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Most Recent – A Good Shirt is Hard to Find – <\/strong>posted 8\/8\/2026 (see summary below)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A Good Shirt is Hard to Find – by Tavia42<\/a><\/p>\n Summary: In the Season 12 episode \u201cEl Jefe,\u201d Joe is unaccountably wearing a red shirt.\u00a0 This is so strange and unprecedented that it required a What Happened Before to explain it. A Rare Courtship \u2013 by Tavia42 <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: Hoss and Joe become convinced that their father intends to marry the Widow Hawkins \u2013 and that it\u2019s up to them to save him from this terrible fate. An Unfortunate Going-On \u2013 by Tavia42\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: Joe and Hoss meant well.\u00a0 They always do.\u00a0 But somehow they find themselves falling into a series of misadventures, and getting out of one only lands them in another.\u00a0 This story is a compilation of 2025 Pinecone Challenges, which form an ongoing narrative \u2013 thank you to AC1830 for so many wonderful prompts! A Visitor from San Francisco – by Tavia42<\/a><\/p>\n Summary: After a few too many heartbreaks, Joe promises himself he\u2019s done with serious romances. No one really believes him, and his resolve is tested when a pretty stranger’s carriage breaks down on the Ponderosa. Will a romance finally end well, or will it just mean yet another heartbreak? Being There – by Tavia42<\/a><\/p>\n Summary: Just a conversation between Candy and Joe, because they’ve both been there. A brief WHN for The Stalker. Figures from the Past – by Tavia42<\/a><\/p>\n Summary:Old friends and enemies from Joe\u2019s past return to up-end the Cartwrights\u2019 lives.\u00a0 One wants to marry Joe, while others want to kill him.\u00a0 With Ben away, the Cartwright sons \u2013 with a little help \u2013 will have to figure out who is targeting Joe, and how to keep the culprit from finishing the job. Part of my continuing Lady in the House AU series. In a Spirit of Enterprise \u2013 by Tavia42 <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Little Joe should have known he couldn\u2019t get anything past Hop Sing. Journey Home (The) \u2013 by Tavia42 <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: On a trip away from the Ponderosa, the Cartwright boys encounter some old friends and one old foe. Even though he has a grudge against Hoss, Joe becomes the target in his scheme for revenge. A What Happened (Much) Later for \u201cThe Ape,\u201d featuring Leonard Nimoy as Freddy, and a What Happened (Long) Before for the \u201cQuaker Girl\u201d episode of\u00a0Gunsmoke,\u00a0featuring William Shatner as Fred Bateman.\u00a0 No knowledge of\u00a0Gunsmoke\u00a0is necessary to read this story. Man in Green (The) \u2013 by Tavia42 <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: On a trip to San Francisco with Hoss, Joe buys himself a new jacket \u2013 and, inexplicably, a giant bolt of green fabric. This purchase launches the boys into an evening of chaos and hijinks involving mistaken identities, Confederate spies, and old friend Mark Twain. My Brother\u2019s Brother – by Tavia42<\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Hoss and Clay bump into each other again, with some brotherly conflict to work out, in a What Happened Later for The First Born.\u00a0 Written for the 2026 Brothers Day Challenge. Older Brothers – by Tavia 42 <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: Hoss Cartwright and Clay Stafford have at least one thing in common \u2013 they\u2019re both older brothers to Little Joe.\u00a0 A Missing Scenes and What Happens Next for \u201cThe First Born,\u201d mostly exploring events from Hoss\u2019 and Clay\u2019s points of view. Connected to my ongoing series, but you can also jump in here.
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