Summary: When Joe and Mitch befriend two orphaned boys and try to help them, Ben has no idea where this new friendship will lead his youngest son. It would actually prove to be Ben’s spur-of-the-moment decision that would lead to disaster. All parents have acted in haste and he just prays he has time to set things right again.

Word Count: 60,173 Rating: T

Summary:   When 10 year old Joe Cartwright awakes screaming his pa’s name in the night, his brothers assume the young boy is afraid since their pa is away in Placerville. What they can’t know is that Joe’s nightmare is all too real and their brother’s reaction to it will catapult all four Cartwrights on a journey that will end with both their father and little brother losing their lives – unless Heaven intervenes.

Rating:  K+  (41,980 words)

Summary: At sixteen, Joe was champing at the bit to be counted as a man. Until the day where his choices could have dire consequences for both his brothers.

Word Count: 33,779 Rating: T

Summary:  This is a prequel in which Adam is at odds with Ben and with Hoss because of events that occur and words that are spoken in anger. A master manipulator is at work and needs to be stopped before things get any worse.  

Rating = T  WC = 13,369

Summary:  It’s never easy seeing your youngest taking another step towards manhood. 

Rating:  G  (715 words)

Tears of Growing Up Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary:  An unexpected guest brings a lot of surprises to the Cartwright brothers.  A story told by a twelve-year-old Joe.

Rated:  K     Word Count:  3265

Summary: All Joe wanted was some blackberry pie; was that too much to ask for? Yet Adam and Pa didn’t seem to have any consideration for it. At all.

2660 words, rated mild T (canonical violence and a mention of blood)

Summary:  Nightmares or metaphors, it all depends on the interpretation.  

Rated:  K   Word Count:  1540

Summary:  In this prequel, Little Joe is moving from childhood to adulthood and has mixed feelings about how to react to his older brother who is facing the task of how to fit back into the ranch he left as a boy to go to college but returned as a man who is still the boss’ son.

rating = T  (WC = 14,378)

Summary:  While in Waycross, someone told me that my stories are too long because she only reads the shorter stories.  She gave me a prompt for a shorter story, and here is the result:  A broken plate and a dropped plate lead to lessons learned.

(WC = 1090) Rating = PG

Summary: Ben and Adam argue over Adam’s education.

Word count: 1,045     Rating: K+

Summary: Seventeen-old-Joe Cartwright has planned to prove himself a man to the citizens of Virginia City by entering a fast draw competition on Founder’sDayy. But everything goes wrong and Joe is left publically thrashed and disgraced, when he find an unexpected friend in eleven-year-old Lilly.

A story about pride and prestige, fear and loss, but even more about the thing that makes us truly strong and happy – family love.

This is my 2015 BoNaNo submission and my first fanfic.

Rating: K+ (15,779 words)

Summary:  A heartfelt plea as the family tries to reunite in the wake of Marie’s death.

Rating:  K+ (2,655 words)

Summary:  This is a collection of four vignettes written to various prompts.

Rating:  G  (2,920 words)

Ben’s Boys Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary:  Little Joe thinks he’s found the perfect way to raise money to help Virginia City’s needy orphans, while providing a few side benefits for himself and his friends.  Originally published in Bonanza Gold.

Rating:  K  (7,470  words)