The Blue Carbuncle: Peterson the Commissionaire

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Title: The Blue Carbuncle: Peterson the Commissionaire
Author: gardnerhill                        
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: A £1000 reward is a stunning windfall for a regular bloke – emphasis on “stunning.”

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Oh it were lovely at first. Took the missus for a proper holiday, even bought some mad hat she’d had her eye on.

But folks – and long-lost relatives – flocked round with their hands out, got ugly when I wouldn’t just cough up.

Finally gave most of it to the Widows and Orphans Fund and went back to me old job.

Discussion Post: The Blue Carbuncle

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This week, the canon story we’re looking at is The Blue Carbuncle and the chosen topic is The Victorian Christmas.

( 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 go on 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.

And here, courtesy of my housemaid Rachel, is this week’s suggested poem to read—a suggestion inspired by the themes and subjects in this week's story. Hopefully you will enjoy the poem, and perhaps it may give you some ideas for a poem of your own or allow you to look at Dr. Watson's story in a new way.



The Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Scene I [The quality of mercy is not strained]

by William Shakespeare

Note from Rachel: It is the season of forgiveness.



Thank you so much to Rachel. And here is my suggested form to revisit this week: colour poems. (The link takes you back to a previous poetry page.)

But you do not have to use that form. 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, florette, found poetry, free verse, ghazal, haiku, In Memoriam stanza, Italian sonnet, jueju, kennings poem, lanturne, limerick, lyric poetry, mathnawī, micropoetry, mini-monoverse, musette, 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 The Blue Carbuncle in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!


Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson

The Blue Carbuncle: Nest Egg

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Canon Story: The Blue Carbuncle
Title: Nest Egg
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: ...the bonniest, brightest little blue egg that ever was seen. “I have reason to know that there are sentimental considerations in the background which would induce the Countess to part with half her fortune if she could but recover the gem." And this, boys and girls, is what happens when you leave your 60 to Saturday evening...


“I can never repay you, Mr. Holmes.”

The Countess held the carbuncle tenderly.

“It should hatch within a year now. My little daughter.”

“Ryder’s gone,” whispered Holmes. “Your maid, what will you..?”

“I’ll fire her.”

Holmes’s eyes widened.

“Dismiss her,” smiled the Countess.



Holmes was trembling on his return.

Watson nodded sympathetically.

“I’ve heard the Countess is rather a dragon.”

The Blue Carbuncle: After the Goose

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Canon Story: The Blue Carbuncle
Title: After the Goose (the serialisation of the Private Journal of Dr Watson)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

I am in the dog house.  Not because I shared a goose with Holmes, Mary had no problem with that, for she is not a fan of the bird and indeed we had turkey for our festive dinner.  It appeared I had goose fat on my new collar, which she informs me will not be at all easy to remove.

The Blue Carbuncle: The Gift of Redemption

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Canon Story: The Blue Carbuncle
Rating: Gen
Summary: Ryder isn't the only one who gets a bit of compassion.

“Mr. Baker? Something to read to your children.”
“Greek Myths. Oh, you’re too kind, Doctor Watson.”
“The illustrations are quite good.”
“Thank you again, sir.”
The door closed.
“He may sell it, Watson.”
“He may. Harry liked books, too. Never had any for long. But, who knows, reading aloud about heroes might just remind a man who he could be.”