Category: Family
Stories that focus on the entire family
The Last Laugh (by DebbieB)
Summary: Those who laugh last, laugh the hardest. Thus, Joe proves this statement to be true, but at what cost?
Rated: G (18,200 words)
Giving Thanks (by VickieB)
Summary: Memories of Inger and Ash Hollow.
Rating: G (Words: 16,280)
The Detour Home (by Debbie B)
Summary: When Joe becomes dissatisfied with his lot in life and decides to leave home for good, he soon learns that not all roads lead home, sometimes you have to take a detour.
Rated G WC 20,000
Our Secret Love’s No Secret Anymore (by DebbieB)
Summary: Only one man that Ben knows of can be held responsible for Ben’s youngest son’s injuries, Austin Baker. But why, after nearly twenty years, would an old friend want to seek revenge on Ben Cartwright? A secret love from Ben’s past may hold the key that unlocks the door to the mystery and Ben’s heart. Ben shares his secret with Adam and Hoss to help them understand why their brother was so badly beaten.
Rating: G (10,275 words)
The Simeon Bridge (by Wrangler)
Summary: As Little Joe lays trapped under wreckage of his wagon, he is rescued by Hoss who is lying comatose at home. He then has to convince his father that what he experienced was real.
Rated T, WC 19,000
Measuring Up! (by DebbieB)
Summary: With Little Joe feeling as if he doesn’t measure up to his two older brothers or his father’s expectations, Joe’s attitude turns nasty, until he hears what Pa has to say on the matter.
Rated: PG (6,960 words)
Decisions Made (by HelenB)
Summary: A ranch hand and decisions made could change the lives of the Cartwrights forever.
Rating: T (6,725 words)
Choices (by HelenB)
Summary: A WHN for First Born. Clay returns to the Ponderosa. Will trouble follow him again?
Rating: T (8,330 words)
Thou Shalt Not Lie (by DebbieB)
Summary: Ben’s new fencing and Little Joe’s secret cause more trouble and heartache than either father or son had anticipated. Each suffer in their own ways when the wires get crossed.
Rated G WC 24,000
While I Was Away (by DebbieB)
Summary: With Marie freshly buried and Ben locked away in his room, the boys are left alone to deal with their own grief.
Rated G WC 7,760
Relatives and Reasons (by DJK)
Summary: In an effort to convince Will to stay, memories are stirred like the embers of a dying fire.
Rating: (27,050 words)
Happy Mother’s Day, Pa (by DebbieB)
Summary: Little Joe pays homage to his father, on Mother’s Day
Rating: G (1,225 words)
To the Victors (by DJK)
Summary: Joe defies, deceives, and disobeys his father all to enter the Founder’s Day Race.
Rating: T (14,070 words)
To the Victors Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
He Said Not To Tell (by DebbieB)
The author requests those who wish to read this series contact her via eMail: DLB1234@aol.com
The Final Score (by DebbieB)
Summary: Five years after having been sent to prison, Lucas Tatum returns to seek his own revenge on Joe Cartwright. What he does this time is far worse than a wallop on the head; he wants to make Joe suffer for what he believes was Joe’s fault. Joe learns just how badly hate can destroy a man and just how far a man filled with hate will go to seek revenge.
Rating: PG contains violence (The last chapter) (19,150 words)
The Score Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
