I appreciate great storytelling in all mediums, whether classical or contemporary, no matter what genre. When it is great, it takes on a life of its own, giving pleasure to audiences, generation after generation.

Before I was old enough to write, I scribbled cartoon "illustrations," usually singing and humming while I drew, as I retold for my own entertainment stories of my favorite characters. The more I learned about fairy tales, Classical mythology, the Brothers Grimm, Nancy Drew, Edgar Allan Poe, scifi, and tv shows with interesting character relationships, the more I sketched picture stories in the blank pages of school composition books. I grew up thinking I wanted to become an artist so I could continue illustrating the wondrous images the authors' words created in my head.

The allure of film was hard to resist. Television and movies became a constant source of inspiration. Their visuals combined with musical score enhanced all aspects of storytelling and made me one of the few television viewers (this predates syndication and DVR) who loved watching summer reruns of my favorite shows. The more I rewatched, the more I discovered. The better crafted the show, the more discoveries I could make.

After the original Star Trek series of my impressionable youth, my next and greatest obsession was The Hobbit and LOTR--everything Tolkien. (I am seriously dating myself here when I say this was before it was popular.) However, because of Tolkien, I chose to pursue my college studies in art, linguistics, and English literature, and my graduate studies to learn more from the sources of his inspiration...Medieval literature, philosophy, and history. (Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics Essay by J. R. R. Tolkien was a significant game-changer for me.)

Working as an artist for a short time, I sold my paintings at Star Trek conventions, but after a while, it felt as though I was giving away my "children." (Copyrights didn't apply. Once sold, artists no longer owned their own works.)

Plus, with the sophistication of special effects for television and movies and the introduction of CI, my hand-eye coordination was no match for the magnificent renderings of new technologies.

Writing replaced my paints, pencils, and pastels as the medium of practice.

My education in literary criticism (spanning classical works, medieval texts to the moderns), my employment as a Medieval English Literature profession, later as a college textbook editor for a big publishing house, and after starting a family, my subsequent employment as a writer and photographer as a public relations specialist, helped me hone my own writing skills.

Now comes the delightful freedom of fanfic...created for our own entertainment. Here I find original and clandestined loves from my past as well as the fabulous newer inspirations that have given me new obsessions to enjoy, (Star Trek, The X-Files,and Sherlock are my all-time top favorites!).

Fanfic is the proverbial candy store! So many stories, so little time!

As an American, more specifically a life-long New Yorker, I beg forgiveness to any of my readers for my attempts at writing stories that may be out of my sphere of knowledge, and I welcome advice and guidance, if you spot any such mistakes in idioms and expressions. But most of all, I want to thank fanfic audiences for allowing me to retell and share my favorite stories like when I was a child.

Can you hear me singing and humming?

A.N: The Sherlock stories listed below have been categorized by casefic or introspective-character study and are in chronological order according to the episodes' timeline and seasons. Only the dates at the end of each synopsis tells you when I actually wrote the story. All I can say is that later works are an improvement over my earlier works, (let the reader beware) but so as to get the general feel of my perspective of this BBC Sherlock Universe, I am not deleting any stories from this fanfiction site. I hope this guide will be helpful in introducing new readers to this series of fanfiction stories.

Wynsom 7/22/2018

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Original Casefics: Canon compliant with BBC Sherlock and written BEFORE Season 4

BBC Sherlock: Working Backwards

A look backwards: About a year before TRF, Sherlock and John share an adventure to discover the connections between a ghost story and the case of eleven inebriated men. At the same time, the detective and the doctor discover significant connections between their working relationship and meaningful friendship. No fluff nor slash, but insights abound. As usual, all disclaimers apply. Published: 3/20/2015 - Updated: 3/20/2015 - Complete

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BBC Sherlock: Epiphany

Nearly a year with his eccentric flatmate and John Watson is still learning what it means to live and work with the genius of Sherlock Holmes. Borrowing the time frame and characterizations from the BBC Sherlock series, this little fanfic tells their enduring story. I hope you will find the ending justifies the means. Please enjoy. Published: 1/2/2015 - Updated: 1/2/2015 - Complete

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BBC Sherlock: Parlor Tricks

Sherlock and John acquire an understanding about each other whilst solving the mystery of a man who stepped "back into his own house to get his umbrella and was never more seen in this world." Based on an "unfinished tale" referenced by Watson in ACD's "The Problem of Thor Bridge," this story is set more than a year into the partnership of the BBC characters. Published: 2/1/2015 - Updated: 2/1/2015 - Complete

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BBC Sherlock: The Case of the FLAT-OUT Adventure

The enduring relationship between Sherlock and John can be seen in many subtle ways; how they work together, how they play together, how they understand each other, and how little they need to talk about it. Not a mystery, but an ADVENTURE, this fic examines the nuances of these extraordinary characters on what might be considered an ordinary day. Takes place before TRF. Published: 2/14/2016 - Updated: 2/29/2016 Sherlock H., John W. - Complete

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Introspective-character studies: Canon compliant with BBC Sherlock written BEFORE Season 4

BBC Sherlock: Welcome to London!

