Most Recent Stories
My Work is Not Yet Finished (by Pat D in PA)
Summary: Long after death, love maintains a bond between those who shared it and can help ease a troubled young man’s soul.
Rating: K/G 4,175 words
Stay in the Darkness (by Wrangler)
Summary: After Joe is found alive after months spent in captivity, his family’s joy is short-lived. Now Ben, Adam, and Hoss must decipher why Joe adamantly insists that for the rest of his life he must “Stay in the Darkness ” Joe/ family/ Drama/ Hurt/Comfort.
Rating T-13. Word count 40,990
Catamount (by SydneyFate)
Summary: The Cartwrights’ new friend, Black Bear, encounters a wild cat, and they catch the tail end of the adventure.
This story was written for the Chaps & Spurs 2025 1st Quarter Challenge.”
Rating: T (2,350 words)
Seven to One (by LillianMontane)
Summary: The only one not captured, Joe must figure out how to rescue his brothers from a gang of outlaws who invade their home.
Rating: T 9,647 words)
How Sweet the Moonlight (by Pat D in PA)
Summary: The vastness of the heavens speak to the poetry in a young man’s soul, offering comfort during the lonely times. Created for the First Quarter 2025 Chaps and Spurs Challenge. My deep gratitude for Cheaux’s willingness to beta read; the story is better because of it. (1,462 words)
Just a Prank (by DJK)
It was just a boy’s prank, so why did it cause such a rift between brothers. This story was written for the Chaps and Spurs 2025 First Quater challenge.
Rating: K+ word count: 5279
The Loft – #2 (by Pat D in PA)
SUMMARY: In the second of three short stories, a frustrated father, an ornery, half-grown son, and a small(ish) sentinel guarding his elder brother’s privacy as he licks his wounds all need the Cartwright barn’s hayloft to work its magic.
RATING: T – for mature language (5,777 words)
Porcupine Creek (by LillianMontane)
Adam takes care of Joe after a run-in with a wild animal.
Rated: T word count: 2917
A Ghost Passed This Way (by HarpistforHim)
Summary: During the events of “A Stranger Passed This Way,” Adam struggles against his own emotions while trying to comfort Joe as they both face the grim reality of losing Hoss to the Vandervorts. A Missing Scene Story because these boys deserve some comfort.
Rating: G Word Count: 2,106
The Loft #1 (by Pat D in PA)
Summary: In this first of three short stories, we are able to see the healing properties that can be present in a simple hayloft. In this first story, a deeply disappointed youngest Cartwright brother learns that even a bossy boots big brother can somehow know just the right things to say… and not to say.
Rating: K/G (1,711 words)
The Kidnapping (by LillianMontane)
Summary: Little Joe gets kidnapped during a bank robbery. Will he survive? Will he be found?
Rated: T Word count: 7192
In The Springtime (by bonanzagirl)
Summary: Joe is a regular at the Silver Dollar Saloon, so let’s look at some of these moments from the view of Sam, the bartender.
Rating: PG Word Count: 7400
Did We Win (by AC1830)
Summary: The Founders Day horse race was a tradition for Adam and Joe Cartwright, but the question always is – which brother will win?
Rating: G, Word Count: 772
Little Boy Joe (by JC)
There are definite advantages to being the youngest Cartwright. And who would know that better than Little Joe?
Rating: G Word Count: 657
Bonanza – a Lost Episode (by SydneyFate)
Summary: The Cartwright family is forever changed when Adam encounters a wandering stranger in Virginia City.
Rating: T (12,420 words)
