Most Recent Stories
Older Brothers (by Tavia42)
Summary: Hoss Cartwright and Clay Stafford have at least one thing in common – they’re both older brothers to Little Joe. A Missing Scenes and What Happens Next for “The First Born,” mostly exploring events from Hoss’ and Clay’s points of view. Connected to my ongoing series, but you can also jump in here.
Rating: G | Word Count: 17,642
Because You Loved Me (by Wrangler)
Summary: “Did Saunders shoot Little Joe, Ben?” The sheriff asked. “No, Roy, I did,” Ben answered succinctly, watching his youngest son glaring over at him from across the room. Rating T, WC 31,541
Dr. Miles (by bonanzagirl)
Summary: What they should have shown us: Missing scene of Gideon the Good, for those who wished for another SJS scene.
Rating: PG Word count: 14400
I Sure Do Miss You Now (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: A poem about Joe missing Hoss over the years after his brother’s death. Possible tissue warning.
Rating: K
Word Count: 192
A Visitor from San Francisco (by Tavia42)
Summary: After a few too many heartbreaks, Joe promises himself he’s done with serious romances. No one really believes him, and his resolve is tested when a pretty stranger’s carriage breaks down on the Ponderosa. Will a romance finally end well, or will it just mean yet another heartbreak?
Rating: G | Word Count: 60,221
The Homecoming — Requiem (by JC)
Summary: All roads lead to home, in the end. (Final chapter of the More than a Memory series, which begins with Adam following the season 5 episode “Triangle.” Links to previous stories provided)
Rating PG Word Count: 3711
Reaching Back for Yesterday (by Wrangler)
Summary: When a woman from Marie’s past helps Little Joe reconnect with his mother in a mysterious and dangerous way, Ben finds out and tries to stop her before it’s too late. Rating T, WC 31,959
Bitter, Sweet, Wonderful Everything (by JC)
Summary: Their first little bird has left the nest, and more change is on the way for Adam and Moira.
(Part of the More than a Memory series, written for Camp in the Pines 2026)
Rating: T Word Count: 3447
The Trouble Magnet #3 (by Wrangler)
Summary: When Little Joe goes six weeks without getting into trouble Pa allows him to stay home alone thinking that he was no longer a trouble magnet. Pa was very wrong. Rating T, WC 16,585 Part 3 of the Trouble Magnet Series, links included within.
Hoss Cartwright’s Grand Swing (by Michele B)
Could Hoss’ behavior ever give cause for Ben to take him on the Grand Swing through the Ponderosa?
Rated: PG Word Count: 26,687
The (Almost) Grand Adventure (by CareBear)
As Adam copes with single parenthood, his middle child experiments with gravity. She discovers that it doesn’t bend to her will but perhaps her father understands her more than she thinks.
RATING: G WORD COUNT: 37,631
The Trap–WHN (by Puchi Ann)
Episode summary: During what he believes to be a search for rustlers, Little Joe is fired upon and fires back in self-defense, only to learn that the man he has shot is his friend, Burke Shannon. Then Burke’s wife Hallie intimates to him that he did it deliberately out of…
Raffle a Cartwright (by mo1427)
Summary: Adam is raffled off for a date, but he’s not the one who’s worried.
Rating: G, Word Count: 668
Amelia, My Love (By MelissaR1992)
Summary: Amelia Swanson and her daughter, Abigail are on the run from a former friend of Amelia’s late husband who is after her inheritance, and she finds refuge with the Cartwrights.
Rating: PG Word Count: 41,735
Part of the Forever Reimagined series, links to all stories included within.
Who Would Miss Me (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam left home to pursue a dream but it didn’t work out. Returning wasn’t an option so he chose a different course that eventually brought him home during a crisis. Adam and Candy are the most prominently featured characters.
Rating: PG Word count: 15,594