Open Recs!

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Hi! Welcome to the Open Recs Post for March.

You might have noticed that the Open Recs Posts have been pretty irregular for a while. We're really sorry about that. But we've come to the decision that we're going to have only one post per month for the forseeable future.

On with the show:

As always, you're invited to post in comments here any recs or requests for recs for fic, vids, art, or podfic. All versions of Sherlock Holmes are welcome, as are WIPs.

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A note that Katie Forsythe/Wordstrings deleted their LJs: Whereas Wordstrings' works are now all on A03, Katie's incomparable Holmes and Watson fics can still be found here (http://liquidfic.org/katie.html). And here's a master post (http://innominerosae.tumblr.com/post/46196260675/a-guide-to-katie-forsythes-sherlock-holmes-fics) showing which series the fics belong to, as that info isn't included on the LiquidFic site.

Some WIPs I am enjoying:

Midnight Blue Serenity (http://archiveofourown.org/works/635897) (43919 words) by BeautifulFiction (http://archiveofourown.org/users/BeautifulFiction)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Additional Tags: Case Fic, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Pining, Drug Use, Disguise, Sherlock makes a sexy bartender, Catching a date-rapist serial killer is never easy, Friends to Lovers
Summary: “This was like nothing John had ever thought to associate with Sherlock: stubble, skin-tight jeans and three small silver rings gleaming at the crest of one ear. It was unbelievable, like stepping into an alternative universe, and John couldn't stop staring.”
When Sherlock infiltrates a club in order to track down a serial killer, his altered appearance is enough to make John question his assumption that Sherlock is beyond his reach. However, he is not the only one to appreciate his flat-mate's charms. The killer is looking for his fifth victim, and Sherlock might prove irresistible.

Barrow Wight (http://archiveofourown.org/works/406966) (11242 words) by PrettyArbitrary (http://archiveofourown.org/users/PrettyArbitrary)
Chapters: 3/?
Fandom: Sherlock (TV) (http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sherlock%20(TV)), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms (http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sherlock%20Holmes%20*a*%20Related%20Fandoms)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Sherlock Holmes & John Watson
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson
Additional Tags: no I mean he's sidhe, Fairy!Sherlock, Fairy Tales, Celtic Mythology & Folklore, The Power of Names, And then they have adventures, Ambiguous Relationships
Series: Part 1 of On the Naming of Things (http://archiveofourown.org/series/25681)
Summary: “You’re a myth!” John snaps, then growls because no, that’s not what he meant. He feels like he’s losing the plot. “Fairies are a myth. You’re mad.”

Bel Canto (http://archiveofourown.org/works/712295) (23535 words) by bendingsignpost (http://archiveofourown.org/users/bendingsignpost)
Chapters: 3/16
Fandom: Sherlock (TV) (http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sherlock%20(TV))
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson/Sherlock Holmes
Characters: John Watson, Mrs. Hudson, Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes, Inspector Stanley Hopkins, Molly Hooper, Eric - from the palace
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Historical, phantomlock, Secret Identity, Identity Porn, Alternate Universe - Classical Music, Music, Singing, Sherlock's Violin, Operas, Aristocracy
Summary: After years of waiting for wealthy patrons to faint, Dr John Watson discovers a far more interesting patient in the opera house basement. (AU through a Phantom of the Opera lens.)

Lestrade learns he is Sherlock's biological father. Not crack. Nice characterization:
archea2's Wise Child (http://archea2.livejournal.com/72955.html). S/J pre-slash. Six chapters so far.