Fic: Holmestice (Winter '17)

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From the recently completed round of Holmestice:

First, an absolutely fascinating open-ended fusion. Just as I went forward in the previous round and merged the "Charlotte Holmes" novels with Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century, my donor this round skipped back in time and ingeniously spliced Mary Russell into Charlotte's world.

Insoluble Puzzles by amindamazed
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Charlotte Holmes Series - Brittany Cavallaro, Mary Russell - Laurie R. King, Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Words: ~4900
Characters: Charlotte Holmes, Araminta Holmes, Mary Russell, Leander Holmes, Jamie Holmes
Additional Tags: Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Alternate Universe - Fusion, Crossover, Mention of Past Traumatic Events, incuding harm to animals, all from canon, no graphic descriptions of it in this fic

Who would we be, we Holmeses, if not for The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes? Mere curiosities buried in old newspapers, forgotten mentions in mouldering secret government archives and unsealed police records? Or would we be something else we never thought — were explicitly trained not — to imagine?

As for me, I wrote a light, quick crossover in which almost no one is who they seem to be (and, for a wonder, absolutely nobody fingered me as the author!

A Case of Identities
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Doctor Who
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Words: ~2800
Characters: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, James Moriarty, The Master (Delgado), The Doctor (Doctor Who)
Additional Tags: Crossover, Clever John Watson, Footnotes

Mycroft Holmes once said “I hear of Sherlock everywhere these days.” This story may (or may not) explain the true origins of that remark.