Summary: We follow Adam into danger far away in China and enjoy the adventures of the Cartwright family on the Ponderosa, where Ben has a special assignment that brings him into contact with a very old friend.

Rated: T (207,070 words)

Captain Cartwright Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary: What do a nutty professor, an ancient Indian legend, and a dusty sea chest from the attic have in common. Come spend Christmas with the Cartwrights and find out what awaits in this zany, action packed adventure.

Rated: K  (Words 52,169)

Summary: Some people have devils on their heels, chasing them every step of the way. Others invite the devil to walk with them, right in their shoes. When Joe meets a man in chains for doing exactly that, he soon becomes devil’s bait in a deadly endgame for the man’s hollow soul. Can good overcome evil when the devil holds all the cards? 

Rated: T  Word Count: 19,600

Summary: This story looks at Joe’s early life based on the events told in The Wheels of Fate and how it was for him growing up outside of the Ponderosa’s protective wing. Alone as a boy Joe deals with rejection, prejudice, and loneliness.  

Rated:  T (12, 230 words)

The Wheels of Fate Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary: Four full grown Cartwrights—and one overworked Doc Martin—being bested by a bunch of angry, young Shoshoni boys could provide fodder for some uproarious saloon talk…if they can live long enough for their story to be told.

Rated: T  WC  18,500

Summary:  The Union army conscripts one member from every family to fight in the burgeoning war between the State.  How is it that all three Cartwright sons become involved in the war?

Rating:  T  (45,770 words)  (Authors note: I worked all summer on this, and it’s epic long. I hope you’ll take the time to climb in this story. And I hope to hear what you thought.)

Summary: A trip to California turns into a nightmare for the Cartwrights when Little Joe is kidnapped and held for ransom.

Rating: Strong PG-13 for violence & physical abuse  (31, 320)

Summary: Romance as well as sadness beckons for Joe, while Adam is reunited with old friends and takes on a new personna in order to protect the President.

Rated: K (281,065 words)

Captain Cartwright Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary: Joe makes an instinctive, impulsive decision to help a widow and her family, bringing his own family along for the (bumpy) ride.

Rated: T (24,500 words)

Summary: Ben loses the Ponderosa which is purchased by some unknown benefactor. Hoss and Joe both fall in love but only one of them ends up at the altar, and Adam is sent to the Kuril Islands to locate a missing ship.

Rated: K+ (217,930 words)

Captain Cartwright Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary: Joseph Cartwright suffers what he considers a fate worse than death when an accident during a stampede causes him to face time in a wheelchair and Adam’s hopes of marriage are dashed when he is sent on an assignment to Alaska.

Rated: K+ (210,950 words)

Captain Cartwright Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary: Eli Prowse fell in love with a beautiful young girl, but she chose to marry Ben and ‘live happily ever afterwards.’ Years have passed and Eli has journeyed to the Ponderosa to destroy those whom he holds responsible for Elizabeth’s death … Ben, and her son, Adam.

Rated: T (74,980 words)

Summary: Heroism comes in all shapes and sizes, as the good folks of Virginia City discover when Sam Dawson and his notorious gang of outlaws hold the whole town under siege—all because Joe tried to help a woman in need and Adam was thirsty for a beer.

Rated: T WC  37,000

Just A… Series, links to all the stories are included within.

Summary: Joe’s determination to ‘grow up and prove to the world he’s a man’ provides his brothers’ with a full time job on their hands trying to keep him out of trouble!

Rated: K (21,060 words)

Summary: Adam and Joe Cartwright face the worse possible kind of danger . a silent enemy, one unseen and lethal … but which of them will survive?

Rated: K+ (22,570 words)