Summary:  Autumn is setting around the Ponderosa and with it comes a very dear and long awaited surprise.   

Rated: K+ (1,180 words)

Autumn Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Summary:  Written in response to a Cartwriters challenge in which the first sentence was given.  While looking for strays, fifteen-year-old Joe spots some tracks that he feels compelled to investigate, despite knowing the objections his family would raise.

Rated: K  WC  1700

Summary: Left alone once again to pick up the pieces, Ben struggles to move forward after Marie’s death, and finds comfort in the words to an old song.

Rating K (1050 words)

Summary: While Ben enjoys a night out, his boys unwittingly let him in on their less than noble plans.  

Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 1159

Summary: This is a little story about a little boy who never knew his Mama but loves her and when he overhears some gossip he mistakenly thinks his Mama is alive after all.

Rated: K+ (21,150 words)

One Bullet->: Wounded and running out of time, Joe’s only hope is his ability to believe that a single bullet can make any difference at all.

Holding to Hope->: (Sequel to One Bullet.) In the wake of Annie Grainger’s murder, Joe’s family and hers are brought together in bitterness, compassion, and a shared need for hope: one, for survival of the body; the other, for survival of the soul.

WC  10,200

Bankrobbers, mysterious family secrets, burnt food, some new additions to the household, and even two shot wounds — what else could possibly make a six-year-old’s summer more interesting?

10,700 words, rated K

The Art-Universe series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Summary: You’ll find it under “H” in the dictionary :0)

Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 1140

Summary:  At first, Adam isn’t sure how his Eastern friend will feel about life on the Ponderosa, but he–and the rest of the Cartwrights–soon realize that George is not the only one who has a lot to learn from his visit.

Rated: K+  WC 35,000

Summary: A dying man’s warning and a hunter anxious to target the ideal prey set Adam and Joe on a race for their lives.

Rated: T  (36,700 words)

When Joe Cartwright returns to the Ponderosa after his annual month-long vacation, he discovers a world turned upside down where nothing is the same. 
Rating: T Word Count: 30,935

Summary:  It’s a short story about a peaceful  Sunday afternoon in town with the whole family. Or wasn’t it so peaceful?

Rated: K+  WC 3550

Summary:  The Cartwright boys build a scarecrow for the Harvest Festival. Little do they realize how one scarecrow on display in the middle of the schoolyard could cause such trouble.

Rating:  K  (4,060 words)

Summary:  A simple business trip turns into much more when a robbery takes place and a Cartwright goes missing.

Rating T (17,630 words)

Summary:  A visit from Ben’s old friend leads to a startling realization.  

Rated: T   WC 2200