After writing several fairly intense stories where I've given Slim and Jess much peril to contend with, I thought I'd give them a change of pace and tickle their funny bone instead. This is a lighter level of storytelling compared to my usual high intensity method, but it still seems to suit our boys just fine.

Jess is missing. One person make a mistake. Will Slim find him or will it be too late.

COMPLETE. Enemies from the past return to bring trouble to Jess and Slim.

To determine what kind of man Jess' father was, you need look no further than the character of his son. Note: A recording of "Hands Like his Son's" is posted on SoundCloud dot com (search for "A Michigan Skylark in Laramie").

-Not traditional Laramie- Matt and Mary Sherman have settled in Wyoming, with a desire to build a big ranch and family. Matthew "Slim" and Andy Sherman are their two boys. But with Andy's discover they gain another child. Known as Jess. (Later they will learn his full name: Jess Harper).

For years Jess has been tormented by fire, but he's always been able to keep his fears hidden, until now.

Slim's respect for Jess—initially tentative and sometimes grudging—opens the door to profound change and growth for him. What kind of a man would Slim have become without this partnership (and what kind of man would Jess have become without Slim's influence)? Thankfully, we'll never have to find out.

When everything you touch turns to trouble.

Slim and Mort have been shot and are laying in two feet of snow and it's still snowing. Will they be found before it's too late?

A bird's eye view of Christmas and New Year at the Sherman Ranch and Relay Station. Napoleon the duck, after arriving there in 'Duck Rustler', gets involved in the celebrations along with a host of old friends and a small stranger.

A stand alone story. Slim, Jess and Daisy have planned a special Christmas for Mike but Stage business and a blizzard causes Jess to go missing.

What happened to lead up to that terrible moment in the alley? Jess had been judged and found wanting.

On Christmas Eve, the dangers that come in winter threaten to forever change life at the Sherman ranch, with Slim and Jess getting caught right in the middle of it. Merry Christmas everyone!

Daisy is away and Jess's shirt needs mending.

What if Jess had turned down Slim's offer of a job on the ranch and ridden on? The consequences might have been far-reaching in more ways than one. An exploration of one possible outcome, falling somewhere between the spooks of Halloween and the spirits of Christmas past, present and future.

Christmas Eve, 1850: Two boys. Two mothers. One tale. Christmas Eve, 1870: Two men. Two memories. One home. (Note: The language of the poem intentionally echoes that of "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear," which is heard in the score to "A Sound of Bells." This quintessentially American Christmas carol was written in 1850 by New Englanders Edmund Sears & Richard Storrs Willis)

Mort receives an urgent summons from his father, saying he is in dire need of his help, but Mort soon learns that his pa isn't the only one in dire need.

A CHRISTMAS STORY - A SPECIAL THANKS TO LARAMIE STATION FOR HELPING ME TO KEEP MY TENSES CORRECT, MY STORY LINE STRAIGHT AND MY CHARACTERS TRUE. THANK YOU LARAMIE STATION COULD NOT OF WRITTEN THIS WITHOUT YOUR HELP

In Are You Going to Evergreen Fair, Jess was tricked into entering the pie eating contest. When the "Sherman Family of Strays" was getting ready to leave Cam Ramsay's puppy tripped Mike causing him to drop Jess' marzipan trophy This story is about the arrival of the replacement for that trophy. It has nothing to do with the episode The Replacement.

The balance between life and death can be a harrowing journey. To those who are left waiting for that final step to be taken, the torment even worse, especially when the one that's doing the balancing is your Pard.

This is my first story. Thanks to Jennifer Click who suggested someone should write a story, perhaps a horror story, about the UGL. It got the wheels turning and I started with just the first chapter being the whole story, but when I shared it, several people encouraged me to write the rest of the story. It's as close to a horror story as you'll get out of me. Hope you like it.

In 'Glory Road'Jess says he was rescued by Roany Bishop after 'four days on a Kansas prairie with a busted leg - I'd've died for sure'. But why was Roany there to rescue him? I've played with the location and circumstances of this rescue to take a Halloween look at what might have happened beforehand.

A halloween story written for 6-7 year olds featuring Laramie characters.

Laurel DeWalt is shot to death and on her dying breath, she whispers the name of the man that will be convicted of her murder and condemned to die: Jess Harper.

Whether at parting or in greeting, Slim and Jess seal the event with a gentleman's handshake. Though there are poignant handshakes in Track of the Jackal, Circle of Fire, Badge of the Outsider—I find the handshake in The Pass especially tender. Even after the handshake ends, the boys linger for a moment looking at each other, wondering in silence if they'll see each other again.