The Valley of Fear (Chapters 1-7): Pawky

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Title: The Valley of Fear (Chapters 1-7): Pawky
Author: gardnerhill              
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None.
Summary: Watson knows how to handle a rude flatmate.

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“I am inclined to strike –“ said I.

“I should do so,” Sherlock Holmes remarked impatiently. Then froze.

I met his eyes coolly, and waited until his look of chagrin was replaced with a smile and then a guffaw, which I joined. I accepted the apology his eyes made that his words did not.

“Watch your own predictability,” I warned.

The Valley of Fear, part 1/Gen

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Story: The Valley of Fear, part 1

Rating: Gen

“Look!” I pointed.

“You brought me across London for this?”

“Concede defeat!”

“Watson, you are correct.”

I grunted.

“Stinson, the former strong man whose left arm was horribly and irrevocably severed from his body by his circus-mate, a Bengal tiger, but who still wishes to maintain a certain level of physical prowess, is in need of only one dumb-bell.”

Canon Discussion: The Valley of Fear, Part 1

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This week we’re having a look at the first half of The Valley of Fear. 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 Valley of Fear, Part 1

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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 Burns stanza.

( 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, Burns stanza, 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, epitaph, epulaeryu, Etheree, fable, found poetry, ghazal, haiku, Italian sonnet, kennings poem, lanturne, limerick, lyric poetry, mathnawī, 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 Valley of Fear in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!


N.B. Next Sunday I will be away—celebrating with Mrs. Turner and her family. But you will be left in the capable hands of a lady from the Marylebone Monthly Illustrated. (Small, dainty, rather squeaky voice.) She will be doing something rather lighthearted and fun I believe, but do feel at liberty to prepare and post poems for the second half of The Valley of Fear as well!

Happy Christmas and I will see you all in a fortnight!



Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson

The Valley of Fear, Part 1: Tartness

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Canon Story: The Valley of Fear, Part 1
Title: Tartness
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: “Being the seventh of January…” “Really, Holmes,” said I severely, “you are a little trying at times.” Holmes is in a bit of a mood at the start of the story. Did something perhaps happen the day before on the sixth..?


“It’s turned out beautifully, Doctor!”

Mrs. Hudson brought in the tart proudly, and looked around the room.

“Oh! Mr. Holmes not with you..?”

“Stayed on after the service.” Watson sighed. “He insisted he’d found a coded message behind the pulpit.”

“Behind the— Aren’t those the hymn numbers?”

Watson nodded glumly. “Give him an hour. I’m sure he’ll have an epiphany.”



A/N: Apparently in Victorian times the Epiphany Tart was popular: a jam tart made with up to 13 different jams. The shape of a six pointed star was formed inside the case with more pastry and then all the sections were filled in to make a stained glass window effect.

The Valley of Fear (part 1): Obituary

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Canon Story: The Valley of Fear
Title: Obituary (as featured in the Marylebone Illustrated)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

It is with great sadness we record the death of Joseph Whitaker, who in 1869 published the first issue of the invaluable publication Whitaker’s Almanack.  He will be buried in West Norwood Cemetary.  We are delighted to confirm his son, Cuthbert has taken over the role of editor of the Almanack, and we anticipate many further years of successful publication.