Caffeine Diary

Home and Dry
By MonkeyBard
Rating: PG
Length: 2324
Universe: BBC
Summary: All's well that...you know.
Date: 18 November 2014
A/N: Part 7 (conclusion!) of the Sherrinford chronicle, "A Weekend in the Country". Beta thanks, again, to methylviolet10b.


( Sherlock spent the entirety of John's stay at the small village hospital tormenting the staff... )

Joint Effort
By MonkeyBard
Rating: PG
Length: 1281
Universe: BBC
Summary: Brotherly cooperation isn't a Holmes family strength.
Date: 29 July 2014
Prompt 29: brought to you by amindamazed: Fraught With Possibilities. Use at least one of these as the inspiration for today's entry: brothers, cleaning house, tools of the trade, nightmares, friends in high places.
A/N: Part 5 of the current Sherrinford chronicles. I am taking suggestions for series titles. :-S


( "Come on, Toby! Run!" )

Weavers Pond
By MonkeyBard
Rating: PG
Length: 1957
Universe: BBC
Warnings: Moderate physical and mental trauma.
Summary: Ford shows John and Toby an old haunt.
Date: 10 July 2014
Prompt 10: A Sporting Chance. Include one or more bits of sporting gear in your entry. What the gear is (bathing costume? Roller skates? Tennis racquet?) is entirely up to you.
A/N: In this one, more than any of the others so far, I feel the lack of a beta reader. Ah well. It's July! It's all about the speed of inspiration.
A/N2: Sequel to Spirit Hound and Silent Melody. (I'll title the series once I have a good one for it.)


( "I'm taking Toby for a walk. Do you want to come?" )

Spirit Hound
By MonkeyBard
Rating: G
Length: 1042
Universe: BBC
Summary: John’s not the only one who can see ghosts.
Date: 2 July 2014
Prompt #2, brought to you by gardnerhill: Animals Animals Animals. Expand on one of the non-human creatures appearing in or mentioned in the stories (Toby, the mongoose, the trained cormorant). Or create something based on one of the animal AUs (Sherlock Hound, Basil of Baker Street, Otterlock and HedgeJohn, Dangermouse). Will you be the 1,000,000th Sherlockian to speculate on just what the Giant Rat of Sumatra was?
A/N: Yes, I know they established the Holmes parents in S3, but I am sticking with my version for the sake of this fic and my personal continuity.
A/N2: For a bit of backstory, see Family Tree, Holiday Handful: Gingerbread, The Holiday Spirit, and Holidays with the Holmeses: Fairy Cake.

( It had been months since John and Sherlock had last been to the Holmes family estate. )