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"Deja Vu" (October 2024 Holmes Minor Monthly Prompt)

Title: Deja Vu
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: ACD
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Word Count: 457
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: It’s a new century, but some things don’t change.
Author's Notes: Written for the October 2024 Holmes Minor monthly prompt, "Cycle."

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"Tally," September 2024 Holmes Minor Monthly Prompt

Title: Tally
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: ACD
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes John Watson
Word Count: 250
Rating: G
Warning: None.
Summary: Holmes pays a promised debt.
Author's Notes: Written for the September 2024 Holmes Minor monthly prompt, "Make up."

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"The Roses," June 2024 Holmes Minor Monthly Prompt

Title: The Roses
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: ACD
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
Word Count: 221b
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: Holmes has learned that the best route is not always a straight line.
Author's Notes: Written for the June 2024 Holmes Minor monthly prompt, "Border."

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"Washed Up," May 2024 Holmes Minor Monthly Prompt

Title: Washed Up
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: ACD
Pairing: None
Word Count: 500
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: What happened afterward?
Author's Notes: Written for the May 2024 Holmes Minor monthly prompt “Wash.”

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"The Third Man," April 2024 Holmes Minor Monthly Prompt

Title: The Third Man
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: ACD Sherlock Holmes
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
Word Count: 400
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: Seating arrangements at a dinner could make or break an event. And could reveal much.
Author's Notes: Written for the April 2024 Holmes Minor monthly prompt “Seat.”

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"In the Pocket," March 2024 Holmes Minor Monthly Prompt

Title: In the Pocket
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: ACD
Pairing: None
Word Count: 500
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: In which a pickpocket finds himself pocketed by another.
Author's Notes: Written for the March 2024 Holmes Minor monthly prompt “Pocket.”

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"A Gap in the Resume," February 2024 Holmes Minor Monthly Prompt

Title: A Gap in the Resume
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: ACD
Pairing: None
Word Count: 360
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: Lestrade can explain.
Author's Notes: Written for the February 2024 Holmes Minor monthly prompt “gap.”

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"Crestfallen," January 2024 Holmes Minor Monthly Prompt

Title: Crestfallen
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: ACD
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
Word Count: 300
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: We’re done here. I’ll send you the bill.
Author's Notes: Written for the January 2024 Holmes Minor monthly prompt “Crest.”

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"The Richest Man in London," November 2023 Holmes Minor Monthly Prompt

Title: The Richest Man in London
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: ACD
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
Word Count: 500
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: Watson gains a little credit.
Author's Notes: Written for the November 2023 Holmes Minor monthly prompt, "Credit." Inspired by the financial fables contained in the 1929 book The Richest Man in Babylon by George Clason.

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"Reciprocity," September 2023 Holmes Minor Monthly Prompt

Title: Reciprocity
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: ACD
Pairing: None
Word Count: 250
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: In which one of Moriarty's murder plots is foiled by a sugar cube.
Author's Notes: Written for the September 2023 Holmes Minor monthly prompt, "Connection."

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"Cartography," August 2023 Holmes Minor Monthly Prompt

Title: Cartography
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: ACD
Pairing: None
Word Count: 500
Rating: PG (language)
Warning: Profanity.
Summary: "Don't peach" is the first rule of the street. How to break that rule?
Author's Notes: Written for the August 2023 Holmes Minor monthly prompt, "talk."

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"Four Score," July 2023 Holmes Minor Monthly Prompt

Title: Four Score
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: ACD
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Word Count: 221b
Rating: G
Warning: Unadulterated mush.
Summary: Four separate and very meaningful definitions.
Author's Notes: Written for the July 2023 Holmes Minor monthly prompt, " Score."

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"Relativity," June 2023 Holmes Minor Monthly Prompt

Title: Relativity
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: ACD (in my "Wounded Warriors" series)
Pairing: John Watson & Corporal Henry Wood
Word Count: 221b
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: One man's balmy spring is another's heat wave.
Author's Notes: Written for the June 2023 Holmes Minor monthly prompt, "collar."

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"Flag of Distress," May 2023 Holmes Minor Monthly Prompt

Title: Flag of Distress
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: ACD
Pairing: None
Word Count: 221b
Rating: G
Warning: Period attitude about homosexuality.
Summary: Stamford did not need to be Sherlock Holmes to see the signs.
Author's Notes: Written for the May 2023 Holmes Minor monthly prompt "flag."

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"Messing About," April 2023 Holmes Minor Monthly Prompt

Title: Messing About
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: ACD (Retirement Era)
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Word Count: 300
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: Nothing – absolutely nothing–half so much worth doing.
Author's Notes: Written for the April 2023 Holmes Minor monthly prompt "Mess."

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"Accounts," March 2023 Holmes Minor Monthly Prompt

Title: Accounts
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: ACD
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
Word Count: 430
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: They cover each other’s deficiencies in all of their accounts.
Author's Notes: Written for the March 2023 Holmes Minor monthly prompt “account.”

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"Collected at the Estate," February 2023 Holmes Minor Monthly Prompt

Title: Collected at the Estate
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: ACD
Pairing: None
Word Count: 300
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: Three meanings. Takes place during “Illustrious Client.”
Author's Notes: Written for the February 2023 Holmes Minor monthly prompt “Collected.”

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"Craft Masters" January 2023 Holmes Minor Monthly Prompt

Title: Craft Masters
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: ACD
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
Word Count: 359
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: Everyone is an expert at something.
Author's Notes: Written for the January 2023 Holmes Minor monthly prompt “craft.”

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"The Singular Affair of the Aluminium Pole," December 2022 Holmes Minor Monthly Prompt

Title: The Singular Affair of the Aluminium Pole
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: ACD
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
Word Count: 500
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: Sherlock Holmes has a lot of problems with some people.
Author's Notes: Written for the December 2022 Holmes Minor monthly prompt “Shared Festivities.”

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"A Horseshoe Nail," November 2022 Holmes Minor Monthly Prompt

Title: A Horseshoe Nail
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: ACD
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson (implied)
Word Count: 221b
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: A good deed, too, can grow into something bigger.
Author's Notes: Written for the November 2022 Holmes Minor monthly prompt “Kindness.”

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