One shot: This is a story about a detective and his friend, not a detective story. At 22 Northumberland Street, Sherlock and John sprang from Angelo's Italian restaurant when the taxi pulled from the kerb-and thus commenced their first adventure as partners. This one-shot pays homage to the "lightness of being" true friends in an enduring relationship. All Disclaimers Apply. Published: 5/28/2015 - Updated: 5/28/2015 - Complete

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BBC Sherlock: UNSUMMONED

"Blood is thicker than water," except when it comes to Sherlock Holmes. When "BLUD," to all intents and purposes, seemed to have failed the detective in THE REICHENBACH FALL, John Watson chooses to soldier up, face their enemy together, and summon the courage to protect his friend. This series revisits the tragic scenes in TRF from John's POV. (T for language in later chapters) Published: 9/5/2015 - Updated: 11/24/2015 - Complete

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BBC Sherlock: So Many Times

Sherlock admitted in The Empty Hearse that he had nearly contacted John so many times. So what prevented the cleverest man in the whole world from delivering even one word to let John know he was alive? (As usual, all disclaimers regarding ACD and the BBC series apply.) Special thanks to my blessing/beta/friend englishtutor and her indefatigable talent for cheering me on.Published: 6/21/2015-Updated: 6/21/2015 - Complete

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BBC Sherlock: Unspoken

Subtexts from The Empty Hearse

Another of my earliest works. Scenes and Subtexts from The Empty Hearse. What were John's thoughts after discovering Sherlock was alive? What were Sherlock's after John's rejection? Each chapter inserts words not spoken that explore how their friendship survives The Fall. (Faithful to the BBC series with some liberties.) Thanks to sevenpercent for her insights that supported this rewrite. Published: 4/6/2014 - Updated: 7/12/2014 - Complete

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BBC Sherlock: Nine Slices of Cake

In TSOT, clever Mary Morstan knew the boys needed "to run" and urged them to pick a case, especially Sherlock who was definitely becoming obsessive compulsive about the wedding plans. This fanfic occurs in that split-second when John convinces Sherlock to pick a case. Comically played by Benedict and Martin, this moment is IMHO a precursor to darker events to come in HLV

Published: 8/20/2014 - Updated: 8/20/2014 - Complete

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BBC Sherlock: MISSING PIECES

Remaining faithful as possible to BBC Canon, these 3 chapters are my FIRST fics—apologies in advance—and were written to fill the 'in-between scenes' that IMHO were sorely missing from HLV. Originally one-shots entitled GO Home (1,2.3), cause I didn't know how to make chapters. SO PLEASE read this MISSING PIECES instead of the Go Home series as this linked version is updated in small but significant ways. Again apologies for my earliest attempts at Fanfiction. ;-(

Chapter 1: Will Wounds Heal? A "missing" conversation between Sherlock and John Watson that could have taken place in HLV. Sherlock wakes up again in the hospital after collapsing from bleeding internally at Baker Street in the aftermath of new revelations between John and Mary; Chapter 2: Another conversation between Sherlock and John "missing" from Season 3, His Last Vow (episode 3). Wounds may be healing. Sherlock has returned to Baker Street and is secretly planning to raid Appledore. John finally opens up about how he's managing with and without Mary since Sherlock nearly died. Chapter 3: During Sherlock's incarceration, Mycroft, John, and Sherlock shared hopes, regrets, and heal wounds of misunderstanding. The context of John's and Sherlock's exchange offers a basis for their albeit very restrained final meeting at the air base. Published: 2/28/2014 - Updated: 2/28/2014 - Complete

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BBC Sherlock: THRESHOLDS

Set in the near future (with presumptions about Season 4) the Watsons share their euphoria after the birth of their baby girl with their Best Man/Best Friend. Would Sherlock have been able to value such human emotions without the critical thresholds he experienced in A Scandal in Belgravia? A look at select moments (mostly from ASiB)that influenced Sherlock's emotional development. Published: 10/17/2014 - Updated: 12/7/2014 - maybe may add a chapter or two if the muse strikes.

