Mentions of Watson's wounds, and their locations, in Sherlockian pastiches and parodies.

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Ankle

"The Adventure of the Disappearing Sovereign" (Terry Klasek) 74

Arm

Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes (Loren D. Estleman) 62, 80
"The Simple Procedure" (Paul A. Freeman) 81, 83
Your Monkey’s Shmuck (Simon Louvish) 72
The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 192

Arm, Left

"The Adventure of the Stopped Clocks" (Lyndsay Faye) 72

Arm & Shoulder

The House of Silk (Anthony Horowitz) 84, 87

Backside

Night Watch (Stephen Kendrick) 8

Eardrums

"Mouse and the Master" (Brian M. Thomsen) 138

Heel

Sherlock Holmes and the Chilford Ripper (Roger Jaynes) 80, 165, 182, 184, 187, 195, 201, 207

Heel, Left

The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Michael Dibdin) 96-97, 106-109, 112, 114, 174, 178, 182

Hip

"The Adventure of the Disappearing Sovereign" (Terry Klasek) 64

Knee

"The Adventure of the Disappearing Sovereign" (Terry Klasek) 66
A Study in Sable (Mercedes Lackey) 190-191
The Case of the Dead Batsman (Peter Viney) 4, 17, 23

Knee, Left

"The Indian Summer of Sherlock Holmes" (Vithal Rajan) 206

Leg

Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties (Val Andrews) 23
Sherlock Holmes on the Western Front (Val Andrews) 110
The Torment of Sherlock Holmes (Val Andrews) 10
Sherlock Holmes in New York (D.R. Bensen) 19, 88
"As to ‘An Exact Knowledge of London’" (Tony Broadbent) 20, 28, 38
"The Case of the Red Leech" (Clive Brooks) 74
"The Adventure of the Dying Doctor" (Colin Bruce) 2
Deadly Season (Tim Champlin) 119, 125, 148
"A Liquid Mystery" (L.F.E. Coombs) 54
"The Sycamore Seed" (L.F.E. Coombs) 125
"The Tenth Jar" (L.F.E. Coombs) 76, 78
"The Royal Arsenal Affair" (Leslie F.E. Coombs) 136-138
Chronicles of the Lost Years (Tracy Cooper-Posey) 14, 22, 43, 151
"The Clam of Catastrophe" (Arthur Byron Cover) 164
"The Adventure of the Young British Soldier" (Bill Crider) 20, 24, 26
Elementary, She Read (Vicki Delany) 200
The Case of the Missing Masterpiece (Terrance Dicks) 33
"The Adventure of the Project" (Rock DiLisio) 8
The Counterfeit Detective (Stuart Douglas) 24, 147, 150
The Crusader’s Curse (Stuart Douglas) 11, 26, 72
"Death of a Mudlark" (Stuart Douglas) 30
"The Tale of the Forty Thieves" (C.H. Dye) 229
"The Adventure of the Golden Hunter" (Jan Edwards) 444-445
 "The Case of the Missing Sister" (Jan Edwards) 256
"The Adventure of the Forgetful Assassin" (M.J. Elliott) 101
"The Adventure of the Lightless Maiden" (Lindsay Faye) 263
Dust and Shadow (Lyndsay Faye) 141, 206, 210, 286
Expo ’98: Sherlock Holmes in Omaha (Berkley Forsyth) 1-2, 103, 107, 109-110
"The Missing Don Giovanni" (Paul D. Gilbert) 69
"The Old Grey Horse" (Paul D. Gilbert) 140
The Adventure of the Neural Psychoses (Lois H. Gresh) 26, 93, 265
Sherlock Holmes and the Abbey School Mystery (John Hall) 77
