Category: Ben / Joe
Stories centered on Joe and Ben
Love’s Last Whisper #2 – Checkmate: The Return of Bristol Ford (by Wrangler)
Summary: Three years after he had put the Cartwrights through the trauma of stealling Marie Cartwright’s casket, Bristol Ford returns with a more sinister plot than before. What he accomplishes changes the relationship between Ben and Joe.
Rating: T (66,200 words)
Love’s Last Whisper Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Into the Present (by Rona)
Summary: A WHN for The Gift. Ever wondered what happened after Ben found Joe in the desert? Well, here’s my idea of what happened next.
Rated: T (7,920 words)
Love’s Last Whisper #1 (by Wrangler)
Summary: Twelve years after the loss of Marie Cartwright, a man with a grudge against Ben commits the unthinkable; the desecration of Marie’s grave and the theft of her casket. Now, as a combined, yet grieving, force Ben and his boys begin their search for what was rightly theirs. Rating T, WC 40,000
Gold Rush (by Rona)
Summary: Rumours of a new gold strike on the Ponderosa bring problems for the Cartwrights. But who started the rumours, and why? Can Ben find out before Joe pays with his life?
Rated: T (10,800 words)
The Smoke in the Sky (by Rona)
Summary: A fire leads to devastating consequences.
Rated: T (10,135 words)
The Best Medicine #2 – Malice Aforethought (by Wrangler)
Summary: Little Joe finds himself desperate for his father’s help to save his life after the evil doctor Steven Hale gets a hold of him and injures him in an act of revenge.
Rated: T, WC 28,000
Links to stories in the series included within.
Sting of Death (by DebbieB)
Summary: Ben learns a lesson in trust when an accident that claims the life of a young woman leaves him believing that Joe has lied to him.
Rating: PG (12,900 words)
The Best Medicine #1 (by Wrangler)
Summary: Ben struggles with saving Joe’s life having already dealt with an incompetent replacement physician.
Rated T WC 11,000
The Best Medicine Series, links to all stories within the series are included.
Daughter of the Night (by Becky S)
Summary: This story takes place approximately twenty years after the events in the episode “Bushwhacked.”
Rating: T (1,520 words)
Snakes Alive! (by VickiC.)
Summary: A young Joe begs for a new story to while away another winter’s afternoon. Ben responds by telling how a simple request for Adam to find Hoss a new pastime rebounds on him.
Rating: G (9,500 words)
Requiem (by Wrangler)
Summary: A man seeking revenge makes three attempts at killing Little Joe, will the third time be the charm?
Rated T, WC 36,000
A Man Named Bill (by Wrangler)
Summary: Suffering from amnesia, Little Joe is found in a remote town, and his rescuers attempt to reunite him with his family without causing any further trauma.
Rating T, WC 22,000
Whatever it Takes series – #4 – The Mustard Seed (by Wrangler)
Summary: Paralyzed after suffering a rare stroke, Little Joe will need faith the size of a mustard seed in order to fully recover.
Rating T, WC 45,000
Fourth in the Whatever it Takes series, links to all stories in the series included.
Every Purpose Under Heaven #3 – Dru (by Wrangler)
Summary: When Hoss falls in love with Drucilla Carrington it leads to trouble when Little Joe remembers where he met her and it’s not where a lady should’ve ever been.
Rating T, WC 27,000
Every Purpose Under Heaven #2 – Another Season (by Wrangler)
Summary: Ben hires newcomer Luke Thrasher but his ties to an old enemy of Joe’s shocks everyone and sets Joe up for murder charges.
Rating MA, WC 52,000