The Valley of Fear (Part 2): Moriarty's Pterodactyl

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Canon Story: The Valley of Fear (Part 2)
Title: Moriarty's Pterodactyl (part of The Ocelot Tales)
Author: thesmallhobbit
Rating: G
A/N: Last week debriswoman said that a duck didn't really go with The Valley of Fear, so between us we found an improvement.

I have to admire my master.  He will not be beaten by someone who calls himself a Consulting Detective, oh dear me no, Mr Holmes.  It is, of course, inevitable that there will be setbacks, but ultimately he will win.  My very presence here is proof that my master can reach to all corners of the earth and even beyond.

The Valley of Fear Part Two: Continuing

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Canon Story: The Valley of Fear Part Two
Title: Continuing
Author: trillsabells
Rating: PG


Ivy spent her second wedding night the same way she had her first; wrapped in a manly embrace and as ever much the virgin as she had been before the marriage.

“I miss him,” she confessed to her new husband.

“I too,” said Cecil. “But in a year’s time we will meet him and all will be as it was.”

The Valley of Fear II: In Love And War (I & II)

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Canon Story: The Valley of Fear Part Two
Title: In Love And War (I & II)
Author: hisietari
Rating: PG
A/N: Based on the thought that Holmes likes to keep his criminals active (in order not to die from boredom), and Macdonald may have known more about the circumstances of the hunt for Moriarty than shown in canon. Note: Jane calls her brother James in public, John when she speaks to other family members.


I

“You don’t want to destroy him. You enjoy the chase too much.”
Jane loomed over Holmes, all relaxed in his chair.
“And you live for nothing but your brother’s death.”
“At least my aim will be fulfilled some day.”
She growled:
“If we don’t finish James off first, Macdonald dies. Does it really take another death to wake you, Holmes?”

II

Jane handed her rare visitor a teacup, fully aware of her lack of grace.
“Fact is, without Macdonald’s death, we’d never have the Holmes brothers’ support. No Peckston raid, no Firelli ambush, the Redhands never caught… and John forever unopposed.”
Mercy sipped carefully.
“You tell Macdonald’s widow.”
She put down her cup.
“I wish he had at least fought back.”

The Valley of Fear, Part II: When First We Practice

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Author: methylviolet10b
Rating: PG
Character(s): Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Ivy Douglas, John Douglas
Summary: Holmes isn't too proud to borrow a good idea when he sees one.
Warnings: References to the ending to VALL.
Word Count: 60, plus two quotes from the story itself, in italics.
Author's
Notes: 60 words of my own inspired by one of the canon stories.
Disclaimer: I don't own them.



VALL (Part 2) – When First We Practice

"Dear me, Mr. Holmes. Dear me!"
“Jack has been lost overboard in gale off St. Helena. No one knows how accident occurred.”

Douglas himself gave me the idea. It took money and skill – plus the cooperation of three sailors, and the courage of both the Douglases themselves – to pull it off.

I nearly grinned when Watson read me Moriarty’s unsigned, mocking note. No mean victory, to fool the master. I only hoped Douglas’ second faked death proved more inscrutable than the first.