Sherlock Holmes and the King of Clubs (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 12, 15, 68, 95
Sherlock Holmes and the Knave of Hearts (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 20
Slickensides (John Buxton Hilton) 13
"A Ballad of the White Plague" (P.C.Hodgell) 215
"Moriarty’s Fiendish Plan" (Roger Jaynes) 161-162
"The Book of Tobit" (H. Paul Jeffers) 94
"The Darlington Substitution" (H. Paul Jeffers) 206
"Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse" (H. Paul Jeffers) 82, 92
"The Final Toast" (Stuart M. Kaminsky) 41
"The Man from Capetown" (Stuart M. Kaminsky) 18
Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell (Paul Kane) 56, 215
"The Adventure of the Black Key" (Naching T. Kassa) 211-212
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Laurie R. King) 168
The Legacy of Deeds (Nick Kyme) 63, 71, 81-82, 102
"Peeler" (Nick Kyme) 342
"The Medium Problem" (Steve Leadley) 178-179
"The Adventure of the Fellow Traveller" (Daniel McGachey) 361
"The Adventure of the Red Barrow Horror" (Daniel McGachey) 184
"The Long Man" (Rafe McGregor) 121, 125
The Spirit Box (George Mann) 121
"The Disappearance of Lord Lexingham" (Vernon Mealor) 157
The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols (Nicholas Meyer) 187
The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer) 13, 58, 69-70, 72, 103
Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Nicholas Meyer) 7, 39, 149-150, 261
"The Adventure In Border Country" (Gwen Moffat) 88
"The Tell-Tale Tea Leaves" (Keith Moray) 185
Sherlock in Love (Sena Jeter Naslund) 3
"The Final Problem" (Rohase Piercy) 105
The Shadow of Evil (Tim Pigott-Smith) 95
Masters of Lies (Philip Purser-Hallard) 98, 131, 212
The Vanishing Man (Philip Purser-Hallard) 9, 114
The Book of the Dead (Robert Richardson) 192
W.G. Grace's Last Case (William Rushton) 13, 271
Murder at Sorrow’s Crown (Steven Savile & Robert Greenberger) 22, 32, 56, 96
"The Return of the Sussex Vampire" (Christopher Sequeira) 222
The Case of the Baffled Policeman (Allen Sharp) 8, 54
"The Adventure of the Fourth Glove" (Denis O. Smith) 149
The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man (Daniel Stashower) 94, 152
"The Wandering Corpse" (John Taylor) 1
"The Case of the One-Eyed Colonel" (June Thomson) 69, 72, 76
"The Case of the Sumatran Rat" (June Thomson) 169, 182, 184-185
Sherlock Holmes and the Lady in Black (June Thomson) 14
"The Mystery of Ogham Manor" (Stan Trybulski) 24, 32
Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire (Dean P. Turnbloom) 127, 150
"The Adventure of the Counterfeit Martian" (Ralph Vaughan) 153
The Seventh Bullet (Daniel D. Victor) 138
"The Case of the Rival Queens" (Carolyn Wheat) 293
"Sherlock Holmes Solves the Case of the Missing Transistor Clues" (Gerrald E. Williams) 68
The Monster of St. Marylebone (Wayne Worcester) 131
"The Adventure of the Christmas Surprise" (Vincent W. Wright) 297
"Mrs Hudson Stays for Tea" (Gilbert Youmans) 49

