A Holmesian Solstice

Title: The Drug Problem
Recipient: iwantthatcoat
Author: catlock_holmes
Verse: Sherlock & Co, inspired by ACD canon story The Sign of Three
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes & John Waton
Rating: General
Warnings: Descriptions of drug use and addiction
Summary: John confronts Sherlock as he notices that his drug use is spiralling out of control.

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Title: A Steady Man
Recipient: happyeverafter72
Author: a_candle_for_sherlock
Verse: ACD canon
Characters/Pairings: Sussex!Holmes/Watson
Rating: T
Warnings: none apply
Summary:
“Watson has always been a steady man, since I have known him: steady mind, steady hand, steady heart. And while he has called me a man of habits, I have found his habits more reliable by far. When there is danger he will stand to meet it, and where I go, he will want to go.

But it did surprise me that he agreed to retire with me.”

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Title: Casting Light
Recipient: iwantthatcoat
Author: starfishstar
Verse: Watson and Holmes Comic
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes & Jon Watson
Rating: G
Warnings: No warnings apply.
Summary: In their first year living together, Watson discovers that Holmes practices an unexpected tradition.

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Title: The Monsters Men Are Made Of
Recipient: vulgarweed
Author: estelraca
Verse: ACD Holmes with a bit of Granada (or Granada with a bit of ACD; picturing the Granada crew but wanted the canon version of Three Garridebs)
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Rating: T/PG-13
Warnings: Descriptions of physical injuries, blood drinking, supernatural elements (vampires and werewolves oh my)
Summary: The Three Garridebs case went more or less as John Watson recorded it, but his personal writings reveal a supernatural twist that he wished to keep hidden until such time as its revelation would not endanger anyone.

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Title: I am no mother, I am king
Recipient: tepidspongebath
Author: armchair_elvis
Verse: Mary Russell Series
Characters/Pairings: Holmes/Watson, Holmes/Russell, Mycroft Holmes, Louise Holmes (aka Holmes' long lost mother)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Suicide attempts, general mention of suicide, recreational drug use
Summary: Hi tepidspongebath. You asked for magical realism. This fic is decidedly unmagical, I thought it would work as a good Holmestice treat, since it's my way of trying to get my head around the newest female character in this canon, it's in the Russell!verse, and there are shades of Holmes/Watson with period-specific attitudes.

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Title: Glorious Summer
Recipient: vernets
Author: sarahenany
Verse: The Great Mouse Detective
Characters/Pairings: Basil of Baker Street & David Dawson
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Summary: The light in the sitting-room is too bright for Basil. Dawson helps.

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Title: Occupational Hazard
Recipient: starfishstar
Author: sarahenany
Verse: Shirley & Jamila Series (Graphic Novels)
Characters/Pairings: Shirley Bones & Jamila Waheed
Rating: Teen & Up Audiences
Warnings: Mild Violence
Summary: (Aged up) A criminal tries to hurt Jamila to make Shirley talk. My attempt at a S&J take on "The Three Garridebs".

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Title: The Devil Himself
Recipient: Catlock_Holmes
Author: rachelea
Verse: BBC Sherlock
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
Rating: not rated
Warnings: suicide attempt, suicide ideation, depression, bipolar disorder, disordered eating
Summary: Sherlock’s exile doesn't go as planned.


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Title: the night shift
Recipient: Blistering_Typhoons
Author: beamkatanachronicles
Verse: ACD canon
Characters/Pairings: Holmes/Watson
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: n/a
Summary: "Holmes," Watson rumbles, his voice low and woolly with sleep. But the warning is toothless. He sighs as Holmes, still fully dressed, insinuates himself into the contours of his partner's body. "You know I hate to go to bed alone."

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Title: Blood of the Covenant, Water of the Womb
Recipient: rabidsamfan
Author: vulgarweed
Verse: Holmes-Dracula File series (Saberhagen)
Characters/Pairings: Holmes/Watson, Rebecca Armstrong, Dracula
Rating: M
Warnings: none
Summary: Watson comes to live at Holmes' cottage in Sussex. Is it peaceful? Not yet, not really. An old friend brings a message that brings up a painful past. This references events in Holmes-Dracula File and Séance For a Vampire (Saberhagen) and "His Last Bow" (ACD).

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