Category: Drama
Troubled Waters (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)
Summary: A ‘what if’ I got off the episode “Day of Reckoning”. The story is centered on Ben, though all his sons will be in the story too. This story started after seeing the last part of the Bonanza episode “Day of Reckoning” and a ‘what if’ bee began buzzing in my ear. I realize Ben was wearing his shirt when he was staked out. I know where he was staked out at. However, those facts has been changed.
Rated: T (10,060 words)
Troubled Waters Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
Up in Smoke (by pbeaking)
Summary: 12 year old Adam Cartwright decides to try smoking with his friends. When the sheriff surprises the boys, their simple act of mischief turns in to near tragedy.
Rating: K+ WC 6300
A Night In San Francisco (by frasrgrl)
Summary: Adam and Joe are in San Francisco and all Adam wants is one night of culture.
Word Count: 502 Rated: T
A Matter of Intent (by Cheaux)
Summary: A WHN for A Matter of Circumstance.
Rated T+ for subject matter. (6,840 words)
Memories (by Sibylle)
Summary: A teen-aged Adam’s prank causes not only him alone to think things over.
Rated: K+ WC 3800
Adam and Ruth – #3 – In a Time of Miracles (by Bonanzaluver)
Summary: Adam and Ruth have enjoyed almost a full year of marriage but something seems to be missing and the other ‘ladies’ of Virginia City don’t seem to want to leave her alone about it. Meanwhile in an effort to make a little extra money for the couple, Adam takes a risky job unaware of who is really running it.
Rated: K+ (14,980 words)
Adam and Ruth Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
The Garden’s Secret (by bahj)
Summary: Punishment turns into a summer of memories, all while tending the garden.
Rating: K (3,900 words)
The End (by faust)
It’s the end. The end of everything–or is it?
No KAOS in this story. Honestly!
700 words, rated K
A Long and Twisted Path (by Sibylle)
Summary: This story tells about Marie’s first time living with Ben and his two sons. The beginning wasn’t easy …
Rated: K+ 5600
Church Bells (by faust)
Adam muses about church bells. Or about his family?
730 words, rated K
Revelation (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: When a man rescues one of Ben Cartwright’s sons not once, but twice; the stranger brings huge implications for the family. Will it bring them together or tear them apart?
Rating: Teen+ for mild language, violence, and mild adult situations. (61,135 words)
Howling at the Moon (by pbeaking)
Summary: Joe becomes concerned that his brother may be something other than human after reading a book about the behaviorisms of non-human beings. When Adam gets wind of Joe’s beliefs, he decides to have a little fun with younger brother.
Rating: K+ WC 5300
Alone (by Cheaux)
Summary: A moment in time in a special place.
Rated K. (505 words)
Something So Savage (by freyakendra)
Summary: Two unexpected visitors arrive at the Ponderosa within hours of each other: Adam’s favorite professor from college and a blue-eyed Indian with a skewed understanding of Paiute ways and a twisted view of good vs. evil. Join the Cartwrights as they struggle to get through a night of savage terror that marks Little Joe as a target—and his scalp as a trophy.
Rated: T WC 28,000
His Wild Irish Rose (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)
Summary: Adam is shot and left for dead.
Rated: K+ (16,625 words)
