Reviewer: BluewindFarm
Date: 15 Sep 2012 04:57 pm Title: Chapter 1
Wow! I wish this had been part I of the episode. I always wondered exactly how Virginia City could turn on the Cartwrights.
Thanks for filling in the missing pieces.
Author’s Response: Hi BWF, really very glad you enjoyed the story. A friend of mine thought along the same lines as you and asked me to write this prequel to the episode which was a pleasure for me, even more so when I get reviews like this one. Thank you so much. Krystyna
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Reviewer: sandspur Anonymous
Date: 30 Apr 2012 08:17 pm Title: Chapter 1
Krystyna, I liked this! Great tension building; complex plot. And for anyone who wondered what in the world brought on the events that prompted Adam and Ben’s “fix” in “The Avenger,” this is a great prequel. Answered a lot of my questions. Thanks for this!
Author’s Response: Sandspur: Thank you very much for this review on the story which was requested by Englishgirl, who, like so many of us, had so many questions as to why Adam and Ben landed in that cell and about to hang. I really enjoyed writing it to be honest, it was great fun, best of all, Englishgirl liked it as well. Thanks again, sandspur.
Very good story for this episode. Answers questions I always wondered about. That gang of thugs so deserved their just rewards! So does that judge, by the way. I don’t want to give anything away, but also liked Sally’s visit to Ponderosa afterwards – at that point what was left to say.
I’m off to find your story of Lassiter – a very intriguing character.
Thks for posting
Thank you for leaving a review for this story…it was really fun to write and to create a back story for the ‘bad guys’ and the reason why that sheriff was there and not Roy …. I am really pleased that the story actually answered some of your questions as well…I think that was one of the problems that caused a reader to suggest I write it to see if I could come up with some answers….
Enjoy Lassiter….another one that was interesting to write…shall have to go and read it again myself now that you have reminded me of it….:)
Thanks again…..K
Indeed! 😁
Oh, that’s funny! I have had spellcheck do ridiculous corrections to what I have written. Seems to have gotten worse with the last IOS release.
I find the same ..these updates really can mess things up!!
Great pre-story for The Avenger. Nice job. One little bitty thing kind of stood out to me: a writ to appear in court is a subpoena, not a sub pena. Apparently, your spell check and/or beta reader never caught this. Just something that stood out to me. 🤷♀️
Thank you for your review on the story, Bonnie and appreciated the point you made. I find that the spell check does let one down at times, I remember once writing the word public without the l which the word checker allowed and no one noticed and then one reader did and pointed it out to me..I must admit to be utterly ashamed and embarrassed as you can imagine. But I am glad that error you picked up did not put you off the story …The Avenger was one of my favourite eps.
Wow! Simply wow! The Avenger is one of my favourite Bonanza episodes, but I was always lost as to how Ben and Adam had gotten themselves into this mess. You did a wonderful job in filling in the missing parts. Right from the beginning, one can feel that something is brewing and that the noose is slowly, slowly drawing tighter and tighter. It was difficult to put the story down every once in a while, I was so drawn into it. Thank you for sharing your creativity, and I am looking forward to reading your other stories!
Oh I was so happy to find your comment in my mail box today. Thank you so much. I loved writing this story, kept going back to the episode to make sure I had the right time line for the story to marry up with what I was writing. Actually I wrote it at the request of a reader who wanted to have a plausible reason as to how Adam and Ben ended up there…..I hope you find the follow up story Lassiter as enjoyable. Many thanks again.
Thank you. Adam’s letter had me in tears. So much feeling; almost too much to bear. I couldn’t read this episode in one sitting: had to stop, to regain control of my emotions. I wonder, when my time comes to die, will I face it with half as much courage? I hope so.
What a great response to this story I feel really flattered by your comments, Miriam, although it was never my intention to cause distress. As for facing death yourself, I’m sure it will be s long time before you need worry about it. Thank you .. I really did enjoy writing this story and get great pleasure from receiving readers comments on it.
Je ne peux pas vous dire combien cette histoire m’a plu. Elle est tellement poignante et je n’ai pas pu m’arrêter de continuer la lecture jusqu’à la fin, surtout les derniers chapitres. Merci, Krystyna pour ce beau voyage à Virginia City et dans le Névada avec les Cartwright.
J’ai vraiment aimé écrire cette histoire, Christiane. un lecteur m’a demandé d’écrire «ce qui s’était passé auparavant» dans l’épisode de Avenger et c’était une si belle histoire à écrire, car les lecteurs auraient pu connaître tous les personnages qui y figurent. merci pour une si bonne critique. Je suis vraiment content que vous ayez apprécié votre voyage avec les Cartwrights dans cette aventure
This was such an incredible story. I actually almost couldn’t breathe for the last several chapters, the outrage and sense of bleak inevitability lay so heavily upon me (even knowing what would happen). You have done a fantastic job with fleshing out this episode — thanks so much for your work on this.
Such a pleasure to find your review today, PSW. A reader asked me if I could write a lead up to the Lassiter story and this was it … Really enjoyed writing it a well, and so pleased you enjoyed reading it. Many thanks for letting me know…Krystyna
This story was fuller and so much more intense than the episode. You did a great job filling in all the actions and events that led to Ben and Adam being accused of murder. The trial was a nail-biter for sure. I like the way you filled out Cy Hawkins, he was an evil man for sure. In those final hours you gave us great insights into the thoughts of our guys. Oh that all of that could have been in the episode.
This episode was supposed to be the pilot for a series based on Lassiter, so kind of started in the middle so needed an introduction … I did enjoy writing it, Cy Hawkins was such an unpleasant character and it was fun to delve into his character a little more. Thank you for so much for reading and leaving a review, AC,I really appreciated it, it is always a pleasure to know stories are enjoyed by the readers.