Summary: The family is in tatters, one brother promising to kill another, while another drinks his way to…  What happened and can the family been redeemed?  Rating:  T  (30,620 words)

Author’s note: This is a long story and I put a lot of heart into it. There are some different time frames. I hope you have no trouble following it.

I would like to dedicate this story to an old high school friend of mine who understands how Hoss is feeling a great deal better than I do.

Summary:  The Union army conscripts one member from every family to fight in the burgeoning war between the State.  How is it that all three Cartwright sons become involved in the war?

Rating:  T  (45,770 words)  (Authors note: I worked all summer on this, and it’s epic long. I hope you’ll take the time to climb in this story. And I hope to hear what you thought.)

Summary:  Hoss fights his family while they fight for his life.  

Rating:  K+  (15,371 words)

(Author’s note: Characters appear from several episodes including The Scapegoat, The Tax Collector, The Wild Ones, Gift of Water, The Good Samaritan, Half a Rogue, Lothario Larkin, Enter Thomas Bowers, and Once a Doctor.)

Summary:  A series of letters combined with a deadly illness set the Cartwrights against each other and the town when Roy takes one of their own into custody.

Rating:  K+  (25,230 words)

Summary:  It is never wise to underestimate the middle man, whether you’re ‘society’, a kidnapper, or family.

Rating:  T  (17,540 words)

Summary:  Word reaches the Ponderosa that Hoss was legally hung, setting off a chain of events that sets the law against justice when it comes down to doing the right thing.  

Rating:  K+  (11,035 words)