Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
Never Forgotten (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: A most important day in the life of young Little Joe, and he feels neglected.
Rating: K (2,075 words)
Cartwrights Return or a Story of The Prodigals (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Adam left the Ponderosa more than ten years ago; and now, a letter has arrived announcing his intent to return. This story is his, as well as his family’s.
Rating: T – for minor cursing. (53,360 words)
Haunted (by freyakendra)
After Little Joe’s testimony helps put a noose around the neck of a murderer, his nightmares are nothing compared to the reality that comes to haunt him.
Rated: T (word count: 25,450)
The Vision #2 – the epilogue (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Her dream is a reality and now they wait for the most important delivery.
Rating: T (3,590 words)
The Vision Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Das Kirchenpicknick (by Sibylle)
Die Familie Cartwright besucht ein Kirchenpicknick, alles ist harmonisch und friedlich – oder doch nicht? Prequel (1846)
Rating: K (2,650 words)
Emily’s Sir Eric (by DJK)
Summary: Hoss becomes a knight in shining armor to the daughter of a town drunk.
Rated: K+ Word count: 7913
Emily’s Sir Eric Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Rocky Mountain Oysters (by Shlynn)
Summary: Adam and Hoss seek revenge on Joe for the tricks he has played on them with the frogs and onions. This is the last part of the series. All can be read alone.
Rated: K+ (5,805 WORDS)
Tricks Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Don’t Let Him Kill Us (by JoaniePaiute)
Summary: A comedic prequel featuring 5-year-old Little Joe and introducing Tommy Coffee, Roy’s 7-year-old son. Oh, Hoss…why did you take your eyes off those two? Poor Adam…
Rated: K WC 3400
Little Joe, Tommy, and Annabelle Series
Don’t Let Him Kill Us
Word of Honor
Nightshade (by JoaniePaiute)
Summary: Ten-year-old Joe is tired of Adam treating him like a little kid. Enter Nightshade, Adam’s powerful and temperamental horse. What follows involves not only Joe and Adam, but some new Paiute friends and a revelation about Roy’s past.
Rated: K+ WC 16,000
My Dearest Mother (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Adam writes a letter to his mother during his last year of college.
Rated: K (585 words)
Short Stories #2 (by mumu74)
Summary: Short-stories about the Cartwright, being young or father.
Rated: K+ WC 6000
Short Stories Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Dah-Gey: A Fable Told by Hop Sing (by JoaniePaiute)
Summary: An extremely silly response to a Chaps & Spurs challenge. Also partly inspired by the thread “Feminizing the Cartwrights.” Little-Little Joe is driving Adam crazy. Hop Sing has the solution: it’s story time!
Rated: K WC 1400
Prudence and the Frog (by JoaniePaiute)
Summary: What girl wouldn’t be distracted by Adam Cartwright’s presence in church? Shy, reserved Prudence Dane is no exception. Enter little Bobby, a baby frog, and…well, the devil makes her do it.
Rated: K 1250 words
Night Ride (by DJK)
Summary: Young Adam has an encounter while out on a night ride.
Rated: T Word count: 2719
Wanting Whiskers (by DJK)
Summary: While trapped by a snowstorm, the Cartwright brothers learn a little something about each other.
Rated: T Word count: 1696
