Category: Brothers
Stories that focus on the relationship of any combination of the brothers.
Adam / Hoss / Joe / Jamie
Doctor’s Orders (by DJK)
Summary: Ben and Adam face off over the doctor’s orders.
Rated: K+ Word count: 887
A Case of Comeuppance (by DJK)
Summary: Little Joe and his friend decide a certain Annabel Hampton deserves a comeuppance.
Rated: K+ Word count: 3608
Seeing Red (by DJK)
Summary: Once again Red and Little Joe manage to place all three of Ben Cartwright’s sons in his bad books.
Rated: T (5,300 words)
Red Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Crossroads (by southplains)
Summary: Adam’s choices regarding his torment at the hands of a madman result in an ever-widening ripple effect. A WHN/WHI for “The Crucible.”
Rated: MA WC 35,000
Fight Club (by southplains)
Summary: “If I’ve told Joe once, I’ve told him a thousand times to keep those elbows in!” We’ve all heard Adam utter those words while Joe is getting himself thoroughly beaten by Jean Millain in the “Julia Bulette” episode. This is the story behind that line.
Rated: K+ WC 4200
Don’t Let Him Kill Us (by JoaniePaiute)
Summary: A comedic prequel featuring 5-year-old Little Joe and introducing Tommy Coffee, Roy’s 7-year-old son. Oh, Hoss…why did you take your eyes off those two? Poor Adam…
Rated: K WC 3400
Little Joe, Tommy, and Annabelle Series
Don’t Let Him Kill Us
Word of Honor
Courage? (by JoaniePaiute)
Summary: A comic story inspired by a long-ago challenge at Bonanza World. Thanks to lminzer for her wonderful story “Shield,” which made me realize just how much Hoss protects Joe, and to sklamb for her thoughts on the Virtues.
Rated: K+ WC 6000
The Crazy Lady (by Jayne)
Summary: Joe and Hoss scare themselves one night, come to Adam’s room and tell him the story of the crazy lady. Prequel/Young Cartwrights/Humor Rated: K+ WC 700
Come Hell or High Water (by pbeaking)
Summary: This story highlights what happens when you have a friendly game between three brothers, two not so bright criminals, a heaping amount of missing chicken, and a desire to use word association to your best advantage.
Rating: K+ WC 11,800
Premonition (by rh2006fan / HeatherF)
Summary: A simple day in town turns into something more than expected, as a looming sense of apprehension strikes the Cartwrights.
Rated: K+ (5,330 words)
Surrender To Your Fate AKA The tale of a bullheaded brother and his keepers (by Stetson1859)
Summary: A WHN for Escape To Ponderosa
Rated: K (3,270 words)
May the Thunder Roll… (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Three Vingettes where you get to figure out TWO of the brothers.
He lay there; wishing for all that he was worth that it was just the sound of thunder that was pounding in his head. His body wanted to give into its exhaustion but the sounds wouldn’t let him. And so there he laid; praying for a rescue, hoping above hope that it all would stop. And what of his brothers?
Rating: K+ (4,840 words)
Counting Stars (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Ben asks Hoss to ‘bring Joe inside’, which leads to a brotherly conversation about the one who’s missing.
Rating: K (940 words)
Restoring the Heart of the Ponderosa – Part 1 (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Circumstances bitter Adam’s homecoming, setting him and his family on a personal quest to restore the heart of the Ponderosa.
Rating: T (46,330 words)
Singing Lessons (by DJK)
Summary: This is my contribution to the Dan Blocker Birthday Challenge. Hoss and Adam learn more than just a song.
Rated: K+ Word count: 2315