[Dragaera] Dragaera Fan Fiction - Dragaera/Sherlock Holmes mashup

[Gibbons, Mark via Dragaera]

Thanks,  fun read.

On 6/16/17, 8:26 PM, "Dragaera on behalf of Jon via Dragaera" <dragaera-bounces at lists.dragaera.info on behalf of dragaera at lists.dragaera.info> wrote:

    Hello all,
    
    Please pardon my shameless plug for a piece of Dragaera fan-fiction I 
    have written. However I realize that there is a very limited audience 
    for such a work, and most of the people who are capable of appreciating 
    it are probably on this mailing list; thus I figured this would be a 
    good place to inflic-- er, release it.
    
    A URL location to the work itself can be found here for those who are 
    interested:
    
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B996OzxxyS2DaFg1STVEdTBNVjg/view?usp=sharing
    
    I was inspired earlier this year while watching the latest season of 
    Sherlock, and it got me thinking; "What would a Sherlock Holmes story 
    look like if written by a Dragaeran living in Vlad's time?"
    
    Such a question, having been asked, demanded an answer. Alas, I realized 
    that the only was I was likely to see such a thing would be to write it 
    myself. It was not my original intention to write a tale of over 40 
    pages, but that turned out to be how long the story required to tell, so 
    I make no apologies.
    
    In spite of my original inspiration, I've tried to make the story read 
    more like one of Conan-Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes stories, rather 
    than any of the recent modern adaptations. Having a familiarity with the 
    original works may be useful in helping one appreciate some of the 
    mannerisms in the narrative quality, I suppose, but I like to think it's 
    able to stand on its own merits.
    
    It is set shortly after the events of /Hawk/, although it does not 
    feature any characters directly that the reader will be heretofore 
    familiar with (save one minor figure from /Tiassa/ for those savvy 
    enough to catch the reference).
    
    Be advised, there are plot points that could be described as spoilers 
    for /Hawk/, /Dzur/ and /Iorich/ present. For those interested in what 
    "might have been happening behind the scenes" of these more recent Vlad 
    tales, I submit this as a speculative possibility. The tale should make 
    sense even to someone who hasn't read those specific works, though I do 
    assume the reader will have a fairly good working knowledge of Dragaera 
    in general.
    
    If you are so inclined, please let me know if you find it entertaining. 
    If you hate it, I'd probably just as soon not know about it--but I 
    thought there might be some here who would find it interesting.
    
    Majikjon
    
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