Category: Drama
Murder, He Wrote (by heike)
Summary: Deputy Clem Foster is trying to solve a crime. Little Joe is eager to help until his father becomes the main suspect.
Rating T WC 3100
Two on the Town (by DJK)
Summary: While accompanying Adam on a trip to San Francisco, a young Little Joe sneaks out with their host’s daughter to see the sights.
Rated: T Word count: 10834
More Than Enough Love (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: Having only been married a short time, Ben and Kate find themselves making a life-changing decision after the death of Kate’s sister.
***Warning – spanking used for disciplining children.***
Rated: T (37,265 words)
Ben Brown Series, links to all the stories for this series included.
When the Big Man Falls (by DJK)
Summary: A young girl must save Hoss’s life when he is left to die.
Rated: T Word count: 6479
Indiscretion (by pbeaking)
Summary: Nine year old Hoss Cartwright wants so very much to excel in school like his older brother, particularly when it comes to math. The pressure he puts on himself to achieve leads him to an act of indiscretion. Can he ever make things right again?
Rating: K+ WC 4900
One Shot (by rh2006fan / HeatherF)
Summary: A normal trip to the saloon turns tragic. I wrote this back in the summer, you may need some tissues with this too… Warning: Character death
Rated: T (1,450 words)
As Good as the Best Day He Ever Saw (by Patina)
Rating: K
Word Count=3794
Summary: A man’s self-image doesn’t always match his reflection in the mirror. Ben sets out to prove he’s not yet ready for porch-sitting.
Setting the Course (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: At the end of “A House Divided”, have you ever wondered why Adam wasn’t farther along to join the cause before Little Joe caught up with him? Adam had emotionally left the night before Ben‘s encounter with Frederick Kyle and Joe in town. Me… I don’t think it had anything to do with Adam’s response to Joe during the closing scene, “That lake really gets under your skin.”
Rating: K+ (800 words)
In Ten Years (by DJK)
Summary: Little Joe and Mitch are in a hurry to grow up.
Rated: K+ Word count: 1152
Only One Left (by Destiny Adams)
Summary: He is the only one left. Joe reflects. Written for the August Chaps and Spurs. Tissue warning!
Rated: K+ (1,150 words)
Not a Political Man (by faust)
Yet another discussion with Adam prompts Joe into doing something rash and potentially life-threatening—and into thinking more about politics than he ever wanted to.
2,600 words, rated K
It Isn’t Easy to Be the Youngest (by heike)
Summary: It isn’t easy for Jamie, to find his place in his new family. And for Joe the role of an older brother is new, too.
Rating: T WC 2700
If You Lie Down with Dogs (by DJK)
Summary: Adam tells a story of teenage rebellion. warning: mention of corporeal punishment
Rated: T Word count: 4067
Not A Normal Day (by frasrgrl)
Summary: Not a typical day on the Ponderosa.
Word Count: 1,795 Rated: K
Hiding in Fear (by BluewindFarm)
SUMMARY: An unenviable situation finds the brothers in hiding and praying they won’t be found.
Rating: K (640 words)
