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Hi all,

Watson's Woes is holding its final July Writing Prompts event starting July 1. If you've ever wanted to participate in a JWP, this is your last chance!

Details and FAQs can be found here.

methylviolet10b

Greetings all,

The good folks at Holmestice would like you to know that sign-ups are now open and will remain so until October 5. Quick details:

Holmestice is a twice-annual anonymous gift exchange for all Sherlock Holmes universes, timed to culminate on the winter and summer solstices. All digitally-giftable media types are welcome (art, fic, podfic, vids, etc.). All ratings and all Holmesian characters, pairings, and moresomes are welcome as well.

Some handy general links:

What is Holmestice?
Master lists of all works (includes works not on AO3)
Community tags (includes works not on AO3)
AO3 Parent Collection

The quickest and most reliable way to reach the mods is via email: holmesticemods@gmail.com. If you have questions or wish to report a problem, please get in touch with us via email!

You can find the master post, including dates, here.

methylviolet10b

Greetings all,

Looking for a fun writing challenge in July? Want more Holmes and Watson? JWP 2021 is coming to a comm near you!

Learn how you can help and get ready here: https://watsons-woes.dreamwidth.org/2147258.html

We hope to see you there!

tweedisgood

Good day gentlefans

Holmestice is running its Summer session; announcement of timings here:

https://holmestice.dreamwidth.org/601218.html

for all and any who may want to contribute some ACD goodness

Cheers

tweedisgood

The Case of the Widening Gap

ACD Holmesfest Round 8 Grand Reveal !

Note: those of you who follow my Twitter may be aware that I’m currently missing a false front tooth, which in the current situation won’t be replaced for some months. I’m in no discomfort at all but lisping away I turned to canon and, lo and behold: Holmes was there first, of course. So in that spirit I present the ACD Holmesfest Reveal Post Fic, and below it the list of who gave what to whom.

Many, many thanks to all of you - who deserve whole gardens of roses, but in particular to my stalwart fellow mods and betas,

methylviolet10b and

spacemutineer, without whom this would definitely not have been possible.

Please do feel free to comment on all and any fics or art you have missed or waited for the reveal to explore, to reply to comments on your gifts or work. Creators please consider adding your piece to our AO3 collection

P.S. The newspaper story below? Is genuine.
( Read more... )

Current Mood: content
Current Location: Still not bored at Castle Tweed

tweedisgood

Greetings gentlefans

Please commence to place your bets/guesses on who wrote or created what in the comments to this post, and please also do comment on all the lovely entries, especially if you have not yet had time to thank the creator for your own gift - but generally comment all over the shop, we all thrive on it and positivity at the moment is so very welcome.

Reveal post (and ficlet) on April 1st!

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Location: Social Distance of Tweed

methylviolet10b

Title: Douillet
Recipient: Our pinch-hitter for this round:

ancientreader
Author:

methylviolet10b
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2,118
Characters: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Warnings: Happy retirement-era husbands, fluff.
Summary: The cold is getting to Watson.
Author's Notes: The title comes from a French word that means "cozy, soft, and warm". Your actions in springing to the rescue certainly have made us all more comfortable. Thank you, and we hope this suits!

( I contemplated getting up from my nest of blankets on the sofa to add more fuel to the fire. )

spacemutineer

Title: Present, Tense
Recipient:

methylviolet10b
Author: [redacted]
Rating: G
Characters, including any pairing(s): Holmes/Watson
Warnings: Angst with a happy ending
Summary: In the early days after Holmes' return from his hiatus and death itself, Watson tries to settle back into Baker Street and determine what of them is different now and what remains the same.

( I was a good sleeper once. I remembered those days clearly. )

spacemutineer

Title: Riddle Me This, Mr Holmes
Recipient:

mistyzeo
Author: [redacted]
Beta: [redacted]
Rating: G
Word Count: 1990-ish
Characters: Watson, Holmes, Wiggins
Pairing: Holmes/Watson
Warnings: Nah
Summary: Watson has, to Holmes’s entirely reasonable dismay, left London to visit a newly discovered cousin.
Author's Notes: Set in a nebulous Holmes/Watson time. Additional notes to come on the AO3 following reveals.

( Calm and rationality have ever been my watchwords... )

methylviolet10b

Title: He’s Not Here
Recipient:

smallhobbit
Author:

saki101
Rating: PG
Warnings: consideration of the apparent death of Holmes at the Reichenbach Fall, canon typical mention of off-stage death of minor characters
Summary: Holmes learns more about how Watson felt after the Reichenbach Fall, and what Watson did about it.
Disclaimer: Public domain (at least all the ACD story elements referenced herein)

( It’s a pleasure to write this down now. )

methylviolet10b

Title: Summertime
Recipient:

gardnerhill
Author:

ghostbees
Rating: G
Characters: Holmes/Watson
Warnings: None
Summary: Snapshots of a holiday in Brighton
Notes: Inspired by your Brighton ficlet and Otto Pfenninger's 1906 colour photos. If wanted, a larger version of this can be made available to you upon request after the reveals.

