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)

Summary:  After the Lotta Crabtree encounter, Little Joe is angry with Adam and events increase that as well as his jealousy. Adam is angry and acts accordingly. Ben and Hoss do their best to calm the waters but it takes a crisis to bring the brothers back together again.

WC = 15, 286  Rating = T

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

Summary:  How many mistakes could he make in one afternoon? 

Rating:  K  (1,415 words)

Summary:  A dance, a kiss in the moonlight, and once more his brothers are tasked with saving Little Joe .

rating:  mature for references to adult themes and corporal punishment

word count: 4,454

Summary:  Four Adam and Aida stories; sequels to Adam Just and Aida.  The first, Hallucinations, pits Adam against a sinister and clever enemy.  The second is meeting between Adam and Aida’s family.  The third is a Christmas story in which things just don’t go as planned.  The fourth is a story of what happens when some seek to deceive and others make mistakes; Candy also has a romance in that one.

Rating = T  WC = 60,527

Summary:  After leaving the Ponderosa, Adam has an enlightening  encounter with someone from the past.

rating: PG            word  count: 1,999     warning: mention of corporal punishment