Late entry: The Gloria Scott, 'Birmingham', G

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

The Gloria Scott

Title: Birmingham

Author: tweedisgood

Rating: G

Warning: Minor character death


The City crept up on us, mile by mile: in the distance then close at hand, wreathed in steam and crowded with industry.

The illness crept up on her, thread by thread: crowding her throat then closing it, in spite of steamy rooms and industrious doctors.

Death crept up on us, hour by hour: it overtook us in the night.

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Very sad. And horribly common.

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Thanks for reading and commenting!

[castiron.livejournal.com]

Diphtheria: Exhibit A for "why we should be grateful for vaccines". Beautiful writing for a horrible event.

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Yeppers. Thank you, glad it moved, albeit sadly.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Chilling. I love the structure.

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Thank you. 60 words is just enough to actually have some structure, should one need it.

[hardboiledbaby]

Very impressive, what you've done with a single sentence from canon, giving the daughter's death the respect it deserves.

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Yes, it struck me when reading: this was someone's child, folks. That Holmes should have been told of and remember it seems to me to hint at deep currents, there.