Category: Drama
Mistaken Identity (by Lyn Robinson)
Summary: Joe tries to borrow money from his eldest brother, not expecting the disastrous consequences.
Rating: G (12,190 words)
It Seemed a Good Idea at the Time (by Lyn Robinson)
Summary: Joe causes chaos in Virginia City and needs his brothers help to extricate himself.
Rating: G (4,825 words)
Crossing Swords (by VickiC.)
Summary: Adam tried to get Joe out of trouble with Pa and Miss Jones, but only succeeds in making trouble for himself.
Rating: PG (13,470 words)
A Shot in the Dark (by Krystyna)
Summary: The question the Jury wanted answered was who shot Judd Clancy? It was a question to which the Cartwrights also required an answer as one of their own faced the charge of murder.
Rating: G (3,320 words)
The Past, The Present, and the Future (by Krystyna)
Summary: This could be considered a WHN of The Paiute War although it takes place two years after the events of that episode.
Rating: T (8,800 words)
Doing What Had To Be Done (by Rona)
Summary: A fall from a horse leaves Joe laid up. When disaster strikes, can he do as he was told and just watch from the sidelines?
Rated: K+ (9,980 words)
Vanished (by Karen)
Summary: Joe disappears while looking for strays
Rated: T (16,615 words)
One Helluva Day (by Meggy)
Synopsis: Adam, Hoss and Little Joe manage to test their father’s patience many times over in the space of one day. All four encounter a ‘first ever’ for the Cartwright family.
Rating: G (12,200 words)
Goodbye (by LizS)
Synopsis: Ben learns to let go.
Rating: G (1,730 words)
The Victor (by LizS)
Synopsis: Adam and Hoss take Joe to town, to help him turn his luck around. Rating: G (5,140 words)
The Ride Home (by LizS)
Synopsis: Adam is found after being held by Cain. Now with his family’s help he must find himself again. Rating: PG (14,750 words)
The Assassin – PTL – Rita
Synopsis: First in a series involving Joe and his love interest, Anna Ravinsky. Joe has to learn the identity of somone who has been hired to murder a prominent citizen of Nevada before its to late.
Rating: PG (12,000 words)
The Promise Trilogy – #1 (by Wrangler)
Summary: A ghostly apparition haunts Ben after Little Joe is feared dead. Can an act of fate restore that which is lost?
Rating T, WC 31,000
First in “The Promise” series, links to all the stories in this series are included within.
Courage aka The Mountain Trek (by Krystyna)
Summary: Bravery isn’t the absence of fear as Adam tells Joe, but carrying on as you know you should in spite of it.
Rating: T (3,780 words)
Silent Burden (by LisaA)
Synopsis: After a nightmarish experience, Adam and Joe find themselves riddled with guilt as they fight to keep their heavy burden a secret from their father and Hoss.
Rating: PG-13
Words: 27,500