Week 15 - Whatnot and Such Pt 5: 2 Whatnots, 1 Such
Descriptions in general are by the authors themselves.
Sherlock
Title: An Act Too Often Neglected
Author: Eva
Characters/Pairings: Greg Lestrade/Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Rating: M
Word Count: 18,635
Summary: DI Gregory Lestrade is, actually, a silver fox. And it’s not an easy life, by any stretch of the imagination.Title: heart in hand (if you stumble, you’ll drop it)
Author: pprfaith
Characters/Pairings: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Sarah Sawyer
Rating: PG
Word Count: 7,439
Summary: John Watson isn’t really sure why she’s living with Sherlock Holmes. Or: The pulse of a human heart.Title: all the gold and the guns
Author: theviolonist
Characters/Pairings: Anthea/Irene Adler, Mycroft Holmes
Rating: T
Word Count: 16,817
Warnings: kidnapping
Summary: Anthea is a shadow behind Mycroft Holmes, her thumbs swiping silently over her Blackberry keys. Unfortunately, Irene has always been good at seeing what’s in the shadows, and she loves a woman who doesn’t show fear.Title: Those Days
Author: stillwaters01
Characters/Pairings: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes
Rating: PG
Warnings: descriptions of depression
Summary: If Sherlock had danger nights, then these were John’s danger days.Title: Confessions of the Fevered Kind
Author: donutsweeper
Characters/Pairings: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes
Rating: G
Word Count: 4,017
Summary: When John becomes ill during a case Sherlock’s reaction is not remotely what he expects.
Week 14 - In the Winter We Turn Up the H/C
Descriptions in general are by the authors themselves.
Sherlock
Title: Even the Most Rambling Paths Lead to Rome
Author: Meatball42
Characters/Pairings: Molly Hooper/John Watson, Sherlock Holmes
Rating: T
Word Count: 10,037
Summary: After she helps Sherlock fake his death, Molly finds it difficult to look John in the eye. She tries, though, and finds that he’s not at all what she thought he was, and maybe, just maybe, she isn’t either.
Title: We can find each other this way (I believe)
Author: Verit
Characters/Pairings: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes
Rating: PG
Word Count: 3,437
Summary: John never let himself imagine what would happen after Sherlock returned (if he did). Reality trumped all imagination anyway.
Title: Adequacies
Author: AJHall
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2,468
Warnings: descriptions of PTSD-type symptoms and suicide
Summary: Nightmares, dilemmas, and an invisible leopard in the house.
Title: Drowning
Author: Dayja
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Harry Watson
Rating: M
Word Count: 17,769
Warnings: child death, reference to past drug use
Summary: Sherlock has never learned to swim.
Title: Call And Answer
Author: veronamay
Characters/Pairings: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes
Rating: G
Word Count: 3,630
Summary: In which Sherlock is excessively pale, John is incredibly ranty, and a lot of unnecessary tea is made.
Cabin Pressure
Title: None So Blind
Author: Linguini
Characters/Pairings: Douglas Richardson, Arthur Shappey, Carolyn Knapp-Shappey, Martin Crieff
Rating: G
Word Count: 3,540
Summary: Douglas becomes telepathic for a day and is determined to fix what he hears.
Title: Standing By
Author: diane_c
Characters/Pairings: Douglas Richardson, Martin Crieff, Arthur Shappey, Carolyn Knapp-Shappey
Rating: PG
Summary: Douglas is having a bad day.
Week 13 - Supernatural Situations
Descriptions in general are by the authors themselves.
Sherlock
Title: Ravens
Author: saathi1013
Characters/Pairings: John Watson/Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~575
Summary: It is said that Queen Victoria used to consult with them, in times of need or distress. Perhaps so have other monarchs; there is no record of it. But this is true: there have always been ravens in the Tower of London. If the ravens are lost or fly away, the Crown will fall and Britain with it.
Title: Of Stray Cats and Collars with Bells On + What Going Mad Feels Like
Author: OxfordTweed
Characters/Pairings: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2,465 + 3,065
Summary: John finds a stray cat in 221b, and wishes it would just go away. The cat, it would seem, has other plans.
Title: Under the Skin
Author: Lady_Ganesh
Characters/Pairings: John Watson/Lestrade, Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes
Rating: PG
Word Count: 4,123
Summary: John wakes up and feels great. This can’t end well.
