#mystrade advent calendar

[12daysofmystrade]

12 days of Mystrade and Friends - Third Edition

Greetings!

November is drawing to a close, and for many of us, the winter season is about to begin. We are about ready to snuggle under blankets with hot chocolate or tea and, of course, a nice story!

We’d like you to join us in celebrating this season by sharing your creations! Consider joining the third edition of:

12 Days of Mystrade (and Friends) Advent Calendar

December 21, 2023 - January 1, 2024

We’re looking for new fanfic and art about Mystrade, Johnlock, or any other pairing within the Sherlock universe! Please note that general fics and art are also welcome! Your contribution can be a story, picture, video, collage – we are open to all kinds of art, as long as there’s some kind of winter or holiday theme. Go where your muse takes you – be it something fluffy, funny, or angsty! We also accept WIP, and there is no minimum or maximum word count or rating requirement.

Submissions are open until December 6th. Once they’re in, we���ll get back to you with a particular day for you to post your work on Archive of Our Own (AO3). 

To sign up, fill out this Google form with:

your AO3 handle

the main pairing (if there is any)

how to contact you (for the date assignment)

a summary & the title of your work (if you have them - this is only to organize the calendar order - a general idea is also fine)

any dates you prefer and/or need to avoid.

If you’d like to submit more than one work, that’s great! Please submit a separate form for each piece. 

Please submit by the end of the day on the 6th of December. You will be assigned a posting day by December 15th; the calendar will run between the 21st of December and the 1st of January.

If you have any questions, send an email or an ask, and we’ll answer as soon as possible! (Sadly we cannot answer a DM on Tumblr since this blog is run by multiple users - please send an ask or email to 12daysofmystrade@gmail.com instead!)

Last year, we had a successful calendar, if you’d like to see previous works!

We hope you will join us in making this holiday season very special!

Don’t forget to reblog to spread the word!

Your mods:

sky-is-torn

johannadc

[jaybeefoxy]

Okay, so here's my contribution to the Mystrade Advent Calendar 2023. My last work for this year.

Sunrise at Stonehenge, and you can read it here. Greg doesn't celebrate Christmas and Mycroft learns something new about his friend.

[12daysofmystrade]

If you're thinking of creating a story this winter, please consider signing up on our Calendar! Follow this link for more info, and here's the signing-up form!

If you wish to add your work to the Mystrade Holiday Collection, you can absolutely add your story/art to both collections! It's a wonderful idea! We only ask that you respect the posting date we will give you (between Dec 21 & Jan 1). This way, we can discover a new story for each day of the Calendar!

~ Sky (for the mods)

❄️ Mystrade Holiday Collection 2023 ...❄️

is now open! Like the previous collections it’ll be open and unmoderated, so you can add your own fics and art to the collection. ⛄️

The only rules are that it be Mystrade fic or art, written/created in 2023 and holiday (Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Chanukah, Christmas, New Year's, Kwanza, Winter Solstice, etc.) themed. So if you wrote a Christmas fic in July this year go ahead and add it. 🎄

Each week (maybe twice a week) this blog will post an update with any new fics added to the collection. 🎅

Here is the link to the collection. 🕯️

To add a fic to the collection in the Associations section (on the edit page of a work) in the Post to Collections/Challenges field type “Mystrade Holiday Collection” and choose the 2023 collection from the pick list. So simple. 🥳

The collection will remain open through January 6, 2024. 🎉

Any questions, feel free to ask. We’ll do our best to answer. 😊

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Do you have any recommendations for day by day fics like ficmas/advent calendar/autumnal days for example.

Like when the fic follows the characters for each day for a solid month

Anonymous asked: Love your page! Do you have any fics which follow John and Sherlock where each chapter is a new day or near daily where they are learning that they love each other?

Hey Nonnies!

