Category: Ben / Joe
Stories centered on Joe and Ben
One Hell of a Trip (by JoanS)
Summary: Ben finds it necessary to take a young Little Joe on a long stagecoach trip
Rated: K (7,090 words)
Generations (by JoanS)
Summary: Ben is disturbed when Marie’s father arrives in Virginia City wanting to meet his grandson.
Rated: K (19,580)
My Life To Live (by JoanS)
Summary: A woman in Ben’s life comes between Joe and his father
Rated: K (13,015 words)
The Golden Fleece (by Susan G)
Summary: Joe lies trapped while Ben sets out to organize a rescue party.
Word Count: 9100 Rated: T
What We’re Made of (by JoanS.)
Summary: Ben take ten-year-old joe on a hunting trip which has dire consequences.
Rating: G 10,640 words
Like Father, Like Son (by DebbieB)
Summary: A chain of circumstances brings Ben to the brink of realization that he and his youngest son are more alike than he had dared to admit.
Rated: PG contains some violence (12, 437 words)
Whatever It Takes #5 – To Help A Stranger – by DebF
Summary: This is the 5th story of this series, graciously allowed by Wrangler who originated series. Rated: T WC 19,000 Whatever It Takes Series: Whatever it Takes Absolute Faith A Part of the Main Mustard Seed To Help a Stranger (by Deb) Of One Breath
Skeletons Unleashed (by DebbieB)
Summary: Plagued with a haunting memory, Joe refuses to open his heart and face reality. Ben searches desperately for a way to help his son before life becomes so unbearable for the boy, that Joe takes drastic measures.
Rated: PG13 for death of young person. (9,025 words)
Anything for Family (by Lynnette Smith)
Summary: When Richard Darvey is out for revenge on Ben Cartwright for the death of his son, Joe must decide how much he is willing to give to protect his father. When Darvey fails to claim his revenge on the Cartwrights it becomes quite clear that someone other then Darvey will stop at nothing to see both Ben and Joe dead.
Rating and Reader Alerts: PG
Words: 4,480
Always My Son Series – #2 – The Color of Love (by Wrangler)
Summary: This is a sequel to Always My Son
Rated: K+ WC 18,000
Always My Son Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Always My Son – #1 (by Wrangler)
Summary: A stranger arrives in town with the intent of ripping the family apart by claiming he’s Little Joe’s real father.
Rating T, WC 55,000
Moving On (by Rona)
Summary: A What Happened In Between for the episode A Time To Step Down. This is what I think happened between Joe and Dan leaving the cave and the final scene.
Rated: T (8,055 words)
The Olympic Inheritance (by Robin)
Summary: Beyond their wildest dreams? Well, it happened.
Rating: T (2,260 words)
Family Ties (by Kimberley)
Story Summary: A new woman in Ben’s life stirs up conflict for Joe.
Rating: G
Words: 13,380
The Simeon Bridge (by Wrangler)
Summary: As Little Joe lays trapped under wreckage of his wagon, he is rescued by Hoss who is lying comatose at home. He then has to convince his father that what he experienced was real.
Rated T, WC 19,000