Category: What Happened Instead
Episode inspired stories.
More Than Enough Love Part 2 (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: The Cartwright family continues to adjust to the addition Ben’s new wife, Kate and her nieces, Mary and Hannah. Will an unexpected visitor bring tension into the household?
Rating: T Word Count: 115,895
Ben Brown Series, links to all the stories for this series included.
Forever Changed (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: After concluding a business trip in San Francisco, Joe’s life is forever changed.
Rating: T (14,520 words)
Doppelganger (by BettyHT)
Summary: WHI for Death at Dawn in which the plot by Bryant is more complex than simply trying to save Farmer Perkins. Adam’s apparent failure to save his father as well as other events shake his confidence in his abilities, and it will take several crises and support from his family for him to regain his self-confidence.
Rating = T WC = 38683
If Not for Aura Lee (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: What happened after Jean was taken into custody, and Julia’s window went dark.
Rating: T (for mild cursing and references to adult themes) (11,940 words)
Someone to Watch Over Him (by Cheaux)
Summary: A Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament story for 2015 (A What Happened Instead for the episode “Bushwhacked” written by Preston Wood).
Word Count: 8974 Rated K+
Marcy (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)
Summary: A ‘what if’ I got off the episode “Three Brides for Hoss”.
Rated: T (8,950 words)
And Afterwards (by Krystyna)
Summary: This story is a spin off from an episode called The Tall Stranger in which Hoss proposed to Margie Owens and lost out to Mark Connors, who married Margie and then dumped her. Hoss found Margie just before she died in childbirth.
In this story Hoss is battling the worse misery of his life as he struggles to overcome a broken heart with no hope of ever seeing Margie again. He has to suffer physical anguish, and experience other peoples direst heartache, before he can bury the past and get on with his life, find happiness and return home to his family.
Rating: T (21,580 words)
Desperate Rescue (by devilwind)
Summary: A WHI for “Desperate Passage.” After rescuing Mary Burns from the Paiutes, Joe has to be saved as his attempt to mount an Indian pony and ride to safety goes awry.
Rating: T (Some Violence) WC: 3396
Eternal Justice (by Cheaux)
Circumstantial evidence incriminates Joe Cartwright in his fiance’s murder. A WHI for “Justice” written by Richard Wendley.
Rated K+ WC 8100
Becoming Family (by pjb)
Summary: In this WHI/WHN for “Emily” and “Salute to Yesterday.”
WC 8100 Rated: K+
Aftermath of a Hanging (by Dodo)
Summary: A What Happened Instead for The Gamble. Joe escapes from Alkali and heads towards Virginia City to fetch help. But what if he never got there?
Rated: T (37,450 words)
Huckleberry Friends (by Sue)
Summary: This is my take on what might have happened if Mark Twain had revisited the Ponderosa seeking inspiration. It is meant as a purely affectionate look at my favourite tv family. It mainly features Hoss and Joe although the whole family appear.
Rated: K+ WC 6700
One Candle (by Cheaux)
Summary: A tragic event in Virginia City sends shock waves across the globe and spurs Adam to return home to find the truth.
Rated: T WC 16,000
Coming Home (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)
Summary: A follow up to A Stranger Returns. While all the Cartwrights will be mentioned and shown at times, it center mostly on Hoss, Adam and their families.
Rated: K+ (5,860 words)
A Stranger Returns Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
A Stranger Returns (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)
Summary: A what if I got off the episode “A Stranger Passed This Way”, mainly what if the Vandervorts had already been in the process of moving when they found Hoss? Genre always subject to change. Little Joe and Candy will also make appearances in the story.
Rated: K+ (15,460 words)
A Stranger Returns Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
