Sherlock 60: Round Five

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We are delighted to announce the imminent arrival of Round 5 of sherlock60

Do please join us as we go with Dr John Watson to meet Mr Sherlock Holmes for the very first time.

This round we shall be taking the stories in roughly chronological order, as seen by Dr Watson.  (Yes, we are aware the doctor occasionally gets his timing confused.)  We shall begin with Chapters 1 to 7 of A Study in Scarlet on Sunday 3 April.

Those who would like are encouraged to post a 60 word ficlet of their own, based roughly on the story they have read.  (Oh, and please do remember you will need to be a member to post.  All are welcome to join.)

This time our discussion post will be of a more general nature, with themes from the doctor's stories which relate to different aspects of Victorian life.

Our very popular poetry page will continue and we are extremely grateful to Mrs Hudson for doing so.  This year she will be ably assisted by Rachel, her housemaid, who has been very busy finding appropriate poems for us to read and perhaps reflect upon.  We shall be revisiting many of the poetry forms we enjoyed in the last round, as well as learning a few new ones.

Posting begins on Sunday, but if you are unable to join us that day please do not feel disappointed, for we continue posting all week.

We hope many of you will join us as we begin our fifth round, whether writing ficlets or poems, commenting or by reading along with us.  Anonymous posting is enabled, but moderated.

"Dr Watson, Mr Sherlock Holmes," said Stamford, introducing us.