Community Profile

The LiveJournal version of this comm is now closed.

The DW comm remains open but in a semi-retired form. New members will continue to be accepted and all members will be able to post 60 word stories. The mods will continue to keep an eye on the comm but there will be no more formal rounds and no more mod posts.

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Welcome to 60 for 60: 60 word ficlets written for each of the 60 canon stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.

It's great fun, and easy too. Each week, beginning on Sunday, we'll be posting a very small ficlet based on just one of the original canon case stories (all of which are available online free!). Just 60 words once a week. Everyone with their own little take on a classic story of our detective, his doctor, and their vibrant world for everyone else to enjoy. Sounds like fun, doesn't it? And don't feel like you're committed to anything -- post just the weeks you feel like it!

So won't you consider joining us? You love Sherlock Holmes and fanfiction. You wouldn't be reading this if you didn't. Give it a thought. Join us. Let's have fun reading and writing together!

We hope to see you next Sunday for 60 for 60!


And if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact either scfrankles or smallhobbit.

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NB: We welcome anonymous comments but the community had some problems with spam on LJ. All anonymous comments will be screened, so there will be a short waiting period before they become visible.

There were also problems with spam posting, so the comm now uses moderated membership. Please rest assured though that all membership requests will be dealt with promptly--usually within 24 hours.

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We have a sister (or rather "little brother") community holmes_minor, where all forms of microfiction and poetry are allowed and where we write in the ACD Holmes ‘verse in general.

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Posting instructions for 60 word ficlets:

1. The subject of your post MUST include the title of the canon story your fic is based on. You do not need to include "The Adventure of...", just the main part of the title. If your fic has a title of its own (optional), please put the canon title first, followed by a colon and your title. Example below:

The Devil's Foot: Smoke and Water

2. Your post must include the full text of your fic. Our ficlets are only 60 words long and this community was designed so readers could find all entries to read in one location. If you would like to include a link to a journal entry you may, but you MUST include the full text of your ficlet in posts to this community.

3. Tag your posts appropriately with rating and story abbreviation. All fics must be rated for content and tagged as such. NC-17 ratings must have the text behind an LJ cut. You also need to tag your story with the appropriate four letter canon story abbreviation, usually the first four letters of the title. A complete list of abbreviations can be found here.

4. Post headers should be as follows. Your title and author's notes are optional, and warnings are as needed. (Please do not post stories in which any participant in a sexual relationship is under 18.) Don't bother warning for slash.

Canon Story:
Title: (optional)
Author:
Rating:
Warnings: (if necessary)
Author's Notes: (feel free to put your notes after your fic, if you prefer)

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There is also a collection on AO3 (and a tag 'Community: sherlock60'), if you wish to post your ficlets there too:

Sherlock Holmes 60 for 60: 60 word ficlets for the 60 ACD Sherlock Holmes canon cases

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During Round 5 the discussion posts looked at a variety of topics relating to the Victorian era (and Edwardian era). You can find the index for those topics here.

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List of Canon Stories

01. The Three Gables, 3GAB
02. The Three Garridebs, 3GAR
03. The Three Students, 3STU
04. The Abbey Grange, ABBE
05. The Beryl Coronet, BERY
06. Black Peter, BLAC
07. The Blanched Soldier, BLAN
08. The Blue Carbuncle, BLUE
09. The Boscombe Valley Mystery, BOSC
10. The Bruce-Partington Plans, BRUC
11. The Cardboard Box, CARD
12. Charles Augustus Milverton, CHAS
13. The Copper Beeches, COPP
14. The Creeping Man, CREE
15. The Crooked Man, CROO
16. The Dancing Men, DANC
17. The Devil's Foot, DEVI
18. The Dying Detective, DYIN
19. The Empty House, EMPT
20. The Engineer's Thumb, ENGR
21. The Final Problem, FINA
22. The Five Orange Pips, FIVE
23. The Gloria Scott, GLOR
24. The Golden Pince-Nez, GOLD
25. The Greek Interpreter, GREE
26. The Hound of the Baskervilles, HOUN
27. A Case of Identity, IDEN
28. The Illustrious Client, ILLU
29. The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, LADY
30. His Last Bow, LAST
31. The Lion's Mane, LION
32. The Mazarin Stone, MAZA
33. The Missing Three-Quarter, MISS
34. The Musgrave Ritual, MUSG
35. The Naval Treaty, NAVA
36. The Noble Bachelor, NOBL
37. The Norwood Builder, NORW
38. The Priory School, PRIO
39. The Red Circle, REDC
40. The Red-Headed League, REDH
41. The Reigate Squires, REIG
42. The Resident Patient, RESI
43. The Retired Colourman, RETI
44. A Scandal In Bohemia, SCAN
45. The Second Stain, SECO
46. Shoscombe Old Place, SHOS
47. The Sign of Four, SIGN
48. Silver Blaze, SILV
49. The Six Napoleons, SIXN
50. The Solitary Cyclist, SOLI
51. The Speckled Band, SPEC
52. The Stockbroker's Clerk, STOC
53. A Study in Scarlet, STUD
54. The Sussex Vampire, SUSS
55. The Problem of Thor Bridge, THOR
56. The Man with the Twisted Lip, TWIS
57. The Valley of Fear, VALL
58. The Veiled Lodger, VEIL
59. Wisteria Lodge, WIST
60. The Yellow Face, YELL