Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
Some Never Learn (by BettyHT)
Summary: A prequel story in which Joe finds there are consequences for telling lies and getting even, and how you pay the price for those sooner or later, but will it change his way of thinking?
Rating: PG Word count: 1,316
Only Six Beers (by BettyHT)
Summary: In this prequel story, a young Hoss gets talked into something that has unpleasant consequences, but they are not the ones he expected.
Rating: PG Word count: 1909
Dumb Old Adam (by BettyHT)
Summary: This is a prequel story in which the brothers have a discussion before Adam leaves for college.
Rating: PG Word count: 1,325
Eagle’s Nest (by Sierras)
Summary: It is spring, and the winter has passed. Five-year-old Little Joe wanders off to find his mama who died a couple of months earlier. This is about the incident that is referenced by Ben to Little Joe in the episode “Between Heaven And Earth” written by Ed Adamson
Rating G
Word Count: 3,184
Will I Get Any Taller? (by BettyHT)
Summary: Twelve-year-old Little Joe Cartwright looks at his big brothers and is impatient to be as tall as they are and wants so much to break horses, but then he asks that most important question and gets an answer he definitely didn’t expect. It’s another of those tall tales his brother can tell so well.
Rating: PG Word count: 1,236
Letters and Lessons (by BettyHT)
Summary: In this prequel story, Little Joe is growing up, and one thing Ben strives to teach him is empathy and the importance of family.
Rating: PG Word count: 1.048
I Still Love You (by BettyHT)
Summary: In the sixth story of the Traci series, Roy and Mary Coffee help Ben see his role as a father more clearly.
Rating: T
Word Count: 3,414
The Traci Series, links to all stories included within.
Traci series #1: First Love, and Tragedy (by BettyHT)
Summary: This is a prequel to the Traci series of stories from several years ago. This story is to explain briefly Adam’s relationship with Traci and why it ended so abruptly.
Rating: T Word Count: 2637
The Traci Series, links to all stories included within.
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow (by JoanS)
Summary: Little Joe brings some unwanted guests to The Ponderosa and causes trouble for everyone.
Rating: G (6,600 words)
A Father’s Parable (by Missjudy)
Summary: When Ben finds Adam to let him know it’s time to head home from a neighbor’s party, he can see that his son is upset and trying to hide it. Although his son won’t offer any information, Ben suspects Marie knows what happened, and once home, they’re able to put together the pieces of what 15 yr old boy overheard, and why he looked so stricken. The truth makes Ben seek Adam out for a father-son talk.
Rating: K Word Count: 6024
A Simple Life (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Marie takes a moment to contemplate her life: past, present, and future.
Rated: K+ for mentions of death
Word count: 592
The Frail Branch (by McFair_58)
Summary: A tale for our times. 17 year old Adam Cartwright is sure he’s up to taking care of his two younger brothers while his Pa and Marie head into town. And he would have been, had an unseen and deadly enemy not come to call.
Rated PG-13
Word count: 20,692
Missy (by AC1830)
Summary: At a time of great sadness, one lost soul helps another.
Rating-K, WC-4150
Duets (by DJK)
Summary: This sequel to “The Duet” has Martha Louise singing with both Adam and Hoss one fine Easter.
Rating: K+ word count: 2666
Duets Series, link to all stories are included within.
Being Hoss (by AC1830)
Summary – In a brotherly moment Little Joe receives some wisdom from his middle brother.
Rating – K, Word Count – 1776
