Author: Puchi Ann
East, West: Home’s Best–The Westerners (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: To help Adam’s friend George, Little Joe has impulsively boarded a ship for Boston. Now it’s up to Adam to chase him down and bring him home.
Rating: K (97,504 words)
Links to the stories in this series are included within.
The Ghost of Christmas (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Lost, both literally and in the wanderings of his fevered mind, Little Joe encounters a ghostly presence (or is it?) and fears he’s in for a visitation like that of Ebenezer Scrooge.
Rating: G
Word Count: 3,800
Scarlet Ribbons (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Written for the 2018 Advent Calendar, based on the quilting prompt, Scarlet Ribbons. When a color truly matters.
Rating: G 5,935 words
Three Little Words (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: A Tiny WHN for “A House Divided” Surely, the brothers had more to say to one another than what we heard at the lake. Perhaps just three little words?
Rating: K
Word Count: 705
Together in Darkness (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Written for the 2018 Missing Man Challenge. I have always felt that the drama of “To Die in Darkness” would have been intensified if Ben had experienced its situation with a son, rather than with Candy, much as I like him. This challenge seemed like the perfect opportunity to explore that idea.
Rated: K+ Word Count: 14,833
A Diamond in the Desert (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Hoss isn’t sure whether Little Joe’s latest get-rich-quick scheme will leave him rich beyond his boldest dreams or dead in the desert.
Written for the 2018 Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament.
Rated: K+ 24,400 words
A Performance to Remember (by Puchi Ann)
This story was written for the 2017 Advent Calendar – Day 16
Summary: The citizens of Virginia City are treated to The Nativity Play, with the Cartwrights having prominent parts in the production.
Rating: G 4,000 words
The Great Baby Switch (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Bored boys, left to their own devices, can come up with wild ways of passing the time, and when the bored boys are Little Joe Cartwright and his friends, Virginia City is in for quite a fright.
Rating: K Words: 5,068
A Dish Best Served (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: The course of true love rarely runs smoothly for any Cartwright, especially when a vindictive father and son are determined to punish the one they hold responsible for their personal tragedy.
Rated: T Word Count: 70,950
The Deadeye Kid Rides Again (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Little Joe once again draws inspiration from his favorite dime novels when he is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Rating: K+ Word count 15,138
The Deadeye Kid Series, links to stories within the series are included.
The Jury-Go-Round (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Written for Camp in the Pines, 2018. Sometimes the best show in town is in the courtroom, especially when the Cartwrights are involved.
Rating: K Word Count: 5385
Le Réveillon (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: This story was written for the 2016 Advent Collection.
Rating: G (5,220 words)
Pantalettes and Kisses and Passionate Misses (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: On a secret mission, adolescent Joe Cartwright tracks his best source of discovering what girls are hiding beneath their frilly drawers—his brother Adam.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 8954
Another Fine Mess (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Little Joe thinks he’s found the perfect way to raise money to help Virginia City’s needy orphans, while providing a few side benefits for himself and his friends. Originally published in Bonanza Gold.
Rating: K (7,470 words)
Crossing the Rubicon . . . Again (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Little Joe is asked to fill in again as Sheriff of Rubicon, but surely nothing could go wrong this time.
Rating: K+ (2794 words)