Category: Adam Cartwright
Stories that focus on Adam Cartwright
Between First Borns (by DJK)
Summary: Adam has a chance meeting with Clay after Clay has left the Ponderosa. Tag for “First Born”
Rated: K+ Word count: 1445
Between First Borns Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Night Music (by DJK)
Summary: Adam is surprised with a little night music. A story for the halloween season.
Rated: K+ Word count: 1471
Toby (by bahj)
Summary: Adam recalls his first meeting with an old friend. A WHB for “The Ride”
Rating K+ / Word count: 1340
Pa? You Listening? (by JoaniePaiute)
Summary: Written for the first Pinecone Challenge of 2014. An intimate look at 5-year-old Adam’s thoughts on berry jam, Miss Inger, and what Pa should do about them both.
Rated: K WC 800
Have a Civil New Year (by Michele)
Summary: Aaron and Rebekah Kaufmann have a New Year’s Day that starts out badly.
Rated: K+ (605 words)
Counterpoint – Michael Rode the Butter Shore (by JoaniePaiute)
Summary: Inspired by sklamb’s “Not Without My Son,” this story is a collaboration between JoaniePaiute and sklamb.
A double-vision exploration of the conclusion to “The Crucible,” prompted by Cheaux’s November 15 2013 Pinecone challenge. Although these stories can stand alone, they were written in close coordination and benefit from being read in sequence.
Michael Rode the Butter Shore by Joanie Paiute.
Alleluia by SKLamb.
Rated: T (2,894 words)
Counterpoint – Alleluia (by sklamb)
Summary: A double-vision exploration of the conclusion to “The Crucible,”Although these stories can stand alone, they were written in close coordination and benefit from being read in sequence.
Rated: T (1000 words)
Michael Rode the Butter Shore by Joanie Paiute
Alleluia by SKLamb
Last Christmas (by Inca / aka Tye)
All these years he had been listening hard for the song of the stars only to be disappointed. But now… his soul was at peace as he accepted what would be….
Rating: K (760 words)
Taming of the Scrooge (by pbeaking)
Summary: Ten Year old Adam Cartwright must face a tough challenge in Mrs. Viola Watkins; a widow woman who is simply a scrooge. Can a falling out between them actually bring them together?
Rating: K (7.865 words)
I Wonder As I Wander (by sklamb)
Summary: On a cold Christmas Eve near Harvard Square, Adam comes to receive a sort of epiphany.
Rated: K WC:1000
A Lifetime of Unhappiness (by faust)
Gravely hurt and completely helpless, Adam finds himself at the mercy of a person from his past who seeks nothing but revenge. And for once, there’s no chance he’ll talk his way out of it.
In the end it might come down to who’s more determined; and Adam surely won’t give up. No, he won’t, will he?
7,500 words, rated T
The Grandest Aqueduct (by pbeaking)
Summary: Adam brings a well known engineer from California to help Virginia City with their water problems. Alexis von Schmidt proves to be a brillant man with brillant ideas, but is he the best answer for Virginia City and its residents?
Rating: K+ (9,500 words)
Rattlesnake — aka After the Gunfight (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: A gunfight and the resulting collateral damage.
Rating: T (1,845 words)
The Crucible – WHN (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: This is what happens when a writer responds to a Pinecone challenge, and then is reminded how easily she could have incorporated another existing challenge that few dared to attempt. But hey, can one writer incorporate the requirements of all three challenges into one story to create a fourth edition?
Rating: T (2,290 words)
To Everything, There Is A Season #4 – Growing Pains (by MonicaSJ)
Summary: This is fourth of the To Everything series. Shiloh and Adam come home from their honeymoon and embark on a new life together discovering that fitting all their desires in can make for trouble as her past creeps in and as they balance the opportunities that come their way.
Rated: T WC 116,200
To Everything, There is a Season Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
