Joanna Watson, recently back from war, struggling to get by in the regular world, stumbles across Sheryl Holmes, one frenetic detective looking for a roommate. To evaluate whether Watson is proper roommate material for 221B Baker Street, Holmes drags Joanna deep into the mystery of a series of suicides, straight to the fourth crime scene whether a woman in pink lies dead on the floor. What follows is the start of the legend of Holmes and Watson. Readers: Using the first BBC Sherlock episode, this story explores what the Holmes and Watson story looks like if you genderswap the main characters. Does it matter if Holmes is Sherlock or Sheryline? Is Anderson more annoying as Philip or Philomena? I hope you enjoy my exploration of whether or not gender influences how we tell a story.

What if Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan reconciled their relationship and came back together? What if Jay Gatsby never died? What if Daisy became a changed woman? Daisy Buchanan is a beautiful and charming woman but on the inside, she is confused, sardonic, shallow, cynical, superficial, materialistic, and foolish, and is married to a man of wealth and power named Tom Buchanan and has a 5-year-old daughter named Pamela Buchanan. She invites Nick Carraway, her second cousin, over for dinner. During the dinner party, she finds out that Tom is talking to his mistress on the phone named Myrtle and feels betrayed, sad, and heartbroken. She then takes Pamela to move in with her best friend, Jordan Baker in West Egg Town and decides to change and get therapy. A few weeks later, Daisy divorces Tom, moves on, gets a job working at the library in West Egg, goes to therapy to seek help, and is happy. She becomes a changed woman who is unapologetically herself, independent, compassionate, authentic, imperfectly perfect, accepts her flaws and imperfections, acknowledges and accepts the good, bad, and ugly things about herself, and is strong for herself and her daughter Pamela. She, Jordan, and Nick are invited to Gatsby's party. But what happens when Jay and Daisy meet face-to-face at the party? Will Daisy give Jay a second chance? Does she still love Gatsby? Find out. Warning: I do not own the characters of The Great Gatsby. This story I wrote is made up.