Title: The Mystery of the Runaway Bride
Author: roane
Characters/Pairings: (Sherlock/Doctor Who crossover) John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Donna Noble, Wilfred Mott, The Doctor
Rating: T
Word Count: 12,088
Warnings: descriptions of PTSD-type symptoms
Summary: Donna Noble has had some troubling experiences that she’s unable to explain. So she turns to the internet’s most famous detective for help. Set between “A Scandal in Belgravia” and “The Hounds of Baskerville”.
Sherlock Holmes 2009
Title: The Musings of Dr John Watson on Lycanthropy
Author: SunsetSnowfall
Characters/Pairings: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2,713
Summary: In a world where werewolves roam the streets of London, Sherlock Holmes is a man with a secret that, if discovered, could be the end of him. John Watson knows what it is, but that doesn’t mean he has to like it.
Week 12 - Frustrations and Resolutions
Descriptions in general are by the authors themselves.
Sherlock
Title: The Lark Ascending
Author: geoff-lestrudel
Characters/Pairings: John Watson/Mary Morstan, Sherlock Holmes
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~8,000
Warnings: descriptions of PTSD-type symptoms
Summary: The waiting heat had been the worst, for him. There had been no escape from it, no way to keep his mind on other things, because everyone was too tired and too hot to try and make conversation – until one day, one heat-filled, seconds-seemed-like-hours day, someone had turned on the shitty camp-site radio and the stifling silence was filled with the clear sound of a violin.
Title: A Ghost In The Machine
Author: scribble55178
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes
Rating: R
Word Count: 6,121
Warnings: blood, descriptions of gun violence, suicide
Summary: When John is gravely wounded during a case, Sherlock must cope not only with the potential loss of his best friend but with the memory of a traumatic event from his own childhood.
Title: Into the Wild
Author: minkmix
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, OMCs
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 4,724
Warnings: violence
Summary: The boys head out into the American wilderness. One of them (guess who) is woefully unprepared. Dark/humor.
Title: Deficit
Author: ifonlynotnever
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Rating: T
Word Count: 3,288
Warnings: descriptions of ADD, depression, past drug use
Summary: There are good days and there are bad days. Today is a Very Bad Day. The day after is when everything shatters inside his head, when the engine races out of control, tears itself to pieces. The third day is when John notices.
Title: Acts of God
Author: thehoyden
Characters/Pairings: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~1,080
Summary: John came to realise rather quickly that Sherlock had absolutely zero interest in their household affairs.
Week 11 - Whatnot and Such Pt 4: Such vs Whatnot
Descriptions in general are by the authors themselves.
Sherlock
Title: Murder Will Out
Author: keerawa
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,600
Warnings: mentions of suicide, homicide, violence
Summary: It had become something of a hobby, over the years. Along with profession, marital status, and general habits, Sherlock would attempt to ascertain what might drive this individual to kill, and what method they would likely employ.
Title: The Good Place
Author: ImpishTubist
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/Greg Lestrade, John Watson
Rating: T
Word Count: 10,443
Warnings: mentions of suicide, implied violence and alcoholism
Summary: It’s not easy, this resurrection business.
Title: DSM-IV
Author: sadbhyl
Characters/Pairings: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~1,621
Summary: John has some issues with Sherlock’s sociopathy.
Title: A Careless Child
Author: krabapple
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes, Mummy Holmes, Mycroft Holmes
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2,322
Warnings: mention of drug use
Summary: Sherlock and his mother.
Title: This Cycle of Revenge is Not Going the Way I Planned It
Author: azriona
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes
Rating: T
Word Count: 5,007
Summary: Someone is killing off Moriarty’s associates before Sherlock can get to them. Sherlock is Not Amused.
Cabin Pressure
Title: The Element of Surprise
Author: caffienekitty
Characters/Pairings: Arthur Shappey, Douglas Richardson, Martin Crieff
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~600
Warnings: language
Summary: Any meal of Arthur’s involving the word “surprise” should be avoided.
Title: Bombshell
Author: pink_dalek
Characters/Pairings: Douglas Richardson, Martin Crieff, Carolyn Knapp-Shappey, Arthur Shappey
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~947
Summary: Carolyn once had dreams of being an actress, and in the 1960’s got the chance to try out for a role on the TV show The Avengers. The role of Emma Peel. After the fiftieth anniversary retrospective of the show, still photos from her one big shot at stardom surface online.
