The Devil's Foot

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Canon Story: The Devil's Foot
Author: flawedamythyst
Rating: PG
Pairing: Holmes/Watson-y.
A/N: Playing catch-up, finally. Of course, having waited this long, I've been unable to stick to just 60 words. You're getting one double one at 120 words, and then another 60 words.


“The sea air, sunshine, and patience, Watson--all else will come.”

Holmes was not persuaded to take a holiday by any words from me, but by the failure of his own faculties. I found him crouched on the sofa one morning, wrapped up in his dressing gown and looking distraught.

“I cannot think, Watson,” he said. “My brain is all fog.”

I put a hand on his shoulder. “You need a holiday,” I repeated for the hundredth time. “The sea air, sunshine, and patience, Holmes, then all else will come back.”

Hearing him repeat those words back to me a few weeks later, with an impish smile, was enough to tell me he was well on his way to recovery and fully capable of investigating the case.

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Perhaps, if you loved a woman, you would have done as much yourself.

I do not love a woman, but I love a man, and if anything as monstrous as what befell Brenda Tregannis had happened to Watson, the perpetrator would have suffered horribly for longer than five minutes. I let Sterndale go without reservation, knowing that the loss of his love would torture him far more than any court-ordered punishment ever would.


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This Sunday for 60 for 60: The Hound of the Baskervilles

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Hello, friends! We have reason to be thankful this week indeed, because it's time for The Hound of the Baskervilles! By the moor and the mire stands Baskerville Hall, and Doctor Watson is sent there by Holmes to keep an eye on the newly arrived and frequently threatened Sir Henry Baskerville. Between the ominous legends told by the locals of a spectral hound, the all-too-real deadly mire, and the escaped mad killer on the loose, can our heroes separate fact from fiction to find the truth and save the day?

Haven't joined us for 60 for 60 before? We'd love to have you jump in too! Everyone is welcome. You can learn more here (including the schedule), but the basics are easy: read the story, then write a 60 word ficlet inspired by it. That's it! It's fun, it's quick and you'll love reading both the wonderful classic canon and the terrific variety of fic we all come up with. Come have fun with us! See you Sunday!