August #2

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Here's the next free for all Open Recs Post.

You know the drill:

You can post any type you rec for fic, art, vids and podfic in the comments. No need to use the template (but of course you can if you want to). The recs won't be archived, but you can rec WIPs here and also ask for recs if you're looking for something to read.

Any Holmes verse welcome!

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WIPs I am following:

Sherlock investigates reports of human-animal experimentation at a lab. Octo!John, but doesn't look like crack or fluff so far:

Till Human Voices Wake Us (http://archiveofourown.org/works/922540) (444 words) by wiggleofjudas (http://archiveofourown.org/users/wiggleofjudas)
Chapters: 2/?
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock Holmes
Additional Tags: 221B Ficlet, Octojohn, Unethical Experimentation
Summary: Mycroft sends Sherlock into Baskerville to investigate reports of human-animal hybrids.

The sequel to the WWII portion of the fantastic series Long Ago and Far Away by lotherington. Set in the early 1950s *shivers with dread*

Another Time (http://archiveofourown.org/works/912578) (2734 words) by lotherington (http://archiveofourown.org/users/lotherington)
Chapters: 1/6
Fandom: Sherlock (TV) (http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Sherlock%20(TV))
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Jim Moriarty/OMC
Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Jim Moriarty, Mrs. Hudson, Molly Hooper
Additional Tags: AU - Historical, 1950s
Series: Part 27 of Long Ago and Far Away (http://archiveofourown.org/series/12656)
Summary:‘That is plainly not news that the public should have any interest in. News is the Soviets being up to something, or a nice murder, not me being able to play Bewitched, Bothered and bloody Bewildered on my violin!’
Mrs Hudson patted his back soothingly and put the bottle of milk that had been sitting on the counter since John had left for work back in the fridge. ‘When’s Doctor Watson due home, dear?’
Summer, 1951, six years after the war's end. John is a well-regarded doctor working for the NHS, whilst Sherlock's consulting detective business is making him something of a household name. Moriarty decides it's time for him to make his move.
Sequel to Long Ago and Far Away (http://archiveofourown.org/series/12656).
Additional warnings in the author's note.

Another AU set in 1860s England; a non-supernatural take on "The Little Mermaid":
All Our Gifts At Once, or, the Young Sea-man (http://archiveofourown.org/works/892108) (5161 words) by tiltedsyllogism (http://archiveofourown.org/users/tiltedsyllogism)
Chapters: 2/?
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Characters: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Harry Watson, Mycroft Holmes, John Watson's Grandmother, John Watson's Father, Historical Character(s), possible cameo by Queen Victoria
Additional Tags: fairy tale, Alternate Universe - Historical, Rampant historical inaccuracy, Tumblr: letswritesherlock, Challenge 2, Sacrifice, Pining, The little mermaid - Freeform, but definitely not the Disney version, Angst
Summary: John longs for the world beyond his life at the shipyards. It will cost him everything he has.

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Another one:

Wonderful fusion of the Matthew Swift series and the Rivers of London with Sherlock. Great atmosphere and world-buiding. I love the idea of Sherlock as an urban sorcerer and John as a war sorcerer:

The Madness Of Angels (http://archiveofourown.org/works/489179) (74515 words) by ayalesca (http://archiveofourown.org/users/ayalesca)
Chapters: 10/13
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Summary: Urban fantasy AU. In which John Watson is a war sorcerer recently invalided home from Afghanistan. In London he meets Sherlock Holmes, the world’s most irritating urban sorcerer and only consulting detective. There, John finds himself and Sherlock suddenly under attack by a mysterious and malevolent power—and drawn into a mystery that may tear London apart. A fusion with the Matthew Swift series by Kate Griffin, but no prior knowledge is needed.
Chapter Ten: In which Sherlock enlists the help of subterranean peoples, fights a midnight battle, discovers that nothing is as it seems, and makes his choice.