Category: Family
Stories that focus on the entire family
But for the Grace of God (by DebbieB)
Summary: When mad dogs attack fifteen-year old Joseph Cartwright, the family struggles with their emotions as they watch the boy, whom they love more than life, battle against the deadly effects of hydrophobia, for which there is no cure.
Rated: G (19,700 words)
Ponderosa # 2 – Heading for the Hills (by Texas2002)
Summary: Following the story Up in Smoke… Rating: G 7,700 words
All for Nothing (by Gillian)
Summary: 14 year old Adam tries to help Hoss out of trouble, but things, of course, go wrong.
Rating: G (9,350 words)
Double Take (by GinnyF)
Summary: What Happened Before the Opening Scene. The writer has no idea how the ride-up would have actually been filmed. I imagine it was a lot more complicated than I depicted.
Rating: K (2800 words)
A Worried Man (by Lyn Robinson)
Summary: A brother acting out of character causes another to worry.
Rating: PG-13 2,280 words
The Next Generation #3 – Through Thick and Thin (by StephyL)
Synopsis: Everyone is excited about the coming of Christmas and the new year, with Adam and Hoss getting married and possibly a new Cartwright child, but something horrible happens and the family must pull themselves together to get through this. This jumps around a bit, but I think I made it decently easy to read.
Rating: PG-13
Words: 8,600
Attic #2 – The Gunpowder Plot (by VickiC.)
Summary: Joe persuades his father and a very reluctant Adam, to tell the story of the black powder.
Rating: G (5,500 words)
Inger #4 – Journey’s End (by Krystyna)
Summary: Ben Cartwright finally finds where he wants to be – and picks up a passenger along the way.
Rating: T (8,830 words)
Inger Series, links to all stories within the series are included.
Wild Oats (by the Tahoe Ladies)
Summary: On a cold winter’s night, with help from a bottle of Bear Paw Johnson’s white lighting, what could the Cartwright boys ever find to talk about while their pa was sleeping soundly on the only bed in a ratty old line shack?
This story was written in collaboration by The Tahoe Ladies, Helen, and BeckyS. WC: 7425 Rated: R
Requiem (by Wrangler)
Summary: A man seeking revenge makes three attempts at killing Little Joe, will the third time be the charm?
Rated T, WC 36,000
Touched by an Angel (by Sadie Spinner)
Synopsis: Little Joe has disappeared once again. Desperate, Ben calls for help, it comes in a form he never expects.
Rating: G (4,100 words)
In the Face of Fear (by Mary S)
Summary: After being injured in an accident Little Joe is forced to battle a demon he can’t even see. Rated: G (16,000 words)
For Pete’s Sake (by Lily of the West)
Summary: Bonanza is still in pre-production with the directors and editors still ironing out the ‘little’ details.
Rating: G
Words: 1,300
Lost (by Monette)
Synopsis: It’s Hop Sing’s birthday, but no one remembers. Maybe it’s because Hoss and Joe have their hands full with a woman who claims to be their sister, Adam’s been accused of murder, and Ben returns home from San Francisco with amnesia and thinking Hop Sing is the owner of the ranch. Well, what better birthday present could he want? Only one, somehow to get everything back the way it’s supposed to be.
Rating: G
Words: 14,000
Raging Storms (by CarlaL)
Synopsis: Joe is targeted by a man seeking to avenge his brother’s death, an outlaw killed months earlier by Adam. Following a vicious attack, Joe is left struggling with both physical and emotional damage as Adam wrestles with the guilt.
Rating: Teen
Words: 28,750
