Summary:  Adam promised Laura that he’d be back for their engagement party. But he’s delayed and during that time, he unexpectedly meets his first love – a young woman he knew in Boston. After an evening spent talking, they realize that they still love each other, yet they know that it can’t make a difference. Life and time have sent them in opposite directions and they part again, while wondering what might have happened if they had taken one step closer.  This is a what happens during, and after the episode, Triangle.

Rated: K+ WC 10,000

One Step Closer Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary:  A WHIB for “My Brother’s Keeper”. Adam’s POV. This is a rewrite of the scene where Joe is deliriously calling out to Adam when Joe has a fever. In this version, Adam tries to calm Joe down. There is no Shelia in the version. A look at brotherly love.

Rating K+ (1055 words)

Summary:  A Missing Scene reflecting on events from The Pressure Game and The Triangle. 

Rating:  T (685 words)

Summary: A missing scene for the episode, “Five Into the Wind.”

Rated: T  WC  6400

Summary: A missing scene for “The Quality of Mercy.”  A father’s beliefs collide with a son’s questions.

Rated: K+  4250

Summary:  Hoss has a very important message to impart.  A missing scene from The Stillness Within. 

Rating:  K (775 words)

Summary:  That pioneer of education in the Nevada Territory, Miss Abigail Jones, is featured in these three very short stories.  

Rated: K+  WC  5400

Summary:  Missing scenes from The Triangle, and what happened next. 

Rating:  K+ (5,170 words)

Another Side of The Triangle series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary: Written for the first Pinecone Challenge of 2014. An intimate look at 5-year-old Adam’s thoughts on berry jam, Miss Inger, and what Pa should do about them both.

Rated: K  WC  800

Summary:  Inspired by sklamb’s “Not Without My Son,” this story is a collaboration between JoaniePaiute and sklamb.

A double-vision exploration of the conclusion to “The Crucible,” prompted by Cheaux’s November 15 2013 Pinecone challenge. Although these stories can stand alone, they were written in close coordination and benefit from being read in sequence.

Michael Rode the Butter Shore by Joanie Paiute.

Alleluia by SKLamb.

Rated: T (2,894 words)

Missing scene from Season 7’s “The Fighters” written by Robert L. Goodwin

Rating:  T   Word Count:  792

Summary:  A fresh look at certain events of Episode 94 (The Crucible) which didn’t (in some parts of the multiverse) quite follow the televised script….

Rated: T WC 1800

Summary:  At the end of “A House Divided”, have you ever wondered why Adam wasn’t farther along to join the cause before Little Joe caught up with him?  Adam had emotionally left the night before Ben‘s encounter with Frederick Kyle and Joe in town.  Me… I don’t think it had anything to do with Adam’s response to Joe during the closing scene, “That lake really gets under your skin.”

Rating:  K+  (800 words)

Summary:   Written for the November ‘missing scene’ challenge.   Taken from The Legacy.  What happens after Joe leaves Ben to chase after the poacher?

Rated: K+  Word Count: 4418

Synopsis: In the tenth season episode, “A Ride in the Sun” the Cartwrights are scammed by brother/sister con artists, Tobias and April Horn. As their scam came to a conclusion, not only did they murder the Bank President, but they severely wounded Ben.

The brothers set out with the posse and are determined to bring these siblings to justice. Hoss and Joe lead the posse to a certain point, only to separate off to follow their own leads which go against the facts and logic; ultimately, Joe ends up trailing the fugitives alone through the desert. This story is told from Joe’s POV as he heads into the desert.

Rating: T (9,460 words)