Bound by Love (by AC1830)
Summary – A young woman’s sudden departure from Virginia City leaves heartache and anger behind. After an eight-year absence, she returns home hoping to reconcile with the ones she left behind.
Rating – T, Word Count – 9751
Lesson of Family (by Lizabeth)
Summary: A lesson of family, learned earlier, comes full circle.
Rating: T (for mention of off-screen violence) word count= 2835
Home is the Sailor #5 – No Greater Love (by Krystyna)
Summary: Murder and an accused, and trouble in town. But is all as it appears. Fifth in the Home is the Sailor Series.
Rating: T (201,700 words)
Home is the Sailor Series, links to stories of this series included.
Dr. Michaela Quinn MD – A Bonanza/Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman Crossover (by Ahdavis)
Summary: When Little Joe is seriously injured following an attack by bandits, Ben must rush him to the nearest doctor for immediate medical attention. Ben Cartwright is stunned to find that the doctor is a woman and he hesitates to let her treat Little Joe.
Rating: T/PG-13 Mild language and brief sexual innuendo. Word Count: 19,190.
First Kiss—Book Two: Hoss (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: This is the second story in the First Kiss series and features Hoss, but Adam plays an important role in the story too. The story jumps ahead a bit in time answering a few questions from the first story and setting the stage for more to happen. It’s time for Hoss to have a romance as he felt especially lonely after Adam and Anita began theirs.
Rating = T Word Count = 11,510
First Kiss Series, links to stories of this series included.
Never, Ever Mess With His…..? (by AC1830)
Summary – Why is Adam in the dirt at Hoss’ feet? Hoss is not going to like the answer.
Rating – K, WC – 823
Premonition (by Inca)
Summary: After sixteen-year-old Adam discovers a mysterious cave, disturbing events follow.
5940 words Rating K
I’m Telling You Now (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: This is the sequel to Red Night that can probably stand alone but may read more easily if you have read the first story. Answers to the questions left hanging in the first story are woven into this one which is about five years later. A prologue fills in the intervening years somewhat . It won’t be an easy homecoming for Adam because of a new tragedy and the lingering turmoil that sent him away originally.
rating = T word count = 18,147
Red Night Series, links to stories of this series included.
The Black Letter “C” (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: Ben’s delirium leaves him haunted.
Word Count: 605 Rating: K+
The Twice-Told Tale (by Cheaux)
Summary: Adam wanted to help his brother, not kill him.
Word count: 6200 Rating: T
Written for 2017 Once Upon A Midnight Dreary (aka Poe) Challenge and published in 2018 for the Better Late Than Never challenge.
The Darker Angels of Our Nature (by McFair_58)
Summary: An angel. A messenger. Sent to bring news, sometimes good, often bad. Which was this, the one who gazed at me? Had she come to reward or punish me? To return me to my family or cut me down as I deserved? Forgive me, Adam, Pa. Mama, forgive your little Joseph. If only, I had known….
Rated PG-13 for brutality and violence, minor torture, and some uncomfortable language. Story contains words in use by some people in the South during the 1860s such as ‘dusky’, ‘bright’, and so on when referring to African Americans.
Word count: 71,074
Red Night (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: A year late but here is the 2017 Once Upon a Midnight Dreary challenge to write a Gothic story in the style of Poe. This is my entry for the 2018 Better Late Than Never challenge. There’s murder and mayhem in Virginia City and the limited evidence points toward an unlikely suspect. The gruesome deeds occur off scene for it is the aftermath that matters most.
rating = T. word count = 7497
Red Night Series, links for all the stories of this series included.
No Ordinary Day (by JC)
Summary: It was supposed to be an ordinary trip into town for the Cartwrights, but dying wasn’t on anyone’s list. (Part of the Ties That Bind AU series)
Rating: K+ (2081 words)
Ties That Bind Series, links to stories of this series included.
Stocking Orange (by faust)
Summary: Adam recovers after having been ill at Christmas. Enter Hoss’s bedside manners, lots of Britishness, a little boy, and an orange. Bliss.
1,225 words, rated K
First Kiss–Book One: Adam (by BettyHT)
Summary: The first in a series of four stories, this one features Adam ensnared in a number of difficult situations as his brothers try to help by playing matchmaker for him. It doesn’t go well of course as romance should never be attempted by a team.
Rating = T Word count = 17,959
First Kiss Series, links to stories of this series included.
