Summary: Slim Sherman and Jess Harper have always had a healthy respect for women of all ages and tender hearts for children. One April day, the duo comes face to face with an evil that tests their friendship and their family’s roots. There are references to two of my stories “A Second Chance” and “Joined … Continue reading The Colors of a Nightmare (by Mustang Sallie)
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The Aristocrat (by KateP)
A visitor from France spells trouble.
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear (by Mustang Sallie)
Summary: The US Army, fighting losing battles in border towns between Canada and the states needs a spy. He could walk away or lose his best friend, his reputation or his life. I always wondered what prompted Jess to become a spy and how Slim felt when he watched his friend ride away towards danger. … Continue reading It Came Upon The Midnight Clear (by Mustang Sallie)
The Redhead at the Side of the Road (by Cheaux)
Summary: Set in Season 13. No longer the youngest brother, it’s Joe’s turn to be the giver of advice rather than the recipient. Written for an under 500-word challenge where the prompt was to use a book title as inspiration. “The Redhead by the Side of the Road” by Anne Tyler. Category: Bonanza Genre: Western … Continue reading The Redhead at the Side of the Road (by Cheaux)
His Mother’s Son (by Barbara)
Summary: Adam and Joe have a heart-to-heart about Marie. Category: Bonanza Genre: Western Rated: PG Word Count: 2633 Little Joe Cartwright lounged on his bedroll. He’d propped his saddle against a rock and used it as a cushion. He sopped up what was left of his stew with his last bite of cornbread and popped … Continue reading His Mother’s Son (by Barbara)
The Many Ways He Says My Name (by Mustang Sallie)
Summary: Slim's musings sitting in his chair on the porch on a summer night waiting for Jess to come home. Most of this story is true to cannon but not in the order in which the show was presented. Slim is in a particularly pensive mood, and so he is not thinking along a specific … Continue reading The Many Ways He Says My Name (by Mustang Sallie)
The Traveler (by Mustang Sallie)
The Traveler Summary: Slim Sherman arrives home one evening to find his entire family gone, vanished. Sick, alone and mystified, he racks his brain to discover their whereabouts. Will he find them or will they find him? Or Is it all a horrible dream? No character death, just a lot of angst and as you … Continue reading The Traveler (by Mustang Sallie)
Secrets Lie in Chalk Dust (by Mustang Sallie)
Summary: He had recommended her, defended her, fell in love with her, courted her, but two weeks before their wedding, she disappeared. Her tangled web of secrets and lies lay in chalk dust and threatened to consume him. Now he was suffering with grief and loss and he had a loaded gun. It all started … Continue reading Secrets Lie in Chalk Dust (by Mustang Sallie)
Opening Up (by Rocker H.)
Summary: A story in which Detective Sergeant Starsky’s mother relives a parent's worst nightmare in hopes of getting her own life back in order. (This story, in journal form, takes place several months after Sweet Revenge.)Category: Starsky and HutchGenre: Police/CrimeRated: PGWord Count: 11,100 December 16, 1979 It’s been seven months since I answered Ken Hutchinson’s … Continue reading Opening Up (by Rocker H.)
Metamorphosis (by Cheaux)
Summary: In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes, and change. A WHN after Season 2.Category: BonanzaGenre: WesternRating: KWord Count: 6496 Chapter 1 — Summer Storms An upstairs door slammed with enough force to rattle not only the dishes on the china shelf in the dining room, but the … Continue reading Metamorphosis (by Cheaux)