Category: Drama
Measure of a Man (by Kimberley)
Summary: Adam’s principles are put to the test.
Rating: PG
Words: 5,390
An Arabic Tale (by AMG)
Synopsis : Sheikhs, Arabs, and Cartwrights in the middle of it all
Rating and Reader’s Alerts : PG; alerts depend on how vivid your imagination is
Words: 8,830
Family Ties (by Kimberley)
Story Summary: A new woman in Ben’s life stirs up conflict for Joe.
Rating: G
Words: 13,380
Strength (by AMG)
Summary: Due to his weight, Hoss hurts Adam accidentally in a cart accident (pun not intended) and for the first time feels extremely bad about his own size. The family is trying to help.
Rating and Reader Alerts: PG, descriptions of pain
Words: 5,500
The Third Fondue Tale: Heidi (by Robin)
Summary: Why Pa Yodels
Rating: T (1,730 words)
Fondue Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
The Homecoming (by Kimberley)
Summary: Joe is reunited with a childhood sweetheart
Rating: Teen+
Words: 3,500
Fondue Too (by Robin)
Summary: The sequel to Marie, My Fondue.
Rating: T (935 words)
Fondue Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
Thanks, Pal (by EileenK)
Story Summary: Adam is severely injured and when he wants to die, he comes face to face with his Guardian Angel, who appears several times throughout the story. A sort of spoof of the movie “It’s A Wonderful Life”, but with a different twist.
Rating and Reader Alerts: Rating is G even though there is pain, suffering and sickness in this story.
Words: 9,500
Protective Urges (by Rona)
Summary: A series of mishaps and an illness show the Cartwrights that it’s not just Ben who has protective urges.
Rated: T (11,425 words)
Fondue #1 – Marie, My Fondue (by Robin)
Summary: Joe asks Ben about his mother, and learns more than he wanted to.
Rating: T (980 words)
Fondue Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
Coming Home for Christmas (by Rona)
Summary: Christmas is fast approaching on the Ponderosa, but for the Cartwrights, it is not the season to be jolly, for Joe has been missing for two months. What has happened to him and will he ever come home?
Rated: T (11,235 words)
A Kindness Cherished (by EileenK)
Summary: A story of curiosity, kindness, friendship, and compassion on Adam’s part.
Rating and Reader Alerts: G
Words: 10,800
Blundered Seduction (by DebbieB)
Summary: Caught with his pants down and in a compromising situation by the one person he’d least likely want to find him as such, Joe learns three valuable lessons; no one ever died of embarrassment, chose your friends carefully, and being 16 and still a virgin is nothing to be ashamed of.
Rated: R (Has one scene with sexual content) (16,700 words)
Please contact the author via eMail to receive a copy of this story DLB1248@aol.com
Cooking with Steamy Julia (by Robin)
Summary: Cooking isn’t the only thing happening in the kitchen, and elsewhere.
Rating: M (715 words)
A Camping Story (by BeckyS)
Summary: Adam takes four-year old Little Joe on a camping trip and a lesson in vocabulary.
Rating: G (2,400 words)
