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A Legacy Deferred (by BluewindFarm)

Summary: Joe is summoned to the Ponderosa for a matter pertaining to an inheritance. Curiously, the letter and recent events in his life reveal his dissatisfaction, and thrust him on a journey of discovery.

Rating: T (16,980 words)

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Posted in Drama Joe Cartwright Short Stories Writing Challenges

The Christmas Visitor (by BluewindFarm)

Summary: Home alone on Christmas Eve; a special visitor keeps watch over a young man.

Rating:  G  (920 words)

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Love Wins Out (by BluewindFarm)

Summary: Missing scenes for The Truckee Strip.

Rating:  K  (1,345 words)

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A Matter of Family (by BluewindFarm)

Summary:  A mistaken identity sends the Cartwrights on a race to rescue one of their own.

Rating: K (6,820 words)

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Posted in Chaps and Spurs Drama Humor Joe Cartwright Prequel

There’s Wisdom, and Then There’s… (by BluewindFarm)

Summary:  He thinks he knows all it takes to be a cowboy; leaving Ben to wonder.
Rating:  K  (1,070 words)
Part of the Cowboy-isms Series, links included within.

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Forever Changed (by BluewindFarm)

Summary: After concluding a business trip in San Francisco, Joe’s life is forever changed.

Rating:  T  (14,520 words)

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If Not for Aura Lee (by BluewindFarm)

Summary:  What happened after Jean was taken into custody, and Julia’s window went dark. 

Rating:  T (for mild cursing and references to adult themes) (11,940 words)

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Before A Rose… (by BluewindFarm)

Summary:  Inspired by The Mother of All Challenges, to write a story featuring one or more of the Cartwrights in any time period (prequel, season 1-14, sequel, AU),  in which Virginia City is an integral part of the tale.  

Rating:  K  (4,030 words)

This is my story.

Virginia City, Nevada — Home of the Comstock Lode.   A place where things happen twenty-four hours a day. Thirty thousand people called it home at the peak of the gold and silver rush. A boom town!

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Sunup at Dawn (by BluewindFarm)

Summary: A WHN for Five Sundowns to Sunup / WHL for Death at Dawn story.

Rating:  K  (2,185 words)

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And I’ve Got Mine — aka Until the Pain’s a Cloud of Dust (by BluewindFarm)

Summary: For those who were never satisfied with the brief glimpse of a picture on the desk.  What should have happened to honor the passing of Hoss (aka Dan Blocker).

Rating:  K (1,550 words)

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Battle of the Ponderosa — aka Springtime Chaos (by BluewindFarm)

Summary:  A plea for help turns into an urgent ride home, and a situation no one foresaw.

Rating:  K (1,615 words)

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Tears of Growing Up #2 – First Ride (by BluewindFarm)

Summary: A companion story for Tears of Growing Up.  Two years have passed since Ben and Joe stood outside the corrals watching Adam and their wranglers tame wild horses. Now, it’s finally Joe’s turn.

Rating:  K+  (2,305 words)

Tears of Growing Up Series, links to stories within the series are included.

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Posted in Brothers Chaps and Spurs Drama Humor Prequel Short Stories Writing Challenges

Sage Advice (by BluewindFarm)

Summary: Joe should have remembered his older brother’s advice, when he learns a lesson on how easy it is for women to be his downfall. 

Rating:  K  (950 words)

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Changes Past (by BluewindFarm)

Summary: A what happened next for The Last Viking. A story told from Adam’s point of view as he attempts to reconcile what happened to another time in his life.

Rating: K (3,665 words)

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When Hope and Fate Collide (by BluewindFarm)

Summary: Everything was progressing smoothly, right up until it went so wrong. The brothers and their men drive their largest herd ever to Sacramento, California.

Rating:  T (32,520 words)

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