The Lion’s Mane: Best of Helpmates and Best of Men

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Title: The Lion’s Mane: Best of Helpmates and Best of Men
Author: gardnerhill                        
Word Count: 60                     
Rating: G
Warning: None.
Summary:  Watson comes for one of his weekend visits.

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“I read your ‘Lion’s Mane’ in the Strand.”

Writing It had been excruciating – and I knew it was not half as good as Watson’s lesser accounts. After years of my castigating him for his writing style…

He tapped my beer glass with his own. “It’s such hard work getting the words down just right, isn’t it?”

I’ve never deserved Watson.

The Lion's Mane: For A Bet

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Canon Story: The Lion's Mane
Title: For A Bet
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: PG

“Watson, your latest story in the Strand is ridiculous.”

“Sorry, Holmes.  Lestrade had bet me I couldn’t write a tale with a jellyfish in it, and I had to prove him wrong”

“I hope your winnings were worth it.”

“Oh they were; they certainly were.”

Watson put the telephone receiver down and looked at Lestrade, who smirked back at him.
 

Canon Discussion: The Adventure of the Lion's Mane

[alafaye]

This week we are reading The Adventure of the Lion's Mane.

A quick summary (I had so little time this week, but I did manage to read it with everyone this time!)

Holmes is in retirement and thoroughly enjoying it. However, he seems to never be far from solving crimes. One morning while out on a walk, a friend of his who usually goes for a morning swim staggers up the cliff and collapses -- dead!

He has a note in his pocket for an assignation, but the trail goes cold when the meeting is for the evening. Notably, however, there was a competition for the affections of the lady in question.

Both the murdered man and his competition worked for a man who assured Holmes that despite past troubles, they were good friends. Still, the local police go out to arrest the man for the murder.

But soon after, the accused staggers in with the same wounds as the murdered man -- Holmes rushes to the scene of the crime and discovers a jelly fish far from home. A jelly fish which easily kills men.

So no murder -- just a simple case of mistaken trails.

Thoughts?

Canon Discussion: The Adventure of the Lion's Mane

[alafaye]

This week we are reading The Adventure of the Lion's Mane.

A quick summary (I had so little time this week, but I did manage to read it with everyone this time!)

Holmes is in retirement and thoroughly enjoying it. However, he seems to never be far from solving crimes. One morning while out on a walk, a friend of his who usually goes for a morning swim staggers up the cliff and collapses -- dead!

He has a note in his pocket for an assignation, but the trail goes cold when the meeting is for the evening. Notably, however, there was a competition for the affections of the lady in question.

Both the murdered man and his competition worked for a man who assured Holmes that despite past troubles, they were good friends. Still, the local police go out to arrest the man for the murder.

But soon after, the accused staggers in with the same wounds as the murdered man -- Holmes rushes to the scene of the crime and discovers a jelly fish far from home. A jelly fish which easily kills men.

So no murder -- just a simple case of mistaken trails.

Thoughts?

The Lion’s Mane: Another Theory

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Canon Story: The Lion’s Mane
Title: Another Theory
Author: Mafief
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Summary: It wasn’t the jellyfish.

Reeling in pain from jellyfish stings, McPherson dragged himself out of the pool. He grabbed his towel, but immediately dropped it – a stinger was embedded in his hand.

The investigators killed a non-deadly jellyfish whose crime was to be in the wrong place.

It was a sting that killed him, but it was a reaction from a tiny, unnoticed bee.