The Man with the Twisted Lip: Neville St Clair

Aug. 3rd, 2014 01:18 pm
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Canon Story: The Man with the Twisted Lip
Author: thesmallhobbit
Rating: G




Neville St Clair
Didn’t think it was fair
That a beggar could get more in a day
Than a reporter received for his week’s pay
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The Man with the Twisted Lip: The Consequences of Opium

Aug. 3rd, 2014 01:16 pm
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Canon Story: The Man with the Twisted Lip
Title: The Consequences of Opium
Author: thesmallhobbit
Rating: PG

The only good thing that has ever come from opium is Berlioz’ Symphanie Fantastique.  But even then, whenever I hear the March to the Scaffold I cannot fail to remember those whose entrapment by the drug has brought about their own deaths in the hellish opium dens on the banks of the Thames.  May God save us from our addictions.
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The Man with the Twisted Lip: Hugh Boone

Aug. 3rd, 2014 10:34 am
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Canon Story: The Man with the Twisted Lip
Author: [livejournal.com profile] scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: While she was walking in this way down Swandam Lane, she suddenly heard an ejaculation or cry, and was struck cold to see her husband looking down at her and, as it seemed to her, beckoning to her from a second-floor window.



Hugh Boone:
His wife saw him too soon.
Well, he shouldn’t have bin there,
Mr. Neville St. Clair.




A/N: A two-headed clerihew. (Just in case anyone is unfamiliar with the surname: “St. Clair” is pronounced (and sometimes spelt) “Sinclair”.)
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The Man with the Twisted Lip: Details

Aug. 3rd, 2014 10:29 am
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Canon Story: The Man with the Twisted Lip
Title: Details
Author: [livejournal.com profile] scfrankles
Rating: G



“Holmes: a deduction. The new partner at my publisher’s contacted you to query a detail, didn’t he?”

Holmes was surprised. “Yes. You and Mrs. Watson were away.”

“Another deduction,” Watson continued. “You’ve been removing ‘unimportant’ facts from your brain-attic.”

“Correct again!” said Holmes. “How did you work it out?”

“Because…” Watson brandished the Strand magazine. “…my ruddy name is John!”
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Canon Discussion: The Man with the Twisted Lip

Aug. 3rd, 2014 10:19 am
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This week we’re having a look at The Man with the Twisted Lip. As always, I’ve typed up a few thoughts to get the discussion started.

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Sherlock60: The Story Continues... with "The Man with the Twisted Lip"

Jul. 31st, 2014 06:37 pm
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This Sunday, 3rd August, we'll be posting our 60 word ficlets for The Man with the Twisted Lip.

Whilst retrieving the husband of his wife's school friend from an opium den, Watson happens to bump into someone he knows even better...

Soon Holmes and Watson are on their way to Kent to report to Mrs. Neville St. Clair. But just what has been the fate of Mr. St. Clair? Has he been murdered by the beggar Hugh Boone?

If you haven't tried 60 for 60 before, full information - including our schedule - can be found on our profile. But in essence: you read ACD's story and then you write a 60 word story based on it! You don't have to post a story every week - just join in whenever you feel like it.

We also offer a second challenge: pick a character from ACD’s story and write a clerihew about them. You can choose to write a 60 and a clerihew, or you can do one or the other. (There's further information about posting on our profile.) Or you can just take part in the weekly discussion. All options are absolutely fine!

Hope to see you on Sunday ^^
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The Man with the Twisted Lip: Hide in Plain Sight

Oct. 27th, 2012 08:26 pm
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Canon story: The Man with the Twisted Lip
Title: Hide in Plain Sight
Author: [livejournal.com profile] snycock
Category: Gen
Rating: G

A/N: I imagine Watson couldn't resist ribbing Holmes about being fooled by St. Clair...

“Holmes, the art of disguise is not unknown to you.”

“I fancy I have some small skill at it.”

“And you complain that I see but do not observe.”

“A regrettable truth.”

“How is it, then, that you did not observe that Boone was really St. Clair?”

