Canon Discussion: The Blue Carbuncle

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This week we’re having a look at The Blue Carbuncle. 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 Blue Carbuncle

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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 diamante.

( Definition and 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, cinquain, clerihew, concrete poetry, diamante, epigram, haiku, limerick, palindrome poetry, riddle, sedoka, sestina, sonnet, tanka, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triolet, tyburn, villanelle


Please leave all your poems inspired by The Blue Carbuncle in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!

Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson

The Blue Carbuncle: A Quiet Christmas

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Canon Story: The Blue Carbuncle
Title: A Quiet Christmas
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G



Mary considered her list of Christmas presents. “Gloves for Mrs. Forrester, cigars for Anstruther… What about Mr. Holmes?”

“Oh, I’m taking Holmes out one evening to hear a concert,” said Watson.

“So that’s everyone…” Mary frowned. “No, wait! There’s Mrs. Hudson! What will her present be?”

Watson raised an eyebrow. “I’m taking Holmes out one evening to hear a concert.”

The Blue Carbuncle: Covent Garden Market

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Canon Story: The Blue Carbuncle
Title: Covent Garden Market (as featured in the Marylebone Illustrated)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

This year’s experiment of selling poultry in Covent Garden market will not be repeated.  The tendency of the live fowl to eat the fruit and vegetables belonging to other traders resulted in a number of arguments leading on occasion to unacceptable brawls.  The magistrates have therefore ruled that next year all poultry will again only be sold in Smithfield Market.

The Man With The Twisted Lip: Another Set of Vices

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I apologise for my tardiness with this.

Canon Story: The Man with the Twisted Lip
Title: Another Set of Vices
Author: morelindo
Words: 60
Rating: G
Author's Notes: Title is from this canon quote from STUD: "'I keep a bull pup,' I said, 'and I object to row, because my nerves are shaken, and I get up at all sorts of ungodly hours, and I am extremely lazy. I have another set of vices when I'm well, but those are the pricipal ones at present.'"

The St. Clair case brought how to me first-hand the potential liberties that a disguise might afford a man. Holmes’ skill at them having been so instrumental in solving the mystery, I could not help but wonder what other places, apart from opium dens, he might gain access to – and whether he had yet another set of vices besides narcotics.

The Blue Carbuncle: For Want of a Nail

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Canon Story: The Blue Carbuncle
Title: For Want of a Nail
Author: morelindo
Words: 60
Rating: G
Author's Notes: An answer to one of the questions raised in the discussion this week, about what happened to the reward.

“So what do you intend to do with this reward? I daresay, a tidy sum.”
“Indeed, Watson, and we are far from the only parties deserving of it. It should go to our commissionaire, Jack Horner and his family, and poor Mr. Henry Baker.”
“Henry Baker?” I raised an eyebrow.
“Of course, Watson. For want of a nail, et cetera.”