Category: Family
Stories that focus on the entire family
Tumbleweed (by freyakendra)
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
Kings Over Aces (by freyakendra)
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)
The Contest (by bahj)
Summary: Hoss finds out you can be a winner in more ways than one.
Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 1085
The Devil Among Us (by Cheaux)
Summary: A missing scene from Season 12’s The Night Virginia City Died.
Rated: T+ WC 2800
Please, Tell me a Story (by bahj)
Summary: When Adam begins to doubt his abilities his family bands together to help him keep his dreams alive.
Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 2200
Without Sin (by Inca / aka Tye)
Adam and Joe fall in love with the same woman, and Ben has a secret that may well tear the Cartwrights apart.
Rated: T WC 30,200
Buried Treasure (by bahj)
Summary: What do a nutty professor, an ancient Indian legend, and a dusty sea chest from the attic have in common. Come spend Christmas with the Cartwrights and find out what awaits in this zany, action packed adventure.
Rated: K (Words 52,169)
Missing (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Ben receives a telegram about his eldest son that brings despair to the whole Cartwright family.
Rated: K+ (1,600 words)
The Long Road Home series, links to other stories within the series are included.
The House on Watson’s Hill (by Susan G)
Summary: Strange things abound when the family takes shelter in an abandoned Victorian era house, but is it really abandoned?
Word Count: 8100 Rated: T
Revenge…May the Best Man Win (by bahj)
Summary: One wants to teach a lesson, one wants revenge, one just wants some peace quiet. With the three high spirited Cartwright boys home alone for the weekend anything can happen. Which one will come out on top?
Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 10,300
The Long Picnic (by HazelMom)
Summary: They blamed everyone but themselves, and dragged the Cartwrights into their revenge.
Rating: T (22,340 words)
Author’s note: This story is PG-13 because a rape happens in it. The assault is not described, but it is part of the story. This is a Hoss story but all others (Ben, Adam, Joe) are featured prominently.
Ten Little Indians (by freyakendra)
Summary: Four full grown Cartwrights—and one overworked Doc Martin—being bested by a bunch of angry, young Shoshoni boys could provide fodder for some uproarious saloon talk…if they can live long enough for their story to be told.
Rated: T WC 18,500
Cold Harbor (by HazelMom)
Summary: The Union army conscripts one member from every family to fight in the burgeoning war between the State. How is it that all three Cartwright sons become involved in the war?
Rating: T (45,770 words) (Authors note: I worked all summer on this, and it’s epic long. I hope you’ll take the time to climb in this story. And I hope to hear what you thought.)
Star’s Hope (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)
Summary: I should say Jamie is introduce later on in the story, not right away.
Rating T (16,350 words)
A Place to Belong Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Renegade Star (by lminzer)
Summary: Joe struggles to cope with confusing feelings of hurt and anger after older brother Adam leaves the Ponderosa
Rated: K WC 7300
