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Title: Penumbra (Addenda: Baskerville & Chapalu)
Author: saki101
Characters/Pairings: John Watson/Sherlock Holmes, Mrs Hudson, Greg Lestrade, Molly Hooper, OCs
Rating: NC-17 (for the series)
Genre: slash
Word Count: ~16K (Addenda: Baskerville & Chapalu - posted on LJ in two parts due to length)
Disclaimer: Neither Sherlock nor Dark Shadows is mine and no money is being made.
Preview: John is no longer sequestered. Boundaries are crossed and creatures encountered.
A/N: A gothic AU of the Sherlock universe inspired by the universe of Dark Shadows (the television series), presented in four episodes, and written for the Miniseries March Challenge at Fall TV Season Sherlock. This chapter is set before the final scene in Beyond the Palings.

Also posted on AO3 (all chapters).
Chapter One: Meet Me at Moonrise may be read on LJ here.
Chapter Two: Sequestration may be read on LJ here.
Chapter Three: Transfusions may be read on LJ here.
Chapter Four: Beyond the Palings may be read on LJ here.

Excerpt: I stared for a moment at him and his beautiful proportions. He looked back at me, standing still as a statue with the water sluicing over him, except that statues do not grow red and purple bruises across their perfect skin.

( Penumbra (Addenda: Chapalu & Baskerville) )

Title: Coloured Pencils
Author: saki101
Characters/Pairings: Sherlock/John, Mike Stamford, Greg Lestrade, Sarah Sawyer
Rating: R
Word Count: ~9.5K
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: Sherlock is not mine and no money is being made.
Summary: One day, while Sherlock is sleeping off the excesses of a case, John gets bored.
A/N: (Set sometime after series 3, when John has returned to Baker Street to live.)

Written for snarryfool/ancientreader, whose wide-ranging and wonderful requests spoilt me for inspirational choice, as part of the Holmestice December 2015 Fanworks Exchange.

Also posted on AO3.

( Coloured Pencils )

Title: This First Summer Month That Brings the Rose
Author: saki101
Characters/Pairings: John Watson/Sherlock Holmes, James Moriarty, Mycroft Holmes, Gregory Lestrade, Molly Hooper, Mrs Hudson
Rating: PG-13
Genre: slash
Word Count: ~3.7K
Disclaimer: Sherlock is not mine and no money is being made.
Summary: Sherlock and Moriarty never meet on the rooftop at Bart's.
A/N: A stand-alone AU, predominantly of the Sherlock universe, but with a pinch of ACD, written for the Spook-Me Multi-Fandom Halloween Ficathon 2014 in response to the prompt: witch/wizard.

(Also, on AO3.)

Excerpt: There are roses guarding the verandah. I can smell them through the open windows. They have sharp claws and drink the sun.

( This First Summer Month That Brings the Rose )

Title: Surveillance (Chapter 2 of Seat Assignment: Open)
Author: saki101
Characters/Pairings: Gregory Lestrade/Mycroft Holmes
Rating: R-ish
Genre: Slash, romance, AU
Word Count: ~1.5K
Disclaimer: Sherlock is not mine and no money is being made.
Summary: Starlight. Conversation. Surveillance tapes.
A/N: Not Series 3 compliant. A continuation of the fic written for Let's Write Sherlock Challenge 13-Vacation Getaway. Although these two chapters may be read alone, they may also be read as part of the Mystrade set of stories which, more or less, began with an earlier holiday in We Are Sorry For Any Inconvenience.

Excerpt: The room at the top of the stairs was dominated by a skylight, a huge oval of star-scattered heavens. By the faint light from the landing, Greg saw a few outlines of furniture and more sky out a series of arched windows making up one wall. It didn’t seem very secure, not at all suited to Mycroft. There was a click and the light disappeared, the stars coming into sharper focus.

Also, on AO3.

( Surveillance )

Title: Ex Libris
Author: saki101
Characters/Pairings: Gregory Lestrade/Mycroft Holmes
Rating: PG
Genre: Slash
Word Count: ~650
Disclaimer: Sherlock is not mine and no money is being made.
Summary: During the Hiatus, one of the Met’s cases and one of Mycroft’s investigations intersect and both Greg and Mycroft find themselves looking for evidence of something other than crime.
A/N: A little vignette which can be read alone or with the other Mystrade stories that are part of the Other Experiments Series. Ex Libris would be an extra scene between Necropolis and Safer.

Excerpt:
The concerto finished. Greg paused in his reading, eyes flitting around the edges of the page. At the top, a hare and a winged serpent nestled in the vines. Below them, a knight charged inside an ornate letter, brandishing an upraised sword. Was it the picture that had appealed? In the quiet, the faint snap of a mobile sliding closed sounded loud.

Also posted on AO3.

The page of the manuscript may be viewed on tumblr here.

( Ex Libris )

Title: Safer
Author: saki101
Characters/Pairings: Gregory Lestrade/Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock/John, Molly, OCs
Rating: R
Genre: Slash
Word Count: ~10K
Disclaimer: Sherlock is not mine and no money is being made.
Summary: During the Hiatus, one of the Met’s cases and one of Mycroft’s investigations intersect and Greg’s and Mycroft’s interest in one another develops beyond the professional. Sherlock finds much of it inconvenient.
A/N: Written for mmc12 whose generous prompts for the December 2013 Holmestice Exchange included "Johnlock, Mystrade and Anything!" which spurred me to write a sequel to Necropolis. The two may be read as a pair or as part of the Other Experiments Series where they would fit in after We Are Sorry For Any Inconvenience and before Leaf Fall.

Excerpt: “Lestrade’s managed to find the Cheapside Hoard of homicide when I can’t do anything about it."

Also, on AO3.

( Safer )

Title: We're Sorry For Any Inconvenience
Author: saki101
Characters/Pairings: Mycroft Holmes, Gregory Lestrade
Rating: Between PG-13 & R-ish
Genre: pre-slash and rather fluffy
Word Count: ~10K
Disclaimer: Sherlock is not mine and no money is being made.
Summary: Months after The Fall, John doesn't return from a holiday. His friends and family don't report his absence to the police. Mycroft thinks Lestrade may know why. At least that's the ostensible reason for his visit to Lestade's office.
A/N: Written for the Sherlockmas SPF 2013 to fill Prompt #39: Lestrade; upgrade to first class for bwblack)

Also, posted on AO3

Can be read alone.

(The first paragraph is a summary of the opening scene between Mycroft and Lestrade in Carbonado. The full conversation that preceded Mycroft’s offer may be read here.)

We're Sorry For Any Inconvenience may also be read as part of the Other Experiments series where it would fit in after Carbonado.

Excerpt: Lestrade considered the man standing in his office. He was sure that if Sherlock wanted his brother to know he was alive and well and where he and John were, Mycroft wouldn’t be suggesting a friendly chat over dinner. Mycroft gestured towards the door as Greg stood and rounded the desk. He knew it was a dangerous move to accept, but Sherlock wasn’t the only one who loved a challenge.


( We're Sorry For Any Inconvenience )