Summary:  Joe and Adam have a series of altercations that have significant consequences for them and their families until they work out their differences and both make changes in their lives. 
Rating: T  WC:  30,906
This story is part of the Brenda Series, links to all stories included within.

Summary:  Hungry for something other than beef for dinner, Hoss gets his family to go on a bird hunt, but Adam ends up in a difficult situation as a result.  This is the first of three stories about the family in which winter is the setting and hunting is the theme.
Rating:  PG  WC:  4,153
Winter Tales Series, links to all stories included within

Summary:  Refuge in Australia becomes a chance for Adam to change into the man he wants to be, but there are those who become obstacles to his success.  At home, Ben is pushed into change too when Hoss and Joe force him to face some truth he would rather deny.  Eventually events bring the two together to see if they can reconcile.

Rating :  T  Word Count:  24,206

Summary:  Adam suffers a minor injury but it is the words of his opponent that wound him the most.  He sets out on a quest to test those words because of the doubts they have raised about his perception of himself and about his vision of his future.
Rating:  T  Word Count:  25,106

Summary:  Retaliation for a prank leads to revenge and a mystery which relieves some of the boredom of a long snowy winter.

Rating:  PG   Word Count:  3,079
Winter Tales Series, links to all stories included within.

Summary: Two years after he was bushwhacked, Joe Cartwright returns to Lone Pines and the Griswolds’ spread. Though he intends to stay for one night, circumstances beyond his control compel him to change his plans. Something is terribly wrong, and he is bound and determined to set it right – even if it it costs him his life. Slightly AU in that the eps ‘Forever’ never happened.
Word count: 66, 499
Rated: PG-13

Summary: Joe comes home shot and fighting for his life. His family and friends hope and pray he will make it.

Rating: PG

Word Count: 10,159

Summary:  The Cartwrights discover dangerous and unwanted company hiding out on the Ponderosa.

Rating: PG
Word Count: 7,031

Summary:  In this fifth story in the Traci Series, there’s trouble in relationships, a bank robbery, and an illness which somehow work out to resolve some family issues.
Rating:  T
Word Count:  7,623
The Traci Series, links to all stories included within.

Summary: A prequel to ‘A Rose for Lotta’. Ben Cartwright’s meeting with Alpheus Troy and the other mine owners did not go well. They want his timber and he won’t give it to them. The rancher knows Troy will do whatever it takes to keep his mine running, and when he arrives home to find out sixteen-year-old Little Joe is missing, he fears the worst.

Word Count: 19871
Rated PG-13 for typical Western violence 

Summary:  This is the ninth story in the Traci series.  In this one, three boys from a CA reform school end up hiding on the Ponderosa and the family is caught up in their drama as the trouble that made them run away follows them to Nevada. 
Rating:  T
Word Count:  20,512
The Traci Series, links to all stories included within.

Summary: In the eighth story in the Traci Series, there are some who want to disrupt the Ponderosa operations and will use any means to do so. Adam is the first target, but he and Joe wonder who else in the family is in the crosshairs and why. It’s a family drama as they all have to do their best to figure out the mystery villains.
Rating:  T
Word Count:  18,955
The Traci Series, links to all stories included within

Summary:  In the fourth story in the Traci Series, there’s a cattle drive, a worried father-in-law, a romance for Hoss, and Will and Laura come back in a mess which Ben has to help resolve.
Rating:  T
Word Count:  12,824
The Traci Series, links to all stories included within.

Summary:  The third story in the Traci series is about Adam’s trip to Arizona to bring his fiance home as his wife, but first he has to resolve trouble with the Apache when the Army is unable to help him.
Rating:  T
Word Count:  12,468
The Traci Series, links to all stories included within.

SUMMARY:  Trying to find shelter from a storm, the Cartwright brothers find another type of excitement at Smoky Joe’s Saloon that almost snares one of them forever.

Rating = T  Word Count = 3288