Monthly Prompt: October

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Hallowe’en is on the way! And in acknowledgement of that, the prompt for this month is:



Tales of the Unexpected


Perhaps things are going bump in the night at 221B. Or Mrs. Hudson is not all that she seems to be. Or there is a bizarre twist in Lestrade’s latest case. The field is wide open… (And rather dark and spooky.)


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Admin Post: Monthly Prompt: October

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Hallowe’en is on the way! And in acknowledgement of that, the prompt for this month is:



Tales of the Unexpected


Perhaps things are going bump in the night at 221B. Or Mrs. Hudson is not all that she seems to be. Or there is a bizarre twist in Lestrade’s latest case. The field is wide open… (And rather dark and spooky.)


As always, you needn’t use the prompt if you don’t wish to. Once you’re a member, you can post what and when you want—as long as you keep to the 500 words or less wordcount and the ACD Holmes ‘verse. AUs, crossovers and fusions are all permitted, as long as the characters remain essentially recognisable as the original ACD versions.

Please see the profile for the full posting guidelines!

Poetry: A Country Bed: Teen

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Title: A Country Bed.
Length: 64 (poem) 500 (poem + prose)
Rating: Teen (poem) Explicit (prose)
Notes: Holmes/Watson. Sleep sex. POV Holmes.
Summary: Holmes and Watson share a bed in a country inn.
Author’s Notes: I am participating in KINKTOBER 2017. One of the three possible prompts for Day 1 is Sleepy Sex. I know the prose won’t be most of the comm’s cup of tea so here’s the link to the full ficlet, but I did want to show off the poem (as I am on a bit of poetry kick). It is a trine in French heroic line or Alexandrine. And I was struck by (and thus included) the phrases in the definition for the latter: the hemistiches must be equal and complete and the caesura must be absolute.

A country inn slumbers. A reverie begins.
An interloper lopes. Musts knead as Queen Mab spins.
Lover stands, contemplates. Lover abed awaits.
Key’s afore entrusted. Line ‘twixt thee, me ablates.
Country bed-springs squeak, groan. Now thee with me replete.
Hemistiches equal. Hemistiches complete.
Observed revels disturbed. Observer studies, spends.
Wrapped in dreamer, dreamt sleeps. A country night abates.
Caesura’s absolute. Lusts, once burst, deplete.