Category: Drama
The Mission (by Susan G)
Summary: Ben and Joe are robbed and left afoot in the desert with the nearest outpost about twenty miles away. Their journey is complicated when Joe is bitten by a scorpion.
Word Count: 10,000 Rated: T
Cartwright Saga #33 – Virginia City on Fire (by Lyn Robinson)
Summary: Adam returns from the drive and meets his father and brothers in town, just in time for the major conflagration in Virginia City.
Rating: PG (23,650 words)
Never Say Never (by Dodo)
Summary: Joe’s return to the Ponderosa soon turns into a nightmare
Rated: K+ Word Count: 20730
Playing Soldiers Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Rim Rock Station (by Susan G)
Summary: With the Paiutes on the warpath, Ben, Adam, Little Joe lead an Army patrol to cover.
Rating: T (11,200 words)
Like Joseph (by Cowgirl Jones)
Summary: The Cartwrights band together to help each other through a dark time of twists and turns.
Rating: PG for adult issues and emotionally intense scenes / Words: 58,425
Part of the Like Joseph Series, links to all stories included within.
Education is More Than 3 Rs (by Patina)
Summary: 2nd story in The Battle of Wills series. During a family picnic at the lake, Adam gets in trouble adding poison ivy to Hoss’ bouquet of wildflowers for Marie. After an argument with his father, Adam decides to leave home. A neighbor and old friend, Abe Garvey, shows Marie that there’s more to education than reading, writing, and arithmetic while leading the search for Adam.
Rating: K Word Count=6007
The Battle of Wills series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Mercy or Murder (by HelenB & JennyD)
Summary: WHN for the episode The Quality of Mercy
Rating: T (21, 110 words)
Mercy or Murder (by JennyD & HelenB)
Summary: WHN for the episode The Quality of Mercy
Rating: T (21, 110 words)
Creatures Stirring (by Susan G)
Summary: As stewards of the land, every now and then, the Cartwrights need someone to watch over them, especially this Christmas Eve.
Rating: G (7,950 words)
Ghost Town (by Susan G)
Summary: It’s Joe’s turn to make the trip to Hawthorne, as Ben continues to repay a twenty-year old debt. Unknowingly, Joe encounters more than he bargained on.
Rating: T (26,240 words)
Precious Possessions (by Susan G)
Summary: After spending twenty years in prison, has a man returned to Virginia City to exact revenge?
Rating: T (11,540 words)
Blizzard (by Susan G)
Summary: A hunting expedition leads to a fight for life with Mother Nature.
Rating: T (18,820 words)
Night Train (by Susan G)
Summary: In 1871, Chicago will suffer a tragedy due to Mrs. O’Leary’s cow; tonight Benson’s Crossing offers aid to a tragedy cause by a few cows.
Rating: T (12,060 words)
The Price of Friendship (by Susan G)
Summary: Joe isn’t as accepting as the rest of the family when a man from their past returns.
Word Count: 14,500 Rated: T
Home at Last (by Christy)
Summary: Ben has waited anxiously for Adam and Joe to return from the war. Adam comes home carrying a secret that has virtually destroyed him and Joe at the same time. How will the family go on?
Rated: PG (19,150 words)
