Posted in Brogue Trader, detective story, tagged detective, disguise, Edwardian, Eton collar, Fetlock Graves, gentleman, Moldovan Dark, Norfolk, tobacco on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The story so far: After a century’s sleep, Fetlock Graves has been acquainted with his centenarian housekeeper, Spittle, and taken his first glimpse of the modern world.
‘Singular! Most singular!’ Graves muttered to himself. Then a sudden disturbance in the street below caught his attention: a young man running pell-mell between buses, taxis and vans.
‘Aha [...]
Posted in Brogue Trader, detective story, tagged Fetlock Graves, kedgeree, manservant, Sherlock Holmes, Spittle on November 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When Fetlock Graves, gentleman detective, awoke that morning, nothing seemed amiss. Bright sunlight streamed through the gap in his bedroom’s heavy, velvet curtains, and from the street outside came the usual din.
Graves’ head felt thick, as if he had over-indulged on opiates the night before, but he could recollect nothing of such excesses. [...]
