Prelude All-Consuming Fire (short story)

Prelude All-Consuming Fire was, as the name suggested, a prelude to All-Consuming Fire by Andy Lane. It did not appear in the published novel.

Summary
Arthur Conan Doyle writes about John Watson's adventure with the Doctor, but Watson objects to a scene in which James Moriarty kills a former employee. When Doyle mentions his adventures with "his" Doctor, Watson asks to hear about it, but Doyle shivers and says, "Perhaps another time."

Characters

 * Arthur Conan Doyle
 * John Watson
 * James Moriarty
 * Scanlon

Worldbuilding

 * In Doyle's story, Moriarty's other henchmen escape on a boat from Southampton. Moriarty poisons Scanlon with palytoxin.
 * Doyle mentions his story A Study in Scarlet.

Continuity

 * Doyle refers to an adventures he had with the Fourth Doctor. (PROSE: Evolution)