Category: What Happened Next/Later
Episode inspired stories.
He Would Have (by DJK)
Summary: A short WHN for Hoss’s loss of Margie.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 694
Cartwrights Return or a Story of The Prodigals (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Adam left the Ponderosa more than ten years ago; and now, a letter has arrived announcing his intent to return. This story is his, as well as his family’s.
Rating: T – for minor cursing. (53,360 words)
The Truth (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Missing scenes, The Trap. A man’s belief that his wife is having an affair sets events into motion that ultimately drive Joe to challenge a lawman to a gunfight; the only way he can see to prove his innocence, of the affair and of two murders.
Rating: T (1,440 words)
Between the Twelfth of Never and Forever… (by BluewindFarm)
SUMMARY: A time of contemplation as a man reflects on what’s happened in the past, and what good could come from any of it. — ‘How am I gonna be an optimist about this?’
Rating: K (695 words)
The Vision #2 – the epilogue (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Her dream is a reality and now they wait for the most important delivery.
Rating: T (3,590 words)
The Vision Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Another Side of the Triangle #2 – the Epilogue (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Missing scenes and WHN for the episode, The Triangle.
Rating: T (1,220 words)
A Far Cry from Peace (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Missing Scenes and What Happened Next for the second season episode… The Gift.
Rating: T (5,095 words)
By Step, By Half, And by Heart (by DJK)
Summary: Clay sends a telegram to Adam asking him for help. This time Clay’s troubles send the entire Cartwright family down a road that could led to the destruction of Ben Cartwright’s dream or finally bring Joe’s other brother home.
Rated: T Word count: 32,335
Between First Borns Series, links to stories within the series are included.
The Lady in the Shadows (by DJK)
Summary: Young Adam tells his new mother about the lady in the shadows.
Rated: K+ Word count: 1141
Between First Borns (by DJK)
Summary: Adam has a chance meeting with Clay after Clay has left the Ponderosa. Tag for “First Born”
Rated: K+ Word count: 1445
Between First Borns Series, links to stories within the series are included.
The Wheelchair (by DJK)
Summary: Years later Adam’s wheelchair from “The Triangle” comes out of the attic.
Rated: K+ Word count: 667
The Wheelchair Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Crossroads (by southplains)
Summary: Adam’s choices regarding his torment at the hands of a madman result in an ever-widening ripple effect. A WHN/WHI for “The Crucible.”
Rated: MA WC 35,000
A Family Affair (by southplains)
Summary: What happens when a Cartwright loves a girl who, in turn, favors his brother? In Season 3’s ‘The Lady From Baltimore,’ Joe fell for Melinda Banning; Melinda had her eye on Adam. Things were brought to a head when Joe found Melinda and Adam together in a rather compromising tableau. To head off the unavoidable clash between the two brothers, Ben quickly found some other place for Adam to be while the Bannings were still around. But what about when Adam came home after the episode’s ending? This story, narrated by Hop Sing, tells us how Joe and Adam came to terms with the events of that episode. Also contains references to a character from the episode ‘The Hopefuls.’
Rated: T WC 9300
The Shell-game Girl (by sklamb)
Summary: Ben Cartwright reminds some interested ladies–including Clementine Hawkins and Lilah Rose–that the pleasures (or otherwise) of old memories can be entirely a matter of context. A WHIB/WH(much)Later for The Burma Rarity.
Rated: K WC:1100
Triple Point (by sklamb)
Summary: A chance encounter leads to dramatic consequences for two drifters and the men they rescue—Joe and Adam Cartwright. Twenty years later, “The Crucible” still casts a dark shadow….
Rated: K+ WC 55,300