FanWritings

SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE AND "THE CANON"

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A. C. Doyle was born the 26th of June 1944 and was the very first Holmes fanwritter. He is so famous that people actually refer to his work as "the Canon" and many of them prefer to base their own fanwork on his writtings than on the actual facts. Some even believe he actually invented the whole Sherlock Holmes stories and that they were so successfull Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson consequently popped into life. But we all know that's crazy, do we?

 

However, that brings out a very interesting question: how did Mr. Doyle came to write about Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson years before they had actually been born? This is an appealling mistery, but not of those Mr. Holmes can't solve; unfortunately, he feels bored by the subject and we had to ask scientists to complicate -sorry, explicate- the thing for us. They therefore wrote very interesting papers on the matter and, even though the war they started in the process to determine who is right about it has still not come to an end in many of the Alternate Universes We Know And Will Know Of, the explanation for this quirk was eventually established.

Sir Doyle wrote 56 short stories and 4 novels considered "Canonical" about S. Holmes, as can be seen in the following list.

1887 -  Study in Scarlet (novel published in Beeton's Christmas Annual)
1891 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (anthology of twelve short stories published until 1892 in The Strand)
          - "A Scandal in Bohemia"
          - "The Adventure of the Red-Headed League"
          -  "A Case of Identity"
          - "The Boscombe Valley Mystery"
          - "The Five Orange Pips"
          - "The Man with the Twisted Lip"
          - "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle"
          - "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"
          - "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb"
          - "The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor"
          - "The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet"
          - "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches"

1890 - The Sign of the Four (novel published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine)
1892 - The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (anthology of twelve short stories published until 1893 in The Strand as further episodes of the Adventures)
          - "Silver Blaze"
          - "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" (included as part of His Last Bow in American editions)
          - "The Adventure of the Yellow Face"
          - "The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk"
          - "The Adventure of the Gloria Scott" (Holmes's first case, described to Watson)
          - "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual" (another early case, told by Holmes to Watson)
          - "The Adventure of the Reigate Squire"
          - "The Adventure of the Crooked Man"
          - "The Adventure of the Resident Patient"
          - "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter" (Mycroft first apperance)
          - "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty"
          - "The Final Problem"
1896 - The Field Bazaar, extracanonical short story.
1898 - The Lost Special, The Man with the Watches, extracanonical short stories.
1899 - Sherlock Holmes: A Drame in Four Acts, extracanonical play, on set for thirty years. NB: This is the first time Doyle uses the "Elementary my dear Watson" expression.
1900 - The Adventure of the Tall Man, uncompleted short story.
1901 - The Hound of the Baskervilles (novel serialised until 1902 in The Strand)
1902 - The Speckled Band / The Stonor Case, extracanonical play which premier in 1910.
1903 - The Return of Sherlock Holmes (anthology of thirteen short stories published until 1905 in The Strand)
          - "The Adventure of the Empty House" (the return of Holmes)
          - "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder"
          - "The Adventure of the Dancing Men"
          - "The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist"
          - "The Adventure of the Priory School"
          - "The Adventure of Black Peter"
          - "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton"
          - "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons"
          - "The Adventure of the Three Students"
          - "The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez"
          - "The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter"
          - "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange"
          - "The Adventure of the Second Stain" 
1908 -  The Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (including His Last Bow) (anthology of seven short stories published until 1913 and 1917)
          - "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" (originally published simply as "A Reminiscence of Mr Sherlock Holmes")
          - "The Adventure of the Red Circle"
          - "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
          - "The Adventure of the Dying Detective"
          - "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax"
          - "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot"
          - "His Last Bow" 
1914 - The Valley of Fear (novel serialised until 1915 in The Strand)
1921 - The Crown Diamond: An Evening With Mr Sherlock Holmes, extracanonical play. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (anthology of twelve short stories published until 1927)
          - "The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone" (told in third-person)
          - "The Problem of Thor Bridge"
          - "The Adventure of the Creeping Man"
          - "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire"
          - "The Adventure of the Three Garridebs"
          - "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client"
          - "The Adventure of the Three Gables"
          - "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier" (narrated by Holmes)
          - "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane" (narrated by Holmes)
          - "The Adventure of the Retired Colourman"
          - "The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger"
          - "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place"

1924 - How Watson Learned the Trick, extracanonical very short story.

OTHER FANFICTIONS

You might find fanfictions all over the Internet, for instance on:

- LiveJournal
> The Game is On, BBC Sherlock Community.
> The Gate, by velvet-mace, on LiveJournal.
> Wordstrings' LiveJournal 

- Fanfiction.Net
> fanfictions about "Sherlock" as recorded by the BBC.
> fanfictions about "Sherlock" fanfictions (including the Canon). 
> fanfiction about Sherlockholmian movies.


Ain't Seen The Sunshine (Since I Don't Know When)

Summary: "I have two sons," said Mrs Holmes. "Ages five and twelve. They're very bright, and I don't say that as a doting mother. I say that as someone who's seen their IQ scores and discovered that the elder was writing essays for a number of university students at fifty pounds a paper."

Warnings: John as a nanny, John and Lestrade minor flirting.

Alone on the water, by MadLori.  Illustration by y0do.

Summary: Sherlock is diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Warnings: angst like whoa.
It is say that one that hast not cried reading this short story is not a true sherlockholmian. But again, thy might simply be an urban legend.

In Which John Proves to be as Smart as Sherlock, by Kisleth.
Summary: John has a moment where he’s just as smart as Sherlock.
Warnings: none.

Sherlock: Words Left Unsaid, by ~hieithefallen
Summary: It's been three years since John has gone and disappeared back in Afghanistan. Sherlock's looking for him.
Warnings: none.

Strangers, by paisley-pie. Illustration by y0do.

Summary: "The average human being is subject to a thousand different bothersome weaknesses every moment of everyday, witth hunger, thirst, fatigue and lust being the most prevalent. But would it be possible for one to create a human being sans the trivialities? All the strenghts of man, and non of the weaknesses?" In 2110, Sherlock Holmes asks himself this question, and builds a machine.

Warnings: some violence, gore, and all their friends, with a dash of swear words and allusions to sex on the side.

The Chameleon, by Velvet Mace.
Summary: In a world filled with Sentinels with heightened senses, strength and endurance, and Guides, with seductive empathy, who knew that seeming "ordinary" could be John's greatest strength. Crossover with the Sentinel series.
Warnings: Forced Bonding, Non-con, coersion, imprisonment, incesty vibes, mild violence.

Crossovers with Cabin Pressure

Cabin Pressure is a BBC radio 4 emission where Benedict Cumberbatch impersonnates Martin, the young and insecure Captain of MJN Air.

Thicker than water, by prettybirdy979.
Summary: Sherlock's favourite brother hasn't always been there, but he's been there when it counts. For that matter, so has Sherlock.
Warnings : none.

The Brief adventure of Incompetent Twin, by robotsdance.

Summary: Imagine what happens when John and Sherlock decide to use MJN Air to solve one of their cases... or just read it here!
Warnings: none.