Category: Action/Adventure
Before the Hanging (by Sibylle)
Summary: Just how much tension can a man go through in a mere four hours? Find out in this look at “Death at Dawn.”
Rated: T Word Count: 3,231
Neighbors and Friends (by PSW)
Summary: A missing child brings together the Coffees and the Cartwrights, as well as a young Dr. Paul Martin.
Rating: K+ WC: 28,370
The Deadeye Kid Rides Again (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Little Joe once again draws inspiration from his favorite dime novels when he is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Rating: K+ Word count 15,138
The Deadeye Kid Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Home is the Sailor #4 – The Pledge (by Krystyna)
Summary: Adam and Joe go on a cattle drive while Reuben joins a gang, as life continues on the Ponderosa.
Rating: T (240,110 words)
Home is the Sailor Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Doubt That The Stars Are Fire (by McFair_58)
Summary: Eight years have passed since Joe and Bella met. Both have experienced great tragedy. A letter from Ben Cartwright paves the way for them to meet again. But is it too late for their love? This story takes place post-canon.
Rated PG-13 for adult situations, language, and intense emotional drama. However one section is rated M. (62,200 words)
Wet Bottom, Warm Heart Series, links to stories within the series are included.
A Hard Place (by BettyHT)
Summary: After a cattle drive, Adam gets sick, and when Ben starts getting some of the same symptoms, Joe finds that he has to be the one making the decisions on the journey home. It’s a tough job especially because the outlaws trailing them think they have the money from the cattle drive with them. Joe has to come up with a plan or two to get them out of all these problems and save their lives.
Rating = T WC = 12,477
In the Darkness As In the Light (by McFair_58)
Summary: A burned out stagecoach lies on its side, the victim of an Indian raid. There’s a name on the coach manifest that makes Joe Cartwright’s heart stand still. Can it be that Elizabeth Carnaby is dead? And, as the man who robbed the coach seeks personal vengeance against Ben Cartwright’s youngest son – can Joe himself survive?
Rated M. The story is probably a PG-13 one, but for safety sake – and for the sake of one heavy duty romantic scene – I am calling it ‘M’. Contained in that PG-13 rating would be western brutality and violence, and torture. (101,760 words)
Wet Bottom, Warm Heart Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Mystery (by McFair_58)
Summary: 12 year old Little Joe Cartwright loves black horses, especially the new black mare his brothers found and brought home. Though their father disapproves, Little Joe knows she’s the one for him and sets out to prove it. What do an apparition, a burned out ranch, a stolen fortune, a group of desperate outlaws, and Little Joe Cartwright have in common besides trouble? Mystery.
Rated PG for frightening images and western violence (25,100 words)
A Friend in Need (by Questfan)
Summary: A sequel to Prodigal Sons with some of the characters from that story. When Adam receives an urgent telegram, calling in a marker, he has no idea what he is riding into. A tale of brothers and the bonds that hold them together, no matter what comes against them. This story does go into OC territory, but it all ties in with our favourite family along the way.
Word Count: 39,542
Rating: T
Prodigal Sons Series, links to stories within the series are included.
The Curse of Bodie (by McFair_58)
Summary: In 2269 an archaeologist digging in the ruins of the Bodie mine on Earth discovers skeletal remains dating to 1876. On the wrist of the dead man, who is wearing a green jacket, is an alien device. Its discovery sends the crew of the Enterprise into the past to Ben Cartwright’s Ponderosa where the eddies of time and an alien menace are moving together to doom Ben’s youngest son.
Rated: PG-13 (77,500 words)
Prodigal Sons (by Questfan)
Summary: Pitching brother against brother is a cruel game, but turning father against son is even better. Long buried hatred resurfaces in an unexpected way with devastating consequences for the whole family.
Word Count: 39,834 Rating: T
Prodigal Sons Series, links to stories within the series are included.
The Company We Keep (by JulieS)
Summary: An old friend of Ben’s comes to visit.
Rated: PG (7023 words)
The Way Things Are series, links to all the stories in the series included.
Shirtless Joe (by JC)
Summary: One man’s “Field of Dreams” is another woman’s fantasy.
Rating: PG (1,010 words)
Gone (by Questfan)
Summary: When Ben leaves on a cattle drive with two of his sons, he has no idea that when he returns home, Joe will be gone. After searching for him, he has to face the very real possibility his son will never return.
Word Count: 13,562 Rating: T
To Soar on Albatross Wings (German Translation) – (by Krystyna)
Zusammenfassung: Diese Geschichte führt Candy in die Cartwright Familie ein, in der er einen ruhelosen Joe Cartwright vorfindet, der die Tatsache übelnimmt, dass sein ältester Bruder die Ponderosa verlassen hat. Adam erlebt in der Zwischenzeit seine eigenen Abenteuer, weit weg auf dem Ozean…mit dieser Geschichte startet meine Captain Cartwright Serie, vorrausgegangen ist jedoch die Geschichte I Shall Cherish You Forever.
Rating: T (68,645 words)
