Category: Hurt/Comfort
Scars that Shatter Trust (by HarpistforHim)
Summary: Certain hurts never heal and some scars never truly fade. Adam is aware of this now, however, simply being aware doesn’t make moving forward any easier. Even a seemingly normal trip home with his brother blisters the scars that he thought were healing. A WHN for The Crucible.
Word Count: 1,949 Rating: G
Part of the Scars Series, links to all stories included within.
Sally Mars, M.D. (by millieshepherd)
Summary: Little Joe meets a lady doctor who tends to an injured Adam.
Rating: K
Word Count: 3,441
A Father’s Promise (by HarpistforHim)
Summary: Following the events of the Prime of Life, Ben thinks everything has returned to normal… until his oldest son comes to him with open wounds Ben thought had long been healed. The missing conversation between Adam and Ben from my story “Never Again.”
Word count: 3,370 Rating: G
Part of the Never Again Series, link to all stories included within.
A Cruel Sort of Kindness (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: “Pa’d once told us boys that a person shouldn’t go into marriage thinking that they could change their spouse; they’d only tear each other apart in the end. It was a piece of advice that I’d nearly forgotten.” A missing scene from the episode The Courtship.
Rating: K+
Word Count: 625
Scars That Never Fade (by HarpistforHim)
Summary: Time had passed since Eastgate, though perhaps not enough. One year after the events of The Crucible, Adam finds that certain hurts never heal, and some scars never truly fade. A WHN/Later for The Crucible.
Rating: G Word Count: 1,173
Learning the Hard Way (by HarpistforHim)
Summary: Joe has one drink too many at the Marquette’s one-year anniversary party, which wouldn’t have been such an issue with his father if he wasn’t only fourteen years old. The morning after, Adam learns a few things about his baby brother… and a few things about himself, too.
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 4,730
Allegiance (by Harpistforhim)
Summary: After the first grueling days of the Battle of the Wilderness, Joe comes across someone he hadn’t expected to meet during the war. Two brothers caught on opposite sides of the Civil War come face-to-face one night in an intense battle of words, forcing Joe to reconsider exactly where his allegiance lies.
Rating: G
Word Count: 1521
Part of The Allegience Series, links to all stories included within
Never Again (by HarpistforHim)
Summary: Ben’s guilt-ridden slump during the Prime of Life unearths painful memories for his oldest son. Despite this, the boys try their hardest to meet the contract deadline on their own. In the end, it’s up to Hoss to make sure his older brother gets back on the right track again. A WHIB/WHN for The Prime of Life.
Rating: G Word Count: 7,380
Will It Ever Stop Snowing (by BettyHT)
Summary: I didn’t think I would have a Christmas story this year, but I found two old story prompts in a folder and used them. The first two paragraphs of this story are those prompts with a few alterations, and the rest of the story is mine. A snowstorm leads to some changes for two families.
Rating: PG Word count: 5409
Halloween of the Heart (by SJR Cartwright)
Summary: It’s Halloween night. Things happen. Some things are special. And some are very special. Share this night with a woman in love and will soon have heart’s desire come true. Alternative Universe. Written for the 2021 Bonanza Brand Boonanza Challenge.
Rating: T Word Count: 1430
Trapper John stories (by BettyHT)
Summary: There are three stories that can stand alone but are related. –Trapper John — Hoss meets a man in the mountains whose life intersects with the Cartwrights a number of times. –Suspicion — Adam’s relationship with Delphine leads to a disastrous turn of events and to Adam leaving, but he meets someone important in France, and on his return, he meets Trapper John. –Belladonna — Murder and what to do about the murderer are at the center of the story. A threat to Adam’s family brings the situation to a crisis.
Rating: T Word count: 60,428
Choosing Blue (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam and Joe go to War, but it’s not your usual brother against brother Civil War story. There’s not much about war, but there is spying, romance with a little help from a brother, a tale of revenge, and suffering among other things.
Rating: T Word count: 15,777
Part of the Choosing Series, links to all stories included within.
What Kind of Man Would I Be? (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: A bullet, a question, and the unconditional love of a brother.
Rating: K+
Word Count: 978
His Gal (by BettyHT)
Summary: There’s a guest on the Ponderosa who is very taken with Adam, but she’s only three years old. It’s a Christmas story so there’s trouble but a warm fuzzy ending.
Rating: PG Word count: 1,181
Not Guilty: Part Four, The Dogs (by BettyHT)
Summary: In the last of the series, the story is all about Adam, Hoss, and Joe. There’s a hunting trip with their dogs, a hero who emerges after a case of mistaken identity, and then the plot for their sweet revenge. Some of this material was originally in the previous story, but when I edited it out, I saved it to create this story. You may notice how it overlaps part of what happened in that story.
Rating: T Word Count: 10,703
Part of the Not Guilty Series, links to all stories included within