Category: Drama
The Smell of Bread (by Sibylle)
Summary: Adam visits the Ponderosa.
Rated: K+ WC 640
Brothers, Above All (by freyakendra)
Summary: While the Civil War pits brother against brother, a night on Hell’s battlefield pulls Joe and Adam into a fight that only one can survive. (Response to ML’s 2012 birthday challenge.)
Rated: T Word Count: 3,000
Squad 51 On the Ponderosa (by Rider)
Summary: Bonanza & Emergency! Crossover
Paramedic Firefighters John Gage & Roy DeSoto from Station 51 in LA wind up on the Ponderosa, along with Dr. Kelly Brackett, Dr. Joe Early, & Nurse Dixie McCall of Rampart General.
Rated: K+ (6,670 words)
Fool’s Gold (by Patina)
Rating: T
Word Count=4843
Summary: Gold and greed are a volatile mix.
What Ben Saw Out The Window (by debpet)
Summary: What is it that Ben has spied out the window? And what are the Cartwrights going to do with it?
Rated: K+ WC 2000
On Butterfly Wings (by Krystyna)
Summary: This is a little story about a little boy who never knew his Mama but loves her and when he overhears some gossip he mistakenly thinks his Mama is alive after all.
Rated: K+ (21,150 words)
One Bullet & Holding to Hope (by freyakendra)
One Bullet->: Wounded and running out of time, Joe’s only hope is his ability to believe that a single bullet can make any difference at all.
Holding to Hope->: (Sequel to One Bullet.) In the wake of Annie Grainger’s murder, Joe’s family and hers are brought together in bitterness, compassion, and a shared need for hope: one, for survival of the body; the other, for survival of the soul.
WC 10,200
Dead Easy (by Krystyna)
Summary: Adam is ambushed, and everyone thinks they know who did it …
Rated: K+ (20,280 words)
Pa’s Best Man (by Visage)
Summary: Just a little unanswered scene (in my humble opinion) from ‘Inger, My Love.’ After Ben proposes to Inger in the street they both go off in the opposite direction of the boarding house forgetting all about poor Adam! (Which they seem to do a lot in this episode…) This is my attempt to fix that.
Rating: K WC 2900
Hide and Seek (by bahj)
Summary: Be careful what games you play!
Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 1074
The Last Bullet (by VickiC.)
Summary: Alone and in trouble, can a memory help him?
Rating: PG (550 words)
Memories Within (by pbeaking)
Summary: Joe decides to play a trick on Adam out on a cattle drive. Little does he realize his actions will trigger a horrendous memory for Adam from his youth.
Rating: K+ WC 4200
One Step Closer #5 – From Two to Three a Family (by MissJudy)
Summary: Adam and his wife, Melinda, are living in England, and getting ready to welcome their first child. After a fall on the stairs, Adam must face the fear of losing his wife and child, and he comes to terms with his own lingering grief over his mother’s death. We also see the family back on the Ponderosa waiting impatiently for the arrival of a new Cartwright. The story returns the young parents to the states where a number of surprises await – including a visit from some Nevadans, and one old foe who leaves them reeling.
Rated: T WC 45,000
One Step Closer Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Scars on the Inside (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: In memory of the beloved episode My Brother’s Keeper. It’s been five years since the accident and Adam still hasn’t forgiven himself for shooting Joe.
Rated: K+ (935 words)
Quest for the Mine of Lost Souls; or, The Treasure of the Uinta Mountains (by Patina)
Rating: T
Word Count=9731
Summary: Gold, a curse, and the legend of a lost mine spark a quest for riches. Camp in the Pines Dime Novel challenge.
