Author: Foreverfree
Attic Window aka Lucia (by Foreverfree)
Summary: Written for the 2018 Advent Calendar, based on the quilting prompt, Attic Window. Hoss tells Little Joe about Saint Lucia, as only he can.
Rating: G 2,670 words
Destiny (by Foreverfree)
Summary: A heart can only break so many times, and after the traumatic losses he has suffered, Joe is convinced that living his life alone is the only way to protect his heart from shattering. But… Is that really his intended destiny? This story takes place two years after the season 14 double-episode “Forever.”
Written for the 2018 Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament.
Rated: PG 8,640 words
Giving You (by Foreverfree)
Summary: What love is all about – inspired by Joe – my favorite Cartwright.
My entry for The World Poetry Day 2018.
Rating: K Word count: 82
A Lesson in Miracles (by Foreverfree)
This story was written for the 2017 Advent Calendar – Day 14
Summary: Sometimes, miracles granted are more than what we prayed for.
Rating: G 7,110 words
When Spring Comes Again (by Foreverfree)
Summary: Two years ago, the girl Joe Cartwright loved moved away and married another man without an explanation or even a goodbye. Now she is back – as a young widow.
Rating: T Word Count: 5,543
Christmas Apart (by ForeverFree)
Summary: This story was written for the 2016 Advent Collection.
Rating: G (1,810 words)
Close To a Guarantee (by ForeverFree)
Summary: This is a combined WHN/WHI for The Tall Stranger.
The first sentence is the Oct 1, 2016 Pinecone prompt, even though the story never made it to the challenge.
Rating: K+ (722 words)
The Act of Living (by Foreverfree)
Summary: WHN for The Truckee Strip. Unable to cope with Amy’s death, Joe has withdrawn from his family and shut everybody out. Will a trip alone to Placerville prove beneficial or disastrous?
Rating: T Word Count: 9754
Lilly the Kid (by Foreverfree)
Summary: Seventeen-old-Joe Cartwright has planned to prove himself a man to the citizens of Virginia City by entering a fast draw competition on Founder’sDayy. But everything goes wrong and Joe is left publically thrashed and disgraced, when he find an unexpected friend in eleven-year-old Lilly.
A story about pride and prestige, fear and loss, but even more about the thing that makes us truly strong and happy – family love.
This is my 2015 BoNaNo submission and my first fanfic.
Rating: K+ (15,779 words)
