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THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARB UNCLE

Fandom: Underholdningsavdelingen (NRK / Norwegian TV) “Oklahomo” Sherlock parody

Summary: Holmes and Watson take a case that involves a goose, a hat and the colour blue. Or at least one of those things.

Characters: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson

Words: 800

Notes: A Holmestice treat for deelaundry. [How excited was I that someone finally requested this wonderfully silly fandom for Holmestice!!]

Read on AO3, or here below:


( The Adventure of the Blue Carb Uncle )

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Fandoms: Mary Russell series by Laurie R. King, also nominally a crossover with the Dracula series by Fred Saberhagen (another "More Holmes" rare Sherlock Holmes 'verse) but you don't need to be familiar with that one to read this – a passing familiarity with the concept of Dracula will suffice!

Summary:

Left at home while Holmes is away applying his skills to the war effort, Russell receives an unexpected visitor.

A teaser excerpt from “Blood Relatives” by language_escapes.

Characters: Mary Russell, Mina Harker

Notes: This is my other Holmestice gift for language_escapes – this was originally planned as my main Holmestice work, but then it didn't qualify for the fest since it's only an excerpt. So this became a Holmestice treat, and I made the Mary Russell & Harriet Vane artwork as well. :-)

Thank you to beta extraordinaire sanguinity, who somehow found the time to coach me through this and the artwork (both of them entirely new fanwork forms for me) alongside all her other Holmestice duties. I'm not actually sure where I would have ended up, this Holmestice, if not for sanguinity.


Listen to the podfic directly here or via AO3.


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THE GLORIOUS DISGUISE

Fandom: My Dearly Beloved Detective

Summary: On a quiet night in front of the fire at 221B Baker Street, Shirley tells Jane about the greatest disguise of her career.

Characters: Shirley Holmes/Jane Watson

Words: 2,700

Notes:

For sanguinity, for Holmestice.

Dear Sanguinity, you are a pillar of the Holmestice community in general, and an inspiration to me in particular, and here is a Holmestice treat for you! You asked what led Shirley and Jane to apply for these roles; and you often mention your love of “old and deep relationships with a lot of history in them.” I’ve tried to give you a little of both those things.

To those who may not know “My Dearly Beloved Detective”: In this ‘verse, Sherlock Holmes is fictional, but people kept looking for him and his detective skills, so eventually a real detective agency was set up at 221B Baker Street. Shirley Holmes and Jane Watson are the two women who stepped into those famous literary roles.

And by the way, in the film Shirley and Jane part ways at the end, but in my world that never happened. :-)

Thank you to colebaltblue for betaing and enthusiasm!

Read on AO3, or here below:


( The Glorious Disguise )

 

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THE FIXED FOOT

Fandom: My Dearly Beloved Detective

Summary: In a meeting of equal minds, who rescues whom?

Characters: Shirley Holmes/Jane Watson

Words: 2,600

Notes: Written for okapi1895 for the winter 2017 round of holmestice.

For those who don’t know it, My Dearly Beloved Detective is a wonderfully goofy film (Scotland Yard constables performing song-and-dance routines in their pyjamas??) with a surprisingly melancholy heart. Shirley Holmes and her friend/assistant Jane Watson investigate a complicated case (set up by jealous Inspector Lester, who wants to take Shirley down for daring to be a better detective than him) that requires them to go undercover at a gentlemen’s club. Shirley pushes Jane into this disguise, and after they’re almost discovered, a painful scene ensues where Jane breaks down in tears, tells Shirley she’s demanding too much, and ultimately ends up accepting a marriage proposal from Robbie Summers, a man she’d previously turned down. This fic goes AU after that point!

My great thanks to sanguinity for betareading and enthusiasm!

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( THE FIXED FOOT )