Author: DBird
Everything They Had (by DBird)
Summary: A brutal attack on the Cartwrights leads to an unlikely lesson about family.
Rated: K+ WC 8500
Fever Dreams (by DBird)
Summary: Inspired by the episodes “My Brother’s Keeper” and “The Crucible.” About a wolf, Peter Kane, and the way a brother protects his own.
Rated: K+ WC 3000
Given the Circumstances (by DBird)
Summary: Trapped in a cabin with his family, Adam tells the story of a rockslide, an ambush, and the possibility that everything happens for a reason.
Rated: K+ (10,900 words)
Good Advice from a Shotgun Father (by DBird)
Summary: Sometimes, the best advice comes from the business end of a gun
Rated: K+ WC 4000
Heat (by DBird)
Summary: Ben blames himself for the condition of his two desperately wounded sons.
Rated: K+ (6,590 words)
Housekeeping (by DBird)
Summary: The aftermath of bloodshed from a different perspective…the one who has to clean it up.
Rated: K+ (3,540 words)
Like the Night (by DBird)
Summary: Ben’s plan to reconcile Adam and Hoss leads to disaster for the Cartwright family. A WHN for “She Walks in Beauty”.
Rated: K+ (20,795 words)
Love Again (by DBird)
Summary: It was the summer Joe turned ten, Adam fell in love, and the Cartwright family’s world wouldn’t be the same again.
Rated: K+ (7,065 words)
Moment (by DBird)
Summary: Between brothers, one moment can change everything.
Rated: K+ (1,320 words)
Passages (by DBird)
Summary: From tragedy to laughter, a family’s life is made up of many passages.
Rated: K+ (11,680 words)
Reckoning (by DBird)
Summary: Adam tells a story of redemption and loss, while Little Joe lingers between life and death. A WHN story for the episode “The Tin Badge”
Rated: K+ (7,680 words)
While Holding a Colicky Baby at Night (by DBird)
Summary: The Cartwright family learns that trials and blessings sometimes go hand in hand.
Rated: K+ (5,715 words)
Trees, Traditions and Three Fine Sons (by DBird & PJB)
Summary: All Ben Cartwright wanted was a nice, traditional Christmas…but his three fine sons had other plans… A collaborative story by dbird and pjb.
Rated: K+ (10,950 words)
Dividing Line Series – The Quickening (by DBird)
The Quickening. This is Part 5 of the Dividing Line Series.
Summary: For Adam and Joe, life after the war is fraught with trials and possibilities.
Rated: T (12,400 words)
1. Prelude
2. Dividing Line
3. The Telling
4. Peace Offering
5. The Quickening
Sleigh Bells, Rotgut, and Other Miracles (by DBird & PJB)
Summary: In the middle of a snowstorm on Christmas Eve, in a line shack stocked with beans and rotgut, the Cartwrights are reminded of what truly matters. Written by dbird and pjb.
Rated K+ (10,920 words)
