Stand Alone Stories

 
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No Greater Gift  (19 Oct 04)  

Buck leaves Chris a gift...An Answer to the Oct 04 Challenge. (Chris & Buck)

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Something Tangible (28 Mar 04) 

Chris has lost something and is frantic to find it.  (Chris and Ezra)

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Below Par (5 Feb 03)

Vin and Ezra are returning home when Vin takes ill.  So why won't Chris, and particularly Nathan, allow them to come any further?  (Vin, Ezra & the whole gang)

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From here to there - and back again  (4 Jan 03)

An answer to the Jan 03 Challenge...Chris loses his horse...but who is to blame? (Chris)

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Candle of Reflection (1 Dec 02)

A Christmas Story...Chris is reflecting on his lost family and struggling to come to terms with the loss and Ezra has his own reasons for not wanting to celebrate Christmas.  (Chris & Ezra)

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Divergence (13 Sept 02)

A Virtual season episode.  Vin mysteriously goes missing in another town and Ezra calls in the reinforcements.  Have bounty hunters finally caught up with Vin?   As the investigation gets underway, Ezra finds himself target of foul play.

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Stand Firm  (19 July 02)

Vin finds himself trapped between a rock and a hard place, leaving Ezra to organise his rescue.  But who will rescue Ezra?

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Mayhem  (14 June 02) 

From the Drabbles page...this just grew.  It's a little different...  A not so routine prisoner transfer.  (Ezra & Josiah)

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Whispers of the Wind  (1 Feb 02)

A murder mystery in Four Corners.  " Who done it?" plot.  (Seven)

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Not as they Seem  (17 Sept 01)

A gang of outlaws traps four of the seven...but you'll just have to read the rest. <g>  (Written in response to NotTasha's Sept Challenge - kinda...)

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Infidelities  (15 June 01)

Chris receives a letter from his father, informing him that he has a younger brother,  from a past transgression. But where does Ezra fit into all of this?

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Birthday Blues  (22 May 01)

It's Ezra's birthday, and he's to meet up with Maude, but where is she?  (In response to Jean's Birthday Challenge)

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Tit for Tat    Was nominated for a 2001 Brigadear Award

Vin and Ezra discuss their childhoods. (Humour)

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Strong Ties

Standish leaves Four Corners;  the Seven have other ideas and follow.

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Hey Pard   Was nominated for a 2003 Ezzie for Med length OW Gen

Buck has an accident and loses his memory.  He attacks Ezra and leaves the gambler for dead.

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The Maze  (20 July 01) This was my first, and has since been rewritten.

Chris and Ezra are attacked, imprisoned, kidnapped then left to survive in a dark maze of underground tunnels .  

 

Series

A Weight to Bear Series: 

This is a series of short stories, revolving around how each of the Seven would handle a given situation involving the enigmatic Ezra P Standish.  They need not be read in any particular order, and are all totally separate stories.  

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Plans Afoot (18 May 02)

Josiah and Ezra are walking around in the dark...

bullet Chaucer (5 Nov 01)
Chaucer is such a loyal and devoted horse.
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Chris (17 Sept 01)

Chris and Ezra are locked together inside the bank vault after it is robbed. 

bullet Buck (10 Sept 01)
Standish is being tardy, or so Buck believes.
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Nathan (7 Sept 01)

Some of Nathan's old friends arrive in town.  They take an instant dislike to Standish.

bullet JD (3 Sept 01)
Dunne is fed up with the gambler's miserable mood.
bullet Vin (27 Aug 01)
Vin and Ezra commiserate over the deaths of two children.  Was nominated for a 2002 Ezzie Award
bullet Josiah (20 Aug 01)
Josiah discovers some of Ezra's home truths.
 

Lone Wolf Series:  

This is a series of short stories, with the main focus on the gorgeous Longhaired Texan, Vin Tanner.  Each story pairs Vin with one of the others.  They are totally complete stories and are intended so that they can be read in any order. 

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Read 'em Right  (25 Feb 02)

Vin is frustrated that he can't read a note that was intended for him.  Can Ezra help?

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Tight Fit (4 Mar 02) 

Vin leads JD to a watering hole.   And ends up at the mercy of the young gunslinger.

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A Few Honest Lies  (11 Mar 02)

Bounty hunters close in on Vin.   

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Pain in the Butt  (18 Mar02) 

Vin and Chris are chosen to defuse an explosive situation involving an irate grandmother.    

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Too Late (25 Mar 02)

Vin makes a promise that he can't keep.        

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The Long Way Home   (7 Apr 02)

Vin suspects foul play.  Buck must decide if he'll tag along or go directly home.                  

 

Shadow Stories

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Stalking Shadows  (23 Oct 03) 

A bit creepy.  Some of the boys take a train ride and they meet up with an old nemesis.   Follows on from Spectral Shadows and Jumping at Shadows    (Ezra, Chris & Vin)          

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Jumping at Shadows  (31 Oct 01)

Is there a reasonable explanation for the incidents that befall the guys or is something more sinister at large?   Follows on from Spectral Shadows.    (Ezra, Vin & Chris)

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Spectral Shadows   (13 Aug 01)   

Kind of Halloweenish, a bit spooky, and scary.  (Ezra, Chris & Vin) 

 

Dead Man's Stories

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Dead Man's Wake

Somebody tries awful hard to convince the Seven that Ezra's dead.  (Ezra & the guys)

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Road to Hell  

Morris has escaped and is out for revenge.   Follows Dead Man's Wake(Ezra & Vin)