Category: Brothers
Stories that focus on the relationship of any combination of the brothers.
Adam / Hoss / Joe / Jamie
King of Pain (by WendyB)
Synopsis: What would happen if two brothers fell in love with the same girl? Pain!
Rating: PG-13 Words: 18,345
Love and Sacrifice (by WendyB)
Synopsis: Hop Sing tells the boys a story after Marie’s death.
Rating: G Words: 3,100
To Keep the Vultures at Bay (by Helen A)
Summary: What the boys go through To Keep the Vultures at Bay.
Rating: K (1,475 words)
Unwillingly to School (by VickiC.)
Summary: The Cartwright boys are only too willing to help out the new schoolteacher. This causes a little conflict between them, but Adam and Joe learn that you should never jump to conclusions.
Rating: G (7,620 words)
The Canoe Trip (by VickiC.)
Summary: Adam and his friend Ross decide to take a fishing trip. To Adam’s dismay, two little brothers manage to go along, too. Of course, with a mischievous six-year-old along, the trip is not quite what Adam had planned.
Rating G (12,110 words)
The Sailboat (by VickiC.)
Summary: On the eve of Joe’s wedding the three boys meet at the lake and the discovery of their old sailboat causes them to remember the first time Joe went sailing! In the course of the tale we find out why Adam’s name does not appear on the witness tree.
Rating: PG (7,600 words)
Buck’s Adventure (by KathrynM)
Synopsis: Ben reluctantly leaves 20 year old Adam in charge of his younger brothers and the ranch for the first time. While he’s away, his sons have a few adventures of their own. (Story blends both the old Bonanza and the new Ponderosa shows.)
Rating: PG
Words:10,050
The Whistle (by Lyn Robinson)
Summary: Arguments nearly spoil Christmas, but Hoss has a whistle.
Rating: G (3,675 words)
The Drive (by Lyn Robinson)
Summary: Hoss` ready sympathy is aroused and the brothers have a difficult cattle drive.
Rating: G (10,550 words)
One Helluva Day (by Meggy)
Synopsis: Adam, Hoss and Little Joe manage to test their father’s patience many times over in the space of one day. All four encounter a ‘first ever’ for the Cartwright family.
Rating: G (12,200 words)
The Victor (by LizS)
Synopsis: Adam and Hoss take Joe to town, to help him turn his luck around. Rating: G (5,140 words)
Pa’s Christmas Gift (by Helen A)
Summary: It’s Christmas time on the Ponderosa. What are the boys planning to get Ben for Christmas?
Rating: K (5,785 words)
Campfire Legends (by Helen A)
Summary: Three brothers, a campfire, and ghost stories on All Hallow’s Eve.
Rating: K+ (8,690 words)
Phoenix Trilogy #1 – Phoenix Chained (by the Tahoe Ladies)
Summary: The boys thought they would have some fun, only their fun brought down dire consequences for one of the Cartwrights. He reacted based on how he was taught; now he stands on the precipice between justice and revenge. Which will win?
Rated T Word Count: 61,990
The Phoenix Series, links to all stories of this series included.
Love’s Labours (by LissaB)
Summary: It’s spring, and we all know what a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of. But we also know that the path of true love never doth run smooth, so one way or another, all the Cartwright brothers find themselves with “wimmin trouble”.
Rating: K+ (81,935 words)