Category: Drama
Captain Cartwright # 7 – A New Command (by Krystyna)
Summary: Adam suffers the results of his adventures in the South China Seas but finds his hearts desire.
Rated: T (282,710 words)
Captain Cartwright Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
One Last Goodbye (by slaine89)
Summary: A look into the last few moments of Hoss Cartwright’s life. My tribute to both the character and the actor that played him. Rated: K+ (1,170 words)
Shatter Bond (by Meg)
Summary: Joe jeopardizes his relationship with his sister by dating her teacher. Will she ever be able to forgive him? Will he ever be able to gain her trust back?
Ages: Amelia 13; Joe 20; Hoss 25; Adam 31 Rated: K+ (6,060 words)
Amelia Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
The Landlord (by faust)
There are lots of things that could possibly go wrong in a nativity play, but the reverend certainly hadn’t expected that.
2,000 words, rated K
Second Chances (by Susan G)
Summary: A WHN for the episode, Second Chance.
Rating: T (14,400 words)
To Have Loved and Lost (by bahj)
Summary: While leaving a gift for his father, Adam inadvertently discovers a piece of Ben’s past.
Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 3701
It Was Like This Pa… (by slaine89)
Summary: How exactly do the boys end up in jail during a trip to San Francisco? Ben isn’t sure whether he wants to find out or not in this short comedic fic that includes a pickpocket, saloon girls, one crazily jealous fiance, and naked Cartwrights in a brothel.
Rated: T (2,655 words)
Keeper of My Heart (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)
Summary: Thrown from his horse, Adam is injured in more ways than one. Question is… will he ever return home?
Rating T (23,120 word)
The Prodigal Father (by Jayne)
Summary: A prequel: After the sudden death of Marie, Ben Cartwright withdraws himself from his sons, leaving Adam to take care of his young brothers during one of the hardest moments in their lives. My first fanfiction!
Rated: K+ 5300
Transfigurations (by MissJudy)
Summary: I’ve always wondered how Adam’s life would turn out after he left the Ponderosa. This story takes a look at the later years of his life. He’s had a distinguished career as an educator, philanthropist and businessman, and is “comfortable” with where he is and not looking for more. That changes when he sees a woman fall on the sidewalk in front of him and finds out that 40 years ago, she was his student in Virginia City. While getting to know her again, he comes to realize many things about himself – in particular – that being in love again is wonderful…but never easy.
Rated: K 47,000 words
Dragon Dance (by LissaB)
Summary: Hop Sing adjusts to his first year with the Cartwright family.
Rating: K+ (9,790 words)
Slings and Arrows…and Snowballs (by freyakendra)
Summary: Sad news drives Ben to a quiet hilltop, where he finds a moment of grace in a silent snowfall.
Rated: K WC 1900
And This Gives Life to Thee Series
And This Gives Life to Thee
Slings and Arrows… and Snowballs
A Separate Dream, Book 1: A Fresh Beginning (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: In “A Fresh Beginning” Adam Cartwright travels east to attend college, meeting new friends and facing new challenges throughout his freshman year against the backdrop of a nation at war.
Rated: K+ (212,100 words)
Links to stories included in A Separate Dream series are included within.
The Most Beautiful Poem (by HazelMom)
Summary: The family is in tatters, one brother promising to kill another, while another drinks his way to… What happened and can the family been redeemed? Rating: T (30,620 words)
Author’s note: This is a long story and I put a lot of heart into it. There are some different time frames. I hope you have no trouble following it.
I would like to dedicate this story to an old high school friend of mine who understands how Hoss is feeling a great deal better than I do.
Adam and the Stagecoach (by Grimesgirl)
Summary: What could be so difficult in helping out a friend?
Rating: K (1,090 words)
