Category: Joe Cartwright
Stories that focus on Joe Cartwright
The Baby Contest (By MelissaR1992)
Summary: In this semi-sequel to Rock-A-Bye Hoss, The baby contest is back in town and Joe Cartwright enters his little daughter, Sara Marie into the contest. Part of the Forever Reimagined series. Links to stories included within.
Rating: G
Word Count: 10,775
A Good Shirt Is Hard to Find (by Tavia42)
Summary: In the Season 12 episode “El Jefe,” Joe is unaccountably wearing a red shirt. This is so strange and unprecedented that it required a What Happened Before to explain it.
Rating: G | Word Count: 2,293
Caught in a Storm (by JC)
Joe’s plans for a romantic rendezvous go awry when Mother Nature intervenes, but that’s not the worst of it…
Rating: T Word Count: 745
One Way Or Another (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: “He’s just one kid against the whole town….” Sheriff Gains’ words echoed in my mind and my guts twisted as I scrambled up onto the roof of the livery stable. A missing scene from the episode The Gamble.
Rating: K+
Word Count: 891
Thin Ice (by DJK)
Summary: Little Joe does not heed Adam’s warning that Joe is skating on thin ice. rating: teen word count: 728
Life Is Never Dull With Little Brother Around (by Joefan1)
Summary: A light hearted, fun (at least fun to write) story about Joe and his brothers getting even with each other.
Fluff story
Word Count:1224 Rating: PG
The Long Dusty Ride (by bonanzagirl)
Summary: A long, hot, dusty stagecoach ride home becomes a journey Joe Cartwright will never forget.
Rating: M Word count: 3200
Candy’s Knife (by bonanzagirl)
Summary: Missing scene from The Running Man after Little Joe got shot.
Rating: PG Word count: 1900
Dr. Miles (by bonanzagirl)
Summary: What they should have shown us: Missing scene of Gideon the Good, for those who wished for another SJS scene.
Rating: PG Word count: 14400
A Visitor from San Francisco (by Tavia42)
Summary: After a few too many heartbreaks, Joe promises himself he’s done with serious romances. No one really believes him, and his resolve is tested when a pretty stranger’s carriage breaks down on the Ponderosa. Will a romance finally end well, or will it just mean yet another heartbreak?
Rating: G | Word Count: 60,221
Tiānyì (by PatD in PA)
Summary: Written for “Hop Sing’s Chinese New Year Challenge 2026,” honoring the year of the Fire Horse.
Rating: G/K
Word Count: 1,350
The Most Precious Gift of All (By MelissaR1992)
Summary: As Christmas draws near for the Cartwright family, Joe faces the ultimate test of faith as a husband and father.
Rating: PG Word Count: 16,684
Part of the Forever Reimagined series, links to all stories included within.
Spring–A Season for Miracles (by Joefan1)
Summary: Joe discovers that sometimes good things happen.
Rating: G Word Count: 2959
The Second Honeymoon (By MelissaR1992)
Summary: Joe and his wife, Alice, take a second honeymoon trip to New Orleans where they get mixed up with a couple of jewel thieves and their only hope is a clumsy, down-on-his-luck, detective.
Rating: PG Word Count: 16,010
Part of the Forever Reimagined series, links to all stories included within.
Vengeance is Mine (By MelissaR1992)
Summary: As Joe and Alice prepare for the arrival of their first child, their happiness is short-lived when the sinister Damion unexpectedly returns with a vengeance. This is a WHI story based on the two-part episode, Forever.
Rating: PG Word Count: 13,861
Part of the Forever Reimagined series, links to all stories included within.
