Category: Drama
His First Time #2 – Return to Boston (by EROS)
Summary: Follow Adam as he returns to Boston six years after graduating college.
Rating: MA – Mature Audiences only SEXUALLY EXPLICIT (7620 words)
His First Time Series, links to stories included within.
Desperate Rescue (by devilwind)
Summary: A WHI for “Desperate Passage.” After rescuing Mary Burns from the Paiutes, Joe has to be saved as his attempt to mount an Indian pony and ride to safety goes awry.
Rating: T (Some Violence) WC: 3396
It Almost Seems Like Yesterday (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Twenty years etched into the memory of a man who stands at the crossroads of his life.
Rating: K (10,815 words)
Imagine My Surprise (by CwrightGirl)
Summary: Griff King’s inner-thoughts on what made him change his mind about Hoss Cartwright’s true character . 1st Person POV
Rating: K Word-Count: 2,685
Adam Just and Aida (by BettyHT)
Summary: Sexually explicit sections in the story that explains why Adam has been gone from the Ponderosa for eight years. It is Adam centric but the other Cartwrights have significant parts in the story as well.
Rating MA. WC = 36118
Adam Just Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Much Too Soon… (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: News of his father’s death brings a son home.
Rating: K (6,710 words)
Different (by Patina)
Summary: People have pegged Hoss as different his whole life. Is he really that different from his father and brothers?
Written for the 2014 Bonanza Roundup 2 Writer’s Seminar.
1824 words
In Absentia (by Belle)
Summary: The boys have been forced to accept heartrending loss. Is it time to move on? K+ (15,750 words)
In Absentia Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Big Sisters, Little Brothers and Moving Mountains (by freyakendra)
Summary: A lost little girl, a restless Little Joe and a hungry puma converge, sparking a story that explores what it means to have family looking out for you–or counting on you to look out for them.
Rated: K+ (word count: 9,300)
Fallen Angel (by DJK)
Summary: Little Joe’s escapade at Jack Wolf’s Place leads Adam into a serious situation.
Rated Strong T warning: (mature ideas and references but no explicit content, mention of corporal punishment) Word count: 8068
Sacred Promises / Malicious Games (by MissJudy)
Summary: A “What might have happened” story for the Crucible, this story tells of Adam’s experience as a 12-year-old with a madman who played games with his mind. It begins with a prologue from the Crucible, but then switches back 20 years to the time when Ben returns from New Orleans after completing a sacred promise made to Jean DeMarigny before he died. The boys have been living with a widow in the town near the Ponderosa, eagerly awaiting Pa’s return. Neither expect the surprise Ben brings back with him, but Hoss adapts easily to Marie, while Adam likes her, yet feels he doesn’t need a “mother.” A sacred promise Adam has made to his own mother puts him at odds with Ben. Adam leaves home and sets out to prove himself a man after hearing a conversation between Marie and Ben that indicates his father plans to send his oldest son away since he won’t do as he’s told. All goes well until a man named Levi shows up and unleashes his own personal war against Adam.
Rating: T Word Count: 30,000
Life’s Lessons (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: A companion story for the episode, Second Sight.
Rating: K+ (9,680 words)
He Would Have (by DJK)
Summary: A short WHN for Hoss’s loss of Margie.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 694
In the Shadow of Love (by bahj)
Summary – Told in jigsaw puzzle fashion, follow Adam Cartwright as pieces from the past eventually come together to form his future in this story of love, courage, and sacrifice.
Rated PG-13 (Violence and Thematic Elements) Word Count – 30,501
Never Forgotten (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: A most important day in the life of young Little Joe, and he feels neglected.
Rating: K (2,075 words)
