Category: Joe Cartwright
Stories that focus on Joe Cartwright
The Glass Bird (by McFair_58)
Summary: Christmas brings an unexpected guest to the Ponderosa and forces Joe Cartwright to confront his past, present and future in the form of a tiny glass bird.
Rating G Words (4750)
Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Enigma on the Ponderosa (by wx4rmk)
Summary: Mysterious things are happening on the Ponderosa and Little Joe is on a mission to figure them out by any means possible. Written for the 2022 Camp In The Pines.
Rating: K / Word Count: 4897
Big Things (mcfair_58)
Dedicated to Debbie B. or Debbie Beshears (because she asked for it!)
Eleven-year-old Little Joe Cartwright is on a mission. His friend, Sarah Winnemucca, needs his help and so, he sets out to find her in the woods. Of course, since this is Little Joe Cartwright, he’s bound to find something else as well – BIG trouble!
Rated: PG
Word count: 32,644
To Live or To Die (by millieshepherd)
Summary: Shelia Johnson, Little Joe Cartwright’s fiancée, gets captured and held hostage by the Lassiters. A WHI for Five Sundowns to Sunup.
Rating: T
Word Count: 10,268
Setting a Trap (by BettyHT)
Summary: A WHIB for the Lady From Baltimore, it’s the story of the night after Joe confronts Adam and the next day when the Bannings leave the Ponderosa. The story is told completely from Joe’s POV and in his voice.
rating: T word count: 1,655
The Misadventures of Little Joe Cartwright ~ Book II (by bahj)
Summary: Little Joe’s misadventures continue when he once again finds himself face to face with an old nemesis. This story is a continuation of “The Misadventures of Little Joe Cartwright ~ Book I” and includes many references to that story but can be read as a stand alone :0)
Rated: PG
Word Count : 34,602
Part of the Misadventure Series, links to all stories included within.
He’s Gone (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Joe’s thoughts as he rides after Billy Chapin. A missing scene from The Legacy.
Rating: K+
Word Count: 575
The Fifth Sunup (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: To fall meant capture. Capture meant death. And I wasn’t ready to die; not yet, not when my life had barely begun. Joe’s thoughts as he flees from the Lassiters in Five Sundowns to Sunup.
Rating: K
Word Count: 563
Part of the Five Sundowns to Sunup Series, links included within.
Sally Mars, M.D. (by millieshepherd)
Summary: Little Joe meets a lady doctor who tends to an injured Adam.
Rating: K
Word Count: 3,441
Mrs. Little Joe – Romancing the Ponderosa Book 1 (by millieshepherd)
Summary: When Little Joe finds a badly injured stranger on the Ponderosa, the Cartwrights’ lives are nearly turned upside down.
Rating: T Word Count: 21,027
Part of the Romancing the Ponderosa Series, links to stories included within.
For the Love of Pete (by bahj)
Summary: Little Joe is ready to do anything to help the struggling widow of his childhood friend.
-Tissue Warning- This story deals with loss (NO main character deaths)
Rating: PG Word Count: 7875
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (by fanofoldtvshows)
Summary: Joe reads to his nieces and nephews on Christmas Eve.
Written for day 23 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 1070
A Peculiar Penance (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: While serving a self-imposed sentence in the barn on Christmas Eve, Little Joe learns a lesson in the forgiveness that lies at the heart of Christmas.
Written for day 20 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 1903
Snow Angels – Pt II (by Sierras)
Summary: Joe revisits his mama’s Christmas 1844 journal entries.
Written for Day 17 of the Advent Calendar
Rating: G Words: 859
Bottom Line (by Cheaux)
Summary: From disasters to memories, could a warm bed be the piece de’ resistance?
Written for day 10 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 1306
