wonderful photos if you need help envisioning the scene. (Even if you are quite happy with what your imagination can provide, I encourage you to peruse them anyway.)
Word Count: 533

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Badger

2014-07-03T04:05:20Z

Title: Badger
Author: leone
Rating: G
Character(s): Watson, Holmes, Mr. Sherman, a badger, a stoat, a carter, and Toby.
Summary: Watson returns to the naturalist's shop after Toby's exertions are complete
Warnings: none
Author's Notes: ACD-verse. Fill for the July 2 writing prompt: Animals, animals, animals. This was written very quickly. Beware spelling and grammar errors!
Word Count: 750

"A friend of Mr. Sherlock is always welcome," said he. "Step in, sir. Keep clear of the badger, for he bites." The Sign of Four

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( The badger was not happy . . . )

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The Experiment

2014-07-02T00:53:56Z

Title: The Experiment
Author: leone
Rating: G
Character(s): Holmes, Watson, Mrs. Hudson, OFC
Summary: Holmes explores methods of reducing friction.
Warnings: none
Author's Notes: ACD-verse. Fill for the July 1 writing prompt.
Word Count: 1119

( On the first day of the experiment, Mrs. Hudson awoke to the noise of shattering glass . . . )

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Wisdom earned

2011-08-28T04:45:38Z

Title: Wisdom earned
Author: leone
Rating: G
Character(s): Holmes, Watson
Summary: spacemutineer and methylviolet10b's 60 for 60 challenge: Week 10: The Adventure of The Copper Beeches
Warnings: none
Word Count: 60
Author's notes: Drawn from the following lines:

"Danger! What danger do you foresee?"

Holmes shook his head gravely. "It would cease to be a danger if we could define it," said he.

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( Then, such confidence seemed the height of naive folly . . . )

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Reflection

2011-08-01T04:03:51Z

Title: Reflection
Author: leone
Rating: PG
Character(s): Holmes, Watson
Summary: Watson is stuck on a cliff; Holmes comes to the rescue.
Warnings: cliffhanger
Author's Notes: ACD-verse. Fill for July 31st picture prompt:
Word Count: 221B

( Watson's fingers were raw, his neck and shoulders cramped . . . )

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Nuisance variable

2011-07-31T04:39:47Z

Title: Nuisance variable
Author: leone
Rating: G
Character(s): Watson, Mrs. Hudson, Holmes in absentia
Summary: Experimental research does not always yield the desired results.
Warnings: None
Author's Notes: ACD-verse. Fill for July 30th prompt: "Is that __(item name)__ supposed to be _(doing that) ?"
Word Count: 583

( Dr. Watson lugged his valise wearily along Baker Street . . . )

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Sunset

2011-07-27T04:02:31Z

Title: Sunset
Author: leone
Rating: G
Character(s): John and Mary Watson
Summary: Unabashed fluff: the happy couple on a picnic.
Warnings: none
Author's Notes: Fill for July 26th prompt: "Red, lantern, grass, fish, needle. You must use four of the five in your fic."
Word Count: 100

( Watson lay back on the blanket . . . )

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Scent

2011-07-26T05:41:57Z

Title: Scent
Author: leone
Rating: PG-13
Character(s): John Watson, his parents, his brother, Mary Morstan, Sherlock Holmes
Summary: Young John Watson encounters a series of scents that do not (yet) evoke any memories.
Warnings: character death
Author's Notes: Fill for July 25th prompt: "Whether your supernatural (ie. otherworldly or beyond-worldly) experience proves to be man-created or simply imaginary, or you go the route of yes-ghosts/demons/vampires/freakythingsthatgobumpinthenight-do-exist, you must make the experience sufficiently terrifying. Pull out all the stops on those spooky old organs and try your best to creep your fellow authors (and poor Watson by default) out of their flat-footed-on-the-ground status."
Word Count: 505

( It started with biscuits. )