Leg, Left

Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God (Guy Adams) 76, 112
"The Tale of the First Adventure" (Derrick Belanger) 22-23
The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 40, 47, 67
Watson's Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 183
"The Secret of Shoreswood Hall" (Denis O. Smith) 359
"Walking Around" (Howard Whitman) 26

Leg, Left & Arm

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (Nicholas Meyer) 11, 50, 75, 78, 123, 130, 192, 203

Leg & Shoulder

"Sherlock Holmes Solves the Mystery of a Newspaper 'Personal' and Comes in Contact with the 'Toronto Complex'" (Edwin Kearney) 13

Leg & Upper Arm

Prisoner of the Devil (Michael Hardwick) 215, 272, 376

Legs

A Study in Crimson (Robert J. Harris) 37

Shoulder

The Torment of Sherlock Holmes (Val Andrews) 27
"Everything Comes In Circles" (Dana Martin Batory) 14
"The Adventure of the Knighted Watchmaker" (Derrick Belanger) 76
The Martian Menace (Eric Brown) 31-32, 131-132
"The Case of the Ruby Necklace" (Bob Byrne) 26
"Sherlock Holmes and the Great Game" (Kevin Cockle) 147-148
"The Saviour of Cripplegate Square" (Bert Coules) 259-260
Elementary, She Read (Vicki Delany) 200
"A Christmas Goose" (C.H. Dye) 117, 121, 124
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Dracula (Loren D. Estleman) 84, 182, 184, 189-190
"A Scarletin Study" (Philip José Farmer) 190-191
"The Case of the Parson's Parrot" (S.M. Ghatak) 32
The Whitechapel Horrors (Edward B. Hanna) 83, 185
The Zenda Vendetta (Simon Hawke) 2
"The Adventure of the Fateful Malady" (Craig Janacek) 403
"A House Gone Mad" (Bruce I. Kilstein) 45
"Watson’s Wound" (Bruce I. Kilstein) 53-56, 58-59
"The Adventure of the Disappearing Sovereign" (Terry Klasek) 63
"The Adventure of the Lustrous Pearl" (Christian Klaver) 54
Sherlock Holmes & Dracula (Christian Klaver) 252, 309
"The Disembodied Assassin" (Andrew Lane) 206
The Surrogate Assassin (Christopher Leppek) 22
"The Adventure of the Giant Rat of Sumatra" (John T. Lescroart) 675
The Christmas Demon (James Lovegrove) 3-4, 366
The Devil’s Dust (James Lovegrove) 48
Gods of War (James Lovegrove) 156
The Labyrinth of Death (James Lovegrove) 76-78, 81, 85
Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 28, 339
Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (James Lovegrove) 127
"The Adventure of the Field Theorems" (Vonda N. McIntyre) 55
Hellbirds (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas Utechin) 88
Sherlock Holmes in Japan (Vasudev Murthy) 138
"Sherlock Holmes in the Lost World" (Martin Powell) 140, 143
"The Adventure of the Arab's Manuscript" (Michael Reaves) 269
"The Adventure of the Missing Rubies" (Tony Reynolds) 170
"The Case of the Missing Lodger" (Ted Riccardi) 259
 "The Adventure of the Damp Street" (Jeri Rood) 4
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (William Seil) 110
Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (Stanley Shaw) 45
"The Enigma of the Serbian Scientist" (S. Andrew Swann) 221
"The Adventure of the Rounded Ocelot" (Larry D. Sweazy) 191-193
The Crimes of Dr Watson (Duane Swierczynski) 35, 43, 45
"The Case of the Talking Corpse" (Donald Thomas) 224
"A Hand at the Throat" (Frank Thomas) 116
"The Adventure of the Grinder’s Whistle" (Howard Waldrop) 74-75, 78
The Mycroft Memoranda (Ray Walsh) 13-14, 88, 150
"Mrs Hudson Stays for Tea" (Gilbert Youmans) 49

Shoulder, Left

"The Case of the Red Herring" (Brian K. Crawford) 70, 89
"A Study in Brimstone" (G.S. Denning) 16, 18, 23-24, 77, 87
"The Case of the Tarleton Murders" (Jack Grochot) 160
The Red Tower (Mark A. Latham) 62
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove) 18-19, 35-36, 205, 207
"The Weeping Masks" (James Lowder) 95, 99-101, 103-104, 106-107, 109, 111-112
Watson's Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 177
"A Death in Venice" (Ted Riccardi) 122
Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 152, 204

Shoulder, Right

"The Adventure of the Honest Wife" (Lindsay Faye) 68
The Devil’s Due (Bonnie MacBird) 159, 162, 191, 255, 310
Unquiet Spirits (Bonnie MacBird) 473
Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 80-81, 85, 95

Shoulder & Leg

Sherlock Holmes: The Army of Dr Moreau (Guy Adams) 12
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde (Russell A. Brown) 3, 57, 93, 114, 134
"Before The Adventures" (Lenore Carroll) 179
Watson’s Last Case (Ian Charnock) 11-12, 21, 44, 168, 172-173
Irene at Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 16-17, 181-184, 212, 270-271, 273, 299-300, 317-318, 320-321, 333, 374, 380
Doctor Watson and the Invisible Man (Noel Downing) 15, 20, 28, 53, 74, 79, 85, 90, 95, 157
"The Jamesian Conundrum" (Jan Edwards) 379-380
The Private Life of Dr. Watson (Michael Hardwick) 272-275, 279, 298
The Revenge of the Hound (Michael Hardwick) 9, 76
Sherlock Holmes: My Life And Crimes (Michael Hardwick) 10-12, 83, 96
"The Mystery of the Miner’s Wife" (Narrelle M. Harris) 132, 137
Sherlock Holmes and the Queen of Diamonds (Steve Hayes & David Whitehead) 20-21
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 6, 106, 116, 158
"The Adventure of the Unknown Worm" (Daniel McGachey) 22
Watson’s Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 8-9
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (Nick Rennison) 50
"Merridew of Abominable Memory" (Chris Roberson) 229, 231
Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (Stephen Seitz) 54, 58, 66, 143-144
The Fifth Heart (Dan Simmons) 21-22, 100
Sherlock Holmes' Lost Adventure (Lauren Steinhauer) 11, 39, 68
Sherlock Holmes ~ The Way of All Flesh (Daniel Ward) 58
"A Study in Sussex" (Leah A. Zeldes) 184, 186

