Summary: Two brothers plagued by accidents and misfortune, one young man haunted by his own brothers’ deaths, a deadly outlaw with no conscience…and the Cartwright family caught in the crossfire. Follow the trail of the Nevada Territory’s most notorious outlaw through the words of Tumbleweed, a writer aiming to turn a killer into a legend, until that trail dead-ends on the Ponderosa. After the shooting stops, will tragedy be avoided, or simply rewritten? 

Rated: T  Word Count: 14,900 

Summary: A businessman is tired of playing by the rules and uses Ben’s sons to manipulate Ben, himself. It falls to Sheriff Roy Coffee, Deputy Clem Foster and a very determined Hop Sing to prevent the Cartwright family from falling like a house of cards. What results is a high stakes game in which Ben must gamble his full house against his rival’s hidden aces.

Rating:  T   (33, 700 words)

Summary: The Wilde family arrive in Virginia City, the eldest daughter becoming the focus of Joe and Hoss’ attentions, causing chaos within the family while Mr.Wilde’s peculiarities force Adam into eating a surfeit of cake.

Rated: K+ (40,090 words)

Summary: Hoss finds out you can be a winner in more ways than one.

Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 1085

“You gotta be smart, boy, fast…” Who outsmarts whom?

870 words, rated K

Summary:  Part one of my WHI “Forever” series “Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Cartwright”  Joe meets and marries Alice Harper.  

Rated: K+ (2,020 words)

Forever Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary:   A stage crash has killed everyone on board…including Adam Cartwright. While Paul Martin has made a “best guess ID” of the “remains,” and even though Adam’s most personal possessions were found in the wreckage, Ben refuses to believe it is Adam. Hoss and Joe begin a journey of discovery with their father as a mystery develops that includes another man in black, attempts at blackmail and the eventual acceptance of what seems ovious – that Adam is gone. It becomes the story of two families facing the loss of a child and a woman whose care of a deathly ill stranger may restore one of these families to completeness.  

Rated: T  WC  45,000

Summary:  My response entry for the Chaps and Spurs Mega Challenge. The three Cartwright boys lose their horses and have to seek shelter in a shack.  Rated: K (6,265 words)

Summary:  Joe has every intention of keeping his New Year’s resolutions, but you know what they say about good intentions.

Rated:  T (945 words)

Summary:  Amelia’s mother Catherine snooty over bearing sister Martha makes an unexpected visit to the Ponderosa determine to tear Amelia from her father and brothers apart. Amelia’s P.O.V

Ages: Amelia 12; Joe 18; Hoss 24; Adam 30

Amelia Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary:   A missing scene from Season 12’s The Night Virginia City Died.

Rated:  T+   WC 2800

Summary:  Celebrate Christmas in Virginia City and uncover a mystery.  

Rated: K  WC  16,500

Summary: Joseph Cartwright has to deliver a letter to an old friend of Bens which plunges him into romance, and murder.

Rated: K+ (32,465 words)

Summary:  This story started with just the first line repeating in my head and took off from there. I hope I can come up with one each year that’s why the title is what it is. If not…well we’ll leave that to the muses.  

Rated: K+  WC  1400

Summary: When Adam begins to doubt his abilities his family bands together to help him keep his dreams alive.

Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 2200