Masterlist updated

Good news.

Engazed has finished the sequal to Ten Days.

"The Slash Man"
http://archiveofourown.org/works/949101/chapters/1854825

"After ten days of unspeakable torture at the hands of Sherlock's worst enemies, John Watson has returned to Baker Street to live with a man whose death, no matter how fake, still haunts him. But his recovery is not easy, his friendship with Sherlock is strained, and a dangerous but hidden menace continues to threaten them both."

 

Last edited by tonnaree (August 22, 2014 6:35 pm)

Harriet wrote:

Is it rated explicit for violence? Asking because you put it in the non-slash thread?

 
It's not slash.  Lots of violence and violent imagry.  Also depictions of sexual assault.

Here's a short and fun read:

http://archiveofourown.org/works/2220927/chapters/4871097?show_comments=true&view_full_work=false#comment_14974503

Most Ghosts Are Idiots http://archiveofourown.org/works/367174
Sherlock is a ghost as you might guess. I can't believe I'm reading this only now! It's really great, especially if you want to have a break from all the angsty post S3 fics.

So, in that other "could Mary have fallen for Sherlock" thread someone ;-) said

Sherlock Holmes wrote:

  There's a number of decent AU style fics where Sherlock and Mary are a couple.

Would like to try one of those, any recommendations? :-) 

Two of GoldenUsagi's stories (http://archiveofourown.org/users/GoldenUsagi/pseuds/GoldenUsagi/works?fandom_id=133185) have already been mentioned (Boredom Untold and Most Ghosts are Idiots), but I'd like to say that I like everything I've read so far. In particular "Genius of the Bottle" (http://archiveofourown.org/works/1718333) which is one of the most beautiful love stories I've read in Sherlock fandom. GoldenUsagi's Sherlocks are surprisingly close to the show, given that most of them are mythical creatures.

Another big favourite of mine: AJHall's "Rigging Screws, size 1 3/8 inch, galvanised"(http://archiveofourown.org/works/193527/chapters/284906) It's a wonderful, realistic-sounding casefic (as in: it looks to me as if the author had experience with boats) told strictly from the client's point of view. I was hooked from the first sentece:"If some idiot charterer had known the first thing about galvanic corrosion, Marjorie Jameson would never have discovered her husband was a murderer."

(There's also a short sequel: Rigging Screws DVD bonus extras http://archiveofourown.org/works/764483/chapters/1431790 but that should maybe in the Johnlock thread.)

Another wonderful story by AJHall (a bit less realistic than Rigging Screws - on the other hand, who knows what they did do in Baskerville...): The Four Paw Problem (http://archiveofourown.org/works/127493) (for cat lovers only).

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More good case fics:

Teej: A Dish Served Cold (http://archiveofourown.org/works/172083/chapters/251178) where Lestrad's Wife gets kidnapped. There's also a funny little sequel which describes a missing moment from the Christmas scene in ASIB (http://archiveofourown.org/works/332452)

Probably anything written by Pargoletta (http://archiveofourown.org/users/Pargoletta/pseuds/Pargoletta/works?fandom_id=133185) but so far I've only read
Nearer My God, To Thee
Soul by Soul and Silently
and I'm half-way through Firebug

Proper Genius (Detective Shoes) is not exactly a casefic (at least in my book), but a very poignant story.
 

I stumbled across this one while looking for 'Rivers of London' Fanfics. I liked it

and the rivers shall give up their dead[/url] (9384 words) by [url=http://archiveofourown.org/users/singlecrow]Raven
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sherlock (TV)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Mary Morstan/John Watson
Characters: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Mary Morstan, Harry Watson
Additional Tags: London, The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
Summary:

John is shot; Sherlock is searching; the rivers of London endure.