Category: Adam / Joe
Stories centering on Adam and Joe.
Paradise #2 – Paradise Encore (by the Tahoe Ladies)
Adam retraces Joe’s steps and they lead him to Paradise.
Written by Tahoe Ladies Pam and Coyote.
Word Count: 11500 Rated MA – Adult Themes
Paradise Series, links to all stories within the series are included.
The Birth of a Man (by Diana G)
Summary: Tired of being told he’s too young, Joe takes off to hunt a cougar on his own, leaving Adam to follow him into danger.
Rating: T (29,075 words)
Never Too Old To Learn (by DebbieB)
Summary: Both Adam and Joe learn that you’re never too old to learn something new after an accident leaves Joe mortally wounded and his older brother feeling guilty.
Rated: G (18,160 words)
The Final Bequest (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: A retrospective on two episodes of Bonanza, The Quality of Mercy and The Dark Gate. Adam and Joe each contemplate the death of a best friend.
Rated: K+ (6,285 words)
The Price You Pay (by Linda Br)
Synopsis: Adam takes a 15 year old Joe to San Francisco on a business trip. On the way home, the journey goes terribly wrong, for both of them.
Rating: PG-13 Words: 17,450
Tucked Away (by DJK)
Summary: A lost book and a lost love leads to a moment between brothers.
Rating: G (1,090 words)
Yard Chores (by VickiC.)
Summary: Six-year-old Joe asks his big brother what he can do and Adam comes to regret telling him.
Rating: G (5,700 words)
Attic #1 – Treasures in the Attic (by VickiC.)
Summary: Adam and Joe bring down some trunks from the attic and Pa relates a hundred year old family story to amuse a bored Little Joe on a winter’s day.
Rating: G (6,840 words)
Fireflies (by Sadie Spinner)
Synopsis: Adam opts to stay home with his baby brother and finds time to reflect on his feelings for his family while sharing the magic of summer.
Rating: G (11,000 words)
The Next Generation #2 – Love Changes Everything (by StephyL)
Synopsis: Adam and Joe are going to be leaving the large city of Boston and must make the choice to take the girls with them or leave them forever and maybe never find women like them again.
Rating: PG
Words: 8,900
The Next Generation – Homesick #1 (by StephyL)
Synopsis: When Little Joe becomes very sick Adam opts to take him to a doctor in Boston, but Ben is unsure about it, however when Paul explains that it might be Joe’s last chance, the two brothers make the trip. The general date is June 1865, approximately two months after the Civil War ended.
Rating: PG-13
Words: 11,300
The Argument (by CarlaL)
Synopsis: The two Cartwright brothers circled each other sizing up each other for the final draw, the question is: Who really did win?
Rating: G
Words: 1200
Home for Christmas (by StephyL)
Synopsis: When Ben and Hoss are said to be dead, Adam and Joe must deal with their feelings and the feelings of each other. Can the two brothers pull together and make it work, or will their first Christmas without their Pa, be the last for both brothers.
Rating: PG-13
Words: 5,200
Shadow on the Mountain (by Jenny G)
Summary: A hunting trip turns into an ordeal and an exercise in endurance when Joe and Adam are captured by the Shoshoni.
Rating: T (75,100 words)
Water and Oil (by DebbieB)
Summary: Joe Cartwright, fun loving, adventurous and free-spirited has been out of brother Adam’s good graces for sometime and wants desperately to restore their relationship. One brother water…the other brother oil. Can they find the mixing ingredient?
Rated G WC 10,280
