The evening had been a pleasant one and I was humming quietly to myself as I left my club. There was not a cab to be seen that was not engaged, but the evening was quite fine - despite the snow that hung in the air - and I did not object to walking ( Read more... )

[Prompt from Stutley Constable]Prompt for the 13th of December From Stutley Constable - A blacksmith's fingers.Inspector Cokes strutted before us like a little pompous bantam cockrel, his chest puffed out as he regarded myself and my companion ( Read more... )

[Prompt from TemporarilyAbaft]Prompt for the 10th of December From TemporarilyAbaft - 'Rampage', 'lank', 'desk', 'south', 'leap', and 'sketch' - all used in a story (leniency on tenses and plurals; no specific order; go for it!)When I came down to breakfast, I discovered a note on the table beside the empty coffee pot. It was rushed and simply informed me that Holmes had gone ( Read more... )

[Prompt from Hades Lord of the Dead]Prompt for the 9th of December From Hades Lord of the Dead - Write yourself into a story!It was a bitterly cold December morning and I was occupying myself with the case notes of previous adventures while Holmes curled miserably upon the sofa under a heap of blankets, smoking his pipe. He was in a dour mood and I was not feeling terribly cheerful ( Read more... )

[Prompt from Poseidon - God of the Seas]Prompt for the 8th of December From Poseidon - God of the Seas - Dracula.Having awoken from my fourth nightmare in as many nights on the floor in a tangle of blankets, I attempted to calm my ragged breathing as I looked about me. I was in my room at Baker Street. I was perfectly safe, though I did - as I had on every other occasion - feel an ( Read more... )

[Prompt from Poseidon God of the Seas]Prompt for the 7th of December From Poseidon God of the Seas - Sleigh.The snow outside was much too deep for a carriage to traverse the roads that day. I had already accepted that I would not be accompanying Holmes - I was aching from the long journey, more than half of which had been on foot in the knee-high snow, of the day before - and I ( Read more... )

[Prompt from MadamzelleGiry]Prompt for the 6th of December From Madam'zelleGiry - "I don't know what London's coming to -the higher the buildings the lower the morals." ―Noël CowardI am almost knocked completely off of my feet by one of two swaying, cackling women as they shove past Holmes and I, having staggered from a thoroughly disreputable nearby public house. Having ( Read more... )

[Prompt from Lucillia]Prompt for the 5th of December From Lucillia - Midnight.I had wanted an early night. After a long, trying day it would have been pleasant to curl myself beneath my warm, welcoming coverlets and to sleep away the strain and fatigue-induced headache that has been plaguing me since mid-morning ( Read more... )

[Prompt from SheWhoScrawls]Prompt for the 4th of December From SheWhoScrawls -Mrs. Hudson returns from church one Sunday to find a disaster in Baker Street. What happened?I do wish Doctor Watson had not been called away on that urgent matter. I am sure I don't know what comes over Mr. Holmes in his absence. Perhaps he simply misses his fellow lodger, but I doubt very much ( Read more... )

[Prompt from Ennui Enigma]Prompt for the 3rd of December from Ennui Enigma - 17 StepsI do hope that Holmes is out or else deeply engrossed in something. There is nothing more humiliating than finding oneself unable to manage the few steps to one's own sitting room. How many did Holmes say that there were of the wretched things? Seventeen? It had might as well be a hundred ( Read more... )