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Dust

2011-07-25T04:09:32Z

Title: Dust
Author: leone
Rating: G
Character(s): John Watson, two unnamed OCs
Summary: Why John shoots so well
Warnings: gunfire, character death
Author's Notes: Fill for July 24th prompt: "Pick one of the four seasons and write about a storm during that season. Spring shower, summer hurricane, autumn wind, winter blizzard, or whatever strikes your fancy. Must be Watson-centric H/C or angst; what form that takes is up to you."
Word Count: 422

( John pounded along the dusty road . . . )

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Resume

2011-07-24T07:23:35Z

Title: Resume
Author: leone
Rating: G
Character(s): Neville St. Clair, John Watson
Summary: Neville St. Clair's job history did not do him any favours.
Warnings: None
Author's Notes: Fill for July 23nd prompt: "You must rewrite the end scene of a case, in any universe you choose (book, movie, television) - and in any way you choose. If you want to make it angstier, feel free; if you want to add a gratuitous wrap-up scene that really needed to be in there (or delete the ennnnndless exposition), go for it; if you think it was unrealistic and want to just kill off all the characters, now's your chance. Pick a story/episode/movie, and end it differently than the original." This addresses the end of The Man with the Twisted Lip
Word Count: 100

"It must stop here, however," said Bradstreet. "If the police are to hush this thing up, there must be no more of Hugh Boone."

"I have sworn it by the most solemn oaths which a man can take."

( Of course, it did not stop there. )

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Priorities

2011-07-23T05:36:15Z

Title: Priorities
Author: leone
Rating: G
Character(s): Watson
Summary: Why stone fruit outweighs love
Warnings: None
Author's Notes: Fill for July 22nd prompt: "Epistolary fic, fluff genre; Retirement era/WWI era, I-miss-you!fluff"
Word Count: 168

( . . . must thank you for the hints on who has been stealing the peach pits. )

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Luminary clock

2011-07-22T03:43:07Z

Title: Luminary Clock
Author: leone
Rating: G
Character(s): Watson
Summary: The passage of time
Warnings: None
Author's Notes: Consistent with any universe. Fill for July 21st prompt: "Acquainted with the Night, by Robert Frost"
Word Count: 409

( He opened his eyes. )

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Disappointment

2011-07-21T05:55:41Z

Title: Disappointment
Author: leone
Rating: G
Character(s): Holmes, Watson
Summary: Holmes prognosticates
Warnings: None
Author's Notes: BBC Sherlock-verse. Fill for July 20th prompt: "Watson's terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day"
Word Count: 314

( A few years ago, Sherlock might have said something . . . )

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Moment

2011-07-20T04:10:50Z

Title: Moment
Author: leone
Rating: PG
Character(s): Holmes, Watson, 3 OMCs
Summary: Why Holmes does not explain his reasoning
Warnings: gunshots, off-screen attempted sexual assault
Author's Notes: ACD-verse. Fill for July 19th song prompt: "A Foggy Day (In London Town)"
Word Count: 1017

( Watson followed the lean shape in front of him . . . )

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Long weekend

2011-07-19T05:32:33Z

Title: Long weekend
Author: leone
Rating: G
Character(s): Holmes, Watson
Summary: Watson suffers from fire.
Warnings: guns
Author's Notes: BBC Sherlock-verse. Fill for July 18 picture prompt:
Word Count: 150

( Flame covered John's back )

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Penalty

2011-07-18T06:10:02Z

Title: Penalty
Author: leone
Rating: G
Character(s): Holmes, Watson
Summary: Holmes needs just one shot.
Warnings: guns
Author's Notes: ACD book-verse. Fill for July 17 prompt: "Dialogue fic - a story told entirely with dialogue. Sound effects are permitted if you need them."
Word Count: 100

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Peer Review

2011-07-17T16:23:05Z

Title: Peer Review
Author: leone
Rating: G
Character(s): Holmes, Watson
Summary: spacemutineer and methylviolet10b's 60 for 60 challenge: Week 4: The Adventure of The Blanched Soldier
Warnings: blood
Word Count: 60

( Watson laid aside the manuscript. )

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Creative Instincts

2011-07-17T00:52:50Z

Title: Creative instincts
Author: leone
Rating: G
Character(s): Holmes, Watson
Summary: Holmes objects to Watson's writing.
Warnings: None
Author's Notes: ACD book-verse. Fill for July 16 prompt:

"Our months of partnership had not been so uneventful as he had stated, for I find, on looking over my notes, that this period includes the case of the papers of Ex-President Murillo, and also the shocking affair of the Dutch steamship FRIESLAND, which so nearly cost us both our lives."

