Summary:  Ben spends a day on the front porch while laid-up with a bad ankle and discovers that it is impossible to become bored with his three sons around.
Rating:  G  (8,300 words)

Summary:  A much-anticipated train trip for the Cartwright family may be spoilt.
Rating:  T  (6,950 words)

Summary: The Cartwrights find themselves in financial trouble when they try to honour a timber contract.
Rating:  T  (8,850 words)

Summary:  Edited to add chapters to address issues left unresolved. A trip to help an old friend and confronting an old nemesis propels Adam to make a decision that alters the course of his life.  None would have anticipated the twists of fate in store for him once he decided to pursue goals that had only been dreams.

Rating:  T  Word count:  46,865

Summary:  Adam faces a long road home after suffering PTSD when a miner tortured him in the desert. He is afraid he killed Kane, because he cannot remember those last moments, until Joe supplies a ‘trigger.’ 

Rating:  G  8,780 words

SUMMARY:  Joe is quite the talker especially when it involves finding a way to avoid work, but it is more difficult when his father is right there.  He’s clever enough though to find a way that even his father appreciates.

Rating:  PG    Word Count:  1321

SUMMARY:  Father and son have a quiet talk in a special place and find that the past left an impact that affects decisions that have to be made.

Rating = PG  Word Count = 1673

Summary: When Ben finds Adam to let him know it’s time to head home from a neighbor’s party, he can see that his son is upset and trying to hide it. Although his son won’t offer any information, Ben suspects Marie knows what happened, and once home, they’re able to put together the pieces of what 15 yr old boy overheard, and why he looked so stricken. The truth makes Ben seek Adam out for a father-son talk.

Rating: K           Word Count: 6024

Summary: It is five years later, and there are children to bring to school, to teach lessons and guide, and to protect and the rest of the family dynamic to withstand because it’s never easy on the Ponderosa as the brothers learn to be fathers.
Rating: T  Word count: 14,908

Summary: A What Happens Next for ‘The Magnificent Adah’.  As Hoss finishes one last beer, Little Joe heads outside to saddle Cochise and wait for him – little knowing the deadly danger that lurks in the dark.
Rated: PG-13 for brutality, violence, and graphic images
Word count: 14770

Summary: A tale for our times.  17 year old Adam Cartwright is sure he’s up to taking care of his two younger brothers while his Pa and Marie head into town.  And he would have been, had an unseen and deadly enemy not come to call. 

Rated PG-13
Word count: 20,692

Summary: A WHN for The Hopefuls – a conversation between brothers after Adam said farewell to Regina Darien.  2020 April BTR Collaboration story – AC1830 and AH83
Rating: G, Word Count: 1403

Summary: This sequel to “The Duet” has Martha Louise singing with both Adam and Hoss one fine Easter.
Rating: K+ word count: 2666

Duets Series, link to all stories are included within.

Summary: Adam is accused of things he didn’t do. When he finds a strange message left behind in Virginia City, he starts out on a quest to save his identity.

Rating PG.  Word count 14,248

Summary:  The Triangle episode has always bothered me. It showed an upbeat Adam who was always chipper and jolly. Yet he’d been seriously injured, and was not having optimal outcomes when it came to walking again. He would certainly have gone through some very dark times while considering his future in a wheel chair.  In addition, he had to have felt Laura’s coolness and emotional absence, since she loved Will. This is my personal adaptation of that episode with a little backstory. It is a realistic and gritty look at the likely medical outcomes of the fall; the emotional battles Adam would have faced, and the power of brotherly love.

Rating: K

Word Count: 17425