If you know of any Laredo, Lawman or Griff-Bonanza Fanfic or if you would like to contribute any contact me at:
We have no pretensions about the type of fanfic listed on the "non-canon list. When this was originally written, oh so many years ago, there was a dearth of strong female characters in TV Westerns. The related stories listed below use the not uncommon device among female fanfic authors of using a fictional female as a protagonist. For this reason it won't be considered fan fiction of the purest type in which only characters from a show have any central parts. This device has been dismissed as fantasy wish fulfillment etc. We don't argue with the suggestion that such fiction deviates from the canon of the series being written about. Truth be told, had Westerns in the late 1950's thru the 1960's had the equivalents of Emma Peel (Avengers) or the female warriors of Deep Space Nine; Xena, Warrior Princess or Buffy Vampire Slayer we would have written about them and not made up our own woman warrior. [You might guess one of our favorite movies is The Quick & the Dead with Sharon Stone as a female gunfighter.]
For those knowledgable about fanfic subgenres we unabashedly admit the RJ stories fall into the category unflatteringly labelled "Mary Sue". We still like them. If anyone else submits some, I may create a whole Mary Sue index and try to come up with a more flattering description. So we are including the RJ stories here and attempt to keep faithful at least to the "voice" of the series characters. The Bonanza sections wander the most from the canon of the series, the Laredo sections the least.
If you like this kind of story, we recommend the Vin & Sky stories on the Robert Fuller fansite (Vin was the character Fuller played in Return of the Seven) http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tony.gill130/fanfic.htm and the Adam & Cat stories by Caz Convine on the Bonanza writers roundup at http://216.230.210.179/Writers/writers.htm Our other fanfic list (the canon list) has more traditional fanfic with series characters as protagonists. For the in-canon list, CLICK HERE
The following links are excerpts from the uncompleted fanfic book RJ & Her Posse, a First Life Biography by her daughter Abby Jackson Cooper.
The links are listed in chronological order
but some chapters have not yet been transferred to our site from old typed
manuscripts. These chapters have been written as collaborations by
fans of the Western TV characters noted above. The stories
are true to the original characters (we hope) but there have been slight
alterations in a few of the backstories to accomodate the cross-overs.
More to come but real life has caused delays. Click
for a little background on RJ .
Caution: There
are R-rated sections in most of these stories.
RJ's Story - The Beginning
RJ in Virginia City -- RJ meets the CartwrightsRJ in Laredo A Laredo story with a little Lawman crossover. When she was fourteen Captain Parmalee & Joe Riley helped save RJ's life. She is like niece and sister to them. But now she's twenty, after a kidnapper and Chad & Erik are after her.
RJ in Laramie A Lawman story with a some Laramie crossover. RJ comes to Laramie to see her old friend Marshal Troop but when she slips disguised as a man into a posse after bank robbers, it's Troop's guileless young deputy Johnny with whom she faces danger.
Johnny's Love Story - Part One "The Posse" A Lawman story with Laramie crossover. RJ's young widowed sister Gena is on her way from England to Laramie when she is abducted during a stage hold-up.
Johnny's Love Story - Part Two "The Return" A Lawman story. The aftermath of Gena's abduction puts some roadblocks in Johnny's courtship.
The Dealer A Laredo story. Chad expects RJ in Laredo for his birthday. Instead he gets a telegram, a $100 wire and a suggestion he try his luck with the new female dealer at the Laredo Saloon.
The Mission A Laredo story which continues the story started in The Dealer.
Rough Night A Lawman story with Laramie crossover. Gena may be Johnny's wife, but she shows she's still RJ's sister in more ways than one when a gang comes to Laramie to bust out one of their own. Jess bests RJ, he thinks.
Chad Interlude - A little Laredo story written in homage to the Sundance Kid
Chain Gang on the Ponderosa - Griff's story A later years Bonanza story PG-rated
First Time for Everything - Griff's story cont. A later years Bonanza story
Long Road to San Francisco - Griff's story cont. A later years Bonanza story A rescue party leaves Griff with RJ in San Francisco where she fulfills an earlier promise.
The Hunting Lodge - Griff's Story cont. A later years Bonanza story
Cold Ambush: A Laramie/Lawman crossover.
Griff's Blind Dates A later years Bonanza story. Edmund & Abby think RJ is hindering Griff's ability to handle proper social interaction. RJ extracts a promise from Griff that he expects to regret.
The Senator's Daughters A later years Bonanza story When the senator's young daughters are kidnapped, Griff and Joe join a tall, well-armed golden-haired stranger in a rescue -- a female stranger.
Joe's Love Story -- A Ponderosa Romance A later years Bonanza story.
To Boston & Back A later years Bonanza story.
Griff & The Countess A later years Bonanza story
Griff & the Princess - Griff's Love Story A later years Bonanza story
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