Summary:  Five-year-old Hoss makes a dangerous decision, that affects his parents, and especially his older brother.  Adam isn’t adjusted to Marie yet, and the danger Hoss is in makes his problems worse.

Rated: K+  WC 10,000

Summary:  More than a fish story . . . this tale recounts how loss, memories, and discovery shape the friendships we form and the people we become.

Rated:  T+ —  WC 9700

Summary:  Hoss’ Journal (1849-1853) During the four and a half years when Adam’s away at college, Hoss grows from a boy into a young man. In the process he learns a lot about big brothers, girls, love, and especially himself, but Joe and Adam are seldom far from his thoughts.

Rated: K+  WC 25,500

Summary: Hoss’s plans end up backfiring when he plots revenge against a “foul” adversary

Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 4900

Summary:  Ben is shocked when he returns home to find two of his sons fighting for their lives. All three sons really should be in the character choice spot. I stink at summaries. Please read anyway. WARNING; MAJOR character death.

Rating T (10, 960 words)

Summary: The family starts to heal after the loss of Marie, as Adam strives to be strong for his family.

Rating:  G  (1,310 words)

Summary: A little tale about helping a friend in need and making wishes . . .

Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 1108

Summary:  A WHN for the episode, Second Chance.

Rating:  T   (14,400 words)

Summary:  Thrown from his horse, Adam is injured in more ways than one. Question is… will he ever return home?

Rating T (23,120 word)

Summary: The family is in tatters, one brother promising to kill another, while another drinks his way to…  What happened and can the family been redeemed?  Rating:  T  (30,620 words)

Author’s note: This is a long story and I put a lot of heart into it. There are some different time frames. I hope you have no trouble following it.

I would like to dedicate this story to an old high school friend of mine who understands how Hoss is feeling a great deal better than I do.

Summary: There’s a broken window on the Ponderosa but who’s guilty?

Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 1025

Summary: Two brothers plagued by accidents and misfortune, one young man haunted by his own brothers’ deaths, a deadly outlaw with no conscience…and the Cartwright family caught in the crossfire. Follow the trail of the Nevada Territory’s most notorious outlaw through the words of Tumbleweed, a writer aiming to turn a killer into a legend, until that trail dead-ends on the Ponderosa. After the shooting stops, will tragedy be avoided, or simply rewritten? 

Rated: T  Word Count: 14,900 

Summary: A businessman is tired of playing by the rules and uses Ben’s sons to manipulate Ben, himself. It falls to Sheriff Roy Coffee, Deputy Clem Foster and a very determined Hop Sing to prevent the Cartwright family from falling like a house of cards. What results is a high stakes game in which Ben must gamble his full house against his rival’s hidden aces.

Rating:  T   (33, 700 words)

Summary: Hoss finds out you can be a winner in more ways than one.

Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 1085

Summary:   A missing scene from Season 12’s The Night Virginia City Died.

Rated:  T+   WC 2800