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A review by qalminator
The Hell-Hound of the Baskervilles by G.S. Denning
4.0
Loving the second at least as much as the first.
The Adventure of the Blackened Beryls - Parodies The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, remaining surprisingly faithful in certain details, while completely altering others. Oh, and,. I love that the only response of Watson's visitor, upon discovering an apparent corpse in Watson's apartment, is to tell him that he really needs a private house or estate for that sort of thing.
Silver Blaze: Murder Horse Starts off sounding like it's going to stay very true to the original Silver Blaze (other than the minor detail that Holmes summons all the evidence and witnesses into his and Watson's apartment, much to Watson's annoyance), then turns a bit... strange. Also, there is a demon called something pronounced like "retcon" (as I'm listening to the audio, I can't vouch for how it's spelled in-text). Turns out, it's very dangerous to use this demon's abilities.... hmm... imagine that.
The Reigateway to Another World - Runs with the obviously guilty party from The Adventure of the Reigate Squire, only it's about opening a gate to let demons in, motivated purely by how boring it is in Surrey.
The Adventure of the Solitary Tricyclist - Rather hilarious take on the original, where the bicycling woman eventually has 5 people on tricylces following her on her route. I think I laughed the hardest when the "words" from the priest were revealed:
it was a forced race, not a force marriage! There's also something that reminded me of the formula from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, used by a defrocked priest to, er, create "angels" (though his definition of angel does not appear to match anyone else's).
The Hell-hound of the Baskervilles Very enjoyable alternate version. It starts off much the same as the original (though the cane and boot disappeared in odder ways), diverges to give some background on Warlock Holmes, and concludes with almost the same guilty party (though his true identity is different this time). I think my favorite detail was Watson taking potshots at the will-o-the-wisps and wounding the butler in the process (as one of them was not, in fact a will-o-the-wisp).
The Adventure of the Blackened Beryls - Parodies The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, remaining surprisingly faithful in certain details, while completely altering others. Oh, and,
Spoiler
Holmes is somewhat more alive at the end, having consumed all the magic in the coronetSilver Blaze: Murder Horse Starts off sounding like it's going to stay very true to the original Silver Blaze (other than the minor detail that Holmes summons all the evidence and witnesses into his and Watson's apartment, much to Watson's annoyance), then turns a bit... strange. Also, there is a demon called something pronounced like "retcon" (as I'm listening to the audio, I can't vouch for how it's spelled in-text). Turns out, it's very dangerous to use this demon's abilities.... hmm... imagine that.
The Reigateway to Another World - Runs with the obviously guilty party from The Adventure of the Reigate Squire, only it's about opening a gate to let demons in, motivated purely by how boring it is in Surrey.
The Adventure of the Solitary Tricyclist - Rather hilarious take on the original, where the bicycling woman eventually has 5 people on tricylces following her on her route. I think I laughed the hardest when the "words" from the priest were revealed:
Spoiler
"On your marks, get set...":it was a forced race, not a force marriage!
The Hell-hound of the Baskervilles Very enjoyable alternate version. It starts off much the same as the original (though the cane and boot disappeared in odder ways), diverges to give some background on Warlock Holmes, and concludes with almost the same guilty party (though his true identity is different this time). I think my favorite detail was Watson taking potshots at the will-o-the-wisps and wounding the butler in the process (as one of them was not, in fact a will-o-the-wisp).