saki101

Title: The House of Usher
Author: saki101
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Mrs Hudson, OCs, Roderick Usher/Edgar Corvus, Madeline Usher
Rating: Mature
Word Count: ~13K
Disclaimer: Neither Sherlock, the Sherlock Holmes stories of Arthur Conan Doyle nor The Fall of the House of Usher is mine and no money is being made.
A/N: A fusion of Sherlock: The Abominable Bride and ACD crossed over with The Fall of the House of Usher, written for piplover for the June 2016 Holmestice Exchange. (Although not essential to the story, if anyone would like to re-read Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher, it may be found at Project Gutenberg here. Several passages are quoted in the story.)
Summary: Just as one case has been concluded, a new client appears who hopes Sherlock Holmes can shed light on the mysterious deaths of the Ushers and the destruction of their home. While events unfold, Doctor Watson ponders the use of forenames.

Excerpt: Holmes had held up the dagger and grinned at me, pushing away the hair that had fallen into his eyes and smearing muck across his face in the process. The steel blade had glittered in the sunlight as he turned it to read the inscription around the ornate hilt.

“Best not to commit crimes with family heirlooms,” he had observed.

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On AO3

Title: Signs and Signals
Recipient: vernets
Author: saki101
Rating: a mild R
Characters, including any pairing(s): Holmes/Watson, sundry OCs
Word Count: ~9K
Warnings: none
Summary: Holmes boxes. Watson wagers. There are exchanges of signals and a case.
Disclaimer: public domain

(Also posted on AO3 in the May 2015 ACD_Holmesfest Collection and on LJ at acd_holmesfest.)

Excerpt: I turned from my consideration of the street to where Holmes lounged beside me. “You’ll let me see to that?” I asked. The flush of his exertions had faded from his cheeks, leaving the cut across one all the more livid in contrast.

He opened his eyes partway. “How much did you wager?”

( Signs and Signals )

Title: The Apothecaries’ Garden
Recipient: tweedisgood
Author: saki101
Rating: PG-13
Characters, including any pairing(s): Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Mrs Hudson
Word Count: ~10K
Warnings: none
Summary: Watson hopes to distract Holmes during a lull between cases. (Set sometime after A Study in Scarlet and before The Sign of the Four).
Disclaimer: public domain
A/N: Although not necessary to the story, if anyone would like to refresh their recollection of Hawthorne’s tale, Rappaccini’s Daughter may be read here. The “phantasy, in three scenes” inspired by Hawthorne’s story, entitled The Poison-Flower, may be read here.

Written for the ACD Holmesfest Gift Exchange.

Also posted on AO3.

( The Apothecaries’ Garden )