Caffeine Diary

A Progression of Post-its
By MonkeyBard
BBC Sherlock
Rating: G
Length: 100
Genre: Slash - John/Sherlock
WAdvent 11 Dec open post prompt: Recycle Title: take the title of a favourite carol or holiday film and use it as your inspiration.
Date: 12 December 2016
Author's note: Day late for the open post date. Sorry!


( It began in spring with a Post-it on the fridge... )

Third One's the Charm
By MonkeyBard
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1370
Universe: BBC
Summary: What is that third set of symbols carved into the body?
Date: 27 Oct 2016
JWP 10: A higher power: Choose a deity from any mythos, religion, or mythology (Tiamat, Zeus, Cthulu, whoever) and use them as an inspiration.
A/N: Sequel to West End Blues and Behind the Wall. I need a title for this growing series. Suggestions welcome.


( He should've snapped some photos when he'd had the chance. )

Fireside Quartet
By MonkeyBard
Rating: G
Length: 100x4
Characters/Pairings: Greg/OFC, Molly/OMC, Mrs. Hudson, Sherlock/John
Universe: BBC
Genres: Mixed (het; magical realism; hint o' slash)
Summary: Four fireside vignettes for the holidays.
Date: 2 December 2015

( Broughton )


( Croydon )


( Baker Street 221a )

( Baker Street 221b )



*If you're curious about Mrs Hudson's visitor, check out When in Need... and/or A London Fairytale.
If you want to see more of Sophie or Oscar, feel free to ask in a comment. They're scattered about in various fics and I can point the way.

Had I Known
By MonkeyBard
Rating: G
Length: 483
Universe: ACD
Genre: Het, Slash, Retirement Era
Warning: I'm totally punchy by now. The fics. They are mad. Mad, I say!
Summary: Introspection on the question, 'What if?'.
Date: 4 August 2015
AP10: Memory Lane. Let this entry be about what came before: anything that happened in the past, something from childhood, a prequel, or even about the side characters prior to a case.
A/N: A twist on the prompt, but there you have it. Probably cliché.


( The most ridiculous question I have ever been asked is this: )

Mad Scientist Club - Membership: One
By MonkeyBard
Rating: PG
Length: 221B
Universe: BBC
Genre: Slash
Warning: I'm totally punchy by now. The fics. They are mad. Mad, I say!
Summary: Challenge accepted!
Date: 3 August 2015
AP9: Domestic Hazards. Research shows that an overwhelming percentage of accident-related injuries happen in the home. 221B is far from an exception.
A/N: Follows immediately after Insert Maniacal Laughter Here.


( "Half an hour, Sherlock." )

Foiled by Feathers
By MonkeyBard
Rating: G
Length: 383
Universe: BBC
Warning: I'm totally punchy by now. The fics. They are mad. Mad, I say!
Summary: Cracking the case
Date: 2 August 2015
AP6: Down in the mouth. Interpret the phrase as you wish!
A/N: Follow up to 2 July's Jaune John.


( Sherlock's disguise was perfectly logical. )

Annual Observances
By MonkeyBard
Rating: G
Length: 404
Universe: BBC
Summary: A birthday, a ghost, and a piano.
Date: 2 August 2015
AP4: Another Year Older and Surrounded By Idiots: Benedict Cumberbatch is not the only July birthday among Holmes actors – Robert Stephens (Private Life of Sherlock Holmes), Vasily Livanov (Russian Sherlock Holmes films), and William Gillette (the first stage Sherlock Holmes) share the month with him. Incorporate a birthday observance in some way.
A/N: If you've not met the ghost of Sherrinford Holmes yet, I don't know what to tell you. Maybe check out my JWP 2014 series A Weekend in the Country. That should have links back to his first story. Maybe.


( "You needn't come if you don't like," Sherlock said. )

Gearing Up
By MonkeyBard
Rating: PG
Length: 616
Universe: BBC
Summary: Crashed alien tech sends Torchwood to London.
Date: 1-2 August 2015
AP2: Timestamp. Pick a story you wrote in a previous year's JWP (or if this is your first year, any previous Holmesian story you've written, or if you have never written any Holmesian fic before one of the stories/movies/episodes from any Holmes-based canon) and show what happened either just before or just after it.
A/N: Prequel to 2014's JWP series Present Imperfect Tense. That makes it a cross-over with Torchwood/Doctor Who.


( "It's crashed smack in the middle of London." )

Behind the Wall
By MonkeyBard
Rating: R
Length: 1120
Universe: BBC
Warnings: Gruesome crime scene. Severed body parts.
Summary: Behind the hidden door at the speakeasy.
Date: 30 July 2015
JWP #30: Words of Warning. "You are going to die tonight." Use this however it inspires you.
A/N: I think the heat is getting to my brain. This is seriously twisted. Sequel to the much less horrific West End Blues.
A/N2: Written faster than usual with even less beta than usual. Oh dear, oh dear.


( The strains of Louis Armstrong died in John's throat. )

A Hex of a Day
By MonkeyBard
Rating: R language
Length: 1410
Universe: BBC
Genres: Magical Realism. Hint o' Slash
Summary: Bad luck abounds.
Date: 28 July 2015
JWP #28: Bad, Bad, oh so Bad! Whether it's bad art, bad fiction, or just plain awful, let the badness inspire you in some way today. Take a bad song and make it better, or make it so bad it's good? It's up to you!
A/N: An odd take on the prompt, methinks. Also, I seem to have lost my ability to write short fic. O! for a muse of drabble!


( John's luck had been rotten all day. )