A Holmesian Solstice

Title: Yet Another Brain-Wave
Recipient: inkonice
Artist/Vidder: mundungus42
Verse: ACD
Characters/Pairings: Holmes/Watson
Rating: T
Warnings: non-graphic BDSM, caning, blindfolds
Summary: Watson has an exciting commission but is stuck on what to call the story. Holmes has an inspired suggestion.


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Title: The Affair of the Command Performance
Recipient: mundungus42
Author: graycardinal
Verse: ACD / Muppet Show
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, assorted Muppets
Rating: G
Words: ~6800
Warnings: none
Summary: Holmes and Watson are invited to an evening at the theater - only to find themselves guests at an unexpected celebration with an even more unexpected mystery behind it, and an even more unlikely performance as its featured climax.

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Title:Mission: Improbable
Recipient: beamkatanachronicles
Author: gardnerhill
Verse:The Mycroft Holmes series by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse
Characters/Pairings: Mycroft Holmes/Cyrus Douglas (implied), John Watson/Sherlock Holmes (implied)
Rating:G
Warnings:None
Summary: It takes a Holmes to find a Holmes.
Word Count:5200

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Title: Mary Keeps House
Recipient: escott/nakbabakla
Author: tepidspongebath
Verse: ACD Canon
Characters/Pairings: Mary Morstan
Rating: gen
Warnings: period-typical homophobia
Summary: “I will tell my husband should it become necessary,” said Mary, setting the cow creamer back on the sideboard. She was already beginning to look at it with a good deal more fondness as Mr. Lestrade propped up Mr. Narramore and put him in handcuffs. “And I suspect that Mr. Holmes already knows. But I intend to continue keeping house as best I know how."

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Title: The Black Cat Conundrum
Recipient: tepidspongebath
Author: happyeverafter72
Verse: Granada TV Series
Characters/Pairings: Holmes/Watson
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: I had been living in Baker Street with my friend Sherlock Holmes for about a year when I first met the cat.

Watson is receiving visits from a small black cat with white paws - a cat whose owners he cannot trace. Where is the cat coming from?

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