Category: What Happened Next/Later
Episode inspired stories.
San Francisco Revisited (by pkmoonshine)
The Cartwrights have come to San Francisco to negotiate a contract and enjoy a relaxing family vacation together. All thoughts of relaxation fly right out the window when two family members and a friend go missing, and the police are infuriatingly indifferent. A WHN for “San Francisco” and “The Mountain Girl.”
Rating: T (58,600 words)
Bloodlines Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
He Was Laughing (by Calim11)
Summary: What Happened Next for the episode “Triangle”
Rating: K+ (7,100 words)
Forgiveness (by pjb)
Summary: A WHN for “The Gift.” Sometimes, the hardest ones to forgive are ourselves.
Rated: K WC 2800
Need (by Dodo)
Summary: A WHN for Firstborn and my submission for the May Literary Challenge. Relations between Ben and Joe have become tense.
Rated: K+ Word Count: 2284
Never Too Old (by Dodo)
Summary: From the Pinecone No 4 challenge this story grew into a WHN for The Truckee Strip. Some Joe suffering again, but it’s what I like best!
Rated: K+ Word Count: 2272
Upholding the Family Pride (by Patina)
Rating: T
Word Count=3617
Summary: WHN for The Ride
A Woman Cloaked in Scandal (by Patina)
Rating: K+
Word Count=2195
Summary: WHIB for She Walks in Beauty. After Regan Miller’s kiss, Adam realizes he has a decision to make since Hoss plans to marry her. As he ponders his course of action, his thoughts turn to another scandalous woman–his step-mother, Marie.
A New Understanding (by Terri)
Summary: A WHN for First Born. Adam is angry at Joe for offering to leave with Clay. Will he be able to reconcile with his youngest brother?
Rated: K+ WC 2200
Alias Adam Cartwright (by Kenda)
Summary: A “what happened next” story based on the aired episode “Alias Joe Cartwright.” What happened after Adam returned home from an extended trip to discover Little Joe’s life almost came to a tragic end at an army fort outside Lode City.
Rated: K+ (16,125 words)
A Thousand Little Things (by Harper)
Summary: Joe and an injured Adam struggle to return a murderer to justice, but someone will do anything to get revenge. A WHN for “The Hanging Posse.”
Rated: K+ (14,695 words)
Consuelo (by lminzer)
Summary: A WHN/WHIB for the episode “Amigo” – this is my very first attempt at a WHN – hope you like it!
Rated: K+ WC 5900
Choices (by pjb)
Summary: The vote in favor of statehood has been cast. Now, in the aftermath of the convention, as one Cartwright struggles with heartache, another learns about respect. A WHN for “The War Comes to Washoe.”
Rated: K+ WC 3200
Trapped in Remorse (by Devonshire)
Summary: A WHN scene for the episode The Trap. Booth is encouraged by Ben to visit Joe, who is still recovering from the gunfight.
Rated K+ (3,065 words)
Glory (by southplains)
Summary: A WHN for “My Brother’s Keeper”. Sometimes the invisible wounds are the ones that take longest to heal…
Rated: T WC 10,400
Glory Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Seeds of Doubt (by Patina)
Rating: T
Word Count=6537
Summary: WHN for The Lawmaker. Asa Moran was riding high as acting sheriff after killing those two would-be robbers at the Express Office. When Adam investigates, Moran is determined to bring the high-and-mighty Cartwrights down. This story includes several scenes that were “missing” from the episode.