FicRec: The Paradox Series by Wordstrings

[themusecalliope]

The Paradox Series (in order)

Title: An Act of Charity
Author: wordstrings
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 4,032 words
Author's summary: In which what's in his head is never going to get any better, and John is nearly thrown out of his flat. Sherlock POV
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Language, Dark themes, Mental Strangeness
Verse: Sherlock (TV)
Reccer's comments: (Podfic of same by pandarus) This is the beginning of a dark and enthralling series. (Fair warning. These stories contain: insanity (no...really), controlling behaviour, dark stuff, drug use, alternative ways of perceiving, relationships that would be unhealthy outside of this context, and all manner of disturbing things. They are also very, very good. This first story is quite tame compared to the rest.)

Title: The Paradox Suite
Author: wordstrings
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 5,369 words
Author's summary: Being with Sherlock is a series of shocks, but John is game for it anyhow. John POV
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Language, Dark themes, Violence, Sex
Verse: Sherlock (TV)
Reccer's comments: (Podfic of same by pandarus.) This installment looks at John's perception of his world, paradoxes, and and Sherlock. This series switches back and forth between POVs in each installment, so you often get both sides of an event.

Title: The Death and Resurrection of the English Language
Author: wordstrings
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 15,663 words
Author's summary: Wherein the English language dies, Sherlock mourns it, and John revives a dead tongue. Sherlock POV
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Language, Dark themes, Violence, Sex, Mental Illness
Verse: Sherlock (TV)
Reccer's comments: (Podfic of same by pandarus) Wow. Sherlock goes through the mill a bit in this one, but he also gets something he never thought to. You really get a look inside Sherlock's mind in this one.

Title: Entirely Covered in Your Invisible Name
Author: wordstrings
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 15,722 words
Author's summary: Sherlock solves crimes, loses himself, comes back again, and all the while John prays that he never comes to his senses. John POV (A/N - WARNING: this fic paints a picture of a relationship many reasonable people would find crosses the line into disturbingly possessive and/or flirting with actual abuse by way of verbal threats. If verbal threats and brief physical restraint bother you, skip this fic. I'd never fault you for it in the slightest.)
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Language, Dark themes, Violence, Sex, Mental Illness, Drug Use
Verse: Sherlock (TV)
Reccer's comments: (Podfic of same by pandarus) This installment kicks the series up another notch...of tension, worry, and awe. Heed the author's warning.

Title: Moon River Wider than a Mile
Author: wordstrings
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 1290 words
Author's summary: None
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Kissing
Verse: Sherlock (TV)
Reccer's comments: A ficlet written for a meme, that nevertheless falls here. A melancholy moment.

Title: New Days to Throw Your Chains Away
Author: wordstrings
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: 14,803 words
Author's summary: When Sherlock decides that he needs to be higher functioning, he simultaneously finds the perfect tutor. Sherlock POV (A/N - WARNING: this fic paints a picture of a relationship many reasonable people would find crosses the line into disturbingly possessive and/or flirting with actual abuse by way of verbal threats. If verbal threats and brief physical restraint bother you, skip this fic. I'd never fault you for it in the slightest. It also has one torture scene, so skip that if you are disturbed by what Sherlock does at the end of Study in Pink.)
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Language, Dark themes, Violence, Sex, Mental Illness, Torture
Verse: Sherlock (TV)
Reccer's comments:...And this is the last of it (so far). I love this series.

(...and I hope that I did all of this correctly.)

Comments

[dictionary00.livejournal.com]

HAHA I BET MY FRIEND $10 THAT THIS SERIES WOULD SHOW UP HERE WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK AND ~BEHOLD~

Seriously though, seconding with all my heart. This is a captivating portrayal of truly-sociopathic!Sherlock, with a wonderfully human and complementary John who can keep up every step of the way.

[themusecalliope]

So glad I could help. :D

[uwsannajane.livejournal.com]

Who on earth bet against you on this one?! Because ... wordstrings. wordstrings wordstrings wordstrings.

I tend to run out of language when trying to describe this series, and have yet to post a review over there b/c of total fear of blithering in an embarrassing fashion - but even my husband, who takes a strict DADT attitude toward my fanfic habit, knows the phrase "The Stephen Hawking of Fuckery."

[tweedisgood.livejournal.com]

Heartily seconded, everything wordstrings writes is well worth reading. Huge talent and one I have recced myself to friends.

[themusecalliope]

And there needs to be *more*!

[tanpopo03.livejournal.com]

Thanks for getting things started! :)

Just a quick mod-comment to clarify things: We've made an exception to the "one-fic-per-post-rule" here, because it's a series of connected fic.

Tags will be added shortly...

[uwsannajane.livejournal.com]

FWIW, I definitely agree that a series is more or less a single work. Especially this one.

[moony-mistress.livejournal.com]

This series can never be recced enough. <3
Umm, thirded, I think.

[ars-longa.livejournal.com]

The best in this fandom so far, I think.

[falling-voices.livejournal.com]

This is the best series in Sherlock fandom. Hands down.

[uwsannajane.livejournal.com]

You kinda HAVE to put wordstrings at/toward the front, because holy heck, what a writer. I'm so pleased to see that y'all put "Moon River" in its right place in the series - it's tiny but significant, not to mention lovely.

Must. resist. rereading. right. this. minute.

[themusecalliope]

...and its referred to in the following story. Sneaky wordstrings.

[gwendolynflight.livejournal.com]

God, I love this series. Kinda knew it would show up here. ;)

[unovis.livejournal.com]

Just noticed, and adding here -- the lastest story in the series: A Thousand Threads of What-Might-Have-Beens (http://wordstrings.livejournal.com/5029.html)

[themusecalliope]

Thanks for the update! ...I really need to go back and read these again.