A collection of all my responses to the 2023 July Writing Promptfest on Watson's Woes. Each chapter stands alone.

It's been over a decade, but this is the last Watson's Woes JWP (a month-long marathon of writing prompts aiming to whump Watson in any genre, any 'verse, any level/lack of seriousness.) It's been an awesome ride. Thank you for coming along with me for one last go-around!

It never bodes well when an enemy knows more about your past than you care to remember. A crossover retelling of The Final Problem. PSA to earlier readers: story has been tightened up and some scenes reordered to make easier reading. Nothing's been cut out, though.

Holmes comes home to find a blanket fort encompassing Watson's desk.

What are you doing, Watson? Well, I'm using your methods, Holmes. The only thing that stands between them is a single call.

A collection of unconnected short stories which the author has written just for fun and don't quite warrant their own posting.

Little one-shots about Sherlock Holmes and Aurelia Bartlett (an original character). Their stories are based off of songs, which will be mentioned at the beginning of each story. None of the stories are in a specific order.

He fought against the fear trying to take over his thoughts. He needed to help, not kick himself for failing to account for this possibility. FINA AU

Enola Holmes balances hunting murders with polite conversation with dreadful society ladies and secret escapades with her fiancé.

With conflicting information and a lack of clues, a case outside of London holds more twists than anybody wanted. His friend's strange behavior only confuses the situation further.

Sherlock Holmes' retirement is quiet and peaceful until his old friend John Watson interrupts it with a strange request. Soon they'll face the unknown together one last time, but there is nothing to be afraid of, and everything rhymes in the end.

"I expected the gunshot. I did not expect it to be such a severe wound." Holmes has returned, but he may have lost more than Moriarty at the Falls.

Holmes, for once, wants to sleep. Watson has different ideas.

"Holmes. Sherlock Holmes. That is who I am." Holmes is slipping, drowning under the storm of his mind. Moriarty fights to stay under as long as he can.

Original Prompt: "So it was, my dear Watson, that at two o'clock to-day I found myself in my old arm-chair in my own old room, and only wishing that I could have seen my old friend Watson in the other chair which he has so often adorned." Holmes returns to 221B, and reminisces.

Original prompt: "based on an interaction that my sister and I had—I became an annoying older sis and started tapping her" Watson is trying to write his accounts. Holmes is bored.

Watson reflects on a rather amusing case he once helped Sherlock solve. Oneshot.

What if Sherlock Holmes and James Moriarty turned out to be relatives? Set mostly at the Reichenbach Falls.

Some things, like being alive, are worth celebrating.

Run alone, that Alpha would have accomplished quite a bit more than rescue the kids and capture the adults. This Alpha starts with no Yarders in sight.

When evident grief sparks pointed concern, Mycroft decides to circumvent the postal service. EMPT AU

Rules and patterns all start somewhere. An early experiment teaches Holmes a terrifying lesson about leaving his work unattended.

When a series of attacks on agents of the British Empire takes place, Mycroft Holmes asks his brother Sherlock for help. He is supposed to identify the attackers. However, during their investigation, Holmes and Watson stumble upon a conspiracy, in which elements of the British government seem to be involved as well.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called to Tudor Hall, where the host has been murdered. The suspects are his five guests, Colonel von Gatow, Professor Plum, Miss Scarlett, Mrs. Peacock, Reverend Green, as well as his housekeeper, Mrs. White.

Afghanistan 1880. Dr. Watson is haunted by nightmarish memories. After an attack on Mycroft Holmes, an old phantom from his past seems to reappear. The Phantom of Maiwand.