[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... )

[Prompt from cjnwriter]Prompt for the 2nd of December from cjnwriter - Christmas sweater.I do not wear garish clothing. The ruddy brown suit with matching Inverness and deerstalker and the royal blue tie is more than colourful enough for my personal taste. This... garment... is more than a step too far and if I am holding it up at arm's length with an expression of ( Read more... )

[Prompt from Garonne]Prompt for the 1st of December From Garonne - Tea or coffee?

I do wish that Holmes would sleep, if only for an hour or so. He has spent the entire night pacing in his bedroom and our sitting room - I could hear him from upstairs in my own bedroom - and I know that he will work himself into a fever if he does not have a care.

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[Prompt from Sparky Dorian]From Sparky Dorian: 31. Celebrate.

[Dedication]I dedicate this story to my friend I'm Nova for her help and encouragement with this one. Without it, I might never have written this, because I could come up with nothing new and she helped me to come at the prompt from a different angle. Many thanks my dear!Daylight had faded hours ago and the sky above me was ( Read more... )

[Prompt from mrspencil and Ennui Enigma]From mrspencil and Ennui Enigma: 30/ supernatural


I do not believe in ghosts. I am not sure what I am seeing, but this apparition cannot be a spirit. What could a spirit possibly want with me? I am a man of science, not a psychic!

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[Prompt from Lucillia]From Lucillia: Dec 29. Surprise party.I am not quite sure why Lestrade and I thought that it would be a good idea. I suppose we were simply very glad to have Holmes back from the dead. In hindsight, it was not the best idea that either of us had ever had; it should have been obvious that it would take more than a three year long absence to cause ( Read more... )

[Prompt from MadamzelleGiry]From Madam'zelleGiry: Day 28: Christmas cookies are going missing.I opened the tin that should have contained the remaining two Christmas biscuits from the batch that Mrs. Hudson had given to myself and Holmes, only to find it empty. I was not amused and, as we had had no visitors that might otherwise have been blamed (not all of Holmes' Irregulars ( Read more... )

[Prompt from Alosha135]From Alosha135: 27th - fortune

I have never been one to believe in luck. I am a practical man from a practical family; there is no room for superstition within the realms of logic.

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