Category: Drama
Sanctuary (by the Tahoe Ladies)
Summary: A short tale of fear and wishing for it all to be over… But then there was that voice.
Rated: K – Word Count: 626
Meat in the Middle (by Helen A)
Summary: To the victor go the spoils.
Rating: K (500 word)
Adam and the Chain Gang (by Jenny G)
Summary: A dark story. Snake bitten on the trail, Adam is captured by white slavers, tortured by his twisted captors and sold into hard labor in Canada while his frantic family searches for him.
Rating: PG-13 Violence and abnormal psychology (48,740 words)
Favorite Son (by LisaA)
Synopsis: Ben is on a trip with his three sons and is forced to choose between them who must live or die.
Rating: PG
Words: 14,500
Helping Hands (by Helen A)
Summary: Joe is ambushed and left to die on a lonely road.
Rated: T (20,900 words)
Never Alone (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: The first weeks after the death of Inger Cartwright, as seen through the eyes of young Adam. The time and location of her death correspond to the Heritage of Honor series, which differs to a minor degree from the series.
Word Count: 2680 Rating: K+
Heritage of Honor Series, links to all stories of this series included.
Betwixt and Between (by SandyW)
Synopsis: Adam Cartwright is 17, not a boy anymore, but not yet a man. How he and his father deal with the problems surrounding this transitional period for Adam.
Rating: G (13,750 words)
When the Time Comes (by Gwynne)
Summary: Deeply troubled after his return from the Civil War, Adam finds redemption in helping a Rebel seek justice.
Rating: T (21,780 words)
Joy Comes in the Morning (by LaurieM)
Synopsis: Ben comes to terms with the loss of Marie as the Cartwright family celebrates the first Easter following her death
Rating: G
Words: 10,500
Heat Wave (by Helen A)
Summary: There’s more than one way to cool down during a heat wave, or did things just get steamier?
Rated: T WC 8100
Fourth Wife #2 – All in a Day’s Work (by Jenny G)
Summary: On his feet again after being shot, Adam finds his new stepmother ready to give birth, Hoss suffers a toothache, Ben pays a visit to Silver City and Joe finds trouble while trying to be a Good Samaritan.
Rating: G (41,590 word)
Fourth Wife Series, links to all stories of this series included.
Last Request (by the Tahoe Ladies)
Subject: The two surviving Cartwrights reunite after many years apart. Decisions need to be made.
This story was written by Tahoe Ladies Bailey and Irish.
Rated K+ Word Count: 5800
The Man In Black Rides Again (by deansgirl)
Summary: Thomas Stevens was more than grateful when a black clad rider helped him bring his sister’s attacker to justice.
Rated: K+ (1,130 words)
The Man in Black Series, links to stories within the series are included.
He Just Wanted To Help (by Lima)
Ben is away on business, leaving 22-year-old Adam in charge of the ranch and his brothers. However, a bank robbery in Carson City and Little Joe’s stubborn insistence on helping is more than enough trouble for him. After Adam forbids Joe from helping, the 10-year-old decides to take matters into his own hands and ends up in the hands of the robbers. Now the only chance Adam has of seeing his youngest brother again is to track down the robbers, and hope he finds them in time.
Rated: K+ (35,170 words)
One in One Hundred and Thirty (by KateP)
Summary: The story is an attempt to look at the effects of epilepsy on a sufferer and their family.
Rated: K+ (20,180 words)