Category: Drama
Little Joe’s Seventh Birthday (by muffinstuffin)
Summary: This is a story I wrote many years ago. Thought you might like to read it. It’s just a bit of a fun birthday story.
Rating: G, Word Count: 757
Hellbent, Population – 98 (by Wrangler)
Summary: On a layover in the town of Hellbent, Ben and Joe find out that there are ghosts in ghost towns. Now they recount their story to Hoss and hope he believes them. Rating T WC 16,326
Ghostly Miracle (by BettyHT)
Summary: It started as an October pinecone but I couldn’t stop. A little bit spooky but nothing to keep you up at night — probably.
Rating: PG Word count: 1430
When October Goes (by Wrangler)
Summary: Ben disowns Little Joe; Adam fights him in town and Hoss ignores him. Now everyone wants to know why. The reason lies in October.
Rating T, WC 41,844
I’m Already There (by Wrangler)
Summary: Little Joe doesn’t know what to do with himself when Pa is delayed and can’t make his seventeenth birthday. A simple sweet tale.
Rating T, WC 3326,
Rarely Pure, Never Simple (by JC)
Summary: Joe Cartwright makes a choice between his family and the woman he loves. (An extra scene for the Julia Bulette Story.)
Rating: T Word Count: 716
The Declaration (by Pat D in PA)
SUMMARY: An older brother mourns his believed failure in keeping a promise. Written for the 3rd Quarter 2025 Chaps and Spurs Writing Challenge.
RATING: K/G WORD COUNT: 1,335
If Your Heart Cries Out Tonight (by Wrangler)
Summary: Little Joe reflects back to when he challenged an important decision that his father made. Now, at seventeen, he discovers why Pa was right.
Rating T WC 10,225,
Maude (by BettyHT)
Summary: Hoss wants Maude, but she and Adam develop an unlikely relationship. Eventually Hoss benefits from the couple’s relationship in a way no one could ever have predicted but only after they experience a series of adventures.
Rating: PG Word count: 24,152
Sick Love (by bonanzagirl)
Summary: Joe wants to end a relationship, but the girl has other ideas.
Rating: PG-13 Word count: 10600
The Zephyr (by Wrangler)
Summary: When a man seeking revenge traps Pa in a mine, Little Joe races against time to find him. Adam, Hoss, and Hop Sing must then rescue them both.
Rating T, WC 23,175
The Burden of Guilt (by CareBear)
Summary: Adam carries a self-enforced burden of guilt, haunted by memories of the past that are dredged to the surface by Delphine’s death.
Rating: T (violence) Word Count: 6823
Not Til We Find Him (by Patina)
Summary:. A missing son, a father’s search. A WHIB and WHI for The Crucible.
Rating: T Word Count: 5,353
First Drive (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: There’s a first time for everything and everyone.
Rating:K+/T Word Count: 12,449
Remember When (by Wrangler)
Summary: Ben recalls a bittersweet moment from the past when a special gift from Little Joe caused a big misunderstanding. (A rare shorter story)
Rating T WC 2,568,
