Category: Drama
Picking Up the Pieces (by pbeaking)
Summary: Ben returns to the Ponderosa after a month long absence in San Francisco. He brings along a long time family friend as a guest in the house. A warm homecoming soon turns into turmoil when Joe finds this guest a threat to his mother’s memory and Adam adds to the issues by choosing to announce his plans for the future at the most inopportune time. It is up to Ben to pick up all the pieces and reassemble his family once more.
Rating: K+ WC 12,000
Counting Stars (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Ben asks Hoss to ‘bring Joe inside’, which leads to a brotherly conversation about the one who’s missing.
Rating: K (940 words)
Between First Borns (by DJK)
Summary: Adam has a chance meeting with Clay after Clay has left the Ponderosa. Tag for “First Born”
Rated: K+ Word count: 1445
Between First Borns Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Night Music (by DJK)
Summary: Adam is surprised with a little night music. A story for the halloween season.
Rated: K+ Word count: 1471
Water Nymph (by DJK)
Summary: Little Joe is searching the river when the memories come.
Rated: T Word count: 2592
Toby (by bahj)
Summary: Adam recalls his first meeting with an old friend. A WHB for “The Ride”
Rating K+ / Word count: 1340
Restoring the Heart of the Ponderosa – Part 1 (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Circumstances bitter Adam’s homecoming, setting him and his family on a personal quest to restore the heart of the Ponderosa.
Rating: T (46,330 words)
To Everything, There is a Season #5 – Family Ties (by MonicaSJ)
Summary: Adam and Shiloh are in their seventh month of marriage and have been busy learning the boundaries of married life and how to live with each of their busy schedules. They think the ghosts of the past are gone. The worst is behind them, In life, things can change in an instant. They think they’ve learned to compromise.
Rating: PG-13 Reader Alert: Some violence, mild adult situations
(159,575 words)
To Everything, There is a Season Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
A Misconstrued Statement (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Hoss attempts an explanation to Ben of who is coming down the street, and why.
Rating: K+ (900 words)
Ben’s Boys (by DJK)
Summary: This is a set of four vignettes written in response to various prompts.
Rated: K+ Word count: 2431
Ben’s Boys Series, links to stories within the series are included.
One Candle (by Cheaux)
Summary: A tragic event in Virginia City sends shock waves across the globe and spurs Adam to return home to find the truth.
Rated: T WC 16,000
Fresh Start (by DJK)
Summary: Once again Adam is the new kid.
Rated: K+ Word count: 1131
Waiting to Sleep (by mamse5)
Summary: Ben isn’t really a worrier. Then again, who knows what a parent thinks about, when beloved sons haven’t returned after a Friday night dance.
Rated: K+ WC 2000
Have a Civil New Year (by Michele)
Summary: Aaron and Rebekah Kaufmann have a New Year’s Day that starts out badly.
Rated: K+ (605 words)
Counterpoint – Michael Rode the Butter Shore (by JoaniePaiute)
Summary: Inspired by sklamb’s “Not Without My Son,” this story is a collaboration between JoaniePaiute and sklamb.
A double-vision exploration of the conclusion to “The Crucible,” prompted by Cheaux’s November 15 2013 Pinecone challenge. Although these stories can stand alone, they were written in close coordination and benefit from being read in sequence.
Michael Rode the Butter Shore by Joanie Paiute.
Alleluia by SKLamb.
Rated: T (2,894 words)