Baker Street Mystery Series - BBC Sherlock Fan Fictions
Book 1: The Ninth Muse
Conspiracy and murder find Sherlock Holmes and John Watson surrounded by covert enemies in the heart of Scotland Yard. Together, they unearth clues that illuminate the scope, depth, and distorted psychology behind the crime! And, after a pre-emptive strike ordered by the mastermind they pursue, Holmes elects to continue the investigation under conditions that will force John Watson to fight for his friend’s — colleague’s — life.Book 2: The Photography Club
An evening out is interrupted by a cryptic call from Lestrade, and the doctor and Consulting Detective are greeted at Scotland Yard by CIA Agents looking to work with Sherlock Holmes. The Agency needs to leverage Sherlock’s unorthodox knowledge of London while investigating a missing CIA mole they presume dead… only it’s proving tricky to identify the body, and even more of a challenge to unravel the mystery behind the murder.Book 3: The Burning Question
Hot on the heels of solving a missing person’s case, Sherlock finds Lestrade and John at the door. Downtown London is burning and no one knows exactly why. But who better to tease a pattern from utter chaos than Sherlock Holmes?Book 4: The Double Walker
With John caught in the middle of staffing changes at the clinic, and Sherlock’s boredom reaching ever more grandiose heights, it was the right time for a case. A missing corpse and a crime scene so bloody it’s impossible the victim could’ve survived means there’s more than enough to keep Sherlock occupied, even before it becomes clear this victim is no stranger. Can Sherlock and John interpret three words, left as clues, in time to catch the culprit?
Week 10 - Greg Lestrade Edition
Descriptions in general by the authors themselves. Remember to check out their other works!
Sherlock
Title: The Great (yet surprisingly short) Boat Race of 2009
Author: anonymous
Characters/Pairings: Lestrade, Jenny (OFC), Sherlock Holmes
Rating: PG
Word Count: 680
Warnings: the comic before the fic is a bit more PG-13
Summary: There was a tug on his sleeve. “Daddyyy, you said we couldn’t go on the lake because the boathouse closed in October. Why does that man get to go out?”
Title: We Make Our Own Lightning
Author: innie_darling
Characters/Pairings: Vee Venkatram (OFC)/Greg Lestrade, John Watson/Sarah Sawyer, unresolved John Watson/Sally Donovan, Mike Stamford, Sherlock Holmes
Rating: R
Word Count: ~19,000
Warnings: language, sex
Summary: John Watson looked over at her with rather a cheeky grin; it was rather fun not to be treated as the boss’s wife – Sally always being the exception, dark girls together – or as an artist with something very serious and deep to communicate through the medium of marble or some such thing. “What’s the worst you’ve heard, then?” he asked, only half-serious, and raised an eyebrow as she silently ticked off a few hair-raising incidents before settling on a good one.
Title: Nor The Years Condemn
Author: impishtubist
Characters/Pairings: Greg Lestrade/Sherlock Holmes, Sally Donovan
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~33,000
Warnings: language, age discrepancy, mild sexuality, drug use
Summary: Greg Lestrade is forty-three when he saves the life of a brilliant drug-addict. Two years later, he’s starting to realize there are some certainties to his life now that Sherlock Holmes is part of it. He’s going gray quickly, for one thing. He starts finding experiments in his kitchen. And he may even be, inexplicably, beginning to care for the detective. A series of vignettes that cover the five years leading up to “A Study in Pink.”
Title: Packed Lunch
Author: list_of_lists
Characters/Pairings: Lestrade, John Watson, Sherlock Holmes
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~300
Summary: In the midst of a long case, Sherlock has to eat something.
Title: Someone Else’s Day Off
Author: awanderingbard
Characters/Pairings: Lestrade, Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~2,500
Warnings: language, minor description of injury
Summary: When John goes on holiday, Lestrade learns that being Sherlock Holmes’ sidekick is a very tough job.
Title: The Adventure of the Dying Detective Inspector
Author: thirdbird
Characters/Pairings: Greg Lestrade/John Watson, Sherlock Holmes
Rating: T
Word Count: 5,096
Summary: Sherlock decides that a flu-stricken Lestrade is just what he needs for a case.
Title: John Watson Knows About Parrots and Squirrels
Author: Pic_Akai
Characters/Pairings: Greg Lestrade/John Watson, Louis and Amélie (OCs)
Rating: T
Word Count: 5,096
Summary: Greg and John have been dating for six months when Greg makes the decision to introduce John to his kids.
