Summary:  While watching the episode “Boots with my Father's Name" one day, a comment Heath made got me to thinking.  Here is the result… Word Count:  3200

Summary:  Word Count 4500

Summary:  I always found it painful to watch that one scene in "The Iron Box" and wondered what did it take for someone like the very proud Nick Barkley to humiliate himself in an attempt to save his brother's life.  This is The Iron Box as seen from  Nick's point of view. Word Count:  1750

Summary:  Heath's Heart takes place about five years before he arrived in  Stockton. It's a little short story about the two different Sarahs in Heath's past life before he became a Barkley. Word Count:  3000

Summary:  Missing Scene From The Episode Legend Of A General Word Count:  6100

Summary: An Alternate Universe Story Regarding How Heath Came To Live On The Barkley Ranch Word Count:  36,000

Summary: Missing Scene From The Episode Lost Treasure Word Count:  6500

Summary:  A Missing Scene From The Episode The Murdered Party Word Count:  7300

Summary:   This story is set several months prior to the aired episode: Boots With My Father’s Name. It also disregards the events depicted in the aired episode 40 Rifles. However, I am using the character of Barrett from that episode - the hired hand that was so intent on giving Heath a hard time. As well, in Palms Of Glory the show is set in 1876 with Tom Barkley having died in 1870. When Heath arrives on the ranch in ‘Palms’ he says his mother has been dead a few months. However, in the episode The Lost Treasure, Leah Thomson’s gravestone indicates she died in 1872. I know there have been many discussions regarding the errors the BV writers made in regards to dates throughout the show’s 4 year run. Therefore I have taken the liberty in this story to fictionalize that Leah died in October of 1875, and that Heath arrived on the Barkley ranch in late January of 1876. Word Count:  38,000

Summary:   A Missing Scene From The Episode By Force And Violence Word Count:  6000