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Title: Devil’s Calling
Author: janeturenne
Pairing: Watson/Mary, Holmes/Watson
Length: 3600 words
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: mild naughty words, not very graphic violence
Verse: ACD books
Author's summary: "For a very short time, I stopped hoping altogether, and that, in the way of the world, is when his ignorance came to its end."
Reccer's comments: As janeturenne says, every slasher sooner or later takes on adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton. At her one year anniversary of posting her first Holmes fic, she contributed this story, which takes on the exquisitely angsty problem of “what to do about Mary?” in a way that respects Watson’s love of his wife, and still recognizes all of the ways that he and Holmes are completely entangled.

Janeturenne is one of the best wordsmiths who has ever graced Holmes fandom. She gives me credit as a beta, but to tell the truth, I only took on that role to be able to glom onto her creations earlier than most. Her Holmes-voice in this is wonderful, both brilliant and in places shining dark as he sets out to make Watson know what he has always known.