Creeping Man: Revisions

[mafief.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Adventure of the Creeping Man
Title: Revisions
Author: Mafief
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Author’s Notes: Watson visit’s his literary agent, Doyle, to discuss his latest story.


Doyle hands Watson a well-marked stack of papers. “You will need to revise it.”

“Revise? That was the case.”

“It’s missing something… Have the professor’s personality change due to a recently acquired ancient artifact of mysterious origins. That would be unexpected.”

“With good right!”

“I have it! The Professor exhibits ape-like behaviors after injecting himself with a tonic. Try that.”

Comments

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

The actual case was probably something like "The Adventure of the Missing Term Paper."

[mafief.livejournal.com]

With a professor that scratches his head a lot due to an itchy scalp.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Oddly, at the very same time that Arthur Conan Doyle was writing a story about a monkey-man in England, Edgar Rice Burroughs was writing a story about a consulting detective in Africa. Must have been one of those "Freaky Friday" things.

[mafief.livejournal.com]

Lol, seriously.

[debriswoman]

I am rather taken with the idea of giving the readers what they might like:-)

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Razz-ma-tazz, ol' boy!

[mafief.livejournal.com]

Give ‘em the old razzle dazzle… And they’ll never catch wise.

[mafief.livejournal.com]

:) I do like playing the game with Watson as an unreliable narrator and being given an extra push in that direction.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

"Don't worry about artistic integrity, think how many more copies we can sell."

[mafief.livejournal.com]

“Just add a line about needing to reticence and discretion and you’ll be fine.”

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

That Doyle has a lot to answer for ^__^ It has to be said that CREE is a weird one ^__^

[mafief.livejournal.com]

Lol, I think he does! I really don't like this story at all, but that's just me.