[identity profile] sussexdowns.livejournal.com
Title: The Anatomist (also available on AO3 here)
Author: [livejournal.com profile] rosa_acicularis
Pairing: Molly Hooper/Jim Moriarty, Molly Hooper/Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson
Length: 24,253 words
Rating: Adult
Warnings: Graphic violence, language, disturbing themes (specifically mild, non-graphic incest if you choose to read it that way), character death (Jim Moriarty). Spoilers for all of S1.
Verse: Sherlock BBC, with hints of canon.
Author's summary: "You’re not the only one to enjoy a good murder. There’s others out there just like you – except you’re just a man. And they’re so much more than that." Jefferson Hope, A Study in Pink // When they are children, Moriarty is a game. A story they tell only to each other, in whispers. Jim and Molly Moriarty, from the beginning.

Reccer's comments: While a good many of you will probably already be familiar with The Anatomist, I hope it's new and exciting for the rest of you. Frankly, I'm flabbergasted that this has not shown up here yet but I have checked, and re-checked, and then checked again, and no one has recced this story. For a while, it appeared to be a WIP, but [livejournal.com profile] rosa_acicularis now lists it as complete. Even when the last part was called 4/5, the shifting, non-linear structure made it so much less frustrating to read than your average WIP. Basically, it seemed like it could be complete at any part, and was always wonderfully satisfying despite being "unfinished".

This is, without a doubt, my favorite Mollyarty story. Molly is fascinating and, to me at any rate, entirely plausible in this.

Expand9: That autumn, Jim starts bringing her dead birds. )
[identity profile] blue-eyed-1987.livejournal.com
Title:An experiment, of sorts
Author: [livejournal.com profile] toestastegood
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length:17,868
Rating: R
Warnings: Dark, non-con, stalking.
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Author's summary:Written for a prompt at sherlockbbc_fic. Faced with a case where a rape victim murdered his attacker, Sherlock finds himself without the required knowledge to solve the crime. He performs an experiment on John, the most suitable subject - but the fall-out is far more shattering than he could have anticipated.
Reccer's comments: This is hard reading, absolutely heartbreaking, but worth it if you can get through it. I know this was recced on another reccing comm a few days ago but I want to rec it here too. There's a bit of a twist in the plot, but it's really the characterisation here that makes the fic for me. Sherlock's voice is perfect, sociopathic and so blind to some of the consequences. John is stoic and brittle. It had me in tears.
[identity profile] tanpopo03.livejournal.com
Moar fic!

Title: Blood from a stone
Author: [livejournal.com profile] mariana_oconnor
Pairing: John/Sherlock
Length: ~6500 (by my count)
Excerpt:
Sherlock, generally, does not believe in magic.
This is not so much an objection to the concept as the fact he has never found a provable example. It is entirely possible, he acknowledges, that there are things beyond science and mortal understanding. That doesn’t mean he believes there are though, it just means that if he ever does find a provable example he won’t exclude it based on prejudices.
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: None that I can think of.
Verse: Sherlock BBC
Reccer's comments: Basically Sherlock is cursed with empathy. And then gets addicted. Really not as funny as it may sound... it kind of gave me the chills.
Written in response to a prompt at [livejournal.com profile] sherlockbbc_fic, and only posted there as far as I know. The author's writing journal is [livejournal.com profile] definewisdom, should you want to check out her other fic, which I heartily recommend :).
[identity profile] unovis.livejournal.com
Hi!
Just a few words on our tags and tagging your recs.

Tags are useful search tools for grouping the recs by categories: by pairing, genre, content, and sources for the stories or other fanworks.

We ask that reccers attach tags that are relevant to the works they rec. You don't have to add everything that applies-- for example, not a character tag for everyone who might appear in the story, or every theme or content. But if Molly has a significant cameo, say, that you think people searching for her might appreciate, then by all means list her in a tag. Likewise if you think this is the addiction story people should read, then use the content: addiction tag.

The required aspects to tag are pairing (if it applies), relationship genre (i.e., gen, slash, or het*), and verse (the source: ACD books, Sherlock BBC, Granada, etc.).

The easiest place to see all of the tags available is in this list of tags.

Tagging is enabled only for the author of the post and the mods. Only the mods can add new tags. We have a beginning list up now, anticipating likely categories and characters. We'll add more as recs are made, if characters and pairings, for example, aren't covered already. You can request a new tag to be added by commenting here or by contacting one of the mods. Keep in mind, again, that we'll be adding character tags as additional characters appear in recs.

Sherlock Holmes and John Watson have been abbreviated as SH and JW in pairings and some other places (e.g., content: sick jw). Since this recs comm is open to all versions of Sherlock Holmes, it seemed the simplest way to identify the characters. Lestrade, Gregson, and Dimmock are listed as "inspector" following ACD book canon, and Moriarty is listed only once by his (their) surname alone. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is abbreviated throughout as ACD.

*We won't add a category for "slash-if-you-squint" or similar invitations for the reader to see subtext in a story. If the author hasn't labeled her work as slash, then it's genre: gen or genre: friendship.
themusecalliope: Vulpes Vulpes (WordstringsDishwater)
[personal profile] themusecalliope
The Paradox Series (in order)

Title: An Act of Charity
Author: [livejournal.com profile] 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 [livejournal.com profile] 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: [livejournal.com profile] 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 [livejournal.com profile] 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: [livejournal.com profile] 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 [livejournal.com profile] 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: [livejournal.com profile] 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 [livejournal.com profile] 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: [livejournal.com profile] 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: [livejournal.com profile] 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.)

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