Summary:  Joe leaves home after doing something he thinks is unforgivable.  His family misses him and wants him to come home, and when he does, there is a surprising turn of events for Joe.

Rating = T    WC = 5813

Summary:  After a cattle drive, Adam gets sick, and when Ben starts getting some of the same symptoms, Joe finds that he has to be the one making the decisions on the journey home. It’s a tough job especially because the outlaws trailing them think they have the money from the cattle drive with them.  Joe has to come up with a plan or two to get them out of all these problems and save their lives.

Rating = T   WC = 12,477

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

Rating:  G  (2,480 words)

Summary: Prequel stories set in the time shortly after the family has lost Marie and in the pre-Christmas season. The first one is about Adam, and the next two are about Little Joe who is sad and the couple of ways that Adam finds to bring him out of that sorrow including one his father isn’t entirely pleased to see but the other is amazing.

Rating: K+ (2,336 words)

Summary:  This is a prequel in which Adam is at odds with Ben and with Hoss because of events that occur and words that are spoken in anger. A master manipulator is at work and needs to be stopped before things get any worse.  

Rating = T  WC = 13,369

Summary: In Bounty Hunter, consequences from an incident on a trip taken by Adam and Joe years earlier embroils the brothers in a tense drama, and kindness shown in that earlier effort is the source of their only hope of survival. Chasing The Wind is the second story — A surprise visitor from Adam’s recent past in Boston shakes things up in Virginia City and Adam has some choices to make. Weep For Me, and Rejoice With Me is the third story — A serious problem for Adam causes him to have to make some adjustments in his life.

rating = T WC = 67,872

Summary:  The story follows the Heat Wave story and includes a flashback segment as well as taking the story forward as Adam deals with regrets he has in his life.  He goes to meet a woman he had known about ten years earlier, and their first meeting is the subject of that flashback.

Rating = T  WC = 21,833  (Nicknames BJ and Beej used with permission)

This story is part of the Brenda Series, links to all stories included within.

Summary:  Adam meets a shy boy on the stage and then helps guide him when he must face decisions after traumatic events and revelations.  The boy has a secret that others want, but even he doesn’t know what that secret is.

Rated:  T    Word Count:  9907

Summary:  Hot weather and no rain create serious problems for the Ponderosa, but a renegade band on the run brings the worst trouble of all for a member of the family.

rating = T  WC = 20,237
This story is part of the Brenda Series, links to all stories included within.

Summary:  A story for Father’s Day as the sons discuss Ben and the worst things he has ever done to them, and the conversation leads to an entirely different conclusion.

Rating = K+  (WC = 1053)

Summary:  While in Waycross, someone told me that my stories are too long because she only reads the shorter stories.  She gave me a prompt for a shorter story, and here is the result:  A broken plate and a dropped plate lead to lessons learned.

(WC = 1090) Rating = PG

Summary:  There’s lots of shocking trouble for Adam right from the start, but there is also a plan for revenge, subterfuge, false identities, fraud, financial difficulties for Ben and the Ponderosa, stunning developments for the family to absorb, and then a climatic confrontation between two villainous siblings and the Cartwright family.

rating = T  (WC = 40,705)