Oh! This is a good idea for a list, LOL. PLEASE note that there is CONSTANTLY fics like this always being uploaded, especially in parts rather than chapters, so I'm just posting the ones I'm familiar with from my bookmarks that I know follow a "year in their lives" and then any series that I know also have this premise! I scoured my MFL list as well, so I most definitely missed some! Please add some more if you guys have any to add!

SEASONAL / DAILY FICS

And as the seasons change, I love you more by Teatrolley (NR, 3,219 w., 1 Ch. || Fluff and Angst, Est. Rel., Marriage / Proposal) – A year in the lives of John and Sherlock, essentially.

Equilibrium by augustbird (M, 12,351 w., 1 Ch. || Flowers for Algernon Fusion || Jealous then Worried Sherlock, Sick John) – At Baskerville, John is infected by a virus that turns him into a genius. But when the infection progresses into neurodegeneration, it's a race against time to save himself.

I Think I've Come A Long Long Way To Sit Before You Here Today by ArwenKenobi (T, 18,251 w., 3 Ch. || Grief/Mourning, Passage of Time, Major Character Death, Alternating POV, Sherlock Whump, Pining Sherlock, Hospitalization, Coma, Revenge Murders, Hallucinations, Love Confessions, Brutal Accident, Mystrade, Ghost John) – One year after John is killed Sherlock starts to wonder whether John has actually gone anywhere.

I wake up and I wake up and you're still dead by thisprettywren (M, 24,226 w., 1 Ch. || Memento Fusion AU || Amnesia, Timelines, Case Fic) – Sherlock isn't the only one who's lost.

Dear John by wendymarlowe (E, 23,031 w., 64 Ch. || Post-TRF, Online Dating, Pining, Epistolary, Cybersex, Long Distance Romance) – With Sherlock dead, John eventually (under duress) makes a profile on an online dating site. And falls into a long-distance relationship with an enigmatic partner who reminds him of Sherlock in all the right ways. (Hint: it turns out to be Sherlock.) Part 1 of Dear John

John Watson's Twelve Days of Christmas by earlgreytea68 (M, 53,464 w., 14 Ch. || Christmas, Holmes Family, Fake Relationship, Alternate First Meeting, Falling in Love, Fluff and Angst, Hardcore Pining) – It's the holiday season. John Watson needs money. Sherlock Holmes needs something else.

Points by lifeonmars (E, 53,791 w., 42 Ch. || PODFIC AVAILABLE || HLV Rewrite / Canon Divergence, Married Life, Pregnancy / Baby Watson, Drinking to Cope, Boxing / Fisticuffs, Clueless John, Angst, Minor Medical Drama, Tattoos, Christmas, First Kiss/Time, Eventual Happy Ending, Love Confessions, Doctor John, Sexuality Crisis, Slow Burn, Case Fic, Drugging, Blow/Hand Job, Emotional Love Making, Parenthood, Passage of Time) – What if His Last Vow never happened? This fic picks up a few months after John and Mary's wedding, in an alternate universe where Magnussen doesn't exist, but Mary is still pregnant. Life continues -- just in a different direction. And slowly, Sherlock and John find their way to each other.

Albion and the Woodsman by Glenmore (NR [E], 54,437 w., 50 Ch. || PODFIC AVAILABLE || Post S3, Parentlock, Pining Sherlock, Angst, Family, Drug Use, Depression, Sherlock POV, Light Humour, Reconnecting, Declarations of Love) – Sherlock and John are devastated after Mary Morstan makes her final moves. Sherlock relapses at the crack house, John walks around the world … and a lot happens in between. Parentlock, in the good way.

31_Days_of_Porn_Challenge_2017 Series by distantstarlight (E, 96,540 w. across 31 stories || Prompt Ficlets, Assorted Kinks, PWP) – A collection in response to the 31 Days of Porn Challenge issued by AtlinMerrik! Thanks for doing that because this has been buttload of fun (that joke never gets old). All stories will be brief stand-alone one-shots. 

