Category: Drama
Finding Bobby (by AC1830)
Summary: When traveling with a wagon train, friends come and go. But what if it’s your best friend, and you never got to say good-bye?
Rating – K, Word Count – 5854
Camping Trip (by Arien)
Summary: The brothers go camping, and there’s nothing better than telling a ‘ghost story’ around a camp fire, unless you try to tell the tale with these brothers.
Rating: G (1,220 words)
A Little Bit of Heaven – a tribute (by McFair_58)
Summary: This was written for Michael Landon’s 83rd birthday. He may be gone but he will never be forgotten! Joe and Hoss have a discussion.
Word count: 1216
Rated: G
When the Autumn Moon is Bright (by McFair_58)
Summary: Adam goes looking for his little brother in the woods on All Hallows Eve and finds more than he bargains for.
Word count: 2497
Rated: PG
The Mysterious Death of Amos Snead (by Bakerj)
Summary: Hoss’ suspicions over a death leads him and Joe to an unexpected encounter. This is my entry for the October Chaps & Spurs and the Bonanza Spooktacular challenge for October 2019.
Word Count: 1735 Rating: K
Home is the Sailor #7 – The Gap (by Krystyna)
Summary: A trip to San Francisco sets the family on an adventure.
Rating: T 198,800 words
Home is the Sailor Series, links to all the stories are included within.
Fuji stories (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: in Fuji, Joe asks Adam what the weird thing is that he has brought home. Adam says it is art. Hop Sing claims it is much more than that. Another tale for the Halloween season. Now includes the story of how Adam brought it home, Most of the Time, and the story of what happened next, Rest In Peace.
Rating = T Word count = 7974
Compass (by dbird)
Summary: The Cartwright brothers lose their way on a dangerous ride home…
Rating: K+ (11,050 words)
Blue Dress Enchantment (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: Trying to find shelter from a storm, the Cartwright brothers find another type of excitement at Smoky Joe’s Saloon that almost snares one of them forever.
Rating = T Word Count = 3288
Soul Searching (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: Adam needs to find the source of happiness before he can be happy. It is a struggle though as he has to work through a number of issues to get to that point.
Rating = T Word count = 30,312
The Lovelee Sisters (by MissJudy)
Summary: How can two lovely women showing up in Virginia City, a meeting to award a lucrative timber contract for the Transcontinental Railroad and the Cartwrights fit together? Find out in this mystery.
Rating: K Word Count: 50488
Evil (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: Adam’s life changed to a darker tone one night when he and a young lady shared some apples. Now Little Joe likes those same apples and Adam wants to protect him but can’t tell him the whole story. You can read it here though.
Rating = PG Word count = 2135
Heart of Stone (by McFair_58)
Summary: A new school teacher comes to town and Adam and Hoss fear their little brother is growing too attached to her. Little do they know that the real danger is to their father. Will Ben’s heart break if he dares to love again, and what secrets does this mysterious woman hold?
Word count: 50,584
Rated: PG-13
Big Bad John (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: Part of the story is a prequel and part is in the canon era as what happened many years earlier spurs Ben to an action which then has to be explained to his younger sons.
Rating: T Word Count: 2555
The Bride Train (by BZTrailriders)
Summary – Little Joe, with Hoss as his partner, has come up with another scheme to make money, but this time it’s for a worthy cause. However, there are some who are not happy at all with his business plan. Will the Bride Train arrive on time or will it be derailed before it ever leaves the station?
Rating: G, Word Count: 7268
