The Three Garridebs: Penny Dreadful

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Canon Story: The Adventure of The Three Garridebs
Title: Penny Dreadful
Author: capt_facepalm
Characters: Mr Sherlock Holmes, Dr John Watson
Rating: G
Author's Notes: (...there's something lurking beneath the floorboards... "Oh, hello"...)


‘Watson, you were gunned-down by a genuine Wild West gunslinger from one of your yellow-backed novels!’

‘Luckily you managed to cosh him on the head. I didn’t even manage one shot for his two. I must be getting old.’

‘Perhaps we should reconsider retirement. Criminals these days have traded cleverness for violence.’

‘What, and give up my bullet-wound collecting hobby?’

.oOOo.

Comments

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

I'm obviously not suggesting ignoring copyright or not crediting writers (writers have to make a living ^^" And deserve to have their work appreciated) but I do believe stories only truly come to life when they have readers. A good story leaves its author and belongs to everyone. And an author can never control how a reader interprets their work.

There is something magical about the way Sherlock Holmes has stayed with us all the time. It makes me smile sometimes, how annoyed people get with ACD on Holmes' behalf. But I understand too - Holmes has taken on his own life, away from his creator.