Category: Drama
Branded and Shod (by Heidi)
Summary: A confrontation with horse thieves turns deadly.
Rating: T+ Words: 2,505
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Faith, Hope, and Family (by Heidi)
Summary: What holds a man like Adam Cartwright up when his confidence wavers?
Rating: G Words: 1,825
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Someone to Watch Over Me (by Heidi)
Summary: When Adam finds the Cooper children and their deathly ill Pa camped by the Carson River, getting them to the Ponderosa proves to be the least of his worries.
Rating: G Words: 49,855
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Because (by Heidi)
Summary: Joe has looked forward to his first cattle drive all year, but now that Adam, newly home from college, has offered to lead the drive instead of Pa, Pa has decided Joe had better stay home. Can anything sooth the injustice of it all?
Rating: G Words: 1,940
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When the Sun Goes Down (by Mia)
Summary: When life after loss seems too hard to deal with, Adam sneaks out for a night ride.
Rating: PG Words (8,145)
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Home to Stay (by Mia)
Summary: Months after Marie’s death, Ben is ready to come back to his life on the ranch. Now it’s a matter of finding the way back home.
Rating: PG (Words 3,680)
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My Brother’s Keeper (by the Tahoe Ladies)
Summary: The brothers perspective of the Season 4 episode.
Rated: K – Word Count: 7340
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Once Upon a Christmas Time (by AMG)
Summary: A story with a twist. It’s an any-Cartwright story category – it’s up to you to decide who the main hero is.
Rating: PG-13, violence Words: 6,161
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The Gun (by VRON)
Summary: More musings from Ben.
Rating: G Words: 1,215
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The Youngest Cartwright – by Lisa Orcutt
Summary: Little Joe teaches Adam and his father about compassion.
Rating: G Word Count: 11,150
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The Way it Should Be – by Lisa Orcutt
Summary: A new generation of Cartwrights, with very familiar names, breathes new life into the Ponderosa.
Rating: Word Count: 5,500
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Family Again? (by Lisa Orcutt)
Summary: A father’s ‘blindness’ to the past tore the family apart.
Rating: Teen Word Count: 12,240
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You Ain’t My Brother (by VRON)
Summary: Sometimes it’s hard being the eldest!
Rating: G Words, 1,210
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Water (by VRON)
Summary: Just brief musings from Ben. (Written in response to a challenge some time last year.) (actually years ago)
Rating: G Words: 1,045
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Right and Wrong (by VRON)
Summary: The new teacher spells trouble for young Adam and Hoss.
Rating: PG (Violence) Words: 5,150
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