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Introspective-character studies: Canon compliant with BBC Sherlock written AFTER TAB

BBC Sherlock: An Awakening

Spoiler Alert: This fic takes place AFTER the events in The Abominable Bride with the premise that TAB was a vivid glimpse not only into Modern Sherlock's Mind Palace, but revealed his personal thoughts and feelings about John, Mary, Mycroft, Lestrade, and of course Moriarty. Fluff and sentiment may make an appearance. Published -1/15/2016-Updated: 4/8/2016 - Complete

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AU Season 4 - Mostly canon compliant with BBC Sherlock BUT written BEFORE Season 4 - January 1st 2017 premiere

TUBE Derailment series: BBC Sherlock 1: MISSING IN ACTION Published: 8/1/2014 - Updated: 9/30/2014 Complete; BBC Sherlock 2: ACTION IN MISSING Published: 8/30/2014 - Updated: 9/30/2014 - Complete;BBC Sherlock 3: TOO MUCH TO ASK Published: 9/29/2014 - - Updated: 9/29/2014 - Complete

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BBC Sherlock: Gift of Silence

Post S-4: John rescues a child from a car explosion and suffers physical and emotional consequences-vertigo, deafness, PTSD. With his family gone, only Sherlock is left to pick up the pieces. Will John let him? [Written preS-4, now it's an AU, but it followed canon trajectory that Mary dies. This fic made no predictions how.] Casefic chapters 7-16, refer to crimes of pedophilia. Published: 5/2/2016 - Updated: 11/15/2016 - Complete

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Introspective-character studies: Canon compliant with BBC Sherlock written AFTER Season 4

BBC Sherlock One-Shot: To Hell and Back

Contains spoilers for Season 4. In TLD, John has a major attitude shift. First, he's a grieving widower who rages at Sherlock, then, the friend who absolves Sherlock of blame for Mary's death. This one-shot examines John's transition that opened the way not only for their mutual reconciliation but for that tender hug of mutual consolation between them at the end of the episode.

BBC Sherlock: Time Well Spent

Contains spoilers for Season 4. At the bottom of a well in "The Final Problem," John had unexpected time for introspection. In this episode, there were several conversations John and Sherlock exchanged while John was in the well. Each chapter will explore segments of time John spent in the well between their broken communications. Published: 2/12/2017- Updated: 2/12/2017 -- Complete

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BBC Sherlock: Life After Death

"When all else fails, there are two men sitting arguing in a scruffy flat like they've always been there and they always will." Such is the stuff of Legends. Except as a single parent, John Watson has to wonder if being the "last refuge for the desperate, the unloved, the persecuted" as Sherlock's partner will make his greatest challenge—raising a child—all the more daunting. Published: 4/24/2017 - Updated: 8/9/2017 - Complete

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BBC Sherlock: Death Wish

Post Season 4: Widower and devoted father to Rosie, John Watson would never admit he was bored with the enforced domesticity, but as Mary had once observed, "John needs to run every now and then." After receiving a mysterious letter about murder, Sherlock Holmes may have found the perfect case to recruit John away from the tedium of benign routine. Published: 5/24/2018 - Updated: 7/14/2018 - Complete

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BBC Sherlock: Wits End

Post Season 4 one-shot: While legendary partners and enduring friends, John and Sherlock could go without direct communication for weeks at a time, each man knows he would be at the ready should the other make a call for help. When Sherlock is troubled by a series of indecipherable texts from John, he realizes time is of the essence and races to the rescue. Published: 9/4/2018 -Complete

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BBC Sherlock: The Schemer's Pit

In this Post S-4 story, the legendary friendship endures. An unexpected encounter in a restaurant and a call from Lestrade reunites Sherlock and John for a mystery that has stumped the Met. While Sherlock makes brilliant connections to solve the case, John handles the inconveniences of Sherlock's work. Published: 12/6/2018 - Complete

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BBC Sherlock: A Whimsical Case

A new adventure for our Baker Street Boys! Sherlock and John meet young Lord Peter Wimsey, his valet Mervyn Bunter, and his friend DI Charles Parker and join on a quest to find a famous writer who is missing. This BBC Sherlock crossover with D.L. Sayer's Wimsey borrows from a true mystery that has never been solved. Loyalty and friendship are running themes throughout. Published: 11/19/2019 - will be posted regularly until complete.

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