A Stray Named Muffin (by wx4rmk)
Summary: A simple trip into town turns into something that will change the Cartwright’s lives forever. Written for August 2019 Chaps & Spurs.
Rating: K+ / Word Count: 1821
A Dish Served Cold (by Questfan)
Summary: A somewhat AU What Happened Instead for The First Born. While New Orleans had brought Marie into Ben’s life, it was also a breeding ground for lies, whispered rumours, family disputes and long-held hatred. It has long been said that revenge is a dish that is best served cold.
Rating: T
Word Count: 63028
Shadows and Fears (by VCLS)
Summary: As the Cartwright brothers and Candy travel home from Sacramento in the summer of 1862, the journey takes an unexpected, and possibly deadly, twist, leaving Ben worried, with no idea what kind of mess they’re tangled in, who the enemy is, or what is wanted.
Rated: K+
Word Count: 14,800
Fragments (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: One man faces execution for a crime he didn’t commit, another suffers a terrible beating, and Proud Mary is at the center of the controversy but can’t help. The whole family will have to work together to untangle the mystery, but the question is whether it will be in time to prevent tragedy. That depends on how much Adam can remember.
Rating = T Word count = 4632
Turmoil (by Belle)
Summary: When family is in danger, should the past remain forgotten?
Rated: K+
Word Count: 9829
Truth Will Out (by Bakerj)
Summary: Can the Cartwright family strength overcome the trouble brought to them by an ambitious man and his pretty daughter?
Rating: K+
Word Count: 9532
The Return (by Sibylle)
Summary: Adam’s upcoming return from Boston affects his brothers in an unexpected way.
Rated: K+
Word Count: 1,015
Mission (by Patina)
Summary: WHN for Desert Justice. Adam and Hoss accompanied Dave Walker to Los Angeles to make sure their friend arrived alive for trial. When Walker escapes from jail, Marshal Emmett Dowd enlists the Cartwrights’ help to track Walker down.
Word Count: 5437
Rating: T
Security Redux (by Cheaux)
Summary: A WHN for Season 4’s “The Hayburner.” When last we saw our intrepid heroes, Adam was in measured and methodical solitary pursuit of Hoss, whilst Joe and Ben made a wager on the outcome . . . with security, of course.
Rated: K+
Word Count: 3,000
The Englishman and His Wayward Horse (by Sierra Girl)
Summary: It should have been a routine cattle drive. But what with Hop Sing announcing it was doomed from the start, and then the arrival of an Englishman and his eccentric horse, the cattle drive was to be anything but.
Rated: K+
Word Count: 7750
A Gal Named Sal #2 – August Heat (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: Ben and Sally escape the summer heat with a brief respite at Lake Tahoe.
Rating: MA WC: 1029
A Gal Named Sal Series, links to all stories included within.
And Johnny Got His Gun (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: An expansion of a pinecone challenge from Bonanza Brand, this is the story of a boy who makes a terrible choice and has to live with the consequences, but he isn’t the only one.
Rating = T Word count = 1941
BTR Sourdough Starters #15 – July 2019 (by BZTrailriders)
Summary: It’s the heat of summer. Use “Liberty Valance”, “Sgt. Pepper” as your OC Inspiration.
Rating: G, Word Count: 1852
A Disquiet Spirit (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: An enhanced scene from The Stillness Within by Suzanne Clauser which takes place prior to Jamie’s adoption. Joe’s reflections are from The Artist. lessons in Ben for Jamie as told by the sons.
Rating: K+ WC: 967
Confession? (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: Joe is hurt and wonders if the dream he had was a dream because it seemed so real. It’s the kind of thing he rather wishes might be true, but then again, could this really be?
Rating = T Word count = 1450