Title: Your Friends Closer
Author: morganstuart
Characters/Pairings: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade, Mycroft Holmes, Sally Donovan
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~6,672
Warnings: depictions of violence, torture
Summary: Caught up in the whirlwind of Sherlock’s life, John had become allied with Lestrade, but not exactly acquainted with the man. It took Moriarty to teach him what he really needed to know about the detective inspector.
Title: The More Things Change…
Author: wastingyourgum
Characters/Pairings: Greg Lestrade, Sherlock Holmes
Rating: R
Word Count: 1,750
Warnings: language, drug use, dub-con
Summary: Lestrade’s been here before…
Week 9 - The Thin Line Between Hope and Angst
Descriptions in general are by the authors themselves.
Sherlock
Title: real:imagine
Author: what_alchemy
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~2,400
Warnings: references to addiction, depression, and suicide, minor character death
Summary: Sherlock and John help each other out.
Title: Adagio Lamentoso
Author: Vrazdova
Characters/Pairings: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes, Greg Lestrade
Rating: T
Word Count: 10,963
Warnings: drug use
Summary: As an older man, John Watson reflects upon a disturbing incident from his early days with Sherlock that he’d never dared to record before. When Sherlock admits to being plagued by a faulty memory, John tries to help him solve this strange internal mystery, which leads him to discover a troubling secret of his friend’s past.“Perhaps you could appreciate that, in the case of an emergency, certain drastic steps would be taken to protect that brilliant mind of his…”
Title: The Colour of Truth
Author: StarlingGirl
Characters/Pairings: Greg Lestrade/John Watson, Sherlock Holmes/Greg Lestrade (past)
Rating: T
Word Count: 19,603
Summary: Lestrade has known all along that he will seek John out again. All this is simply justification. Lestrade will stay with John, because John paints the colours brighter.
Title: I Do Believe
Author: KCScribbler
Characters/Pairings: Angelo, Raz, Anderson, Greg Lestrade, Mrs Hudson, John Watson, Sherlock Holmes
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~11,000
Summary: Written for the fic meme prompt: Sherlock is a master of disguise (just like every version of him ever) and he’s not just going to spend his ‘death’ ignoring the people he cares about. So - 5 times Sherlock used a disguise to watch over the people he left behind and one time he revealed himself.
Title: Staircase Wit
Author: splix
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Mummy Holmes, Sebastian Wilkes, Mycroft Holmes, Greg Lestrade, Mrs Hudson, Jim Moriarty
Rating: M
Word Count: 42,033
Warnings: violence, suggestion of rape, drug use, instances of character being drugged
Summary: L’esprit de l’escalier - Sherlock never suffers from it, which isn’t to say he doesn’t suffer for it. Five times he took a beating, and one time he got away.
Week 8 - Whatnot and Such Pt 3: Son of Such
Descriptions in general are by the authors themselves.
Sherlock
Title: Tally Ho
Author: capt_facepalm
Characters/Pairings: Robin (who has a hooded cloak), Guy de Lestrade, diminutive John
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,075
Summary: Traditional introductions ensue. A Sherlock/Robin Hood crossover.
Title: The Green Blade
Author: verityburns
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mrs Hudson, Greg Lestrade, Sally Donovan, Anderson, Hopkins, Original Characters
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: novel-length
Summary: As a serial killer hits the headlines, the police are out of their depth and the next victim is out of time. With faith in Sherlock Holmes at an all time low, this is a case which will push loyalties to the limit…
Title: The Doctor Is Out
Author: violet tinted pencil
Characters/Pairings: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes
Rating: T
Word Count: 7,855
Warnings: PTSD symptoms
Summary: John closes his eyes, his hand clenched into a tight fist against his belly and still trembling. For god’s sake, Watson, he thinks. Maybe a dog would be better at this than you are. Better at living.Written for the sherlockbbc-fic kink meme prompt: “John deals with his nightmares and PTSD every day. But sometimes it gets to be too much for him, and he retreats into himself and pretends he’s a dog. (Think Sirius Black turning into a dog to survive the Dementors.)”
Title: Never Have I Ever
Author: awanderingbard
Characters/Pairings: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Greg Lestrade
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~2,500
Warnings: alcohol use
Summary: John finds himself alone in the flat and decides to enjoy the quiet. At least until a very intoxicated Sherlock Holmes shows up.
