Fic(?): A Family Conference

Late last week two threads crossed on the Letters of Mary email list - a couple of posters noted the arrival of Ms. King's newest novel (not, actually, a Russell book, but rather the start of a sequel-series to her earlier Kate Martinelli novels), and several others found in the change of seasons an excuse for an informal exchange of drabbles (that subset of fic that is 100 words exactly, or occasionally a multiple thereof).

And in the midst of that list traffic, the following dropped unexpectedly into my email, by what appears to be the same back-channel that supplied me with a certain Holmestice entry some rounds back. I tell you, it feels very odd getting these messages, but I'm certainly not going to complain; after all, look where that got (their) Professors Moriarty.

A Family Conference
Fandom: Mary Russell - Laurie R. King
Rating: General Audiences
Words: 300
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/Mary Russell
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, Mary Russell
Additional Tags: Meta, Raquel Laing, Laurie R. King, Edited By, Triple Drabble
Series: Part 2 of Holmes & Russell in the 21st Century

Laurie King's newest novel, Back to the Garden, isn't part of the Mary Russell series...or is it? Sherlock Holmes appears to have thoughts on the matter.