Make of this prompt what you will; you can do the case, the aftermath, modernize it into a non-Doyle canon, or merely reference it in your fic.

Word Count: 250

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Artistic Mercy II

2011-07-16T04:41:24Z

Title: Artistic Mercy II
Author: leone
Rating: G
Character(s): Holmes, Watson, Lestrade
Summary: Holmes does not accurately record the ending to a case.
Warnings: None
Author's Notes: ACD book-verse. Fill for July 15 prompt: "Fix a canon scene." This fixes the end of "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier." For the a discussion of the etiology of Godfrey's affliction, see this discussion, which, although I am no doctor, seemed reasonably trustworthy. (I've also got another repair to canon, whose title I've cannibalized here: Artistic Mercy I is my 60 for 60 entry for "The Abbey Grange.")
Word Count: 276

( Watson flung down the paper with a grimace of disgust. )

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Dignity, Guest

2011-07-15T05:42:49Z

Title: Dignity
Author: leone
Rating: G
Character(s): Holmes, Watson, Lestrade
Summary: TLC for Watson, who is in no condition to appreciate it.
Warnings: Major character death (highlight to read; it's a bit spoilery), angst
Author's Notes: ACD book-verse. Two entries for Watson's Woes July writing prompts; fill for July 14 prompt: "TLC, whatever form (and rating) that means to you. Meaning TLC for Watson, not given by." I'm afraid that, although Watson is receiving TLC, there is not so much comfort in this story. (However, the request for comfort was under the prompt, not part of it, so I'm disregarding that portion.)
Word Count: 100

( Holmes couldn't bear to see him like this . . . )

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Title: Guest
Author: leone
Rating: G
Character(s): Holmes, Watson
Summary: TLC for Watson, comfortless grief for Holmes.
Warnings: Major character death (highlight to read; it's a bit spoilery), angst
Author's Notes: ACD book-verse. Two entries for Watson's Woes July writing prompts; fill for July 14 prompt: "TLC, whatever form (and rating) that means to you. Meaning TLC for Watson, not given by." I'm afraid that, although Watson is receiving TLC, there is not so much comfort in these ficlets. (However, the request for comfort was under the prompt, not part of it, so I'm disregarding that portion.)
Word Count: 221B

( Watson's lanky body shivered on the settee . . . )

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Basis in Fact

2011-07-14T04:51:03Z

Title: Basis in Fact
Author: leone
Rating: G
Character(s): Holmes, Watson, Lestrade
Summary: For once, Holmes respects common opinion.
Warnings: None
Author's Notes: ACD book-verse. Entry for Watson's Woes July writing prompts; fill for July 13 prompt: "Superstition (lack thereof, consequences thereof, or whatever perks your muse) "
Word Count: 100

( Lestrade was not pleased about the paint )

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Secrets

2011-07-13T05:12:12Z

Title: Secrets
Author: leone
Rating: G
Character(s): Holmes, Watson, Mrs Hudson
Summary: Holmes's instinctive behavior is not rational
Warnings: None
Author's Notes: ACD book-verse. Entry for Watson's Woes July writing prompts; fill for July 12 prompt: "Quote - 'I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.' -- William Hazlitt, 1826 (Direct quotation not necessary; use however you're inspired to do so.)"
Word Count: 361

( When Mrs Hudson entered to clear away the breakfast dishes, she was tempted simply to turn a blind eye . . . )

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Scientific method

2011-07-13T03:48:16Z

Title: Scientific method
Author: leone
Rating: G
Character(s): Holmes, Watson
Summary: spacemutineer and methylviolet10b's 60 for 60 challenge: Week 3: The Adventure of Black Peter
Warnings: blood
Word Count: 60

( 9:00: Objections to blood dripping on the carpets (Hudson, Mrs.). )

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