Category: Drama
Grief (by Rona)
Summary: A short piece reflecting on life after Hoss died.
Rated: T (950 words)
Return to Eastgate (by Robin)
Summary: Ben should have remembered. What happened later for The Crucible.
Rating: T (4,200 words)
A Fistful of Regret (by DebbieB)
Summary: When he accidentally punches Joe instead of Adam, Hoss is consumed with guilt. Will Joe lose his hearing? Will the youngest Cartwright ever forgive his gentle hearted brother for the injuries he sustained from the powerful blow to the side of his head? Will Hoss forgive himself or will he forever carry, a fistful of regret?
Rated: G (10,600 words)
Laugh in the Dark (by EPM)
Summary: Driven by the need for revenge,Adam makes a choice that will effect his life forever.
Rated: K+ (12,500 words)
Laugh in the Dark Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Vengeance (by Lynnette Smith)
Story Summary: When a Jack Devon is out for vengeance for the death of his son, Joe is severely wounded and almost killed. Devon is thrown in jail and all seems to quiet down but it soon becomes clear that more then just Devon’s son Jimmy would like to finish the job.
Rating and Reader alerts: PG
Words: 4,600
The Bronco Buster (by Krystyna)
Summary: This is a coming of age story for Joe. Determined to become a horse breaker he learns a hard lesson when he faces a challenge ..from the horse itself.
Rating: K+ (6,400 words)
His Prey (by Rona)
Summary: A WHN for the episode The Hunter. What did happen to Joe after those closing credits rolled?
Rated: T (9,360 words)
Toby (by HelenB)
Summary: Adam allows five year old Joe to bring home a stray dog, not knowing the heartache that will follow.
Rating: T (5,260 words)
Badge of Courage (by EileenK)
Summary: Adam’s first trip to Cooperville was at the insistence of Cooperville’s Sheriff; his second trip there he planned. He finds himself facing an outlaw’s gun; then finds something special in someone. His third and final trip results in tragedy.
Rating and Reader Alerts: G
Words: 18,800
The Final Sacrifice (by Rona)
Summary: An outbreak of measles set in motion a series of heart-breaking problems for the Cartwrights.
Rated: T (11,130 words)
Honor Series # 9 – I do, I do (by the Tahoe Ladies)
Summary: Season 15 – Episode 9 A continuation of the Honor Series
Rate: T Word Count: 6746
Honor Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Phoenix Trilogy #3 – Phoenix Freed (by the Tahoe Ladies)
Summary: Like the Phoenix, one must be totally broken and consumed by the flames of the past in order to rise again… stronger, better, a Cartwright no doubt.
Rated T Word Count: 52887
The Phoenix Series, links to stories within the series are included.
The Hangin’ Tree (by DebbieB)
Summary: Left hanging from an old oak tree to die a horrific death, Joe’s life takes on a strange twist when he is cut down. An old mountain woman that he meets, isn’t what she appears to be. Neither is anyone else it seems
Rated: PG13 for violence (30,700 words)
What’s Right? (by EPM)
Summary: Adam risks his life in trying to follow his father’s teaching in doing right, but others have ulterior motives that thrust the Cartwrights into the middle of a fight they can’t afford to lose.
Rating: K+ (11,510 words)
The Identity Crisis (by Mary S)
Summary: When Hoss is mistaken for Adam, who is out of town, he decides that a little harmless confusion won’t be a problem. After all, how hard can it be to pose as Adam?
Rating: G (13,860 words)