The Swan Triad Series by Pennin_Ink (T, 121,660 w. across 3 works || Swan Lake AU || Magical / Fairy Tale AU, Romance, Falling in Love, Pining, Psychological Torture, Transformation) – Sherlock and John grow up spending every summer together. Their mothers' attempts to play matchmaker only fuel their mutual resentment and scorn. But then, one summer.

25 Days of Johnlock Series by prettysailorsoldier (E, 136,961 w. across 13 works || Random Prompts, Various AUs, Christmas, Friends to Lovers, Fluff, First Kiss) – 25 Days of festive prompts submitted by all of you! Every Christmas trope imaginable will make an appearance, as well as a few surprises, so be sure to check the tags for all the specifics!

Free Falling by twistedthicket1 (M, 203,574 w., 38 Ch. || Guardian Angels AU || Guardian Angel John, Fluff and Angst, Humour, Kidlock / Teenlock, Light Mystrade, Passage of Time, Possessive John, Drug Use / Overdose, Victor Trevor, Graphic Bullying, Big Brother Mycroft, Hard Drug Use, Depression, Possessive Sherlock, Possessive John, Panic Attacks, Nightmares/PTSD, Pining, Healing Abilities, Kidnapping, Violence, Torture, Blow Jobs, Virgin John, Emotional Development / Attachment, Mortality, Happy Ending) – All Guardian angels are born with a Chosen human. When this child is born, the angel comes into being to protect and care for them during their life on Earth. For John Watson, all he cares about in the world revolves around his Chosen, Sherlock Holmes. Watching him grow up though, the angel soon learns that God must have had a sense of humour the day he decided to make Sherlock, as trouble seems to follow him like a magnet wherever he goes. John can't decide what's worse, the idea of losing his Chosen one, or the fact that he may be breaking the most taboo law of heaven as he disguises himself as a human to better protect and befriend the beloved detective he's always watched from afar. He was meant to care for him. But what happens when caring evolves into something more? What happens when an emotion an angel is supposed to be incapable of possessing comes to life suddenly and viciously inside John's chest? 

MARKED FOR LATER

Our Own Art Form by Corporate_cards (G, 2,176 w., 1 Ch. || Post S4, Art Forms, Angsty Fluff, Passage of Time, Canon Compliant) – That's what he liked most, when he was unsure of what he was feeling, art would show him.

Your Flowers, My Lungs by Corporate_cards (G, 2,353 w., 1 Ch. || Hanahaki Disease || Brief Mary/John, Passage of Time) – ...bright yellow pistil and stamen surrounded by pearl white petals...

28 Days of Fluff by Fluffbyday_Smutbynight (G, 8,177 w., 28 Ch. || Domestic Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, 221B / 442B Ficlets, Humour, Original Characters) – A collection of fluffy ficlets (either in 221B or 442B format) written for Fluffbruary 2022.

Advent Calendar 2017 by Hotaru_Tomoe (E,  41,952 w., 25 Ch.|| Not S4 Compliant, Fluff, Humour, Smut, Light Angst, First Kiss/Time, Est. Rel., Hurt/Comfort, Spanking, Christmas Party, Lingerie, Various Universes, Advent Calendar Fic) – My Advent Calendar, 25 one shots from 1st to 25th December, Christmas-ish themed.  Each story has its own rating. Part 23 of The English job

Dawn Before the Rest of the World by PoppyAlexander (M, 65,164 w. across 12 works || 1920′s Historical AU || Romantic John, Wooing, Declarations of Love, Butler Sherlock/Gardener John, Kissing, Period-Typical / Internalized  Homophobia, Kissing, Love Letters, Hand Jobs, Kinks, Passage of Time) – In one of the grand houses of England in the 1920s, butler Sherlock Holmes is wooed to pieces by the world's most romantic gardener, John Watson.

