Category: What Happened Next/Later
Episode inspired stories.
Inger #1 (by Krystyna)
Summary: This story covers the adventures of Ben, Inger and Adam Cartwright on the wagon train journey that was the dream that turned into a nightmare. The episode Journey Remembered was a very sanitized version of the hardships these pioneers would have encountered so this story is about bringing a touch of dramatic reality to the episode.
Rating: T (12, 580 words)
Inger Series, links to all stories of this series included.
The Scars Will Fade: WHN The Crucible (by Jeanie Cartwright)
Story Summary: In the three days immediately following the discovery of an emotionally and physically exhausted Adam at the end of “The Crucible,” Ben, Hoss and Joe Cartwright try to figure out what has happened to him, as well as come to grips with their own guilt. Adam struggles, with the help of his family, to recover from the trauma of his ordeal.
Rating and Reader Alerts: PG for nightmares, some violence, mild profanity
Words: 15,300
Vengeance – WHN (by LissaB)
Summary: A continuation of the episode Vengeance, taking up the story after barn scene between Adam and Joe, and Red Twilight.
Rating: T (67,830 words)
A Shot in the Dark (by Krystyna)
Summary: The question the Jury wanted answered was who shot Judd Clancy? It was a question to which the Cartwrights also required an answer as one of their own faced the charge of murder.
Rating: G (3,320 words)
The Past, The Present, and the Future (by Krystyna)
Summary: This could be considered a WHN of The Paiute War although it takes place two years after the events of that episode.
Rating: T (8,800 words)
The Ride Home (by LizS)
Synopsis: Adam is found after being held by Cain. Now with his family’s help he must find himself again. Rating: PG (14,750 words)
After the Fall (by Monette)
Synopsis: In the episode Triangle, Adam is engaged to Laura but is so busy building her a house she feels neglected. Will gives her all the attention she needs, and she ends up falling in love with him. We are led to believe in this episode that Adam gives her up willingly, that he never really loved her. “After the Fall” gives this story a different interpretation. For those of you who like to believe he really did love her, as I do, you will discover here what goes on between the scenes of the episode after he falls off the roof of the house, how he feels about the incident leading up to letting her go, and how he recovers both the full strength in his legs after he stands as well as how he recovers from a broken heart.
Rating: G
Words: 12,400
Elegy for a Cartwright (by Starlite)
Summary: A continuation of ‘Elegy for a Hangman’.
Rated: PG (6,500 words)
Death at Dawn – Revisited (by Starlite)
Summary: What if Adam’s gamble had a different outcome
Rated: G (4,080 words)
Blood is Thicker than Water (by Starlite)
Summary: The Cartwrights’ are again visited by their favorite cousin.
Rated: G (7,500 words)
Joy Comes in the Morning (by LaurieM)
Synopsis: Ben comes to terms with the loss of Marie as the Cartwright family celebrates the first Easter following her death
Rating: G
Words: 10,500
Coming Home (by deansgirl)
Summary: A WHN for The First Born
Rated: K+ (4,410 words)
Kingdom of Fear – WHN/WHI (by Harmony)
Summary: This story picks up near the very end of the aired episode. The Judge has been removed from power, but was he working alone? Escorted by the Cartwrights and the freed prisoners, the journey home begins.
Rating: PG (79,180 words)
The Commitment of Charlie Angelus (by Robin)
Summary: If only they hadn’t stopped in that town.
Rating: T (1,140 words)
The Return of Old Sheba (by Robin)
Summary: It is said they have an extremely long memory.
Rating: T (9,390 words)