Just a short offering.

An unexpected inheritance wraps up money, family, and death in one seemingly impossible package for Matt and Kitty, all at the worst possible time! I'm serving this tale of intrigue with ample helpings of joy and tenderness, my gift to you in honor of the holiday season. Eighth in the "There's Always Tomorrow" series. Enjoy!

This is a sequel to my story "Answers." If you haven't had a chance to read that, please check it out. This is a missing moment to the Gunsmoke movie "To the Last Man." The Gunsmoke characters are not mine.

A wagon ride for Kitty and Chester. What could possibly go wrong? Seven chapters.

Matt has told many men to leave Dodge and not come back. One man has decided to get his revenge. I don't own the Gunsmoke characters.

Kitty needs just a moment's peace but finds it hard to come by.

Blood flows hot, passions run wild and tempers ignite when a Long Branch gal falls for an aimless gambler reluctant to court her, and spurns the marriage proposals of a deranged bounty hunter tended by a matronly, amorous caretaker. RATED M for partial disrobing and nontraditional intimacies between men and women, with brief, minor physical punishment and suggestions of same.

At the end of The Founding, Kitty gave a baby up, despite an awakened pull towards motherhood. After a year, does anything change in her relationship with Matt?

Some missing moments from "Kitty's Killing."

This story is based on Stage Stop from season 12. A good episode but definitely in need of a little more background as well as an ending. I hope this story provides both.

What if things happened differently than what they did in the season 3 episode "Kitty Caught"? The Gunsmoke characters aren't mine.

A sequel to "The First Meeting" with a mention of "Sittin' in a Tree". Set early in the Thad years. 11 chapters. Released once a day.

A short, two-chapter story exploring some of the possible thoughts and feelings during "Never Pester Chester." Thank you guest S.C. for the suggestion.

More than a simple card game.

This is an MM to the Gunsmoke movie "To the Last Man." After Beth's mom dies, she wants answers about Matt's absence. In my Gunsmoke world, Kitty never left Matt. Kitty wasn't in the movie, but she's in my story via flashbacks. I don't own the Gunsmoke characters.

I hated that Matt went to bed with Mike & they had a child. I believe if Amanda Blake hadn't died after Return to Dodge, the movies that followed RTD would have featured Matt & Kitty's child. Unfortunately that didn't happen. My story is an ATC to Matt's Love Story & a MM to the Last Apache. (Don't worry. There's no interaction between Matt and Mike in my story.)

A follow up to "Soft Rain." A reader requested a story of what Matt and Kitty went through when he returned to Dodge after dealing with Jude Bonner and the Dog Soldiers. As I said before, "Hostage" is such a brutal, unresolved episode that I rarely watch any of it. Writing "Soft Rain" and this story has helped settle it a little more in my own mind.

This is going to be a two chapter story based on the season 1 episode, "Magnus." It tells how Kitty was able to get a Christmas tree for her Christmas Eve party. (Yes, I know it's not even Halloween. But I figured since the Hallmark Channel started their Countdown to Christmas, I could post a Christmas fanfic.) I don't own the Gunsmoke characters.

A short ATC to season eighteen's "The Hostage." There are probably many others. This one formed almost fully in my mind, and somewhat reluctantly, since this is an episode I can barely ever watch.

An ATC for season ten's "Big Man, Big Target." Four chapters total.

The inspiration for this short story came from something Matt said to Kitty in season five's "Horse Deal." I do not own any of the main Gunsmoke characters. The story has a new ending. (Thanks 52shari! Your review inspired the ending. You're right those ladies did do Kitty a favor.)

Tormented by brutality in prison, Cade Winton hounds Matt for a gunfight.

Kitty and Matt are getting out of Dodge for a romantic trip. Matt is late and Kittys is mad, but it is the little box with the little ring that takes center stage.

An ATC for the episode, The Foundling. Emotions can be complicated

This was inspired by Willie Nelson's version of the song. I've always felt Matt owed Kitty a few words here or there and this song reminds of their dynamic. Set after season 8 or there abouts.