Category: Brothers
Stories that focus on the relationship of any combination of the brothers.
Adam / Hoss / Joe / Jamie
Setting the Course (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: At the end of “A House Divided”, have you ever wondered why Adam wasn’t farther along to join the cause before Little Joe caught up with him? Adam had emotionally left the night before Ben‘s encounter with Frederick Kyle and Joe in town. Me… I don’t think it had anything to do with Adam’s response to Joe during the closing scene, “That lake really gets under your skin.”
Rating: K+ (800 words)
Hiding in Fear (by BluewindFarm)
SUMMARY: An unenviable situation finds the brothers in hiding and praying they won’t be found.
Rating: K (640 words)
Hitting the Barn Door (by Krystyna)
Summary: A hot day and a lot of frayed tempers so Adam suggests going into town for a cool beer… only to be challenged to a duel
Rated: K (3,040 words)
Wolf in the Wind (by freyakendra)
Summary: Seeking shelter in a line shack during an early spring ice storm, Joe encounters a family of moonshiners he doesn’t stand the chance of fighting. He can do nothing but hold to the thin hope that his family will reach him in time.
Rated: T Word Count: 25,000
The Last Bullet (by VickiC.)
Summary: Alone and in trouble, can a memory help him?
Rating: PG (550 words)
Avalanche! (by deer)
Summary: The brothers are caught in an avalanche; this story is the aftermath.
Rating: T (6,725 words)
Ponderosa Party (by JoanS)
Summary: Ben decides to give Adam a welcome home party when he returns from college, but the preparations for it put a strain on everyone
Rated: K (12,480 words)
When Pa Comes Home (by JoanS)
Summary: Adam tries to keep the family together while Ben is away
Rated: K (8,845 words)
Waiting for the Stage (by JoanS)
Summary: When Ben’s stage is delayed, Adam has his hands full trying to keep himself and his brothers out of trouble while they wait for it
Rated: K+ (19,185 words)
The Quarry (by JoanS)
Summary: A bet between the Cartwright brothers goes horribly wrong and puts one of their lives at risk
Rated: K (10,990 words)
The Founder’s Day Race (by Harper)
Summary: Adam makes a rash bet on the outcome of a race, but when he is unable to ride, Joe and Hoss aren’t about to stand by and let their brother’s rival win. However, their solution is not quite what anyone expected….
Rated: K+ (14,665 words)
Moment (by DBird)
Summary: Between brothers, one moment can change everything.
Rated: K+ (1,320 words)
21st Century Cartwrights #11 – Withholding the Dream (by the Tahoe Ladies)
Summary: A building so beautiful, so elegant, so deadly…and Cartwright and Sons Construction are to blame when it strikes, taking one of them…. A Cartwright’s in the 21st Century story.
Rated: T Word Count: 46800
21st Century Cartwrights Series, links to the stories include.
Lessons Learned (by the Tahoe Ladies)
Summary: Ben resorts to evesdropping…
Rated: K Word Count: 2275
21st Century Cartwrights #10 – Heavenly Intervention (by the Tahoe Ladies)
Summary: A Cartwright 21st Century tale
Rated: K+ Word Count: 6980
21st Century Cartwrights Series, links to all the stories within the series included.