Obscuration (by PSW)
Summary: WHB for Winter Kill. Returning from Montana, Ben, Hoss, and Joe witness a rare natural phenomenon.
Rating: K Word Count: 1899
The Squirrel’s Stash (By Questfan)
Summary: I’ve been playing in the Pinecone Challenge for a while and decided to post the collection here. Each chapter has a lyric prompt and had to be no more than 500 words.
Word Count: 5205 Rating: T
The Telling of a Nightmare (by Julee)
Summary: Bolstered and strengthened by his father and brothers, Adam comes to grips with his ordeal in the desert, but only after an intense night during which the story is told.
Rating K+ Word Count 4,740
Love Hurts (By Home Alone)
Summary: Hoss rides up to Ima Hogg’s goat farm to deliver a message and barely escapes an unwanted marriage.
Rating: K+/G Word Count: 2,148
Like You Were (by PSW)
Summary: Ben reflects.
Rating: K Word Count: 530
Scenes From Our Next Life Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Neighbors and Friends (by PSW)
Summary: A missing child brings together the Coffees and the Cartwrights, as well as a young Dr. Paul Martin.
Rating: K+ WC: 28,370
All Lynchin’ Aside… (by PSW)
Summary: A WHN for A Hot Day for a Hanging; or, the aftermath of an attempted lynching.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 8060
Takin’ a Break (by AC1830)
Summary: When July rolls in like a flaming freight train perhaps it’s best to just kick back and have a little fun.
Rating: K Word Count: 922
Home Is Never Far Away (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: Ben and Adam’s summertime musings following Kenny and Susan Clarke’s stay at the Ponderosa. WHN Blessed Are They.
Rating: K Word Count: 654
The Deadeye Kid Rides Again (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Little Joe once again draws inspiration from his favorite dime novels when he is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Rating: K+ Word count 15,138
The Deadeye Kid Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Eavesdropping on Two Brothers (by DJK)
Summary: This is a compilation of ten private conversations between Adam and Hoss Cartwright from childhood through adulthood showing facets of their brotherhood.
Rating: PG (references to adult themes) Word Count: 4,520
Thelma Louise (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: Roy Coffee’s maidenly niece shows up in Virginia City and creates quite a stir.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 5,460
Blood and Bread (by McFair_58)
Summary: Twelve-year-old Little Joe is late for supper. Hop Sing is hopping mad and Adam is none too pleased. When he heads for the stable to look for his brother, Adam expects an argument – what he gets is something else entirely. Something that begins in terror and rolls on toward tragedy. Will the Cartwrights ever be the same?
Rated PG-13 (92,480 words) Rating assigned for typical standard episodic TV Western violence and brutality.
Blood and Bread Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Surprise! (by AC1830)
Summary: Young Hoss and Joe have decided that Ben deserves a day off so they plan a special day with him, but Ben soon discovers it’s more special than anyone anticipated.
Rating K Word Count 678
Ben’s Boy Little Joe (by DJK)
Summary: Six vignettes and a poem giving glimpses of Ben Cartwright’s youngest.
Rating: General Word count: 2,412
Ben’s Boys Series, links to stories within the series are included.