Left Shoulder & Right Thigh

"Guardian Angel" (Gwendolyn Frame) 300-303

Left Shoulder, Thigh & Ribs

Ten Years Beyond Baker Street (Cay Van Ash) 289

Tendo Achillis & Shoulder

Dead Man’s Land (Robert Ryan) 35, 54, 184

Thigh

"The Case of the Cannibal Club" (Carole Johnstone) 211-212, 248
Shadowfall (Tracy Revels) 71

Unspecified

Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure (Val Andrews) 51; "Elementary, My Dear Watson" (Anonymous) 1540; "Sherlock Holmes and the Sleepless Watchman" (Anonymous) 299; "The Reigate Road Mystery" (Anthony Armstrong) 61;"The Adventure of the Second Scarf" (Mark Aronson) 83; "The Ultimate Crime" (Isaac Asimov) 342; "The Case of the Vanishing Stars" (Deanna Baran) 187; "The Adventure of the Heroic Tobacconist" (Derrick Belanger) 175; "The Adventure of the York Place Prophecy" (Matthew Booth) 121; "Colonel Warburton’s Madness" (Rolfe Boswell) 85; "The Adventure of the Aluminium Crutch" (Clive Brooks) 125; "The Puzzle of the Vanishing Laboratory" (Peter Calamai) 21; "The Steamship Friesland" (Peter Calamai) 187-188; "The Adventure of the Poesy Ring" (Elka Cloke) 280; "The Well-Educated Young Man" (William P. Coleman) 93-94; "The Affair of the Politician, The Lighthouse, and the Trained Cormorant" (Howard Collins) 195; "The Adventure of the Venomous Lizard" (Bill Crider) 359; "The Case of the Anarchist’s Bomb" (Bill Crider) 168; The Curse of the Nibelung (Marcel D'Agneau) 68;"The Adventure of the Aluminum Crutch" (S.E. Dahlinger) 20; The Devil’s Promise (David Stuart Davies) 73-74; The Instrument of Death (David Stuart Davies) 25; The Veiled Detective (David Stuart Davies) 61, 74; Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders (Barry Day) 7; Sherlock Holmes and the Copycat Murders (Barry Day) 6, 153; Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders (Barry Day) 30; "By Any Other Name" (Michael Dirda) 204; Castle Rouge (Carole Nelson Douglas) 109; Irene's Last Waltz (Carole Nelson Douglas) 185; The Improbable Prisoner (Stuart Douglas) 195, 230; "The Case of the Borderland Dandelions" (Howard Engel) 25; "The Adventure of the Plated Spoon" (Loren D. Estleman) 260; "Sons of Moriarty" (Loren D. Estleman) 177; "And The Rest" (C.D. Ewing) 360; "The Gospel of Sheba" (Lyndsay Faye) 251; The Holmes Factor (Brian Freemantle) 15; The Holmes Inheritance (Brian Freemantle) 36; "The Adventure of the Laughing Jarvey" (Stephen Fry) 222; "The Two Footmen" (Michael Gilbert) 189, 195; "The Singular Affair of Mr. Phillip Phot" (The Greek Interpreters of East Lansing) 67; Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy (L.B.Greenwood) 1, 54; Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland (L.B. Greenwood) 1; "Spring-Heeled Jack" (Terrance Griep & Joe Staton) 84; "The Case of the Incumbent Invalid" (Claire Griffen) 45; "The Case of the Addleton Tragedy" (Jack Grochot) 96; Sherlock Holmes and the Boulevard Assassin (John Hall) 62; Exit Sherlock Holmes (Robert Lee Hall) 89; "The Dollmaker of Marigold Walk" (Barbara Hambly) 29; "The Matter of the Dangerously Generous Benefactor" (David L. Hammer) 12; The Private Life of Dr Watson (Michael Hardwick) 3, 53-54; The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Michael & Mollie Hardwick) 19, 72, 131-132; "A Game of Illusion" (Jeremy Branton Holstein) 380-381; The House of Silk (Anthony Horowitz) 4; "The Three Monarchs" (Anthony Horowitz) 289; Elementary, Mrs Hudson (Sydney Hosier) 10; "Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin" (Dorothy B. Hughes) 211; "The Problem of the Purple Maculas" (James C. Iraldi) 352; Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex Jack) 151; "The Dentist" (Magda Jozsa) 45; "The Case of the Strange Erasures" (Stefan Kanfer) 336; "The Adventure of the Patient Adversary" (George Kaplan) 27; "The Grantchester Grimoire" (Chico Kidd & Rick Kennett) 159, 178; "The Dead House” (Bruce Kilstein) 44; The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (John R. King) 