Synopsis: A young Adam is determined to take part in guarding his father’s new herd of cattle. But is determination enough?
Rating:  G  (1,025 words)

Summary:  Hoss’ and Adam’s childhood memories
Rating:  G   Words:  12,000

Synopsis: Everyone is excited about the coming of Christmas and the new year, with Adam and Hoss getting married and possibly a new Cartwright child, but something horrible happens and the family must pull themselves together to get through this. This jumps around a bit, but I think I made it decently easy to read.
Rating:  PG-13
Words: 8,600

Synopsis: Winter in the high Sierras can be harsh, one of the most difficult aspects being the removal of deep snows that come often and heavy. The constant need to clear the area around the house, barn and other out buildings was exhausting and very time consuming. Thus, a teenage Adam with the unintentional inspiration of his new, young, enthusiastic, if unaware teacher, devised what he envisioned as the perfect method for quick removal of all the snow, alleviating the need for shoveling every few days. The story chronicles the result from a recent history lesson gone awry.
Rating:  G   (13,900 words)

Synopsis: Deals with a last request, the four Cartwrights, and to use the phrase out of context, “Going gently into the good night.”
Rating:  G  (1,525 words)

Synopsis: Little Joe has disappeared once again. Desperate, Ben calls for help, it comes in a form he never expects.
Rating:  G  (4,100 words)

Synopsis: Ten-year-old Adam searches for information about Elizabeth.
Rating:  PG
Words:  13,300

Synopsis: Adam and Hoss visit Tucson, where Adam thinks back to a trip he took there with his father when he was seventeen. He meets a young girl who lives with her mother in the Bird Cage Theatre, the local brothel and dance hall.
Rating: PG (33,750 words)

Synopsis: Adam opts to stay home with his baby brother and finds time to reflect on his feelings for his family while sharing the magic of summer.
Rating:  G  (11,000 words)

Synopsis: While on their journey west, an innocent and delightful distraction leads to a night of terror for Ben and danger for three and a half year old Adam.
Rating:  G  (3,960 words)

Synopsis: Adam and Joe are going to be leaving the large city of Boston and must make the choice to take the girls with them or leave them forever and maybe never find women like them again.
Rating:  PG
Words: 8,900

Synopsis: On a Business trip to San Francisco Ben finds himself haunted by the harbor lights-until a turn of events brings them into focus, and in doing so remind him how much of himself there is in his sons.
Rating  G  (18,950 words)

Synopsis: When Little Joe becomes very sick Adam opts to take him to a doctor in Boston, but Ben is unsure about it, however when Paul explains that it might be Joe’s last chance, the two brothers make the trip.  The general date is June 1865, approximately two months after the Civil War ended.
Rating:  PG-13
Words: 11,300

Synopsis: Joe is targeted by a man seeking to avenge his brother’s death, an outlaw killed months earlier by Adam. Following a vicious attack, Joe is left struggling with both physical and emotional damage as Adam wrestles with the guilt.
Rating:  Teen
Words:  28,750

Synopsis: The two Cartwright brothers circled each other sizing up each other for the final draw, the question is: Who really did win?
Rating:  G
Words:  1200