The Devil’s Foot: Among Savages

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Title: The Devil’s Foot: Among Savages
Author: gardnerhill
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None.
Summary: Dr. Leon Sterndale didn’t specify, did he?

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Some Cornishmen doused coastal warning lights to lure ships to ruin, to salvage the wrecks.

I cannot marry my love because of this land’s outdated laws.

A man poisons his siblings – murders my darling – over a little money.

I must return to central Africa, to brave hunters and clever weavers and beautiful children. I have lived too long among savages.

The Devil's Foot/Gen

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Author: okapi1895
Story: The Devil’s Foot

Rating: Gen

Author’s Note: Reference to Doyle’s experiment taking increasing doses of the poison genseminum, which he stopped due to the ‘persistent and prostrating diarrhoea’ and which he wrote about to the British Medical Journal in 1879 (full letter to the BMJ under the cut).

We waited for the room to clear. I made to rise from the grass plot, but fell back, weak.

Holmes winced and muttered, “Unjustifiable!”

At seeing him so frightfully raw, I took his hand. “My dear Holmes, that business with the gelseninum was far more troublesome. Remember the chamber pots?”

His dry reply heartened me. “I’m sure Mrs. Hudson does.”

( Doyle's letter to the BMJ )

Canon Discussion: The Devil's Foot

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This week we’re having a look at The Devil’s Foot. I’ve typed up a few thoughts and questions to get the discussion going—please leave your own ideas in the comments!

( Discussion continues... )

Mrs. Hudson's Poetry Page: The Devil's Foot

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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 a type of Cornish verse.

( 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, alexandrine, beeswing, blackout poetry, blues stanza, bref double, call and response, chastushka, cinquain, circular poetry, clerihew, colour poems, concrete poetry, Cornish verse, curtal sonnet, diamante, doggerel, double dactyl, ekphrasis, elegiac couplet, englyn, epigram, epulaeryu, Etheree, fable, found poetry, ghazal, haiku, kennings poem, lanturne, limerick, lyric poetry, palindrome poetry, pantoum, poem cycle, quintilla, renga, riddle, rime couée, Schüttelreim, sedoka, septet, sestina, sonnet, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triolet, tyburn, villanelle


Please leave all your poems inspired by The Devil’s Foot in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!


Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson

The Devil's Foot: Visions

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Canon Story: The Devil's Foot
Title: Visions
Author: scfrankles
Rating: PG
Author's Notes: “Yet there they sat, driven clean mad with terror, and Brenda lying dead of fright…” ...a thick, musky odour, subtle and nauseous. At the very first whiff of it my brain and my imagination were beyond all control.


The monster loomed over the ship.

The Nobleman and the Knight had already succumbed to terror. The Princess brandished her sword but waves rose and crashed down onto her.

As the water brought death though, she finally comprehended the name of the sorcerer and she used her own magic.

“Mortimer,” whispered the Princess.

And far away, the Lion heard her.



A/N: Brenda: probably not from Brendan, which means “prince”. But possibly from the Old Norse name Brandr, which means "sword". Owen: probably a Welsh form of Eugene, which means “well born”. George: the patron saint of England. A Roman soldier, who in legend fought a dragon. Leon: from the Greek, meaning “lion”. Mortimer: from the Old French, “dead sea”.

The Devil's Foot: Holiday Planning

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Canon Story: The Devil's Foot
Title: Holiday Planning (as featured in the Marylebone Illustrated)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

For those of you who are looking for a quiet holiday we would suggest Poldhu Bay in Cornwall.  From there it is possible to explore the picturesque coastline of Mounts Bay, together with the rolling moors and small old-world villages with their ancient churches.  The area is peaceful and ideal for any who wish for a break from their troubles.