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

[Christopher Martin via Dragaera]

By the Horse!  I nearly think you've captured the flavor of the Holmsean
Milieu, and quite entertainingly at that.

On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 12:28 PM, Gibbons, Mark via Dragaera <
dragaera at lists.dragaera.info> wrote:

> 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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