Category: Drama
A Question of Intent (by DebbieB)
Summary: Was his intent purely to talk to Billy Walker, or was he actually intending to seek revenge? When the younger man is killed, and Joe is charged with murder, Joe begins to question his real intent.
Rated: R for fight scenes and death (19,860 words)
Behind the Picture (by Rona)
Summary: Nasty rumours cause trouble and anguish for the Cartwrights. Can Ben, Joe and Hoss save Adam from a lynch mob?
Rated: T (8,430 words)
Behind the Picture Series, links to stories within the series are included.
The Black Stallion (by VickiC.)
Summary: A wild horse helps Adam and Joe come to a new understanding
Rating: G (10,275 words)
Reflections (by VickiC.)
Summary: While waiting for Ben to come home, Marie reflects on her past and what her fate might have been had she not met him.
Rating: PG13 (12,975 words)
Easter (by Rona)
Summary: A short introspective piece as a son waits to hear if his father will live.
Rated: T (1,075 words)
Beauty is the Lover’s Gift (by Rona)
Summary: When Joe falls sick with a fever after Julia Bulette’s death, Ben remembers his relationship with Julia.
Rated: MA (8,380 words)
Among the Bones of My Ancestors (by EPM)
Summary: A peaceful summer morning turns into a struggle of the spirit as well as the body.
Rated: K+ (5,300 words)
A Long Shadow (by Rona)
Summary: A WHN for the episode Emily. Can a leopard really change its spots? How did Joe manage to cope with Emily living in Virginia City?
Rated: K+ (9,220 words)
Plague (by Susan G)
Summary: An epidemic strikes Virginia City, and the Ponderosa.
Rating: T (13,280 words)
Cartwright Saga # 1 – The Lawyer (by Lyn Robinson)
Summary: This is the first chapter of a Cartwright Saga involving all four of the family, explaining Adam`s absence but with his eventual return.
Rating: G (30,350 words)
The Marriage of True Minds Part 1 (by Deborah)
Series: Adam in the Outback (11 of 16)
Summary: This is the eleventh story in my “Adam in the Outback” series. Part 1 takes place during 1894 through 1896.
Rated: T WC 49,000
Adam In The Outback Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Dedims Tot Pignora Fatis – aka Hostages to The Fates (by Rona)
Summary: A tense situation at the Ponderosa leads Ben to see his sons as hostages to the fates.
Rated: T WC 8000
Becoming A Man (by Christy)
Summary: When the Cartwright brothers have to face their worst nightmare, Little Joe decides to take matters in to his own hands. Will he survive to show his family he really is the man his father raised?
Rating G (10,520 words)
That Which Makes a Better Man (by Camera Chic)
Summary: After Ben and Adam arrive back at the Ponderosa to find Joe beaten, starved and almost dead, tied in his room, the Cartwrights search for the answer to the question, “Why?”.
Rating: PG-13 for violence (21, 030 words)
Martha Stewart on Bonanza (by Robin)
Summary: A look at a visit by Martha Stewart. Rating: T (1,185 words) Author’s Note: The REALLY Losts are satires of the series written with much affection, eye rolling, and winks. And can be somewhat risque’. Martha Stewart on Bonanza A REALLY Lost Blank Verse As inspired by a…
