Summary: Adam is home for a short visit and goes with Joe, Jamie, and Candy on what is supposed to be a short hunting trip. Things get complicated when Joe goes to a nearby town to replenish their supplies. The four men learn important things about each other as a result. Originally a Man In Black challenge but completed for the Better Late Than Never Challenge.
Rating: T  Word count: 4,183

Summary:  Adam’s brothers are missing.  Will the Christmas secret he is keeping lead to their rescue? 
Rating:  G  3,515 words

Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar

Summary: Little Joe thinks an ornament is too ugly for the Cartwright tree. Adam has the opposite opinion in this slice-of-life vignette.
Rating: G 610 words

Canon refers to Ben leaving the Ponderosa for a time after Marie’s death. This story presents a possibility for how Adam managed during this time. (This is an Old Ned story.)

Summary:  Man and Nature conspire against the Cartwright brothers making it home for Christmas.
Rating:  G
Words: 8,220
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar

Summary:  Not even Christmastime is safe from pranksters.
Rating:  G
Words:  855
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar

Summary: What would happen if every Cartwright had to do a job they hated? Or at least disliked? This is a story of jumbling up the work and distributing it in a whole new way. Let’s see if the Cartwright sons can really pitch in and fill in for another brother.

Rating: G, Word Count: 17,310

Summary: The third story in the Vine series answers the last question of who sent the vine, but there is also an examination of Marie’s background to explain the motivation for that act. The story may not make sense in every part unless you have read the first two stories in the series.
Rating: T  Word count: 5,865

Summary: A day out in the snow with his siblings turns out to be more than Adam bargained for, putting his role as the oldest brother to the test. On top of battling the elements, Adam finds himself struggling with thoughts about Marie…
Word Count: 4793   Rating: G

Summary: A spoof. All is not as it seems in this version of the story.
PG  1,808

Summary: Respecting the wishes of a hero who wished his actions to remain unknown except to his community, a newspaperman writes the story of those actions to be included in the man’s eulogy when it should become necessary.   
Rating: PG  Word count: 2,360

Summary: On the occasion of Mark Twain’s death, Adam tells his grandson of a Hoss/Joe escapade, how he learned about it, and how he felt about it.
Rating: PG  Word count: 1,142

Summary: a prequel story with Adam at 26, Hoss at 20, and Joe at 14 on a trip to capture some wild horses when wind, earth, and water elements create havoc with their plans.
Rating: PG  Word count: 10,815

Summary: This is a series of four stories that can each stand alone, but follow chronologically. Angela’s Story — Acting in a wholly uncharacteristic way, Adam meets a saloon girl on a trip and begins to fall in love, but will the Cartwright Curse strike again? Who Are You? — What would happen if you lost some of your short-term memory and it never came back? Adam has to deal with it in this story, and Angela suffers too even as the family tries to help both of them. Travels and Travails — Adam and Angela travel to Arizona to see her family and must face problems that emerge because of her past and new issues.  Helen and Hoss – A Hoss story although all the other family members are included. Helen Layton returns. That Hoss will be hurt again is what his family fears, but then they have a series of problems to face as they seek a happy ending.
Rating: T  Word count: 71,173

Summary: Judging a man by appearances isn’t wise especially when it’s Adam Cartwright.
Rating: PG  Word count: 1,102