Category: Joe Cartwright
Stories that focus on Joe Cartwright
Julia (by pjb)
Summary: A ‘What Happened Instead’ for the Julia Bulette Story, seen from Julia’s point of view. Mild sexual content.
Rated: MA WC 26,000
Playing Soldiers (by Dodo)
Summary: A childhood dream becomes reality for Joe in a most unexpected way
Rated: K+ Word Count: 27896
Playing Soldiers Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Soul Mates (by Dodo)
Summary: A chance remark leads Joe to remember his first love
Rated: T Word Count: 29197
Loved and Lost (by Susan G)
Summary: An romance ends badly.
Rating: T (1,030 words)
A Special Child (by Terri)
Summary: This story is written in tribute to my eldest brother who was left severely mentally handicapped as a result of a smallpox injection when he was a child.
Rated: K WC 9000
Emergence of a Man (by lminzer)
Summary: No longer a boy, sixteen-year-old Joe Cartwright is struggling with what it means to be a man. Meanwhile, the Ponderosa is plagued by rustlers, and when Joe uses the opportunity to prove himself and protect his family, he unwittingly puts both himself and his father in grave danger….
Rated: K+ WC 9000
Finding the Way Home (by Donna)
Summary: The success of the Ponderosa causes a long time enemy to seek its destruction, using whatever means possible.
Rated K+ (13,545 words)
The Only Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Adjustments (by Donna)
Summary: Joe awaits Merrie’s arrival west, and finds himself having to deal with Walsh once again as Walsh and the Empire Railway threaten the Ponderosa.
Rated K+ (15,565 words)
The Only Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
The Only (by Donna)
Summary: Ben sends Joe to New York on business, but also to help him overcome his inner turmoil at being the only son left on the Ponderosa.
Rated K+ (9,435 words)
The Only Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
The Guardian (by Susan G)
Summary: There’s someone from the past keeping an eye on Joe.
Rating: T (41,740 words)
Lost Son series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Waiting (by Dodo)
Summary: Joe’s thoughts as he waits to die
Rated: K+ Word Count: 10663
The Dark Cloud (by Susan G)
Summary: Joe is attacked and left for dead on the trail home after winning big at the poker table; and left with a case of amnesia.
Word Count: 23,700 Rated: T
Never Say Never (by Dodo)
Summary: Joe’s return to the Ponderosa soon turns into a nightmare
Rated: K+ Word Count: 20730
Playing Soldiers Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
The Price of Friendship (by Susan G)
Summary: Joe isn’t as accepting as the rest of the family when a man from their past returns.
Word Count: 14,500 Rated: T
Breath of Life (by JoanS)
Summary: A potentially deadly illness sneaks up on the youngest Cartwright. Follow along as, in a moment of true Joe, the family finds themselves racing against time.
Rating: K (16,720 words)