Thumbnail:

Art for gardnerhill for the ACDHolmesfest Exchange

( Click here for the full-sized image )

spacemutineer

Title: Found Family
Recipient:

hippocrates460
Author: [redacted]
Rating: PG
Characters, including any pairing(s): Watson/Holmes, Mrs. Hudson
Warnings: no warnings
Labels: domestic fluff, food as a love language, family, romantic but not erotic
Summary: Sometimes family is a landlady that teaches you to cook and a consulting detective that only takes a few decades to figure out how to speak your love language.
Disclaimer: it's a good thing Doyle wasn't a dentist or he'd have to treat everyone for cavities for reading this.

( It had become John Watson's habit to take Sunday dinner at the large table that dominated Mrs. Hudson's kitchen... )

spacemutineer

Title: Snapping Point
Recipient:

spacemutineer
Author: [redacted]
Rating: PG
Characters, including any pairing(s): Holmes/Watson
Warnings: off-screen violence, heavy angst
Summary: Holmes has been avoiding this particular conversation for over a year now. Established relationship, Holmes' POV

( As my train left St Pancras for Derbyshire, I had mixed feelings about my upcoming reunion with Watson. )

methylviolet10b

Title: Masterpiece
Recipient:

capt_facepalm
Author:

capt_facepalm - and Happy April Fools Day to all!
Beta: [redacted]
Rating: PG
Characters: Holmes and Watson and Lestrade (and Mrs Hudson cameo)
Summary: A rambling casefic featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Warning: History, art history, architecture and generous creative license
Bonus Warnings: Not British; not Brit-picked; not even close; written in a huge rush
Word Count: 9000 - go pour yourself a drink

( It was a dark and stormy night but that was usually the case in London... )

spacemutineer

Title: Vocation
Recipient:

ghostbees
Author: [redacted]
Beta thanks to: [redacted]
Rating: G
Characters: Holmes/Watson, established relationship
Word count: ~4900 words
Summary: "But where are we going, Holmes?"
Note: Historical tidbits galore, as requested. A few facts have been stretched to breaking point but none actually invented. If you think you recognise a name or a place – you do.

( "But where are we going, Holmes?" )

methylviolet10b

Title: So Keen a Sympathy (podfic)
Recipient:

sanguinity
Podficcer:

methylviolet10b
Rating: PG
Word Count: None
Characters: Mary Watson/Kate Whitney, Mary Watson/John Watson, (implied Holmes/Watson)
Warnings: Drug use, infidelity, period-typical homophobia and patriarchy
Summary: “I should have gone with you,” Kate said, and I looked up to find her watching me. “We should have gone away and gotten that little house together.”
Author's Notes: I hope you like this podfic of your wonderful story!

Download link: here

Or listen below:

Watch on YouTube

spacemutineer

Title: Love as fearful torment
Recipient:

saintdionysus
Author: [redacted]
Rating: NC-17 (M for Ao3)
Characters, including any pairing(s): Holmes/Watson
Warnings: Mentions of sexual content
Summary: "It begins – as it often has between Dr Watson and myself – with a visit to the opera." Holmes and Watson see Wagner's Parsifal, which sparks a conversation that leads to a tradition. As they get to know themselves and each other better, Parsifal remains the same pure fool, fulfilling in each version of his story his destination of reuniting the Holy Spear and Holy Grail.
Author's note: behind the cut

( It begins — as it often has between Dr Watson and myself — with a visit to the opera. )

methylviolet10b

Title: An intimate moment
Recipient:

rachelindeed
Artist:

the_last_day_of_winter
Rating: PG
Characters: Holmes/Watson
Warnings: none

Thumbnail:

Art for rachelindeed for the ACDHolmesfest exchange

( Click here for full-sized image )

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Title: All Night Long
Recipient:

garonne
Author:

gardnerhill
Rating: NC-17 (explicitly M/M)
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Warnings: Brief description of torture. Explicit sexual content (NOT at the same time)
Word Count: 4444
Summary: An ordeal at the hands of an enemy; a celebration in the hands of a lover. Some things are worth surviving, and worth surviving for.
Disclaimer: Fun fact: This year "The Adventure of the Three Garridebs" entered public domain. Release the hounds.

( It is half-two, deep into the night, and John is awake and more than awake. )

spacemutineer

Title: Simplicity Itself
Recipient:

saki101
Author: [redacted]
Beta: [redacted]
Rating: PG
Characters, including any pairing(s): Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Warnings: none
Summary: Holmes found a house in Sussex, but he needs to make sure Watson approves before buying it.

( One Friday afternoon in July of 1896, I was resting at home... )