Johnloctober by prettysailorsoldier (E, 169,945 w., 31 Ch. || Assorted AU’s || Alternate First Meetings, Blow Jobs, Hand Jobs, 30 Day OTP Challenge, Prompts, Halloween / Autumn, Assorted Tags) – 31 days of autumnal Johnlock with prompts from all of you! There will be a bit of everything, but you can check the tags for more specifics.

[once-in-a-blue-moon-rising]

Twenty Questions for Fic Writers

Tagged in this by the lovely and wonderful @themirokai. It's taken me a while to get to it, but here we are today.

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

12

2. What's your total Ao3 word count?

293,965 - respectable, I think. An average of 24,497 words per work.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Sherlock, Good Omens, James Bond, La Casa de Papel/Money Heist. I'm by far the most prolific for Sherlock. Would like to do some more LCDP one day, maybe even in Spanish. And I feel some Bridgerton (specifically Kanthony) might be inevitable one day.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

When It Rains - aka my completed Mystrade epic, 98,000+ words.

A Christmas Thief - my LCDP Raquel/Sergio advent calendar, based on the Netflix A Christmas Prince film. It is SILLY (affectionate). (41,000+ words)

Major Revisions - an enemies-to-lovers, academia AU for my eternal faves (it's Mystrade). Lots of silly Christmassy tropes here too. (27,000+ words)

A Series of Unfortunate Interruptions - Good Omens this time, wherein our favourite angel/demon duo cannot find a single moment alone to do some confessing and/or kissing. (8000+ words)

Plan Normandy - my LCDP fix-it, where the gang escape the Bank of Spain together, and have to decide what it is they're going to do next. (19,000+ words)

Note: all these fics are complete!!

5. Do you respond to comments?

I do! I don't always get to them immediately, particularly when real life is busy, but I will get back to everyone, at some point. And I always read them, and appreciate them.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

By an absolute country mile, it's Ashes, from my old FF.net account. Because that site doesn't have AO3's comprehensive tagging, let me add the warnings here: major character death, graphic drug use.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I think A Christmas Thief/Major Revisions/Plan Normandy are all pretty soppy by the end. But most of my recent fics have happy endings, even if I enjoy the anguish in the middle.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I haven't. I got one kind of negative comment in a bookmark, but I understand that wasn't meant for me and, after I'd got over the initial upset, I realised they weren't actually wrong anyway.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Occasionally, as part of longer stories. It's usually not particularly graphic - the longest and most detailed is Chapter 5 of Fire Dancing with Snow, if you want to get an idea.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

Not yet! Maybe one day.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I hope not!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

I haven't, I don't think.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Also no: I think I could, if we agreed the overall plot together and then wrote sections solo (and gave feedback). But I couldn't sit down with someone and discuss a fic line by line.

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

It had to be Mystrade. I'm not always fixated on them, the fixation ebbs and flows, but they are the ship that has endured longest in my mind.

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I don't think there's a fic I want to finish that I doubt I will. There's at least one I don't want to finish because I dislike it (In My Blood I Felt Bubbles Burst, sorry), but if I want to finish it, then I'll finish it (unless I change my mind). It might just take me a long time.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I like metaphors, and kind of poetic description (particularly of feelings). I do, of course, need to be careful not to overdo it, but I think I often do hit the right note, and am able to describe complex feelings in quite original ways.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Over-writing, I think. I'm very wordy, and I can get stuck in minutae that not a single person (including me) cares about. I'm getting better at recognising when it's happening, but it's still definitely a weakness. Plus, planning out a bit elaborate plot, but then leaving it too long between chapters so I have to re-read absolutely everything to avoid plot holes.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I wouldn't write dialogue in another language in my English fics, unless I had help from a native speaker, as otherwise the level would be too far below my English level. But I've written a few bits and pieces in Spanish, and I'd like to continue improving my proficiency there.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Doctor Who! Picture this: I am 13, and I am heartbroken after Doomsday. I decide I'm going to fix it.