Title: Seems So Easy for Everybody Else
Author: etothepii
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes, Mummy Holmes, Sebastian Wilkes, Greg Lestrade
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 15,000
Warnings: tw: trans issues, brief mention of suicidal ideation
Summary: He signs his correspondences as Sherlock H, as he always has, and he signs his letters as SH — they can take what they will from the S. He signs his school assignments S. Holmes, and manages to get away with it because he is the only Holmes in his classes. FtM!Sherlock.
I was browsing some fic here on tumblr, looking through everyone’s layouts, and thinking to myself, “I don’t know how anyone reads fic without Readability.” It occurred to me then that possibly many of you are reading without it because you don’t know it exists.
Readability is an add-on or bookmarklet for your browser. It’s a javascript that transforms the page you’re on into a customizable format that better suits your vision. It’s extremely useful in places like Tumblr and Livejournal where individual blog layouts can make text too small to see, or the clashing colors make it difficult to read. (Fanfiction.Net and Archive of Our Own have skins/settings for better reading built in already).
Here’s an example of what it does. Say this is what the fic looks like before:
I click on my Readability bookmark right there and it converts the page to become:
And say you’re not a fan of white on black and zoomed for a blind person, which are just my personal settings, all the options are in a column on the left for you to experiment with:
Be sure to give Readability a look and maybe you can save yourself some eyestrain and finally be able to read from sites you thought were lost to you.
Because I’m aware that reading fic on my layout is sort of terrible OTL
Week 7 - Remus Lupin Edition
Descriptions in general are by the authors themselves.
Harry Potter
Title: Mordant
Author: After the Rain
Characters/Pairings: Original Characters, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Nymphadora Tonks, Kingsley Shacklebolt, The Weasleys, Harry Potter
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 62,131
Summary: Linus Berowne is the cartoonist behind “Martin Miggs, the Mad Muggle.” His satiric wit has been annoying the Ministry of Magic for twenty-five years. But things turn sinister one full-moon night at the height of Dolores Umbridge’s power, when Linus meets a werewolf…
Title: Padfoot & Moony’s (Not-So-)Excellent Adventure in Babysitting
Author: LB_Beck
Characters/Pairings: Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Nymphadora Tonks, Andromeda Tonks/Ted Tonks
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Sirius politely requests that Remus accompany him for a day of babysitting. (Actually, Moony gets blackmailed into the job, but who’s keeping track?) Unfortunately, Sirius’ four-year-old cousin, ickle Nymphadora, is not the sort of little girl who likes tea parties and fairy tales. How hard can it possibly be for two Marauders to entertain one small child for a day?…
Title: Shifts
Author: FernWithy
Characters/Pairings: Remus Lupin/Nymphadora Tonks, Sirius Black, Original Characters
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: novel-length
Summary: During the year of “Order of the Phoenix,” Remus Lupin is assigned to protect Dudley Dursley by posing as a teacher at Smeltings. Written prior to the release of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”
Title: Paraesthesia, or Love for the Undiscerning
Author: there_goes_my_gun
Characters/Pairings: Remus Lupin/Nymphadora Tonks, Mundungus Fletcher, The Weasleys, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley/Hermione Granger
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: language, attempted suicide
Summary: Precisely HOW does a thirty-seven year old, unemployed virginal werewolf snatch a malignantly clumsy twenty-something? With pity, alcohol, Mundungus Couture, evil rednecks, underage drinking, bad haircuts, poor role models, suicide, remorse, neo-existentialism and badly off-key Smiths songs. Gripping romance! Edge-of-your-seat entertainment! Tee-shirts that say ‘Hottie Diva 69!!!!’ RLNT and RWHG! All this and far, far less.
Title: Forbidden Fruit
Author: Eudora Hawkins
Characters/Pairings: Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Dorcas Meadowes, Peter Pettigrew
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 15,024
Warnings: character death
Summary: Just what steps did Lord Voldemort take in his quest for immortality? Why did the most powerful wizard in the world feel compelled to take them? This tale, set in 1980, follows Remus Lupin and Sirius Black on a mission for the original Order of the Phoenix. Their goal - to prevent Lord Voldemort from obtaining the one thing that will guarantee him immortality.
Week 6 - Whatnot and Such Pt 2: Whatnot Returns
Descriptions in general are by the authors themselves.
