Category: What Happened Next/Later
Episode inspired stories.
Showdown (by Rona)
Summary: What would have happened if Pardoe wasn’t really dead?
Rated: T (10,370 Words)
After the Fall #2 – Bloody Peace (by Monette)
Synopsis: We all know Adam left the ranch, never to return. We all probably know a story line or two that would have encouraged him to return for an occasional episode.
Rating: PG
Words: 13,800
Part of After the Fall series, links included within.
Brother? (by Lau)
Synopsis: What was Adam real feelings when he knew that Clay Stafford was his little brother’s brother.
Rating: G
Words: 2,100
The Final Bequest (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: A retrospective on two episodes of Bonanza, The Quality of Mercy and The Dark Gate. Adam and Joe each contemplate the death of a best friend.
Rated: K+ (6,285 words)
Sacrificial Lamb (by pkmoonshine)
Summary:. While Adam and his wife, Teresa, are visiting with his family at the Ponderosa, someone from his (Adam’s) past arrives unexpectedly. She is in deep trouble and desperately needs his help.
Rating T (55,240 word)
Bloodlines Series, links to all stories within the series are included.
Clay (by Rona)
Summary: A sequel to the episode First Born. A chance meeting in an hotel reunites Joe with his brother Clay. But is Clay’s past about to catch up with him again?
Rated: T (10,585 words)
Silent Audience (by MeiraB)
Synopsis: Here’s a new “What Happened Next” for the episode “The Honor of Cochise”. Ever wonder what happened to Adam, or what his family told him about why his medical treatment was delayed?
Rating: PG
Words: 2,650
Stranger No More (by MeiraB)
Synopsis: A short “what happened next” for the episode “A Stranger Passed This Way”. It shows what might have been discussed at the Cartwright breakfast table the morning that Hoss recovered his memory, but forgot his period of amnesia.
Rating: G
Words: 2,350
The Birthday Gift (by Linda Br)
Synopsis: This is a story of the aftermath of the episode “The Savage” in which Adam has met and fallen in love with Ruth Halverson who then leaves him to save lhis life from the Shoshoni. It also covers the circumstances of Adam’s illness in “Elizabeth, My Love.”
Rating: R Words: 24,700
The Friendship – A Parody (by LissaB)
Summary: What happened after the director yelled cut, or worse yet, what was left on the cutting room floor.
Rating: K+ (1,185 words)
Know Thyself (by MeiraB)
Synopsis: Adam reevaluates his long-standing view of himself as civilized man in light of his experience with Peter Cain as related in the episode “The Crucible”.
Rating: PG
Words: 3,900
Among Tall Trees (by VickiC.)
Summary: After Inger’s death Ben, Adam and baby Hoss journey west. Adam makes a new friend and the family find a new home.
Rating: G (16,070 words)
Inger #4 – Journey’s End (by Krystyna)
Summary: Ben Cartwright finally finds where he wants to be – and picks up a passenger along the way.
Rating: T (8,830 words)
Inger Series, links to all stories within the series are included.
Inger #3 – Searching for Elizabeth (by Krystyna)
Summary: Set 18 months after Inger…a little boy longing for his mother, a beautiful lady who looks just as mother should, a father facing a murder charge …
Rating: T (19,930 words)
Inger Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Inger #2 – After Ash Hollow (by Krystyna)
Summary: This is a continuation of the story Inger, although each story can stand on its own merits. Life chasing Ben’s dream holds many dangers as Adam discovers …
Rating T (17,300 words)
Inger Series, links to all stories of this series included.