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Title: Vampires Need Not Apply
Author: capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Characters: Dr Watson (part-time biographer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (his publicist)
Summary: Discussion of the gothic novel genre
Warning: (cheese)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 17th 2019 prompt: Gothic Novel/Romance

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'John, I have a problem with this Sussex Vampire thing. It needs more horrific elements. You know, like the one with the dog.'

'You mean The Hound of the Baskervilles?'

'Yes, more of that: dark wind-swept moors, unspeakable horrors, family curses, voluptuous damsels in distress.'

'Come now, Doyle, Holmes' client was Henry Baskerville, not some damsel in distress.'

'There's such a thing as creative prerogative. You should use it more often.'

'Holmes already thinks I embellish too much. I'm his biographer, and a serious writer, not a yellow-back novelist.

'You may think it cheesy, but, by Jove, it sells!'

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