“Hmphf. I had forgotten the first rule of disguise: hide in plain sight.”
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The Man with the Twisted Lip: Other Men's Wives

Oct. 25th, 2012 06:54 am
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Canon Story: The Man with the Twisted Lip
Title: Other Men's Wives
Author: Mary Sutherland
Rating: PG-13


Isa Whitney's wife sought frantically after her drug-enslaved husband. I did not doubt that Mrs St. Clair would remain loyal to a man who had lied to her for years. Yet my boy Watson granted me only a night's companionship and a shared breakfast before abandoning me again. For my secret is an affection more shameful than any ordinary man's.
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The Man with the Twisted Lip: Dancing with the Good Doctor

Oct. 24th, 2012 11:30 pm
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Title: Dancing with the Good Doctor
Author: [livejournal.com profile] impulsereader
Canon story: The Man with the Twisted Lip
A/N: Special thanks to [livejournal.com profile] chess_ka and [livejournal.com profile] azriona. I was inspired by your 60s for this story. Also to [livejournal.com profile] debriswoman because it isn't verse, but it wasn't until I thought of you that I realized I should format this differently.

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They learn their pas de trois slowly.

It is an evolution
a revolution

a revelation in fact
and happily not a dissolution.
Suppliants come,

will always come
both to Holmes and to Mary.
This is simply the way things are

the way they have been,
and will be.

Watson sees.
He learns to observe.

He helps whenever he is able.
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The Man with the Twisted Lip: Needlework

Oct. 23rd, 2012 07:08 am
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Canon Story: The Man with the Twisted Lip
Title: Needlework
Author: [livejournal.com profile] azriona
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Author's Notes: Mrs. Watson does needlework. So do I. I like this Mrs Watson, can we keep her?


I work my stitches nightly. Examined closely, they are a jumble of lines without purpose. With distance, the whole picture appears; chaos settles into order.

Is this what Holmes’s mind is like, the mess and swirl of information? Only from afar does the story take shape. Perhaps this is why my husband can watch us both, and love us equally.
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The Man With the Twisted Lip: Frantic

Oct. 21st, 2012 10:22 pm
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Canon Story: TWIS
Title: Frantic
Author: Chess Ka
Rating: G
A/N: From Kate Whitney's POV. 

"Folk who were in grief came to my wife like birds to a lighthouse." (Watson, TWIS)

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I waited as long as I was able, making up reasons for Isa's late return, each more implausible than the last. I tried to stay busy, but could not. I paced, frantic, glancing out of the window, jumping at small sounds.

Soon, I could bear it no longer. Darling Mary would know what to do. She always did, after all.

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The Man With The Twisted Lip: Employment/Pastime

Oct. 21st, 2012 07:48 pm
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Canon Story: The Man with the Twisted Lip
Title: Employment; Pastime
Author: [livejournal.com profile] hisietari
Rating: G
A/N: I'm so sorry for hardly commenting and only writing on low temperature at the moment. So much work, so little time! ;_;
Have a bonus story (Jane's POV) while I try to catch up.

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Employment

The St. Clair family would not suffer from poverty after the discovery of Mr St. Clair’s rather unique occupation. Quite the contrary, he found himself employed by certain parts of government interested in his formidable ability of disguise, and, for the periods of quietude in between, recommended to a station master in Somerset. Mr William Moriarty always appreciated reliable staff.

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Pastime

Everybody has their own ways of coping with time, filling the void, giving it a title instead of the meaning it should have had. Some use opium, and effectively so. Others open their ears and arms to the unsuccessful seekers, with great risk for their own wellbeing. I kept an eye on Mary whenever I could, just to make sure.

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The Man with the Twisted Lip: One of the Rats at Bow Street Police Station

Oct. 21st, 2012 07:24 pm
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Canon Story: The Man with the Twisted Lip
Title: One of the Rats at Bow Street Police Station (part of The Ocelot Tales)
Author: thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

That was most impressive.  In my time I’ve seen many filthy beggars in the cells, but this one was the worst.  And now he’s been given a wash he’s not a beggar at all, but a bit of a toff.  It’s a strange world: toffs who want to be beggars and gents who solve mysteries by sitting upon five pillows.

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The Man With the Twisted Lip: Breaking Through

Oct. 21st, 2012 11:52 am
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Author: methylviolet10b
Rating: PG
Character(s): Sherlock Holmes
Summary: A pile of cushions, an ounce of shag, a night of ruminations on a new clue in a vexing case.
Warnings: Neglible spoilers for TWIS.
Word Count: 60
Author's Notes: 60 words of my own inspired by one of the canon stories.
Disclaimer: I don't own them.


