Category: Family
Stories that focus on the entire family
Poltergeist II (by pkmoonshine)
Summary: Adam’s two children arrive in the company of their maternal grandmother to join their parents for a summer vacation on the Ponderosa. Their arrival sets off a chain of inexplicable, frightening events in the Cartwright household.
Rating: K+ (80,249 words)
Bloodlines Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
Young Cartwrights In Love (by pkmoonshine)
Summary: The younger Cartwright children are in head over heels. What are Ben’s thoughts on the matter?
Rating: T (10,650 words)
Bloodlines Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
Ransom (by Lyn Robinson)
Summary: While nineteen-year-old Joe is away alone on business, near disaster hits at the ranch as his eldest brother finds trouble.
Rating: PG (14,940 words)
Cinnamon Rose (by pkmoonshine)
Hoss, age 15, falls in love for the first time . . . and yes! The young lady’s feelings are mutual.
Rating K+ WC 37,000
Fight for Life (by DebbieB)
Summary: Joe becomes the target for revenge when he is forced to participate in a human cockfight in order to save his father’s life.
Rating: PG Contains violence (16,700 words)
A Question of Guilt (by Camera Chic)
Summary: After an accident, Little Joe is saved by an outlaw…and then held captive by him and his gang. Joe has to decide whether to turn him in, or trust him to do the right thing…
Rating: PG-13 (14, 440 words)
Blame (by Rona)
Summary: An inexplicable attack upon Adam and Joe leaves Joe grappling with fear and blaming himself. Joe sets out to hunt down their attacker, but will he live to tell the tale?
Rated: T (12,325 words)
The Sound of His Weeping (by DebbieB)
Summary: A provocative story of love between two brothers. Adam realizes just how much he loves his kid brother when death comes knocking at Joe’s door.
Rated PG13 WC 12,100
Kingdom of Ponderosa or Four Men in Tights (by EileenK)
Synopsis: A wacky Cartwright fairy tale.
Rating: G
Words: 11,700
Part of Four Men in Tights Series, links included within.
After The Storm (by Mary S)
Summary: Adam comes to terms with what happened and his responsibility for his actions during The Crucible. Rated: G (17,150 words)
Escape (by Mary S)
Summary: While on their way home after a cattle drive, the boys run into some trouble in the form of a ruthless gang of thieves!
Rated: G (21, 770 words)
Ex Corde Caritas aka Love from the Heart (by Rona)
Summary: WHN for My Brother’s Keeper. Despite Joe’s recovery from the accident, Adam feels guilty. Can he resist the lure of the east?
Rated: T (10,120 words)
From Inside One’s Own Self (by DebbieB)
Summary: When a gang of thieves take Ben and Joe as their prisoners, each must draw on their own inner strengths to survive.
Rating: PG-13 (22,100 words)
Return of a Gunfighter (by HelenB)
Summary: Gunfighter Drew Maxwell returns to Virginia City.
Rating: T (13,900 words)
A Life Lived Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
Time Will Tell (by DebbieB)
Summary: Adam’s 21st birthday is almost here, and Ben has something special to give to him. But does his youngest son’s insatiable curiosity ruin the entire surprise for both Ben and Adam?
Rated G WC 14,100
