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Read something intriguing, something that made you smile or tear up? Came across amazing art or a great vid?
You can share it here without having to sign up!
Any version of Sherlock Holmes is welcome, as are WIPs.
We're also looking for reccers for August! If you'd like to be a reccer please head over ( Read more... )
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Resurrection (66695 words) by SilentAuror
Rating: Explicit
Relationships: Sherlock/John, John/Mary
Summary: It's been three years. Can a man simply come back from the dead? Post-Reichenbach.
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Really rather awesome John!whump fic where Sherlock takes care of him:
Triage (51612 words) by scullyseviltwin
Rating: Explicit
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Summary: Sherlock’s mind goes exceedingly, devastatingly quiet and gray-blank. When he speaks it’s through a thick haze, it’s through molasses, he’s so disconnected from the words that it may as well be the unconscious shooter speaking. “It was only a twenty-two,” he says, voice unfeeling and unwavering, as though that makes any sense at all.
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Just what it says in the summary. Funny stuff!
Flaunting It (12178 words) by DancingGrimmRating: Explicit ( ... )
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Wonderful history AU set in 1860 in England. I LOVE that the author does not shy away from period gender prejudice. Even "good" characters like John Watson have biases; they're not relegated to villains so that the hero/ine can be ahistorically progressive. Which means (I suspect) heartbreak ahead and sympathy not just focussed on the primary romantic couple. Also, an understanding of the subtle differences created by class (middle =/= upper class), which many fanfic authors minimize:
All We Ought To Ask (26956 words) by achray
Chapters: 6/?
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Molly Hooper, Greg Lestrade, Mary Morstan
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Historical, Alternate Universe - Victorian, Clergymen, Religion, First Time
Summary:
1860. Change is in the air. John is a clergyman and former army chaplain, attempting to settle down in a country parish and lead a quiet life. But ( ... )
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Sorrow comes to Sherlock and John in the shape of a war. John leaves home to follow Lord Garrideb. Gorgeous, poetic approach to prose:
Hollow to Your Bones (884 words) by wiggleofjudas
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Additional Tags: 221B Ficlet, War, Frogs, Autumn
Series: Part 2 of The Snow Queen
Summary:
Truth outs bright as coreopsis, painful as buckthorn.
Anyone who knows of the symbolic link between tree blossoms (which are ephemeral) and the death of soldiers, will understand the jagged beauty underlying this prose poem:
Genus Prunus (221 words) by aderyn
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Additional Tags: The Adventure of the Empty House, Reunion, the laws of nature, cherry blossoms & returns
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