Summary:  Ben’s near death experience is cause for Joe to want to make atonement for his past misdemeanors.

Rated G  WC 12,600

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Summary:  Was his intent purely to talk to Billy Walker, or was he actually intending to seek revenge?  When the younger man is killed, and Joe is charged with murder, Joe begins to question his real intent.

Rated:  R for fight scenes and death (19,860 words)

Summary:  As his pain riddled body succumbs to it’s fate, Adam, alone in Red Rock Canyon, encounters more than just the puma who stalks him.

Rated:  G (9,900 words)

Summary:  When word reaches Ben and Joe telling them that Hoss has been murdered, father and son must each learn to deal with their own grief.  A journey to retrieve their loved one’s body leads them to an empty box and two missing brothers instead of just one.  Where’s Adam?

Rated:  G (18,540 words)

Summary:  Unable to keep a promise he made to his father, Joe must now pay the price.  Is it too high?  Can Ben forgive and learn to trust his most impetuous son once more?

Rated:  G (11, 470 words)

Summary:  When he accidentally punches Joe instead of Adam, Hoss is consumed with guilt.  Will Joe lose his hearing?  Will the youngest Cartwright ever forgive his gentle hearted brother for the injuries he sustained from the powerful blow to the side of his head?  Will Hoss forgive himself or will he forever carry, a fistful of regret?

Rated:  G  (10,600 words)

Summary:  Adam and Hoss think their littlest brother is a royal pain…but Ben is beginning to think all three of his sons are a royal pains, and the knowledge soon leads him to taking refuge in the hayloft.

Rated:  G (9,075 words)

Summary:  Left hanging from an old oak tree to die a horrific death, Joe’s life takes on a strange twist when he is cut down.  An old mountain woman that he meets, isn’t what she appears to be.  Neither is anyone else it seems

Rated:  PG13 for violence  (30,700 words)

Summary:  Dan, Bobby and Cody have decided that they don’t want Joe’s kind at school any more.  But just what is Joe’s kind?  And what did they mean when they told him that he was half of nothing?  Can he find the courage to prove to everyone, including himself, that he’s much more than that to those who love him most?

Rated:  PG13 for fight scenes. (8,700 words)

Summary:  Feeling rejected by his family, Joe joins forces with an old friend of his father’s to earn him the attention he feels is being denied.  When things turn out different from expected, Joe suddenly regrets his decision and now feels as if he has betrayed, not only his father but his brothers as well.  Will his father find him in time, and will Ben forgive his impetuous son?

Rated:  G  (23,800 words)

Summary:  Caught with his pants down and in a compromising situation by the one person he’d least likely want to find him as such, Joe learns three valuable lessons; no one ever died of embarrassment, chose your friends carefully, and being 16 and still a virgin is nothing to be ashamed of.

Rated:  R (Has one scene with sexual content) (16,700 words)

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Summary:   Adam and Joe both learn that the ties that bind as brothers can never be severed, not by a lying woman, a rockslide or certain death.  

Rated PG  WC 13,900

Summary: Has God ever tested your faith?  How do you think you scored?  Ben’s faith is tested to the utmost when Joe is crushed by a fallen horse and the only way to relieve his suffering is for Ben to give his son back to God.

Rated G  WC 6500

Summary:  Growing up was never easy, but it did have its rewards…just ask Adam Cartwright.

Rated:  G…tissue alert for those with tender hearts!  (8,660 words)

Summary:   Caught between two worlds, Michael Landon AKA Joe Cartwright must choose.  Which will it be…a life of extreme wealth, glamor and notoriety, or a life of  warm understanding, peaceful living and contentment within himself?

Rated: PG 13 Contains several cuss words. This story is meant only in fun, not to offend! (12, 360 words)