Home is the Sailor #3 – There Will Always be Rainbows (by Krystyna)
Summary: Events from the past come back to haunt Adam and his family.
Rating T WC 140,975
Home is the Sailor Series, links to stories within the series are included.
A Rose for Abigail (by Sierra Girl)
Summary: A year following the marriage of Abigail Jones and Hank Myers, the services of Cupid and Cupid Unlimited are called into action once again when the Myers’ marriage hits a rocky patch. And once more, Adam finds himself an unwilling participant—or should that be victim—in Hoss and Joe’s uproarious schemes.
Rated: K+ Word Count: 9,105
Aunt Tilda (by Sibylle)
Summary: An unexpected guest brings a lot of surprises to the Cartwright brothers. A story told by a twelve-year-old Joe.
Rated: K Word Count: 3265
Backlash (by sklamb)
Summary: Rich man, poor man, Indian chief–what are they all doing in Sheriff Coffee’s jail during a blizzard?
Rating: K Word Count: 4483
Dreams (by Cheaux)
Summary: A dream is a wish your heart makes. But what happens when your heart is broken?
Rated: T Word Count: 4988
Enthralled (by Belle)
Summary: The boys are determined to find a birthday gift their father will love. They succeed too well.
Rated: T Word count: 6773
Hero (by faust)
Summary: All Joe wanted was some blackberry pie; was that too much to ask for? Yet Adam and Pa didn’t seem to have any consideration for it. At all.
2660 words, rated mild T (canonical violence and a mention of blood)
Looking Back Over the Years, He was Always There for Me (by mumu74)
Summary: There comes a time when a man looks into the mirror of his own life. What does he find? Memories of hard times, memories of his childhood, little moments full of fun and mischievous. And as a man there are challenges which had to be faced with courage.
Warning: character death Rating: T+ Word count : 5633
Pantalettes and Kisses and Passionate Misses (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: On a secret mission, adolescent Joe Cartwright tracks his best source of discovering what girls are hiding beneath their frilly drawers—his brother Adam.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 8954
Siren Song (by sandspur)
Summary: What if Ben hadn’t seen Adam pulling Kane through the desert just before abandoning the search? And what if the only thing keeping Adam going…stopped?
Rated: T Word count: 5403
The Act of Living (by Foreverfree)
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 Unable to cope with Amy’s death, Joe has withdrawn from his family and shut everybody out.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
The Curse of the Blue Dress (by patina)
Summary: One little dress, so much trouble.
Rated: K+ Word Count: 4802
The Funeral (by silver sven)
Summary: a missing scene from “Forever”
Rated: K+ Word count: 971
What are These We Call Dreams (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Nightmares or metaphors, it all depends on the interpretation.
Rated: K Word Count: 1540
Second Chances (by BettyHT)
Summary: The story follows the Heat Wave story and includes a flashback segment as well as taking the story forward as Adam deals with regrets he has in his life. He goes to meet a woman he had known about ten years earlier, and their first meeting is the subject of that flashback.
Rating = T WC = 21,833 (Nicknames BJ and Beej used with permission)
This story is part of the Brenda Series, links to all stories included within.