The Sussex Vampire: A Year at Sea, PG

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The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire

Title:A Year At Sea

Author: tweedisgood

Rating: PG


This ship is hell. I am beaten, openly and in secret, for weaknesses I cannot help; mocked for my girlish looks. Mocked...and worse. Far worse.

Patience is my master. Four months until I am home. I have learned so many new, many devious, vicious, drawn-out ways to be cruel to one who, for years yet, will be weaker than myself.

The Sussex Vampire: The Good Old Index

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Canon Story: The Sussex Vampire

Title: The Good Old Index

Author: numberthescars

Rating: G
Notes: Yeah, actually this has almost nothing to do with the Sussex Vampire. Ah well, domestic fluff it is!

What journals are to ordinary men, the Index was to Holmes. Out of respect, I only touched it when he bade me so; still, my curiosity could not bear to ignore the opportunity when it arose.

WATSON, JOHN H., M.D. Born 1853...

"Prying, Watson? Tut." 

I started. "Holmes!"

"There's nothing of importance in that volume," he observed archly. "Now, H..."

The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire: Opposing Team

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Author: methylviolet10b
Rating: PG
Character(s): Robert Ferguson
Summary: Ferguson sizes up a former sports rival.
Warnings: Blink-and-you'll-miss-it spoilers for SUSS.
Word Count: 60, with a quote from SUSS in italics.
Author's Notes: 60 words of my own inspired by one of the canon stories.
Disclaimer: I don't own them.

SUSS -- The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire

“"Hullo, Watson," said he, and his voice was still deep and hearty. "You don't look quite the man you did when I threw you over the ropes into the crowd at the Old Deer Park.”

True, in that the Doctor Watson before me was no longer a grinning young athlete, but a cane-wielding man marked by war, sorrow, and maturity.

Lie, in that his eyes showed the same humor, courage, and intelligence that made him a good player and a worthy opponent. Any man of sense would want Watson on his team, at his side.

The Sussex Vampire: Decades / Gentleman

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Canon Story: The Sussex Vampire
Title: Decades
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: G
Author's Note: Two this week. They're both a little odd, I think, but I liked them anyway.

We were all old by then, and we are even older now. Watson's athletic frame and my dark hair were last seen in distant decades. Not a rugby ball but a book now lies under his hand against his stomach, still open to the pages that lulled him to sleep. Or perhaps it was the honey-sweetened tea. Ah, nevermind.

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Canon Story: The Sussex Vampire
Title: Gentleman
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: G

"Good-bye, little man. You have made a strange start in life."

I could hardly help but smile. Holmes, ever serious, greeted the baby as a client, shaking his plump hand with his fingertips as if the babbling infant had been a gentleman.

He would have made a mad, marvelous uncle, wholly unsuitable and absolutely delightful. A perfect uncle. Or godfather.

The Sussex Vampire: Herbal Tea Water

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Canon Story: The Sussex Vampire

Title: Herbal Tea Water

Author: hisietari

Rating: G
Notes: I'm sorry, this is a little far from the story. Inspired by this week's discussion post nonetheless it is (Thank you!).

As my doctor, Watson keeps telling me to laugh more. I don’t quite understand. He certainly didn’t look amused when I burst out laughing at Mr Water’s funeral (I hadn’t known that his full name was Herbert T. Water). Not to forget my discrete silence when Watson courted Myrtle Merrifield, with a noodle ceremoniously adorning his moustache. Oh glorious composure!