Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
Adam Through The Ages (by BettyHT)
Summary: A series of stories about Adam after college from ages twenty-three to twenty-right and then from thirty-five to forty with troubles within the family as well as against outsiders who want something from the Cartwrights. The chapters follow one another but each one could stand on its own as a complete story.
WC = 218,113 Rating = T
A Rainy Day Tale (by MissJudy)
Summary: Marie and Ben’s attendance at a funeral in town leaves Adam at the Ponderosa to watch six-year-old Hoss, and seven-month-old Little Joe. The day of babysitting gets started with only minor difficulties, but takes a frightening turn as a late-season thunder storm hits the area, trapping the parents in town overnight, and making the boys rely on all that they’ve learned to get by alone.
Rating: K Word Count: 12,862
Santa’s Helpers (by Patina)
Summary: An intruder takes advantage of an innocent little boy in order to rob the Ponderosa.
Rated K+
WC=2328
Truth Be Told (by BettyHT)
Summary: The death of Marie and what led to it trigger years of difficulties for Adam Cartwright and his family building the Ponderosa but with trouble holding the family together. The truth can let them move forward but it takes a long time before Ben admits it.
WC = 61660 rating = T
Truth Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Always With Me (by BettyHT)
Summary: Little Joe wants a solo hunting trip, but he won’t be as alone as he thinks he is when he gets his grand adventure. Story features Joe but Ben and Adam have prominent roles too.
rating = T WC = 1346
You Just Wait and See (by DebbieB)
Summary: When Little Joe tries to keep his friend from getting in trouble things go all wrong for the youngest Cartwright.
Rated PG WC 26,000
There’s Gold Diggers in Them There Hills (by DJK)
Summary: In this sequel to “The Most Eligible Bachelor in Nevada”, a modern day Little Joe and Hoss try to save Adam from a woman they are sure is a “gold digger”.
Rating: Teen for mature references Warning: reference to corporal punishment
word count: 11050
The Most Eligible Bachelor Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Swimming (by pjb)
Summary: When a friend dies unexpectedly, fourteen-year-old Joe struggles with grief, loss, and the age-old question: “Why?”
Rated PG WC 18,000
Counting Mistakes (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: How many mistakes could he make in one afternoon?
Rating: K (1,415 words)
The Most Eligible Bachelor in Nevada (by DJK)
Summary: “Adam is going to kill me.” A school-age Little Joe tells you why in this modern era Cartwright story. Warning: references to literal corporal punishment and figurative fratricide
rating: teen for mature references word count: 4584
The Most Eligible Bachelor Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Kiss and Tell (by DJK)
Summary: A dance, a kiss in the moonlight, and once more his brothers are tasked with saving Little Joe .
rating: mature for references to adult themes and corporal punishment
word count: 4,454
All The Fun Of The Fair (by Sibylle)
Summary: Ben and Adam visit a small fair on their way West. Prequel 1835
WC: 670 Rating: K
Just the Way They Are (by BettyHT)
Prequel. After Adam returns to the Ponderosa from college, Joe harbors a lot of jealousy of Adam and it colors all of his interactions with his oldest brother. The trip home from a cattle drive and a series of unfortunate events will begin healing the rift between the brothers.
WC = 8613 Rating: T
Don’t show off (by Sibylle)
Summary: Ben waits for Adam on his first day at school. (Prequel, 1837/Seedling Challenge)
Rated: K Word count: 1660
The Devil in Disguise (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Learning bits and pieces of the past enforces a difficult lesson regarding thinking before one acts, and the need to hear both sides of a story before reacting. With the family poised to fall apart, can harmony be restored?
Rating: T (16,235 words)
