Category: Drama
There’s Wisdom, and Then There’s… (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: He thinks he knows all it takes to be a cowboy; leaving Ben to wonder.
Rating: K (1,070 words)
Part of the Cowboy-isms Series, links included within.
Branded (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: Adam has been gone for six years and for four of those years, Ben has not heard from him. His last letter said he was coming home and that he had a surprise. Then Candy drops a huge bombshell during a casual conversation that leads to a trip to Texas and the beginning of much turmoil for the family.
rating = T WC = 25,065
Six Feet Deep (by freyakendra)
Summary: For a brief moment in time, Amy’s death brought Little Joe and Luther Bishop together. But when the moment ended and Luther realized he had nothing left to lose, burying the hatchet with Ben Cartwright took on a new level of meaning.
A What Happened Next Story for The Truckee Strip.
Rating: K+ (6,855 words)
Forever Changed (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: After concluding a business trip in San Francisco, Joe’s life is forever changed.
Rating: T (14,520 words)
Doppelganger (by BettyHT)
Summary: WHI for Death at Dawn in which the plot by Bryant is more complex than simply trying to save Farmer Perkins. Adam’s apparent failure to save his father as well as other events shake his confidence in his abilities, and it will take several crises and support from his family for him to regain his self-confidence.
Rating = T WC = 38683
Witch’s Sham (by BettyHT)
Summary: A family moves into the Virginia City area intent on causing trouble that will allow them to gain riches or so they believe. They do everything that they can to make that come true, but when they attack Adam Cartwright, things don’t work out the way that they hoped because they find that you can’t win when you come up against the Cartwright family.
rating = T WC = 23,554
Rosalie Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Band of Brothers (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)
Summary: Adam and Hoss travel to Stockton and find themselves joining forces with Jarrod and Heath to help Nick-who was adversely affected by the Civil War.
Rated: T (22,900 words)
Competition (by Belle)
Summary: No man deserves all the attention.
Rating: K+ (6,025 words)
Competition Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Family Ties (by Patina)
Summary: WHI for The First Born and WHN for The Last Viking. Can Hoss protect his younger brother when Clay Stafford reveals he’s Marie’s first born?
Rating: K
Word Count: 8114
Finn (by bahj)
Summary: There’s just something about Finn. Good or Bad. You decide.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 1952
Grief is Hard Work (by mumu74)
Summary: It happens after the family had been deeply touched by pain and sorrow. What can adults do and say to help children to cope with ?
Word Count: 5691 Rated: K+
If Not for Aura Lee (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: What happened after Jean was taken into custody, and Julia’s window went dark.
Rating: T (for mild cursing and references to adult themes) (11,940 words)
Partners (by Sibylle)
Summary: Adam tells his grandson about the first time the three Cartwright brothers were in mischief together (post timeline part: 1905, prequel part: 1848) .
Word count: 6441 Rating: K
Grand Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Saved by the Kind Mate (by heike)
Summary: When a dream becomes a nightmare – a “pre-prequel”
928 words, Rating: G
Someone to Watch Over Him (by Cheaux)
Summary: A Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament story for 2015 (A What Happened Instead for the episode “Bushwhacked” written by Preston Wood).
Word Count: 8974 Rated K+
