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  1. Public Bookmark 85

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    “Crikey,” Chrissy Peveril said, barefoot and slightly breathless from hauling the boat up onto the sand. “Not exactly the Riviera, what? No wonder nobody lives here.”
    Leo had never been anywhere near the Riviera, but he couldn’t imagine it looked much like this.

    A tongue-tied academic takes a field trip to a deserted island with a dubious history of human sacrifice. What could possibly go wrong? Well, for starters, one of his fellow campers is hot, and there's Only One Tent...

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    29 Jul 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 38

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    While on holiday in Brighton, Holmes and Watson take the opportunity to observe their fellow man, and to work out some old issues.

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    07 Feb 2022

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    Thesus is NOT attracted to Zagreus and Zagreus is NOT attracted to Theseus and they may have mutually agreed to having sex but they are NOT enjoying it. ...Okay, maybe. But in the angriest way possible.
    Asterius is a good boyfriend/rival and the long-suffering holder of the trio's only brain cell.

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    24 Dec 2020

  4. Public Bookmark 60

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    Also cross-posted from Sacrilege!, where it has been for years. This is a sequel to "Absurdly Simple" but it can also be read as a stand-alone story. It is exactly the same except for the fact that I have more clearly marked the changes in narration, which became even more confusing once the chapter divisions disappeared.

    Irene Adler is back in London and has returned to the stage, starring in Oscar Wilde's play An Ideal Husband. Violet Hunter ("Copper Beeches") is in London, working as a governess for an aristocratic and dysfunctional family. Holmes, Watson, and Violet are all in the audience on opening night; and they are soon all embroiled in an intrigue involving Irene Adler, Godfrey Norton, Violet's employers, and a diamond brooch in the shape of a snake. Watson and Violet Hunter take turns narrating a story chock full of double-crossing, cross-dressing, and Oscar Wilde.

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    12 Dec 2019

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    I picked up my drink and took a small sip, allowing the smoky liquid to burn at the back of my throat before swallowing it down. Heat blossomed in my stomach, the sensation perfectly in harmony with my feelings in that moment: warm, bright, hovering indecisively between calm contentment and a headier, more restless euphoria. My eyes traveled from the day’s paper to the man who sat beside me, reading and re-reading a letter, unaware that his presence was the source of my continued and consuming joy.

    Watson feels deeply for Holmes, but what it is he feels is less than clear.

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    09 Dec 2019