20. Favourite fic you've written?

I'm going to go When It Rains, I think. This might be because it's got a lot of positive attention and that contributes to my warm feelings about it, but I do re-read parts of it sometimes, and it very definitely falls into the 'this is exactly what I want to read' camp, which I think is important in your own fics.

I hope you enjoyed this! And, either way, I am going to tag a few people, just in case you'd like to do this. No pressure of course, it is a little time-consuming: @the-toad-in-your-piano, @ewebie, @evendale, @brigwife, @feeisamarshmallow... and you, dear reader, if you so wish. Please tag me even if I've not tagged you, I'd love to read your answers!

[johannadc]

Mycroft, always a good host, sourced a set of festively decorated doughnuts for his guest. It was a cliché, but Gregory did enjoy his sweet treats.

Gregory showed up with a board game. "Happy Christmas! Thought it might be fun to play Monopoly with a real-life world-shaper."

Mycroft protested. "You have a ridiculous notion of my position, Gregory."

"P'haps. Anyway, come sit by me, let's see how long I can go without you bankrupting me."

"Does this game typically take long?"

"Oh, we'll be here for hours, Mycroft. Hope you didn't have any other plans this evening."

"Just spending time with you. Your roll, Gregory."

A Li'l Mystrade Christmas

Mycroft leaned casually on the mantelpiece to welcome Gregory back to his office.

"Oh, you've decorated!" Greg observed.

"You had an excellent point about acknowledging the seasonal festivities."

"When did you have a fireplace put in?"

"The weather is turning chilly, is it not?"

"Bet it'll be cosy in here."

"Would you like to find out?"

"Sure! I'll be back later. Got a gift for you I wanted to bring by."

[mimisempai]

You make everything better

Summary

Mycroft didn't like the Christmas season but that was before Greg.

Notes

3rd December Prompt :  "I usually hate the holiday season, but it's a little more bearable with you."

On AO3

Rating G - 264 words

The wind was particularly cold and biting but Mycroft didn't feel it. 

The cold didn't matter as he had Greg's warm hand in his as they strolled through the streets of the city to admire the Christmas illuminations.

"Mycroft, look!"

It wasn't the first time Greg had drawn Mycroft's attention to this or that decoration, and this time Mycroft didn't look right away because he was so captivated by another sight. 

That of Greg's face at this moment.

The cold did not matter, in front of the eyes filled with a gleam of wonder, the cheeks reddened by the cold and the bright smile on the face of his lover.

He couldn't help but whisper softly, "Beautiful."

"Yes, really beautiful."

Greg answered and then turned his face towards Mycroft. He saw that Mycroft was looking at him and not at the display above, and realizing that it wasn't decorations that Mycroft was talking about, his cheeks flushed even more.

With a soft smile on his lips, Mycroft raised his free hand and caressed Greg's cheek, who leaned his head against it instantly.

He said softly, "You know Greg, I usually hate the holiday season, but it's a little more bearable with you."

Greg chuckled softly and asked with a raised eyebrow, "Just a little?

Mycroft leaned in and whispered softly against Greg's lips, "everything is so much more bearable with you, my love."

He pressed his lips to Greg's in a soft kiss and the cold continued to not matter, even as the snow fell around them. 

Because Greg always made everything more bearable.

_________

Still not beta'd

Still not my native language

Still hoping you'll enjoy this story  🥰

Still thanking you for bearing with me 😝

Mystrade masterlist here

"Advent Calendar" : here

[mystrade-advent-calendar]

Calendar Announcement ❤️

Hey, folks. We have three days until the calendar would be due to start, which means this is probably the best time to make this call. We’ve held on in case there was a sudden rush of submissions, but it’s looking like the calendar is going to take a hiatus for 2018. 

We’ve fallen too far short of the necessary 24 submissions to feel safe going ahead. If we only needed a couple more pieces of content, we’d make a push and get those slots filled - but as it is, fewer than half the days have guaranteed content.

