Author: pjb
The Return of Abigail Jones (by pjb)
Summary: Getting Abigail Jones and Hank Meyers married was the easy part. . . .
Rated: K+ WC 20,000
The Best-Laid Plans (by pjb)
Summary: Laid up for weeks with broken bones, Joe’s getting very, very frustrated. But New Year’s Eve is here, and he’s got big plans . . . if only a certain lady will cooperate.
Rated: MA WC 4100
The Lady Lawyer Series – #3 – To Know the Truth (by pjb)
Summary: In the sequel to “The Lady Lawyer” and “Fugue,” beliefs unravel and the lines between guilt and innocence blur as one man’s efforts to protect his brother jeopardize the Cartwrights’ hope for healing and love–and survival.
Rated: T WC 77,200
The Lady Lawyer Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
The Lady Lawyer Series – #2 – Fugue (by pjb)
Summary: Tensions mount when Joe is charged with murdering a drifter, but he has no recollection of the incident—and no explanation for why he came home covered in blood. This is a sequel to “The Lady Lawyer,” and it refers to characters and events in that story.
Rated: T 32,000
The Lady Lawyer Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
The Lady Lawyer Series – #1 (by pjb)
Summary: The Cartwright brothers vie for the affections of a beautiful lawyer.
Rated: K+ 28,300
The Lady Lawyer Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Proud (by pjb)
Summary: A WHN for “The Quest.” Adam is taken aback by his reaction to Joe’s success with the Sun Mountain Mining Company contract.
Rated: K+ WC 8300
The Diet (by pjb)
Summary: “What’s it gonna be? Pie or Mary Alice?” Hoss enlists Joe’s help when he decides that he needs to lose weight to win a girl’s heart.
Rated: K+ WC 8300
Tending To Business (by pjb and dbird)
Summary: It’s never business as usual when the Cartwrights are around. . . .
Rated: K+ WC 9800
Sleigh Bells, Rotgut, And Other Miracles (by pjb & dbird)
Summary: In the middle of a snowstorm on Christmas Eve, in a line shack stocked with beans and rotgut, the Cartwrights are reminded of what truly matters.
Rated: K+ WC 10,900
Trees, Traditions, And Three Fine Sons (by pjb & dbird)
Summary: All Ben Cartwright wanted was a nice, traditional Christmas…but his three fine sons had other plans… A collaborative story by dbird and pjb.
Rated: K+ WC 10,900
Ten Hours (by pjb)
Summary: The Cartwrights struggle to intervene when a disturbed boy holds his classmates hostage–including Little Joe.
Rated: T (10,175 words)
Out of the Wind (by pjb)
Summary: A missing scene for the episode, “Five Into the Wind.”
Rated: T WC 6400
The Seasons of a Friendship (by pjb)
Summary: Laughter and tears, dreams and disappointments, sickness and health, life and beyond . . . Joe learns the truth of the old proverb: a friend loves at all times.
Rated: T WC 15,000
Premonition (by pjb)
Summary: Can a man truly know when he is going to die? If that time has arrived, can anything be done to change his fate?
Rated: K+ WC 7000
Questioning Mercy (by pjb)
Summary: A missing scene for “The Quality of Mercy.” A father’s beliefs collide with a son’s questions.
Rated: K+ 4250