Author: AC1830
The Power of the Lake (by AC1830)
Summary: Whether it’s for a crisis, a romance, or good old family fun, the Cartwrights are drawn to Lake Tahoe.
Rating – K, WC – 1603
The Cartwright Vigil (by AC1830)
Summary – Jamie learns first- hand about a special trait of the Cartwrights.
Rating – K, Word Count – 1270
A Special Day (by AC1830)
Summary – Ben has a special day planned for Adam.
Rating – K, Word Count – 1087
Hop Sing’s Fortune Cookies (by AC1830)
Summary: My responses to the February Challenge, Hop Sing’s Fortune Cookies – to write a 100 word drabble from a prompt for each of the days during Chinese New Year – Feb. 5-19.
Rating: K, Word Count : 1650
A Brother Lost (by AC1830)
Summary: One brother has gone astray and the other two brothers have come to take him home.
Rating – G, Word Count – 1015
When the Hate is Gone (by AC1830)
Summary – Written for the 2018 Bonano Challenge on Bonanza Brand. A Missing scene for The Stranger – When Ben rides off with Charles Leduque, heading to New Orleans, how do his sons react after being told not to follow or rescue their father? They are Cartwrights after all.
Rating = K, Word count = 5306
The Card Trick Quilt (by AC1830)
Summary: Written for the 2018 Advent Story, based on the quilting prompt, Card Trick. An AU story of Adam recounting a tale from his past to his daughter.
Rating: G 2,030 words
The Light Inside (by AC1830)
Summary: On Christmas Eve Hoss guides a new friend from darkness into light.
Rating – K, Word Count – 1566
Freedom’s Just Another Word (by AC1830)
Summary: A WHI for A House Divided. “Father against son, brother against brother. A house divided against itself cannot not stand.” What if Adam did leave in order to keep peace in the family? This is a journey of healing for the Cartwright family and some newfound friends.
Rating = T, Word Count = 14415
Dead Men Tell No Tales (by AC1830)
Summary – October challenge – write another worldly story involving one or all the Cartwrights. The unthinkable has happened – all four Cartwrights are dead!
Rating – K, Word count – 2045
The Road Not Yet Taken (by AC1830)
Summary: A crossover story (Bonanza and High Chaparral) for the August 2018 challenge. The Cartwright brothers head to Mexico on a cattle-buying trip. While there Adam meets someone who will change the path of his life, but will it be a path he desires?
Rating – K
Word count – 18,500
The Witness Tree (by AC1830)
Summary: Adam has been back from college for a few months but is having a hard time settling in with the ranch hands and his brothers. Through the wisdom of his father he learns some lessons about being a boss and a brother. A What-Happens-Years-Before the episode The Grand Swing.
Rating – K+, WC – 9978
Angel of Love (by AC1830)
Summary – In the episode Gabrielle, one man was changed drastically by her consistent love. This is his reflection of that change.
Rating = K, WC = 804
Passions and Dreams (by AC1830)
Summary – Adam Cartwright and Lotta Crabtree were supposed to be strangers when her carriage broke down on the Ponderosa, but something in their demeanor seemed to say otherwise. Based on the episode A Rose for Lotta. Dialogue in the last chapter is from the episode written by David Dortort.
Rating – T
Word Count – 7909
Circle of Life (by AC1830)
Summary – Spending the day fishing can open up all sorts of discussions. Adam asks Joe for help with his troubled grandson, but the child isn’t the only one helped by the fresh air and touch of home that the Ponderosa offers. Thanks to a friend for the title.
Rating – K, Word Count – 4990