What Happened Before, Missing Scenes, What Happened Next, What Happened Instead, and stories that begged to be told that were not included within the series. Some of these stories were challenge inspired and some, the writers were just never satisfied with what was aired.
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Please be advised that the listing of stories below may contain works which have been assigned and “R” or a “Mature” rating by their respective authors. Such stories could contain explicit language and/or adult themes; and are not intended for readers under the age of 18. Please heed our rating guidelines.
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A Man that Studieth Revenge – by McFair
Summary: A WHB & WHN for ‘The Last Haircut’, ‘Marie, My Love’, and ‘The Hayburner’ with a nod to ‘The Truckee Strip’ and ‘The Crucible’. Everyone in Virginia City knew Duke Miller had gotten away with murder, but there were few who knew he had done it before. At the heart of his hate lay one man and but a single goal: the complete and total destruction of Joe Cartwright.
Rated PG-13 for Western brutality and lots of angst and SJS
Word count: 72,114
Act of Living (The) by Forever Free
Summary: WHN for The Truckee Strip. Unable to cope with Amy’s death, Joe has withdrawn from his family and shut everybody out. Will a trip alone to Placerville prove beneficial or disastrous?
Rating: T Word Count: 9754
Along the Truckee by DBird
Summary: The Cartwrights face an unfathomable situation, when Joe pulls a gun on his father. A companion piece for the story, “The Truckee Strip”
Rating: K+ WC 5300
Summary: Gone was the awkward school girl I’d once known. In her place was an enticing young woman…. Joe’s thoughts after his first encounter with Amy.
Rating: T (a mild T for light language and hormonal, teenage thoughts) Word Count: 554
Clouds – A REALLY Lost Episode by Robin
Summary: The Missing Scenes from Truckee Strip
Rating: T 1,510 word
Devotion by Southplains
Summary: Did Amy Bishop know of Joe’s love affair with Julia Bulette? If she did, what did she think and how did she come to terms with it? Written in response to the ‘Missing Scenes’ challenge here on BB, and inspired by a question posed on another site.
Rated: K+ WC 7900
Love Wins Out by BluewindFarm
Summary: Missing scenes for The Truckee Strip
Rating: K 1,345 words
Lies by A-P
Summary: WHN for The Truckee Strip and an extension of a Pinecone. It’s the anniversary of Amy’s death and Joe can’t live with the grief.
Rating K+ Word Count: 1,053
Never too Old by Dodo
Summary: From the Pinecone No 4 challenge this story grew into a WHN for The Truckee Strip. Some Joe suffering again, but it’s what I like best!
Rated: K+ Word Count: 2272
Seasons by Cheaux
Summary: A Year of tragedy for Joe Cartwright.
Rated: K+ Word Count: 18259
Six Feet Deep by freyakendra
Summary: For a brief moment in time, Amy’s death brought Little Joe and Luther Bishop together. But when the moment ended and Luther realized he had nothing left to lose, burying the hatchet with Ben Cartwright took on a new level of meaning.
A What Happened Next Story for The Truckee Strip.
Rating: K+ 6,855 words
Stop Crying Your Heart Out by Sue
Summary: Little Joe is in no hurry to get up this morning. A story about brothers looking out for each other.
Rated: K+ WC 5800
Ties That Bind #5 – Something about Amy by JC
Summary: Tennyson said, “It’s better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.” What would Joe Cartwright say? WHI/WHN for The Truckee Strip and part of the Ties That Bind AU series Rating K+ 1782 words
