Category: Drama
Sunrise (by Sierra Girl)
Summary: When Adam, Hoss and Little Joe sneak out in the early hours for Adam’s last childhood adventure, their father’s reaction is not what they expect. A prequel set in the months before Adam leaves for college.
Rating: K Word Count: 3,527
More Than a Memory (by JC)
Summary: Adam re-assesses his life in the aftermath of his broken engagement to Laura Dayton. (WHB and WHN for “Triangle”, written for the 2017 Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament)
Rating: T Word Count: 4,221
More than a Memory Series, links to all stories included within.
Lucky Streak (by faust)
Summary: Adam and Joe are caught in a cave in. Adam is not amused.
3,937 words, rated K+
Emma (by Juanita)
Summary: A letter from a far away island makes Ben remember an old love.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 1,636
When Spring Comes Again (by Foreverfree)
Summary: Two years ago, the girl Joe Cartwright loved moved away and married another man without an explanation or even a goodbye. Now she is back – as a young widow.
Rating: T Word Count: 5,543
Always (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: The days and weeks after one of the worst times on the Ponderosa culminates in a moment between father and son. What should have happened.
Rating: G (625 words)
Remembering Hoss Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Turn, Turn, Turn (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam had a fall at work, but things got worse until he had to give up his job and move back to the Ponderosa. There he tells his family the news. No one wants to accept it, and they keep trying to find a better answer. A French doctor offers hope, but Adam is reluctant to accept that things will go his way. Added the first story in the series, A Rolling Stone, and a short flashback story, Snow Angels, at the end. Each story can stand on its own and is marked as Part I, II, or III.
Rating T Word count 49,403
Obscuration (by PSW)
Summary: WHB for Winter Kill. Returning from Montana, Ben, Hoss, and Joe witness a rare natural phenomenon.
Rating: K Word Count: 1899
The Squirrel’s Stash (By Questfan)
Summary: I’ve been playing in the Pinecone Challenge for a while and decided to post the collection here. Each chapter has a lyric prompt and had to be no more than 500 words.
Word Count: 5205 Rating: T
The Telling of a Nightmare (by Julee)
Summary: Bolstered and strengthened by his father and brothers, Adam comes to grips with his ordeal in the desert, but only after an intense night during which the story is told.
Rating K+ Word Count 4,740
Like You Were (by PSW)
Summary: Ben reflects.
Rating: K Word Count: 530
Scenes From Our Next Life Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Neighbors and Friends (by PSW)
Summary: A missing child brings together the Coffees and the Cartwrights, as well as a young Dr. Paul Martin.
Rating: K+ WC: 28,370
All Lynchin’ Aside… (by PSW)
Summary: A WHN for A Hot Day for a Hanging; or, the aftermath of an attempted lynching.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 8060
Home Is Never Far Away (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: Ben and Adam’s summertime musings following Kenny and Susan Clarke’s stay at the Ponderosa. WHN Blessed Are They.
Rating: K Word Count: 654
The Deadeye Kid Rides Again (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Little Joe once again draws inspiration from his favorite dime novels when he is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Rating: K+ Word count 15,138
The Deadeye Kid Series, links to stories within the series are included.