Sherlock
Title: Thinking
Author: Ttime42
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Rating: G
Wordcount: 1,000
Summary: John Watson comes home after a long weekend and finds his flatmate acting odd.
Title: Assume the Perpendicular
Author: Mistress Scribbles
Characters/Pairings: John Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock Holmes
Rating: T
Warnings: instances of characters being drugged
Summary: John had been expecting Sherlock to be irritable on his birthday. What he didn’t expect was Mycroft’s intervention and the bizarre day trip that followed.
Title: Mother’s Day
Author: r_scribbles (same author as above)
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, Mrs Hudson, Angelo
Rating: PG
Summary: Musings on family & loss - kind of bittersweet.
Title: The Case of the Secret Fan
Author: wendymr
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Greg Lestrade, Concerned Citizen
Rating: G
Wordcount: 2,974
Summary: Someone’s trying to get Sherlock’s attention again. To John’s alarm, they’ve succeeded.
Title: A Study in Squawking
Author: Castiron
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Greg Lestrade, Mrs Hudson, Mycroft Holmes, Anderson
Rating: T
Wordcount: 27,743
Summary: “Why do you want me to tell you my life story? Surely Mycroft has briefed you. I thought that therapists were supposed to help solve problems. This is my problem: John is gone. John has probably been kidnapped. John may be dead. Mycroft has imprisoned me here and will not let me search for him. How will telling you my life from the egg solve any of these problems?”The autobiography of Sherlock Holmes, intelligent macaw, as told (under duress) to a therapist.
[starburiedlogic: brilliant casefic with a cracky sounding premise]
Week 5 - Whatnot and Such
Sherlock
Title: The Second Most Dangerous Man
Author: Littlebrainattic
Characters/Pairings: John Watson/Mary Morstan, Sherlock Holmes, Sebastian Moran/Jim Moriarty-ish vibes
Rating: T
Word Count: 21,959
Warnings: Character death, violence
Summary: “Days like this were nothing new; days where everything seemed to remind him of Sherlock. What was new was the feeling of detachment.” After three years of absence, Sherlock reaches out to John when he receives a threat directed toward John’s live-in girlfriend, Mary. As they struggle together to discern the motivation and objectives of the villainous Sebastian Moran, bodies begin to pile up.
Title: The Naming of Things
Author: tocourtdisaster
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~1,385
Warnings: Post-Reichenbach, though there are no real spoilers
Summary: It should bother him, but it doesn’t. Asexual!Sherlock/John of sorts.
Title: An Interesting Puzzle
Author: awanderingbard
Characters/Pairings: Mycroft Holmes, John Watson, Sherlock Holmes
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~4,000
Warnings: descriptions of blood, vomiting, symptoms of poisoning, references to past drug use
Summary: Mycroft Holmes has had a very bad day. And now it’s up to Sherlock and John to make sure he lives to see a new one.
Title: Bring It on Back
Author: magenta
Characters/Pairings: Irene Adler/Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Rating: M
Word Count: 4,253
Warnings: depictions of BDSM, non-sexual submission/kink
Summary: Sometimes Sherlock gets so lost inside his own head, it seems like nothing will be able to pull him out. I’m bored. Lets have dinner. SH
Title: Longer Than the Road That Stretches Out Ahead
Author: sunken_standard
Characters/Pairings: Molly Hooper/Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Rating: M
Word Count: 38,114
Warnings: explicit descriptions of sex
Summary: Sherlock loses his mind and Molly holds on to it for him, and they see the world’s largest fibreglass Holstein cow. The Sherlock and Molly version of the American road trip. Note from starburiedlogic: I really cannot recommend this story highly enough. The writing is absolutely exemplary and the summary does not do it justice.
Cabin Pressure
Title: No Loneliness in Shared Secrets
Author: c3mf
Characters/Pairings: Arthur Shappey, Carolyn Knapp-Shappey, Douglas Richardson, Martin Crieff
Rating: PG
Summary: The quiet days don’t come very often, but Arthur doesn’t mind when they do.
Title: Look at Me
Author: theimprobable1
Characters/Pairings: Martin Crieff, Arthur Shappey, Carolyn Knapp-Shappey, Douglas Richardson
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~8,000
Summary: In which Martin is a lonely pilot living a secluded life after a plane crash that left him disfigured, and Arthur wants to be a detective. An AU very loosely based on Beauty and the Beast.
