It's the season for gift exchanges--and much to wander through. I thought I'd throw up a post for early recs for holmestice fic, while they're still anonymous
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Title: Tea at the End of the World Link: http://holmestice.livejournal.com/375628.html Characters/Pairings: Sherlock/John Rating: PG-13 Summary: Sherlock, John, and the K-Pg extinction event.
Rec: This is incredible! It's pretty much the AU-est AU you can get but I find the story really quite moving and insightful, and the writing is pure pleasure to read, with gorgeous imagery and delicately arranged turns of phrase. Definitely a favorite!
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Title: Where's My Scarf? (A Choose Your Own Adventure Story) Link: http://holmestice.livejournal.com/375953.html (Or Begin Your Adventure Here: http://wheresmyscarf.livejournal.com/) Characters/Pairings: Sherlock/John (Or not! You choose!) Rating: NC-17 Summary: A Choose Your Own Adventure story set in the ruins of a far-future London. Help Sherlock find his missing scarf, or don't! You decide.
Rec: This is so much fun! Wander down strange paths and discover weird and terrible things along the way. In turns funny, tragic, romantic, and horrifying. You could spend hours poking around in here.
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Title: The Fifteen Fruits of the Flesh (Galatians 5:19-21) Link: http://holmestice.livejournal.com/377936.html Characters/Pairings: Sherlock/John Rating: E Summary: “Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these.” In short, all the fixings for a rom-com.
Rec: A dreamy, hot portrait of Sherlock and John in an established relationship. Sweet, intimate, funny and tender.
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Title: One True Sentence Link: http://holmestice.livejournal.com/378398.html Characters/Pairings: Sherlock/John Rating: Teen Summary: John needed to write Sherlock in the way he saw him, but it wasn't until he got him down on paper that he realised what he'd actually written.
Rec: A beautiful study in John's way with words as a medium both for self-discovery and for communicating his emotions.
Rec: A clever "O. Henry" story with just the right balance of suspense, mystery, humor and fluff.
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Title: Hauntings Link: http://holmestice.livejournal.com/370324.html Characters/Pairings: Sherlock/John Rating: R Summary: John reigned himself in, reminding himself once again that Sherlock was very not interested and thus very unavailable. ”Didn't we have an agreement?” Sherlock went back to the book in his hands. ”Not to bring back more than two ghosts at a time?” - ”Not that one.”
Rec: A fascinating alternative reality that I thought was used to particularly good advantage in shedding light on Sherlock's character.
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Title: Coloured Pencils Link: http://holmestice.livejournal.com/375271.html Characters/Pairings: Sherlock/John Rating: R Summary: One day, while Sherlock is sleeping off the excesses of a case, John gets bored.
Rec: A sublimely beautiful work of art, quietly insistent. The writing cast a spell over me and created a warm, welcoming space I never wanted to leave. I think this quote from the fic says it all: "Too many people think a photograph will always be best, but there are times when the abstraction of art is what is needed to make a concept clear." This is that piece of art.
Rec: A super idea, sweet and awkward and perfectly 'them'. With a sneaky, manipulative Sherlock and a good sport John, both of whom may just get more than they bargained for.
Link: http://holmestice.livejournal.com/375628.html
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock/John
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Sherlock, John, and the K-Pg extinction event.
Rec: This is incredible! It's pretty much the AU-est AU you can get but I find the story really quite moving and insightful, and the writing is pure pleasure to read, with gorgeous imagery and delicately arranged turns of phrase. Definitely a favorite!
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Title: Where's My Scarf? (A Choose Your Own Adventure Story)
Link: http://holmestice.livejournal.com/375953.html
(Or Begin Your Adventure Here: http://wheresmyscarf.livejournal.com/)
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock/John (Or not! You choose!)
Rating: NC-17
Summary: A Choose Your Own Adventure story set in the ruins of a far-future London. Help Sherlock find his missing scarf, or don't! You decide.
Rec: This is so much fun! Wander down strange paths and discover weird and terrible things along the way. In turns funny, tragic, romantic, and horrifying. You could spend hours poking around in here.
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Title: The Fifteen Fruits of the Flesh (Galatians 5:19-21)
Link: http://holmestice.livejournal.com/377936.html
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock/John
Rating: E
Summary: “Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these.” In short, all the fixings for a rom-com.
Rec: A dreamy, hot portrait of Sherlock and John in an established relationship. Sweet, intimate, funny and tender.
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Title: One True Sentence
Link: http://holmestice.livejournal.com/378398.html
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock/John
Rating: Teen
Summary: John needed to write Sherlock in the way he saw him, but it wasn't until he got him down on paper that he realised what he'd actually written.
Rec: A beautiful study in John's way with words as a medium both for self-discovery and for communicating his emotions.
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Title: Safe
Link: http://holmestice.livejournal.com/370779.html
Characters/Pairings: Mycroft/Lestrade
Rating: G
Summary: Some things are hiding in plain sight. (
Rec: A clever "O. Henry" story with just the right balance of suspense, mystery, humor and fluff.
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Title: Hauntings
Link: http://holmestice.livejournal.com/370324.html
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock/John
Rating: R
Summary: John reigned himself in, reminding himself once again that Sherlock was very not interested and thus very unavailable. ”Didn't we have an agreement?” Sherlock went back to the book in his hands. ”Not to bring back more than two ghosts at a time?” - ”Not that one.”
Rec: A fascinating alternative reality that I thought was used to particularly good advantage in shedding light on Sherlock's character.
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Title: Coloured Pencils
Link: http://holmestice.livejournal.com/375271.html
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock/John
Rating: R
Summary: One day, while Sherlock is sleeping off the excesses of a case, John gets bored.
Rec: A sublimely beautiful work of art, quietly insistent. The writing cast a spell over me and created a warm, welcoming space I never wanted to leave. I think this quote from the fic says it all: "Too many people think a photograph will always be best, but there are times when the abstraction of art is what is needed to make a concept clear." This is that piece of art.
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Title: Let Nothing You Dismay
Link: http://holmestice.livejournal.com/381719.html (part 1)
http://holmestice.livejournal.com/382124.html (part 2)
Characters/Pairings: John/Sherlock
Rating: NC-17
Summary: For lack of a better Christmas gift idea, John makes a booklet of redeemable coupons for Sherlock.
Rec: A super idea, sweet and awkward and perfectly 'them'. With a sneaky, manipulative Sherlock and a good sport John, both of whom may just get more than they bargained for.
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