Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
A Still Small Voice (by MissJudy)
Summary: Adam has been away at school for two years when he starts having vivid dreams about his youngest brother. He wonders why his memories center around Little Joe even while he misses his entire family. What he is about to find out will shake his certainty about many things and make him look for a clue hidden in his dreams.
Rating: K (Word Count 22490)
The Misadventures of Little Joe Cartwright ~ Book I (by bahj)
Summary: After going into town to buy a present for Hoss, Little Joe runs into a mysterious stranger with a bag of golden coins.
Rating: T Word count: 29698
Part of the Misadventure Series, links to all stories included within.
Every Day Is a New Day (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: A brief window into the Cartwright family if Inger had lived.
Rating: K Word Count: 1,482
The Razor’s Edge [aka A Close Shave] (by freyakendra)
Summary: At thirteen, Joe decides to practice shaving, only to discover that growing up isn’t just about growing whiskers. (This story introduces an OC named Jackson Cooper, aka Coop.)
(Word Count: 4500; Rating: K)
The Picker (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: “I-I’ve come to ask you for your daughter’s hand, Sir.”
Rated: K+ (1,244 words)
In the Child’s Best Interest (by MissJudy)
Summary: In this early prequel, Ben Cartwright and 4-year-old Adam stop in Cleveland where pay was good at the docks. Ben hopes to earn enough to start the final leg of their journey to Missouri, and a wagon train west. But a couple at their boarding house have plans for Adam that don’t include Ben. The story ends 26 years later as Ben helps Adam recall the ordeal and the outcome.
Rating: K (27,135 words)
He was Brave that Day (by Robin)
Summary: It all started with Hoss saving the life of a neighbor.
Rating: T (6,800 words)
Julia (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: A prequel to “The Julia Bulette Story”. It attempts to explain the apparent connection between Ben and Julia.
Rating: T Word Count: 2480
Je T’aime, Ma (by pulitzer2016)
Summary: Eleven-year-old Adam never wanted another stepmother, but now that Marie is on the Ponderosa – and six months’ pregnant – there’s little he can do but be polite and try not to think of the beloved stepmother he lost. But when Ben goes away on a business trip and Marie is injured, Adam must ride alone for help. Along the way, he realizes that things have a way of becoming precious, even when we don’t intend them to.
Rating: K Word Count: 12,446
Mama’s Angel (by Ellie248)
SUMMARY: A Cartwright Christmas Past. A tradition begun.
Rating K (1,407 words)
Ben and Miss Barbara (by Robin)
Summary: Between the trial and Paiutes, tensions are running high in and around Virginia City.
Rating: T (9,410 words)
“Neked” Women (by Robin)
Summary: Did Little Joe really see what he thought he saw? Adam can’t believe the implications of Joe’s revelation.
Rating: T (3,800)
Bed Time #3 – Bed Time 1848 (by Robin)
Summary: It’s bed time in 1848.
Rating: K (4,420 words)
Bed Time Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Good Intentions (by BettyHT)
Summary: A prequel story with LJ at thirteen, Hoss at nineteen, and Adam at twenty-five. In the first part, Little Joe decides to be good for three weeks as a gift to his father which sets off a chain of events while Adam decides to ride a couple of difficult horses that sets off a different chain of events. Everything comes together as does the family in time for a Christmas celebration. The second part of the story is a WHB for The Quality of Mercy and features Seth in a prominent role.
rating = T (26,563)
Bed Time #2 – Before Bed Time Too (by Robin)
Summary: Another night and another bed time
Rating: T (6,400 words)
Bed Time Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
