Summary: Little Joe has to face his greatest challenge since losing his mother  

Rated: K+ (1,670 words)

Summary:  An old friend’s daughter visits the Ponderosa in an effort to get over her father’s death. She falls in love … but will she stay?  

Rated: MA  WC  58345

Summary:  Days before Adam is scheduled to leave for college, Little Joe “borrows” his older brother’s Bible and leaves it outside in the rain when his attention is drawn elsewhere. The Bible had belonged to Elizabeth and was one of the few tokens Adam had of his mother. We watch as he discovers the seeminly ruined text, and comes to grip with his loss and tries to find forgiveness. This is the first of a four part story of family love, sweet memories and the Cartwright’s way of living life to its fullest.  

Rated: K  WC  1800

A Circle of Family Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary: Adam cheats on a test, in order to win a bet.  

Rated: K (3,705 words)

Summary:  The Independence Day race, which the Cartwrights have been looking forward to all summer, ends in near tragedy.

Rating:  K+ (39,720 words)

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

Summary:  It is never wise to underestimate the middle man, whether you’re ‘society’, a kidnapper, or family.

Rating:  T  (17,540 words)

Summary:   Little Joe knows whom Adam should marry.  Now he just needs to make Adam realize who it is.

Rating:  K+ (19,180 words)

Remember the Breaking Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary:  Joe overhears what he knows to be a lie, but cannot convince anyone else to believe him.  

Rated:  T — WC  7800

Summary: A young woman is injured while riding across the Ponderosa; the Cartwrights find themselves doing more than helping her heal and Candy finds himself falling in love.

Rating:  K+  (5,770 words)

Summary: Adam’s been believed dead for two years; then the Cartwrights learn different. Getting him to the ranch is not a problem…keeping him there may be.

Rating: K (7,180 words)

Summary:   A WHN for Season 5’s Triangle.   Laura Dayton has gone and there’s a heartbroken brother on the Ponderosa.  But which brother?  

Rated: K     Word Count 2700

Summary:  A WHN for the episode, Bushwhacked.

Rating:  T    (6,975 words)

Summary: While Ben is away on a trip, Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe are taken hostage at the ranch.

Rating: PG for violence  (4,710 words)

Summary:  A stranger’s arrival starts off a chain of events that culminate in Ben Cartwright’s worst nightmare.

Rated: T  Word Count:  22,300

Summary:   Joe makes a commitment without fully understanding what’s involved.  

Rated:  T — WC  1200