Summary:  Adam finds himself in a predicament and needs his family to help him. It lets him recapture the trust he needed to feel that he was truly at home.

rating = T  WC = 19808

Truth Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary:  Little Joe Cartwright can’t believe it when Clay Stafford enters his life again …nor can his brothers for very different reasons. Is Clay back for good? Are his motives honest and above board? And who is the man with whom he keeps in contact?

Rating:  T  (55,545 words)

Summary:  The death of Marie and what led to it trigger years of difficulties for Adam Cartwright and his family building the Ponderosa but with trouble holding the family together. The truth can let them move forward but it takes a long time before Ben admits it.

WC = 61660  rating = T

Truth Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary: An angry gunslinger, a pretty lying girl, an irate father…what more does Little Joe need to keep himself in trouble?  

Rated PG  WC 8300

Summary: On the occasion of Mark Twain’s death, Adam tells his grandson a story that Mark told him about Adam’s brothers.

rating:  K+  WC = 1091

Summary: Ben tries to make sense of Jennifer Carlisle’s sudden reintroduction into his life. Some of Ben’s thoughts during and following the season 11 episode “Is There Any Man Here?”

Rating: K+  Word Count: 1125

Summary: Little Joe wants a solo hunting trip, but he won’t be as alone as he thinks he is when he gets his grand adventure.  Story features Joe but Ben and Adam have prominent roles too.

rating = T  WC = 1346

Summary:  A story of the events leading up to Adam’s illness that led Ben to reflect on his first wife in Elizabeth, My Love.

Rating: K+  (8,188 words)

Summary: Adam and Hoss rescue a young girl named Cassie from the river after a flash flood hits the wagon she’s traveling in. What happens next?

Rated: K+ (11,950 words)

Summary: When Little Joe tries to keep his friend from getting in trouble things go all wrong for the youngest Cartwright.

Rated PG  WC  26,000

Summary:The Cartwrights become the target for murder when cattle thieves decide they want more than just the herd; they want the entire Ponderosa empire.

Rated:PG; mild curse words, just 3 or 4  (14,900 words)

Summary:  Adam has a new wife who has much to learn about him, about the Ponderosa, and about being a Cartwright, but it turns out that she’s a great learner as she and Adam face a number of difficulties.

rating = T  WC = 18676

Very Series, links to stories within the series are included.

SUMMARY:  Under a new Administration, Commodore Cartwright is sent to search for a missing murder suspect. While on the Ponderosa, a tragic event at the school leads to disaster for the family.  This is the tenth story in the world of Captain Cartwright.

Rating:  T  (185,155 words)

Captain Cartwright Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary:  Adam has a lot of things go wrong for him on the Ponderosa causing him to leave.  His travels and accomplishments are fulfilling, but despite all the people he meets, he longs for his home and family.

WC = 62739  rating = T

Very Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary: This story is a spin off from an episode called The Tall Stranger in which Hoss proposed to Margie Owens and lost out to Mark Connors, who married Margie and then dumped her. Hoss found Margie just before she died in childbirth.

In this story Hoss is battling the worse misery of his life as he struggles to overcome a broken heart with no hope of ever seeing Margie again. He has to suffer physical anguish, and experience other peoples direst heartache, before he can bury the past and get on with his life, find happiness and return home to his family.

Rating:  T  (21,580 words)