This means we’d run the risk of sad empty days with nothing to post (possibly a lot of them) or our organiser having a very stressful December struggling to fill thirteen slots at the last minute. It’s likely the calendar would collapse halfway the month - which would be far too tragic for Christmas.

We’re sorry to disappoint anyone who was looking forward to the calendar. As a silver lining, it means our Mystrade content creators don’t have to worry about deadlines or calendar slots anymore. Everyone will be free to post their content whenever, and we can still enjoy plenty of gorgeous Mystrade fics and art.

We’d like to say a huge thank you to all our participants and followers for your support, especially to those who submitted content. ❤️

[oneblueumbrella]

Well, here it is: the story born of THAT baking conversation. I sincerely hope you all like it.

I’ve tagged as many people as I can think of off the top of my head who were there, please forgive me if I’ve missed anyone - things spun off and I didn’t see every thread.

Enjoy!

@mottlemoth @hastalux @lavenderandvanilla @owlinautumn @bryntwedge @green-violin-bow @heyheypaula @savvyblunders @theredheadinquestion @undun-duz @egmon73 @janinawoods @agent-elaine

[green-violin-bow]

Tinder: A Christmas Tale | Chapter 1

On Christmas Eve, Greg Lestrade accidentally swipes right on Mycroft Holmes.

It doesn't matter though, does it? Because he won't see unless he swipes right too, and there's no way - there's no way -

The thing about Christmas, though, is that unexpected things happen.

Photo by Headway on Unsplash

[12daysofmystrade]

12 Days of Mystrade 2023, the Final Roundup

(Apologies for the delay. Want to revisit some lovely holiday fics? See below.)

Day 1:  Li'l Mystrade and the Christmas Decorations, a photo story where Li'l Lestrade visits Li'l Mycroft’s office at Christmas by @johannadc

Day 2:  Solitude, a lovely story of two lonely people finding each other during the holidays (with the help of a few matchmakers!) by @phinniastuff

Day 3: So Nice and Warm, a Christmas Eve tale featuring snow, amazing banter and some cute flirting by Mouse9

Day 4:  Happy Holidays from Mycroft and Greg, a Christmas card by @lavenderandvanilla

Day 5:  Epiphany, the beginning of a story about helping friends have a better holiday by @lavenderandvanilla

Day 6: Christmas Jumper Day, the beginning of a story about Greg trying to get everything organised in time for Christmas by LittleFluffyClouds

Day 7: Please, Gregory - MH, a bit of angst, a sprinkle of hurt/comfort with a dash of supernatural by Writer_of_Life

Day 8: Silver Light, something soft and romantic that feels like dancing slowly to the gentle tones of Sinatra by @aworldofgoldfish

Day 9: Washed Up, something sweet and delicate, featuring the fragile atmosphere in the aftermath of a party by @stellacartography 

Day 10: Sunrise at Stonehenge, a celebration of Yuletide and Paganism by @jaybeefoxy 

Day 11: Like Petals in a Storm, a New Year's Eve fic with metaphors about midnights by @sky-is-torn

Day 12: Dear Gregory, an epistolary fic with Mycroft fulfilling his New Year resolution by @johannadc

Thank you once again to all who participated, both readers and especially our authors!

[jaybeefoxy]

All my winter/yule/Christmas Mystrades in one place. I've done more of these than I thought.

The most recent is Send Three and Fourpence, We're Going to a Dance, wherein Mycroft has no idea how to court someone he admires, while trying to prove nobody else is good enough for his Gregory. Written for the Mark Gatiss Birthday auction, won by @johannadc to whom thanks are due for that wonderful prompt.

Winter's Tale is bitter sweet for me. It was written for my soulmate and bff who wrote under the pseud Krekta on AO3. I lost her nearly seven years ago and she never lived to see how the story ended. I posted the final chapter the day after she died, as a tribute.

