Fic for Graycardinal: The Adventure of the Retired Novelist

[holmesticemods]

Title: "The Adventure of the Retired Novelist: The Simply Unacceptable Version"
Recipient: graycardinal
Author: iwantthatcoat
Universe: Solar Pons with MCU Crossover
Characters/Pairings: Solar Pons, Dr Stephen Strange, Dr Lyndon Parker, Venler, Wilgreve, Peter Quill, Rocket, Gamora, Groot, Drax, and Mantis. (With a special appearance by The Buttstallion from Borderlands 2)
Rating: Gen
Warnings: None. This story does allude to events in Infinity War, though I do not believe it constitutes an actual spoiler. Please note there are occasional non-British spellings and other errors regarding Brit-picking. This is a deliberate action in tribute to the similar mistakes made by American author August Derleth.
Summary: Does Lord Venler's appearance in "The Retired Novelist" seem a tad brief? And who came out of the mysterious wormhole hitherto unknown to science? (Spoiler: It is not Isadora Persono.) Dr Lyndon Parker, in his years chronicling the many adventures of Solar Pons and himself, certainly knows which parts of a story might be safely presented to the general public and which are simply unacceptable. Here is the simply unacceptable version- otherwise known as the far more complicated truth. Solar Pons (an established Holmes pastiche)/MCU crossover, with a guest appearance by a videogame horse with special powers and a passing reference to a character I sincerely hope OP will enjoy.


Read on AO3: The Adventure of the Retired Novelist: The Simply Unacceptable Version

Comments

[graycardinal]

As I have now said over on AO3: [SPLORF!!]

Or, somewhat more coherently, bravo!!

OTOH, I don't think even a Spreadsheet Of Doom is going to do me much good in the guesswork for this....

From author of Adventure of the Retired Novelist, Etc.....

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you for introducing me to Diana Winthrop ( Everett Ross's relative is none other than Elliot Ross- and his niece Diana would be quite upset indeed should the Pons canon be tampered with). I purchased a copy of Beacon Hill and then passed it on to a friend's teen daughter. Here's hoping she will enjoy the series as well. Sharing the love of a good mystery! And thank you so much for the splorf!

Re: From author of Adventure of the Retired Novelist, Etc.....

[graycardinal]

Oh, wonderful to have minted a new Winthrop fan! Now you can go right over and sign up for Fic Corner.

And yes, Diana would be severely annoyed at tampering with the Pons canon. Possibly so would her father, as that would have an effect on the value of the film rights....