Summary: The trouble with grownups was that they were always busy.  Too busy, to Little Joe’s mind. 
Rating:  G
Words:  3,520
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar

Summary:   A posthumous gift from his grandfather brings back memories and an important realisation to Adam.
Rating:  G  2,110 words

Note:  This story was written for the Bonanza Brand 2020 Advent Calendar, originated in the Forums.

Summary:  An old friend has a favor to ask of Adam, with consequences neither of them will ever forget.

MA rated

5330 words

Summary:  While studying in Boston, a young Adam Cartwright finds himself a part-time job – with unexpected benefits.

My response to Brand’s 13th anniversary R-rated challenge (to include the words “lacy lingerie”)

WC: 7150  Rating: MA (for sexual content)

Summary:  What is the sinister secret of the mysterious house on the cliff?  Adam and Joe are about to find out – the hard way.

WC: 16,570  Rating: T

Summary: After sixteen-year-old Adam discovers a mysterious cave, disturbing events follow.

5940 words  Rating K

This story was written for the 2017 Advent Calendar – Day 16

Summary:  It’s a season of miracles, when a lost son returns home.

Rating:  G   4,980 words

Summary: Joe and Hoss answer an advertisement in the Territorial Enterprise that leads to the job of their dreams – or so they hope!

MA rated for sexual content

2780 words

Summary:  This story was written for the 2016 Advent Collection.

Rating:  G  (1,460 words)

Summary: Why did Adam disappear from the Ponderosa, never to return again? Maybe it happened like this….

Rating: T Word count: 19, 450

Summary: There’s been some gossip in Virginia City about Ben Cartwright’s new wife.

Rating: K Word count: 581

Summary: When fifteen-year-old Joe tries to impress a new friend on the Ponderosa, it leads to dangerous repercussions for both Joe and Adam.

Rating: T (22, 275 words)

All these years he had been listening hard for the song of the stars only to be disappointed. But now… his soul was at peace as he accepted what would be….

Rating: K (760 words)

Two brothers ride into a sleepy, little town in the middle of nowhere. Their name is Cartwright and their appearance triggers a tragic quest for vengeance.

Rated T WC 17,000

A lonely young woman in need of a husband; two brothers caught in a trap. One finds love, and the other that the tree of self-knowledge bears costly fruit.

NB: Contains scenes of a sexually explicit nature.

Rated: MA WC 25,000

Adam and Joe fall in love with the same woman, and Ben has a secret that may well tear the Cartwrights apart.

Rated: T WC 30,200

Robbed and left for dead at the roadside, Adam and Joe are forced to take shelter from a storm in an abandoned house. Injured himself, Adam struggles to keep his brother alive. But the house has a past, and it returns to haunt them…

Rated: T WC 9500

Joe’s Casanova lifestyle lands him in trouble with the girls of Virginia City. When they decide to exact their revenge, Joe finds himself in an embarrassing predicament.

Rated: K+ WC 3300

When Joe’s irresponsible behavior lands him in trouble, he decides it’s time to sort out his own problems without the help of his family. But he soon finds himself in much deeper than he’d intended, and his life hanging by a thread.

Rated: T WC 14,000

When Joe is reacquainted with a childhood friend, tragedy follows. Struggling to recover from serious injury, he finds himself on trial for murder.

Rated: T WC 18,000

Adam and his fifteen-year-old youngest brother haven’t been getting along too well, but when Joe’s life is left hanging in the balance, the two of them are forced to re-evaluate their relationship. WC 8100

Rated: T WC 8100

Summary: A murder on a cattle drive; Joe vanishes and Ben is forced to face the ghosts of the past, bringing his family into terrible danger. Only Hoss’s stoic perseverance and Adam’s selfless heroism can save the life of the youngest Cartwright.

WC 26,000 Rated: T