The Sussex Vampire: Suss Sex

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Title: The Sussex Vampire: Suss Sex
Author: gardnerhill                         
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: Postulation in progress.
Summary: Lestrade really cannot see the evidence in front of his own nose.

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“Crikey, Mr. Holmes, you did take on someone who thought he was a vampire!” Lestrade gestured with his cigar-end. “Those are nasty bite-marks on your neck.”

“It was a prolonged altercation, yes.” Watson took a sip of brandy, his cheeks red from the fire.

Holmes beamed. “Watson was an invaluable aid in that struggle. I nearly expired in his arms.”

The Sussex Vampire: The Agony of the Leaves

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Canon Story: The Sussex Vampire
Rating: Gen
Summary: Perhaps the hunt is not over.
Author's Note: ...Mr. Robert Ferguson of Ferguson and Muirhead, tea brokers, of Mincing Lane...

“Well, it wasn’t a vampire after all, Holmes.”
“Preposterous notion, Watson!”
“Tea, gentlemen…”
“Thank you, Mrs. Hudson,” we replied.
“…the tea arrived as a gift from brokers Ferguson & Muirhead,” she added.
We sipped. We grimaced.
“Good Lord, Holmes, this tastes like…!”
“Blood,” he said, frowning. “Perhaps we ought to pay a visit to Mincing Lane.”
“I’ll bring the stakes!”

Discussion Post: The Sussex Vampire

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This week, the canon story we’re looking at is The Sussex Vampire and the chosen topic is Victorian Interest in the Supernatural.

( Discussion continues... )

Mrs. Hudson's Poetry Page: The Sussex Vampire

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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.



Snake Oil, Snake Bite

By Dilruba Ahmed



Thank you so much to Rachel. And I thought we could also have a go at a new poetry form: nonsense verse.

Wikipedia gives this definition:

Nonsense verse is a form of nonsense literature usually employing strong prosodic elements like rhythm and rhyme. It is whimsical and humorous in tone… In some cases, the humor of nonsense verse is based on the incompatibility of phrases which make grammatical sense but semantic nonsense at least in certain interpretations, as in the traditional:

'I see' said the blind man to his deaf and dumb daughter
as he picked up his hammer and saw.

Other nonsense verse makes use of nonsense words—words without a clear meaning or any meaning at all… Other nonsense verse uses muddled or ambiguous grammar as well as invented words… Some simply illustrate nonsensical situations… Some nonsense verse simply presents contradictory or impossible scenarios in a matter-of-fact tone...


Here is my example:


I've painted Mr. Holmes all red.
A good detective should be bright.
And now I'll wash my clothes in gin.
It's sure to leave my corsets tight.



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, blitz poem, blues stanza, bref double, Burns stanza, call and response, chastushka, cinquain, circular poetry, clerihew, colour poems, compound word verse, concrete poetry, Cornish verse, curtal sonnet, diamante, doggerel, double dactyl, echo verse, ekphrasis, elegiac couplet, elegiac stanza, elfje, englyn, epigram, epistle, epitaph, epulaeryu, Etheree, fable, Fib, florette, found poetry, free verse, ghazal, haiku, In Memoriam stanza, Italian sonnet, jueju, kennings poem, lanturne, lies, limerick, line messaging, list poem, lyric poetry, mathnawī, micropoetry, mini-monoverse, musette, nonsense verse, palindrome poetry, pantoum, Parallelismus Membrorum, poem cycle, quintilla, renga, rhyming alliterisen, riddle, rime couée, Schüttelreim, sedoka, septet, sestina, sonnet, stream of consciousness, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triangular triplet, triolet, Tyburn, villanelle


Please leave all your poems inspired by The Sussex Vampire in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!


Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson

The Sussex Vampire: Absolutely Horrific

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Canon Story: The Sussex Vampire
Title: Absolutely Horrific
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: Our client, Mr. Robert Ferguson, of Ferguson and Muirhead, tea brokers, of Mincing Lane, has made some inquiry from us in a communication of even date concerning vampires.


The slurping noise woke Watson with a start.

He tiptoed downstairs—

And was greeted by a truly revolting sight.

“Holmes!”

Holmes looked up, his lips glistening wet. “It’s just so delicious!”

“I know...”

Watson sighed.

“And you must have your reward. But—”

He winced as Holmes took another slurp.

“—could you at least let Ferguson’s tea cool before drinking it?”

The Sussex Vampire: Those that Go Down to the Sea in Ships

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Canon Story: The Sussex Vampire
Title: Those that Go Down to the Sea in Ships (the serialisation of the Private Journal of Dr Watson)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

Holmes is currently preparing a list of suitable vessels to send to Bob Ferguson, which might prove suitable for young Jacky’s maritime education.  So far I have removed the Gloria Scott II, the Matilda Briggs, the Aurora, the Lone Star, the Palmyra and the Pequod.  I fear Holmes is not taking the task quite as seriously as he should be.