Doctor Elizabeth Macmillan does not traffick in regrets. Hers is a pleasurable and useful life, made complete by Phryne's return to Melbourne. And if Mac occasionally longs for a time before her friend became somehow distracted by Inspector Jack Robinson— well, one must always endure some bad with the good. She's wrong about all of it, of course. And maybe there are worse things.

It turns out there is one thing Phryne isn't good at.

An advent-style calendar for Hanukkah, originally posted in December 2015 at AO3. I will post one or two a day over here until it's complete. All of these are prompted; prompts in the chapter titles.

Sherlock/Jungle Book fusion. 9 ch total. Rather than writing completely from scratch, I have used Rudyard Kipling's Kipling's Mowgli stories as a base text and adapted heavily. Most of the characters from Sherlock here, fused with characters from TJB (FU, 4 character limit!) To help with the names, there is a glossary at my lj: tiltedsyllogism dot livejournal dot com /2830 dot html

Being far from home only gets harder, the longer it wears on. Post-Reichenbach 221b.

a Sherlock drabble or 221b for every day of Advent. With one exception, these are 25 independent and self-contained ficlets - mostly on a Christmas theme, but not all. So ignore the character and genre tags: though each individual chapter/story is small, the fic as a whole has a range of genres, a cast of thousands, &c. Written in 2014.

A week into their on-site army training, Mike and John talk about where they're headed, and why.

It wasn't the first time Sherlock had touched John. But something had changed - John wasn't sure what it was. It might have been everything. **** a 5 1 of 221bs.

Sally quite likes John Watson, which is unfortunate. She doesn't need somebody else to worry about, and she doesn't need another reason to be angry at Sherlock Holmes. **** A remix of "A Friend in Need" by nox candida, which can be found at archiveofourown dot org /works/258935

Victorian rentboys in a carriage. Historical AU. 221b written for a prompt from Songlin.

Sherlock thinks he might have figured out something important about his relationship with John - but one must never theorize before the facts. Fortunately, in their lives together, there's a reliable way to collect more facts. Or: five times that it was for a case, and one time that it wasn't. **** Massive trope-fest.

Apparently, everybody hears "punch me in the face" when Sherlock talks. 221b.

Sometimes solutions come in a form we don't expect. (Early) canon divergence, Mike Stamford POV.

Heroes don't exist, of course. Where, after all, is the man that has everything? *** 221B ficlet.

The night before he leaves for Afghanistan, John winds up at an officers' party, talking to a rather extraordinary woman. ** Inspired by the Paul Simon song I Know What I Know.

John's the writer, of course. Sherlock just helps. **** a Three Flat Problem (one 221A, one 221B, one 221C) crammed full of A, B and C prompt words from friends in the antidiogenes chat room. Title inspired by those stupid writing-advice websites that offer some small number (usually 3!) ridiculously simple writing principles as if that's all it takes.

Molly was the one who ended it with Tom, but she's still reeling. She finds solace - and more - with an unexpected new friend. ** Canon compliant, set between TSo3 and HLV.

At this rate, John's not sure he can handle eight nights of crazy. *** a Hanukkah-themed three flat problem (one 221A, one 221B, one 221C.)

A remix of Lindentreeisle's fandom Vamp!lock classic Swallow You Whole, which you can find at archiveofourown dot org here: /works/283736 ** This is a realist AU of a vampire AU. No vampires, at least not literal ones. But Sherlock's spent his entire life getting exactly what he wanted, so it's hard to tell the difference. And what he wants is John.

Everyone kills for a different reason. Sherlock's got to understand somehow. **** A remix of Keerawa's story Murder Will Out, which you can find on archiveofourown dot org, here: /works/404483

Amid the cases, John and Sherlock try to navigate some new kinds of intimacy. And/or/incidentally: five times Sherlock closed the door on John, and one time he didn't. ***** Casefic and 5 1

A modern-day realist take on an old fairy tale, wherein Mrs. Hudson catches a cold, Sherlock catches a killer, and John kicks ass.

John Watson, storyteller and shipwright's son, walks way from his entire life in Portsmouth to follow the mysterious Sherlock Holmes to London. ***** a realistic retelling of The Little Mermaid. Victorian AU. ***** As originally posted on AO3, the story has extensive historical notes for each chapter. You can read them there (or offer advice on how to incorporate them here!)

Pictionary with Sherlock, what could possibly go wrong? 221b format.

John and Sherlock, together in Baker Street. A series of snapshot-length historical AUs, and a 5 1 in 221b form.

"Why do they send cards, do you think?" Sherlock asked, his voice low and quiet, "so many years later, these people who have met us only a few times. Why, still." ********* It's Christmastime, and it falls to John to explain to Sherlock why former clients keep reaching out, even when they don't need anything anymore.

"It's not so bad, actually, this," John says, in a slow cautious cadence that will not disturb the measure of their matched steps. "I'm not worried about falling, with you here." "That's the idea," Sherlock replies, also matching his words to the rhythm of their footfalls. - Three days before the wedding, Sherlock teaches John how to waltz.

John and Sherlock have a pointed chat about what makes a good birthday present and what doesn't. A sort of a missing scene for Many Happy Returns.

College, they tell you, is when you figure out who you are and what you're doing. This is the year that Trish goes to college and Jessica doesn't, and each of them tries to hold onto the other as best she can.

Not all mysteries need to be solved. John and Sherlock spend an evening on the porch, thinking about the past.