Week 4 - Ship Assortment
Descriptions in general are by the authors themselves.
Sherlock
Title: Say My Name
Characters/Pairings: John Watson/Anthea, Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock Holmes
Rating: PG
Summary: Short scenes and (hilarious) snippets from Anthea’s blog.
Title: The Deepest Secret Nobody Knows
Author: flecalicious
Characters/Pairings: Sally Donovan/Sherlock Holmes (past), Sherlock Holmes/John Watson (implied), Greg Lestrade, Mycroft Holmes, OMC
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~12,500
Warnings: Character death, implied drug use/sex
Summary: She remembers out of focus impressions of paleness, the kind of skin that burns in English sunshine, and freckles, dulled by winter, on his spine, and somewhere in the hours between her opening her front door and hearing it close in the morning the biggest mistake of Sally’s life is cemented into reality in the strongest possible way.
Title: Sustain or Concerto for the Famished in D Minor
Author: onemillionandnine and MaybeAmanda
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/Molly Hooper, John Watson/Sarah Sawyer, Greg Lestrade, Sally Donovan, Mummy Holmes, Mycroft Holmes, Mrs Hudson, Mike Stamford, OMCs, OFCs
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~70,500
Summary: “So now you’re behaving like a six year old ‘cause he didn’t take you along on his honeymoon?” Lestrade said. “Grow the Hell up.”
Title: Ain’t Seen the Sunshine (Since I Don’t Know When)
Author: emungere
Characters/Pairings: John Watson/Lestrade, Mrs Hudson, Anthea, Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 26,592
Summary: Written for a prompt on the Sherlock fic meme where John is Sherlock and Mycroft’s nanny. It’s also somehow warped into a massive retelling of Hound of the Baskervilles.
Title: Paper Fortunes
Author: alice_day
Characters: Greg Lestrade/Molly Hooper, Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Molly is thrilled when Sherlock finally invites her on a date. Well, when he says “date”…
Week 3 - Case Fic Edition
Not much of a shipper, so that will be reflected. Descriptions in general are by the authors themselves.
Sherlock
Title: The Poster Girl
Author: stardust_made
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Detective Inspector Lestrade, Original Characters
Rating: R
Wordcount: ~ 65,000
Warnings: The story evolves around a murder case so some of the content could be considered disturbing. Nothing explicit.
Summary: A seemingly straightforward case has Lestrade calling for Sherlock’s help. Written from John’s POV, this story follows the investigation of the murder of Veronica Havisham: seventeen, popular—and found dead in Hainault Forrest on an early Saturday morning in June. A novel-length casefic.
Title: The Mystery of the Girl with No Face
Author: canonisrelative
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Rating: R
Warnings: OFC victim, mention of rape, description of murder and injuries
Summary: Sherlock, John in tow, leaves London to take on the case of a girl who was found murdered in the woods, her face so mangled as to make her unrecognizable. As Sherlock works the case, John makes observations of his own; there is something about this case that is getting to him. And with the way things have been between them lately, John finds he’s no longer content to accept that that’s “Just the way Sherlock is.”
Title: The Witch’s Heart
Author: magicbunni
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, Original Characters
Rating: T
Wordcount: 54,595
Summary: Sherlock has been at the University of Cambridge for a relatively short time, but he’s already making waves, and not all to the good, to his family’s chagrin. He’s on notice for rule-breaking and working to patch his reputation when a mysterious body interrupts his plans. Can he turn his back on a dead boy in need, or are some things simply worth notoriety?
Title: Soul By Soul And Silently
Author: Pargoletta
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson/Sarah Sawyer, Mycroft Holmes, Greg Lestrade, Mrs Hudson
Rating: M
Wordcount: 22,350
Warnings: Implied rape/non-con, violence
Summary: Mycroft takes advantage of his position to bring Sherlock and John behind the scenes on a potential political deal. But what was supposed to be a single gala event quickly becomes a puzzle that Sherlock, John, and Sarah must unravel to expose the secrets of powerful men.
Title: The Curious Case of the Origami
Author: auburn, eretria
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Greg Lestrade, Mrs Hudson, Mycroft Holmes, Surprise guest star
Rating: G
Wordcount: 10,016
Summary: Sherlock Holmes has few friends and the few friends he has have strange ideas for appropriate birthday gifts, as John discovers in the course of yet another peculiar investigation.
Definitely check out the other works of each of the authors.
