Posted in Alternate Universe Drama What Happened Instead

His Choice (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)

Summary:  Adam finds himself having to choose between his family and a woman he falls in love with. There’s only one problem…he’s in a coma, and she’s in the twentieth century. (Guess that makes this Sci-Fi).

Rated: T (18,088 words)

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Posted in Drama What Happened Instead

Forget Me Not (by Tauna Petit-Stawn)

Summary:  A what if I got off Love Me Not. Instead of getting on the stagecoach, Joan disappears in the middle of the night. Ben is riddled with guilt. Will the Cartwrights ever see her again?

Rated: T (24,000)

Forget Me Not Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

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Posted in Drama

Thunder Rolls (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)

Summary:  A simple business trip turns into much more when a robbery takes place and a Cartwright goes missing.

Rating T (17,630 words)

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Posted in Drama Hurt/Comfort

For the Love of a Brother (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)

Summary:  Ben is shocked when he returns home to find two of his sons fighting for their lives. All three sons really should be in the character choice spot. I stink at summaries. Please read anyway. WARNING; MAJOR character death.

Rating T (10, 960 words)

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Posted in Drama

Keeper of My Heart (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)

Summary:  Thrown from his horse, Adam is injured in more ways than one. Question is… will he ever return home?

Rating T (23,120 word)

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Posted in Drama What Happened Instead

Star’s Hope (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)

Summary:  I should say Jamie is introduce later on in the story, not right away.

Rating T  (16,350 words)

A Place to Belong Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

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Posted in Alternate Universe Drama Hurt/Comfort

Abigail, My Love (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)

Summary: Hoss, his pa and brothers sit by the bedside of Hoss’ wife, Abigail, praying she recovers from a bank robber’s bullet. As they wait, they reminisce. 

Rating:  T  (15,800 words)

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Posted in Drama What Happened Instead

Don’t Forget the Stars (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)

Summary: A what if off “Look to the Stars”.

Rating:  K+  (10,801 words)

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Posted in Alternate Universe Drama Hurt/Comfort Short Stories What Happened Instead

Far Side of Jordan (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)

Summary:  After years of marriage Tara stands next to Adam’s grave thinking.

Rating:  K  (750 words)

Long Road Back Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

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Acceptance (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)

Summary: Sequel to “Long Road Back”.

Rating:  K+ (12, 190 words)

Long Road Back Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

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Long Road Back (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)

Summary:  A what if I got from “The Crucibles”…mostly, what if Ben, Hoss and Little Joe hadn’t found Adam. What if someone else did? And What if Adam didn’t just ‘bounce back’?

Rating K+  (14,570 words)

Long Road Back Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

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A Place to Belong (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)

Summary: An idea I got off the episode ‘Love Me Not’.

Rating T (16,285 words)

A Place to Belong Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

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Posted in Drama

His Legacy (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)

Summary:  Hoss surprises the family by coming home with a wife. Only one problem…her brother wants her inheritance bad enough to kill.

Rating:  K+  (22,200 words)

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Posted in Drama Short Stories

A Letter from Hoss (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)

Summary:  I was thinking about how due to Dan Blocker’s death the Cartwright’s lost Hoss. This short piece came to me and I had to write it down.

Rating:  K (540 words)

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Posted in Humor

Close Call (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)

Summary: A short piece written for a good laugh. Hope you will laugh as hard as my sister and I did!

Rating:  K+ (1,760 words)

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