TWIS – Breaking Through

It had been a most vexing case, with many clear facts, yet nothing but dark mists when I tried to piece them together. I feared my client had hired me in vain. Yet now, with this letter, I had a new angle to pursue. My body sat shrouded in darkness and pipe-smoke, but my mind saw the glimmerings of light.

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The Man with the Twisted lip: An Arrangement

Oct. 21st, 2012 11:38 am
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Canon Story: The Man with the Twisted Lip
Titles: An Arrangement
Author: [livejournal.com profile] trillsabells
Rating: PG


They had never held illusions with each other and for that he had loved her. She had never batted an eye at his dashing off to spend time with Holmes without any pre-warning. In exchange he had left her to pursue her own… interests. It was a perfectly amicable arrangement. He only wished she would keep her lovers’ names straight.

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Granada Discussion Post: The Man with the Twisted Lip

Oct. 20th, 2012 11:36 pm
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Let's talk telly in the discussion post for Granada's adaptation of The Man with the Twisted Lip. If you haven't seen this episode yet, you can find it at YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Video, and DVD. Follow me behind the jump for some of my random thoughts and impressions. Please add your own in the comments!

Note: Canon discussion is available in the canon discussion post. Thanks!

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Canon Discussion Post: The Man with the Twisted Lip

Oct. 20th, 2012 11:28 pm
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It's canon discussion time, everybody! What did you all think of The Man with the Twisted Lip? As always, I've written up a few of my own random thoughts and comments, which are behind the jump. Add your own in the comments!

Note: Granada discussion is available in the Granada discussion post. Thanks!

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Coming this Sunday at Sherlock60: The Man with the Twisted Lip

Oct. 19th, 2012 02:57 pm
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Hello again, everyone! We've made it to another weekend, and on Sunday we'll be reading and writing about The Man with the Twisted Lip. It's a story of missing gentlemen, clever disguises, and surprise encounters for all involved.

We also are fortunate to have a Granada episode this week. You can catch it on YouTube, Netflix Instant, Amazon Video, and DVD. Join us for some telly chat!

Here are your completely optional prompts for TWIS. Feel free to use one, both, or neither:

Optional prompt #1: Backstory

Optional prompt #2:
Victorian coins
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Three Students, Twisted Lip & Valley Of Fear

Jul. 22nd, 2012 10:15 pm
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Canon Story: The Three Students
Title: Teasing
Rating: PG
A/N: Based on this line: "Not one of your cases, Watson — mental, not physical. All right; come if you want to."

It had been two long weeks of Watson being wordlessly bored and frustrated by my immersion in my studies, otherwise I would have sent Soames away unsatisfied. However, I have long been powerless to deny that look of enthusiasm on Watson's face, although I do enjoy teasing him that I might leave him behind – as if I ever would!

Canon Story: The Man With The Twisted Lip
Title: Lighthouse
Rating: PG

Watson underestimates himself. It is not just his wife to whom those in distress are drawn – Watson himself is a great help in times of need. That is why I was so pleased to have him with me on this case, not just to help, but in case I should have to deliver bad news to Mrs. St. Clair.

Canon Story: The Valley Of Fear
Title: Softening Of The Brain
Rating: PG
A/N: Oh look, I managed to get Holmes/Watson into this one.

I have often declared myself an idiot once an obvious solution to a mystery has revealed itself, but I have never meant it more than I did in Birlstone, when I half-woke Watson and recognised his expression of unguarded affection at the sight of me. How could I have missed that he feels for me as I feel for him?


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Catch up post: The Man with the Twisted Lip, 'Self-made Man', G

Jul. 21st, 2012 09:51 am
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The Man with the Twisted Lip

Title: Self-made Man

Author: [livejournal.com profile] tweedisgood

Rated: G

So, back to hack work and making ends meet. Farewell Lee, parties, polite society and respect. You must make your own dresses now, my dear, and next year disguise them to look new.

And like any self-made man when disaster strikes, I must begin again: disguise myself anew, find some other field in which pennies may become pounds.
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