Category: Family
Stories that focus on the entire family
To Nurture (by pbeaking)
Summary: A young Hoss finds out that he has a talent for nursing animals back to health. In fact, he’s been so successful at it that he thinks he can cure any and all creatures. This leads to trouble for the Cartwright brothers.
Rating: K (6,240 words)
Home Invasion (by ChristyG)
Summary: A broke-down stage plus a hotel filled to capacity equals visitors at the Ponderosa. Just another day at the ranch. Oh, was it mentioned that Ben was away and the visitors were of the female persuasion?
Rating: K+ (3,087 words)
For Honor (by Sibylle)
Summary: The consequences of a fight at school. Prequel (1854)
Rated: K+ WC 600
The Curse of the Faceless Fiend (by ChristyG)
Summary: Convinced the Ponderosa is haunted, Little Joe, Hoss, and Hop Sing join forces to resist the ancient evil, despite Adam’s protestations.
Rating: K+ (3,985 words)
The Mark of Despondency (by ChristyG)
Summary: Is Adam suicidal? And can his brothers step in to save his life?
Rating K+ (4,290 words)
The Stagecoach Robbery (by Sibylle)
Summary: Adam wonders what his brothers are doing downstairs in the big room ….
Rated: K+ (595 words)
Adam Vignette Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Hunger (by Cheaux)
Summary: Adam’s quest to find answers. Hunger follows the events in Choices and Shadows. It is not necessary to have read the previous stories.
Rated: T — WC 17,000
Choices Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (by freyakendra)
Summary: Each of Ben’s sons rides off in the wake of tragedy, leaving a stranger home alone—at least until suppertime.
Rated: K+ WC 5300
Shadows (by Cheaux)
Summary: The family struggles with the consequences of Joe’s ordeal. Shadows is a sequel to Choices but stands alone.
Rated: T WC 8500
Choices Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
Purls of Wisdom (by Cheaux)
Summary: One man’s trash is another’s treasure. Written for the Dan Blocker 2012 Birthday Challenge
Rated: K — WC 800
Autumn’s Story (by deansgirl)
Summary: Adam is awake now and ready to tell his story.
Rated: K+ (1,685 words)
Autumn Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
Gettysburg (by faust)
A dying man’s last thoughts, a family’s grief…and a glimpse of hope?
Warning: character death
1,400 words, rated T
Secrets (by MonicaSJ)
Summary: Ben extends a business trip in San Francisco when he meets a mature, polished younger woman who comes from a well-known, well-to-do family. Joe, Hoss and Adam believe they have each met this same young woman before under questionable circumstances and each kept those meetings to himself, but are all disturbed when their father introduces her as his fiancé.
Feedback: All, good or bad. If bad, constructive. Reader Alert: Adult themes Rated: T WC 22,000
She Brought Happiness (by MonicaSJ)
Summary: A bracelet…a trinket from a time past and the memories it carried…Adam helps a young mother running from a legacy of sorrow.
Rated: K+ (17.830 WORDS)
Home Alone (by Sibylle)
Summary: Hoss and Joe alone at home. A prequel
Rated: K WC 600
