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Title:  Arthur Conan Doyle
Author: [info]capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes
Characters:  Dr. John H Watson, Arthur Conan Doyle
Summary:  Author and publicist
Warnings:  (dialogue)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes:  As requested by [info]labourslamp for a  Drabble Meme  (Happy Birthday, my friend!)


Kensington
1898


‘I’m sorry, John. The world is not ready to read ‘The Giant Rat of Sumatra.’’

‘That family got away with hideous crimes…’

‘Yes, and Mr Holmes could not furnish a shred of proof against them.’

‘That’s why I must publish the case. I’ve taken great pains to alter the names and places.’

‘Oh please!  Even I can read between the lines!  You cannot defame people in this manner… especially those in positions of power.’

‘But…’

‘I may not be the writer that you are, but this is libellous. As your publicist, and your friend, I cannot let you publish it.’

.oOOo.

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Date: 2011-07-30 01:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] goldvermilion87.livejournal.com
SO MUCH TO BLAME ACD FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(even if he is being responsible...)

Date: 2011-08-07 11:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
* shakes fist at ACD *

:D

Date: 2011-07-30 10:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] labourslamp.livejournal.com
Haha!

Thanks so much for this!

Now I want to know what happened to the J. Watson papers, and if there are any unpublished manuscripts waiting for a researcher to discover them...

Date: 2011-08-07 10:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Oh! Do you think there might be? How exciting!!!

Thanks for the prompt! I hope this is what you were thinking of when you requested it!

Date: 2011-08-01 01:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scotlandyarder.livejournal.com
Foiled again! How dare Doyle rob us like that?
(Which is a pretty odd sentiment, now I come to think of it...) Anyway, lovely drabble!

Date: 2011-08-07 11:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
That Doyle! What a nuisance. First he messes up with the editing of JHW’s original manuscripts, then he purposely confuses the chronology and the geography, and now we find he has been keeping some cases from being published! What a bounder!
(Thanks for commenting!)

Date: 2011-09-07 02:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dork-nerd.livejournal.com
Ooo! Interesting twist! Break that fourth wall!

Date: 2011-09-07 01:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] capt-facepalm.livejournal.com
Thanks! Strike one more drabble from the meme! This time, the requester wanted to know how/if Arthur Conan Doyle fit into my Holmesian stories.

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