A Scandal in Bohemia: Nothing New To Me

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Canon Story: A Scandal in Bohemia
Title: Nothing New To Me
Author: morelindo
Rating: G
A/N: From the canon quote, "Male costume is nothing new to me. I often take advantage of the freedom it gives."


Irene looked in the mirror, and a young man looked back.
She smiled when the door opened and Godfrey crossed the distance between them and drew her into a passionate kiss.
It was one thing to do this on a stage, but quite another to be fortunate enough in one's marriage to be able to indulge one's more exotic proclivities.

Canon Discussion: The Red-headed League

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This week we’re having a look at The Red-headed League. I’ve typed up a few thoughts to get the discussion going—please leave your own ideas in the comments!

( Discussion continues... )

Mrs. Hudson's Poetry Page: The Red-headed League

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Welcome once again to my poetry page!

I hope each week you will read Dr. Watson’s delightful narrative and then be inspired to write a poem related to it in some way. All forms of poetry are permitted, and further down the page there is a selection you might like to consider using over the coming weeks.


This week my featured form is the abecedarian. It seemed to fit in well with this week’s story.

Mr. Holmes, naturally, is very keen on encyclopaedic knowledge—arranging it all in his index. I had to remove his scrapbooks recently in order to dust the shelves, and afterwards joked I had developed Index Finger! He appeared somewhat bemused...

poets.org gives the following definition:

The abecedarian is an ancient poetic form guided by alphabetical order. Generally each line or stanza begins with the first letter of the alphabet and is followed by the successive letter, until the final letter is reached.


( Example )

As always, this is simply something to consider for the future. Any form of poetry is welcome this week—and every week! Here are a few suggestions for you:

221B verselet, abecedarian poetry, acrostic poetry, clerihew, epigram, haiku, limerick, palindrome poetry, sedoka, sestina, sonnet, tanka, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triolet, tyburn, villanelle


Please leave all your poems inspired by The Red-headed League in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!

Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson

The Red-headed League: Distinctive Features

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Canon Story: The Red-headed League
Title: Distinctive Features
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: ”It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify.”


“Good heavens, sir,” said Holmes. “You seem so familiar and yet… Your features are so commonplace. Undistinguished. A thought though! Perhaps if you had a decorative fringe betwixt nose and upper lip, it might…”

“Yes! Fine!” said Watson. “I simply felt like a change! But as it apparently troubles you so much, I shall regrow the damn moustache!”

The Red-Headed League: It Is A Strange World

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Canon Story: The Strangeness of the World
Title: It Is A Strange World
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

It is with some incredulity that we have to report certain events from last week.  Supposedly an area off Fleet Street was filled with men having red hair, all apparently in pursuit of a position that specified someone of that appearance.  One must congratulate the fortunate successful applicant, but one wonders whether he will become engaged in some unpleasant experiment.

The Red Headed League: The Best Laid Plan

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Canon Story: The Red-headed League
Title: The Best-Laid Plan
Author: tripleransom
Rating: G
Author's Notes: I took my inspiration from the Granada series and their premise that Moriarty was pulling John Clay's strings.

The Best-Laid Plan

John Clay's plan to steal the French gold was nearly flawless. Had it not been for the fortuitous circumstance of Mr Jabez Wilson calling upon my friend, no doubt the thieves would have got clean away.

But was John Clay indeed capable of such meticulous planning? Or, as Holmes suspected, was there another, more sinister intelligence behind the whole affair?

The Red Headed League: Just One Question...

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Canon Story: The Red Headed League
Title: Just One Question...
Author: Kestrel337
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Author's Notes:

He’d drunk for several nights on the story of the basement, the thieves, the arrest. It was only some weeks afterwards that Merryweather guiltily began to wonder. He tried not to think on it, because the explanation had been so tidily arranged. But finally, once the gin stopped flowing, he had to ask: what had they done with the dirt?