The Case of the Noodle Man (short story)
The Case of the Noodle Man was the sixth story in Arcbeatle Press's 2024 April Fools' Day anthology The Noodle Incident.
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In one of 10,000 Dawns, John Watson writes of the case of Noodle Incident, which began on the 1 April 1890 at about nine o'clock when The Noodle Man arrives at the door. He attempts to sell a book as Holmes, in an opium-induced haze, invites him in. Holmes states that he ascertained the Noodle Man's identity via his CCTV system, as well as due to the Noodle Man being "the only being in Britain so clearly made of eggs, flour and water and covered in tomato sauce" and that he stated his identity when Watson opened the door. The Noodle Man praises Holmes' powers of deduction, but Holmes refuses to review the Noodle Man's book. The Noodle Man leaves dejected, while Holmes and Watson remark that this was a "satisfying conclusion".
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- Watson and Holmes breakfasted on kippers prepared by Mrs Hudson.
- The Noodle Man's voice reminds Watson of the Queer Squelchy Noise Beast from the Visakhapatnam region.
- The Noodle Man asks the pair to review the book Noodleman 1– the Legend Begins after buying a digital copy on Amazon.
- Holmes' CCTV system was "thrown back in time, and a few universes to the left, through a space-time rift caused by the nuclear destruction of York, some thirteen decades hence."
- The last level of formal education completed by Holmes was university, in American terms.
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