318; "The Bride and the Bachelors" (Vincent Kovar) 158; "The Allegro Mystery" (Luke Benjamen Kuhns) 153; Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons (James Lovegrove) 275; The Thinking Engine (James Lovegrove) 228; The Baron’s Revenge (Gary Lovisi) 90, 101, 127; "The Adventure of the Boulevard Assassin" (Richard A. Lupoff) 215, 217-219, 221, 223, 226; "The Case of the Doctor Who Had No Business" (Richard A. Lupoff) 67; The Irregular (H.B. Lyle) 271; "The Adventure of the Voice in the Smoke" (Daniel McGachey) 124; "The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex" (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre) 476; "The Stolen Relic" (David Marcum) 94; "The Terrors of War" (N.R. Martin) 176; Sherlock Holmes and the Somerset Hunt (Rosemary Michaud) 45; The Great Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 34; "The Rape of the Sherlock" (A.A. Milne) 126; Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years: Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 128; "The Adventure of the Boston Dromio" (Matthew Pearl) 251; "The Return" (H. Beam Piper & John J. McGuire) 107-108, 114-115; "The Really Final Solution" (Nick Pollotta) 228-229; "Holmes Receives a Visitor" (R.C.R.-G.) 111; The Case of the Ranjipur Ruby (Anthony Read) 60, 66; Shadowblood (Tracy Revels) 8; "A Killing Thought" (Josh Reynolds) 335; Footsteps in the Fog (Kel Richards) 176; Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels (Barrie Roberts) 76; "Mrs. Hudson Reminisces" (Linda Robertson) 203; "The Adventure of the Pirates of Devil’s Cape" (Rob Rogers) 379; A Study in Murder (Robert Ryan) 172, 203; Séance for a Vampire (Fred Saberhagen) 110; "The Adventure of the Locked Room" (Andrew Salmon) 76; Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Bernard J. Schaffer) 16,161; "Harbinger of Death" (Geri Schear) 31; "His Last Arrow" (Christopher Sequeira) 57; The Siam Question (Timothy Francis Sheil) 34, 76; "The Case of the Notorious Canary Trainer" (Henry Slesar) 47; "The Adventure of the English Scholar" (Denis O. Smith) 212; "The Adventure of the Willow Pool" (Denis O. Smith) 279, 385; Sherlock Holmes: My Life (Lawrence R. Spencer) 15, 88, 147, 152; "The Adventure of the Agitated Actress" (Daniel Stashower) 94; "Sussex Interview" (P.M.Stone) 411; "The Struldbrugg Reaction" (John Sutherland) 281; "A Most Diabolical Plot" (Tim Symonds) 303; "The Adventure of the Koreshan Unity" (Amy Thomas) 371; "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 68; "The Hoax" (Frank Thomas) 106; Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (Frank Thomas) 28; Sherlock Holmes and the Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 56; Sherlock Holmes and the Treasure Train (Frank Thomas) 208; "The Adventure of Urquhart Manse" (Will Thomas) 337; "The Case of the Notorious Canary Trainer" (June Thomson) 150; "The Case of the Colonel’s Madness" (June Thomson) 40; "The Siren of Sennen Cove" (Peter Tremayne) 65; "A Ghost from Christmas Past" (Thomas A. Turley) 131; The Lost Holmes (David Upton) 81 Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Alan Vanneman) 85, 272; "An Incident in the Night" (Ralph E. Vaughan) 105; The Final Page of Baker Street (Daniel D. Victor) 65, 183; The Singular Case of the Duplicate Holmes (Jan Walker) 116; "The Adventure of the Second Round" (Mark Wardecker) 64; "Shadows of the Dead" (Kaaron Warren) 57, 60; "Giants in These Days" (T.S. Watt) 7; "The Case of the Fiery Messengers" (Ron Weighell) 3, 21; "The Celestial Pastiche" (David A. Weiss) 219; "Voiceover" (Edward Wellen) 223, 248; "The Case of the Rajah's Emerald" (Carolyn Wheat) 114; "The Adventure of the Long-Lost Enemy" (Marcia Wilson) 135; "The Onion Vendor’s Secret" (Marcia Wilson) 220, 228; The Winged Wheel (Peter H. Wood) 55; The Jewel of Covent Garden (Wayne Worcester) 4; "My Dear Holmes (His Positively Last Appearance on Earth)" (Ralph Wotherspoon) 229; "Mrs Hudson Stays for Tea" (Gilbert Youmans) 51