Shoscombe Old Place: Addiction

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Title: Shoscombe Old Place: Addiction
Author: gardnerhill              
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: It had nothing to do with justice.
                                                                                      
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“You should have exposed him, Holmes.”

“I am not retained by the police –“

Watson smacked his pen down so hard that a drop of ink fell on the paper. “Norbertson was foul – an amoral brute who hid his own sister’s death to avoid a well-deserved bankruptcy. Where was your sense of justice?”

That averted gaze… The puzzle, nothing more.

Canon Discussion: Shoscombe Old Place

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Happy Easter, if you’re celebrating! This week we’re having a look at Shoscombe Old Place. 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: Shoscombe Old Place

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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, in tribute to the Doctor’s enthusiasm for betting, my featured form is the mathematically inspired Fib.

( 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, ballad, 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, elegiac stanza, elfje, englyn, epigram, epitaph, epulaeryu, Etheree, fable, Fib, found poetry, ghazal, haiku, Italian sonnet, jueju, kennings poem, lanturne, limerick, lyric poetry, mathnawī, micropoetry, mini-monoverse, palindrome poetry, pantoum, Parallelismus Membrorum, poem cycle, quintilla, renga, riddle, rime couée, Schüttelreim, sedoka, septet, sestina, sonnet, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triangular triplet, triolet, Tyburn, villanelle


Please leave all your poems inspired by Shoscombe Old Place in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!


This week’s story concludes Round 4 of reading and writing about the Doctor’s work. I would just like to say here how much I have enjoyed learning about new poetry forms and reading everybody’s efforts. It has been so lovely to have a place where I can experience a little respite from the stresses and strains of dealing with Mr. Holmes this life. My thanks to you all for your enthusiasm.

And I shall be continuing on in Round 5, though the poetry page will be a little different. The exciting news is that I shall have the assistance of a new contributor, who will be suggesting wonderful poems for us all to read—poems that tie in with the themes and subjects of each story, and which will hopefully inspire us to produce our own work and perhaps look at the Doctor’s stories with a fresh eye. We will also be revisiting past poetry forms, and maybe looking at a few new ones too!

So, until next week and a new beginning...


Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson

Shoscombe Old Place: Handy Guide to the Turf-ed Out

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Canon Story: Shoscombe Old Place
Title: Handy Guide to the Turf-ed Out
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: “Then I’ll make you my ‘Handy Guide to the Turf.’”


Odds of Sherlock Holmes not being bored:

9/1

Odds of bullets not ricocheting off Mrs. Hudson’s love seat:

4/1

Odds of not being summarily thrown out:

3/1

Odds of not regaining entrance after dark, via the pantry window:

1/1

Odds of Mrs. Hudson not waiting silently in the kitchen, armed with a broom:

I wouldn’t like to bet on it.

Shoscombe Old Place: The Derby

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Canon Story: Shoscombe Old Place
Title: The Derby (as featured in the Marylebone Illustrated)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

Excitement is building as the date of the running of the greatest flat race in England approaches.  Many will be making the journey from London to Epsom to enjoy a day out.  We would remind our readers, once again, that although bets may be placed on the race course, placing bets on the street or in betting houses is illegal.