Holly Sykes (Artemis8147)
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One Night In December by Holly Sykes (Artemis8147)
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
05 Aug 2017
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London, 29th December 1940, 8 pm.
The London Blitz reached its nadir with the bombing of the City of London and the area around its most beloved landmark, St. Paul’s Cathedral.
John Watson and Sherlock Holmes meet as the flames blaze and roar all around them.
But who is that dark-haired young man and why is he risking his life in such a careless manner? This is what Doctor Watson is wondering, as he eventually becomes enmeshed in a mystery that will take him away from his dreary, hopeless life and plunge him into the secret life of wartime London.The characters belong to ACD and the BBC. The story is mine, so please do not post anywhere else without express permission.
“But now, since the silence will not rise and surround us,
Leaving us wondering about ourselves, looking each to the other,
Sketching the gesture that will finish with consummation,
We shall not know what meaning was held by that dream.”
Memorial for 1940 – John Gould Fletcher -
All Things Will Die, Nothing Will Die by Holly Sykes (Artemis8147)
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
17 Mar 2017
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Time: January, 1831
Something suspicious is happening at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital: corpses are brought in and sold to the surgeons, but Sherlock Holmes suspects foul play.
He’s not alone: at Guy’s Hospital, Doctor John Watson refuses to pay twelve guineas for a body that he fears has been tampered with.
The lives of the two men collide one frosty winter night and from that moment on, they will never be torn asunder.A macabre AU story of grisly murders, passion, sex and mystery, with an unambiguous happy ending; inspired by the London Burkers crimes, by several short stories written around that period and by the book The Vampyre Family by Andrew McConnell Stott. Also, a very big help was the Italian Boy by Sarah Wise, which chronicles grave robberies in 1830's London.
The characters belong to ACD and the BBC. The story is mine, so please do not post anywhere else without express permission.
Note 27 Feb: I have re-posted the work with minor corrections to some of the chapters. If you have read it already, the more serious revisions start from chapter 19.
Note 17 March: This work is now complete.
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The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole by Holly Sykes (Artemis8147)
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
16 Dec 2016
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“Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.”
Plato, The Symposium“He who desires must pursue his desire though the whole world obstructs him.”
Frederick William Rolfe (Baron Corvo)Britain, 1925
Sherlock Holmes – young detective, violin player and virtual misanthrope – has been hired by a mysterious and immensely wealthy man to find the missing manuscript of a contentious novel.
John Watson - doctor, ex soldier and widower - is older and disillusioned.
They meet on a rainy night in Sussex and from then on both their lives are changed forever.
As their tentative friendship turns into a more intense relationship, Sherlock and John’s big adventure sees them end up in Venice, where the mystery is finally solved.ETA 16th December 2016: The work is now complete
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Underneath The Veil by Holly Sykes (Artemis8147)
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
10 Oct 2016
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Lord Sherlock Holmes is a wealthy aristocrat who lives almost like a hermit and indulges in opium-eating and sporadic crime solving. One evening, in the throes of a drug-caused hallucination, he stumbles upon Doctor John Watson. It’s love at first sight for the still-virgin Sherlock, but he’s convinced the other man could never feel the same.
When a renowned painter is killed, Sherlock convinces John to help him with the investigation and their friendship takes an unexpected turn.
This story was inspired in some measure by my previous work, A Dangerous Liaison, and by the fact that I wasn’t done with 1920s London.
I have taken my account of opium intoxication from Thomas de Quincey and his Confessions of an English Opium Eater.ETA 10th October: This work is now complete.
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A Dangerous Liaison by Holly Sykes (Artemis8147)
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
23 Jun 2016
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Sherlock Holmes is married to crippled aristocrat Sir Victor Trevor and he has shunned the life of the flesh in favour of that of the mind.
But what happens when he meets rugged gamekeeper John Watson, a disillusioned ex soldier with a murky past?
Love and physical passion come up against the class divide, but there's also a murder, the high society of 1920s London and Sherlock in costume.Inspired by Lady Chatterley’s Lover.