Category: What Happened Next/Later
Episode inspired stories.
Last Minute Miracle (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: A WHIB for the episode The Honor of Cochise. What was happening back at the camp while Ben was riding as fast as he could to Fort Barry? Read, and find out.
Rated: T (a strong T for racism, gore, and minor bad language)
Word Count: 1,313
Lassiter (by Krystyna)
Summary: It’s been two years since the events that almost saw two of the Cartwrights hung for a crime they didn’t commit.
Rating: T (6,550 words)
When Lies Wound a Broken Heart (by Missjudy)
Summary: Ben’s presence with his family is sporadic and brief. Adam is feeling frazzled with running the ranch and caring for his brothers. Hop Sing is holding his breath wondering if the family can ever be the same, and Little Joe has heard something in town that his very young heart believes, despite all evidence to the contrary. (A prequel)
Rating: K
Word Count: 9990
A Man That Studieth Revenge (McFair_58)
Summary: A WHB & WHN for ‘The Last Haircut’, ‘Marie, My Love’, and ‘The Hayburner’ with a nod to ‘The Truckee Strip’ and ‘The Crucible’. Everyone in Virginia City knew Duke Miller had gotten away with murder, but there were few who knew he had done it before. At the heart of his hate lay one man and but a single goal: the complete and total destruction of Joe Cartwright.
Rated PG-13 for Western brutality and lots of angst and SJS
Word count: 72,114
The Dogwoods in Bloom (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: A WHN for “The Newcomers”. Hoss finally visits the canyon.
Rating: K+
Word Count: 914
The Last Gift of Christmas (by JC)
Summary: Ben gets some advice from an old friend, reminding him once more that not every gift is neatly wrapped and under the tree.
Rating: G
Word Count: 2,325
Jacob’s Ladder Series, links to all stories included within.
Moments – A Brother’s Decision (by Missjudy)
Summary: Moments is my new series of stories taking a look at situations that affected the Cartwrights deeply and personally. In this one, we see how something learned in the midst of a decision Adam had to make when he and Hoss were younger, sheds light on a a question posed in a canon episode. Part 1 is a prequel called October Snow, describing the events as youngsters. Part 2 is entitled Hard Decisions and has Hoss recalling that memory to help his father and brother understand Adam’s decision in a “what happens during” scene from a familiar episode. Each of the Moments stories are separate with no need to read others in the same series to understand.
Rating: G Word Count: 9858
Louise (by McFair_58)
Summary: Joseph Cartwright is a haunted man. He can’t forget the woman he met in Martinville. Little does he know, she remembers him as well and has made a pact with the Devil to make certain he will be hers for eternity. A WHN for the Bonanza episode Twilight Town. The characters of Nicholas, Janette, and Lucien LaCroix were originally created by Barney Cohan and James D. Parrott for the TV series Forever Knight.
Word count: 38,844
Rated: PG-13
Someday We’ll Be Together (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Hoss and Little Joe go fishing…or do they?
Rating: T
Word Count: 988
Reputation (by Patina)
Summary: A What-Happened-In-Between for the Julia Bulette Story. Some wounds never heal.
Rating: T (935 words)
Dangerous Liaison: The Countess (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: The Cartwrights had pulled it off; successfully defended the Ponderosa without firing a single gunshot. Yet, the triumph was overshadowed by a persistent question; was anyone truly a winner or a loser when it came to a bittersweet memory from the past?
Rating: G (655 words)
Epilogue: The Quality of Mercy (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: A WHN/alternate ending for the episode The Quality of Mercy. Joe goes to see Seth Pruitt in jail.
Rating: K+
Word Count: 613
Everybody’s Wrong (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: A WHIB for the episode The Jury. Adam and Hoss have another heart to heart. This one would take place before the one in the episode, but after the scene where Adam comes home with a busted fist.
Rated: K+
Word Count: 959
The Blows of Sound (McFair_58)
A WHN and Missing Scene story for ‘The Stillness Within’. While rewatching the episode I realized that, after the first commercial break, while Doc Martin was examining him, Joe says it’s been a month since he was blinded. Say WHAT?? This tale explores what happened between the explosion and Paul’s examination of Joe, as well as what happened during that missing month and ends after Miss Dobbs’ departure.
Word count: 18,320 Rated: PG
Each Day #4 – The Meeting (by Dogwood)
Summary: Part 4 of the Each Day Series. Laura and Will Cartwright visit the Ponderosa
Rating: T (Words: 39,305)