Miracle on Islington High Street includes a bit of magical realism, with a wish spell, a Holmes family Christmas and good deeds being done.

Lord of Misrule is my Medieval fantasy AU, with Greg as the local blacksmith, and Mycroft as the recently bereaved and thus newly elevated Lord of the Manor. The two find solace in each other at Yuletide.

There are two series set in wintertime.

Winterlight Mystrade is set in Scotland, with the first part, Winterlight, being a bit of a far fetched romance, but it does have Greg in a kilt, in the snow. There's only one bed, and the boys are snowed in. There are two stories in the series, the second being Winter's Awakening. Be warned, sex in the snow means they have an explicit rating, as if Greg in a kilt didn't warrant that already.

Evening the Odds is set in York, at Christmas and New Year. Evening Out the Odds was written for the 2017 Mystrade Advent Calendar. Mycroft retreats to a quiet place away from London, where his face is unlikely to be known, in an effort to find peace, post Sherinford. Greg, worried about him, attempts to follow. Odds On Favourite is the sequel.

On a different note, Fairytale of New York is not a Mystrade, but its still a winter one. It's a Torchwood story, Jack and Angelo's Christmas, slightly AU, but close to canon.

Compliments of the season to you all, and thank you for reading, following and commenting. Here's wishing you a prosperous and healthy 2023.

[12daysofmystrade]

If you're thinking of creating a story this winter, please consider signing up on our Calendar! Follow this link for more info, and here's the signing-up form!

If you wish to add your work to the Mystrade Holiday Collection, you can absolutely add your story/art to both collections! It's a wonderful idea! We only ask that you respect the posting date that we will give you (between Dec 21 & Jan 1). This way, we can discover a new story for each day of the Calendar!

~ Sky (for the mods)

The season is nigh for the Mystrade Holiday Collection 2022!

We are rapidly approaching that “most wonderful time of the year” and once again a collection will be opened on AO3 for any new holiday themed Mystrade fics and art. The 2022 collection will open on November 25th (after Thanksgiving) and will close January 7th (end of epiphany). Like the previous collections it’ll be open and unmoderated, so you can add your own fics and art to the collection. ⛄️

The only rules are that it be Mystrade fic or art, written/created in 2022, and holiday (Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Chanukah, Christmas, New Year's, Kwanza, Winter Solstice, etc.) themed. So if you wrote a Christmas fic in July this year go ahead and add it. 🎄

Each week (maybe twice a week) this blog will post an update with any new fics added to the collection. 🎅

If you know you’ll be writing a Mystrade fic or creating Mystrade art this holiday season check out @12daysofmystrade and consider signing up. The more, the merrier. ❄️

Any questions? Feel free to ask. 😃

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Mystrade Advent Calendar

@bitemebat posted this and it's actually a great idea.

I don't have a planned fic for the Mystrade Advent Calendar so...

If there’s a trope or a scenario you’d like to see me tackle, please let me know. Reply here or send me an ask, I’m not picky. No guarantees, of course, but maybe it’ll give the muse the poke in the behind she needs…

[vulpesmellifera]

Beta Reader Needed

Hello! I don’t have a lot of followers, so I’m not sure how many people will actually see this (and I would deeply appreciate any signal boost), but I am looking for a beta reader for what was my contribution to the Mystrade Advent Calendar. The story is less than 5,000 words, post-Season 4, and it’s slight angst with a happy ending.

I’d love feedback on readability and grammar. I’m also an American, so any britpicking would also be helpful. Thank you!

[humansacrificialadvisor]

My little piece for the Mystrade Advent calendar.

Chocolate was good but not as he remembered; since last year a lot changed; the divorce, Sherlock’s death, his girls moving further, work, not seeing or talking to Mycroft in months... And just like magic, Mycroft was in the other side of the playground. He was casually dressed, smiling, genuinely laughing, strolling in the snowy park...

Read here:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16815910