Category: What Happened Next/Later
Episode inspired stories.
The Night After “Death at Dawn”(by debpet)
Summary: A brief WHN for the episode ‘Death at Dawn”
Rated: K+ WC 1600
Encounter With the Past (by debpet)
Summary: An unexpected encounter brings up painful memories for Adam and leads to danger for him and for Joe.
Rated: K+ WC 6600
Strength of Conviction (by southplains)
Summary: Vengeance WHN. When Red Twilight breaks out of prison, Adam is forced to reexamine the wisdom of his moral convictions.
Rated: T WC 9400
Riding on Faith (by southplains)
Summary: WHN for ‘The Ride’ – a story of faith, hope, and thanksgiving. One of the Cartwrights has vanished and it appears that he is lost for good. Can the remaining family members accept the loss and learn to go on without him?
Rated: T WC 21,700
Night of the Sword (by southplains)
Summary: Danger in the form of a vengeful general invades the Ponderosa.
Rated: T 8500
Staying for Supper (by DBird)
Summary: Coming home is hard. Staying is even harder…
Rated: K+ (12,330 words)
Waiting on the Wolf series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Cold (by DBird)
Summary: WHN for “My Brother’s Keeper”. Caught in a blizzard, Adam and Joe are forced to confront the rift that has grown between them.
Rated: K+ 9900
Along the Truckee (by DBird)
Summary: The Cartwrights face an unfathomable situation, when Joe pulls a gun on his father. A companion piece for the story, “The Truckee Strip”
Rated: K+ WC 5300
Another Kind of Ending (by DBird)
Summary: WHN for “The Magnificent Adah.” Adam tries to understand his father’s words: there are many kinds of love.
Rated: K+ WC 2700
Death, Defiance and a Fine Day for a Swim (by DBird)
Summary: Adam and Joe find their own way through grief, on a summer day at the lake. A WHN story for the episode, “The Julia Bulette Story.”
Rated: K+ WC 6000
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
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)
Waiting on the Wolf (by DBird)
Summary: WHN for “My Brother’s Keeper” What if Adam left the Ponderosa after all and didn’t return until two years later? What if Joe never forgave him for leaving? What if Adam never forgave himself?
Rated: K+ (13,850 words)
Waiting on the Wolf series, links to all the stories within the series included.
The Desert (by DBird)
Summary: WHN for “The Crucible”. Joe learns that finding Adam in the desert is easier than saving him.
Rated: K+ (9,085 word)
A Perspective of One (by Calim11)
Summary: What Happened In Between and What Happened Next for the “Honor of Cochise”
Rating: K+ (8,170 words)