Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
Mama Inger (Deutsche Fassung) – (by Sibylle)
Summary: Was kann den fünfjährigen Hoss dazu getrieben haben, von zu Hause wegzulaufen? Seine Familie macht sich große Sorgen und sucht ihn verzweifelt, doch er bleibt spurlos verschwunden ….
Rückmeldungen würden mich sehr, sehr freuen!
Rated: K+ WC 10,000
Happy Birthday, Hoss! (by DJK)
Summary: It’s Hoss’s first birthday, and Adam’s determined it will be special.
Rated: K+ Word count: 4765
Out of Boredom Comes Fishing (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: It’s only been a few months since Adam left the Ponderosa; this story finds Hop Sing and Little Joe in the kitchen, talking.
Rating K (990 words)
In Haste (by pbeaking)
Summary: In honor of Father’s Day… Ben Cartwright is the perfect model of a father, but even he can make mistakes with his children. This story is about how he acted in haste. He now must rekindle the relationship with his son, Hoss.
Rating: K+ WC 3400
Lucky Eight (by DJK)
Summary: Little Joe puts his lucky number to use, but will it be able to save him from trouble with his pa?
Rated: T warning: references to corporeal punishment. Word count: 5595
No Love Without Forgiveness, No Forgiveness without Love (by pbeaking)
Summary: Have you ever wanted something so badly that you’d do anything to get it? Let’s just say Little Joe and his best friend Mitch find out the hard way that sometimes finders keepers end up being finders weepers. Contains reference to corporal punishment.
Rating: K+ (4,485 words)
The Same Cloth (by faust)
Most unexpectedly, a trip to the barbershop with Little Joe brings Adam new appreciation of his little brother’s personality. An earthquake seems to play a major part in this…
3,000 words, rated K
I’m Already There… (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: For those who believe… After an accident, Little Joe asks one very important question that only one person can answer. Is it any surprise at the response he receives?
Rating: K (2,215 words)
Looking for Little Joe (by DJK)
Summary: Two short stories that begin with Adam and Hoss looking for their missing brother.
Rated: K+ Word count: 2916
Just at Checkers (by DJK)
Summary: Little Joe Cartwright would never cheat, well, not at anything but checkers.
Rated: K= Word count: 2918
In Defense (by pbeaking)
Summary: Joseph Francis Cartwright awaits sentencing. The judge is quick to blame the adults in his life for the boy’s actions. What can Joe say in defense?
Rating: K+ 1500
Little Ray of Sunshine (by Stetson1859)
Summary: Adam is trying to come to terms with Inger’s death, and finds comfort from an unexpected source.
Rated: K+ WC 897
Blueberry Burglary (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: When three pies go missing at the Ponderosa, everyone’s suspicions naturally turn to a particular Cartwright, but who actually ate all the pies?
Rated: K WC 2400
Up in Smoke (by pbeaking)
Summary: 12 year old Adam Cartwright decides to try smoking with his friends. When the sheriff surprises the boys, their simple act of mischief turns in to near tragedy.
Rating: K+ WC 6300
Memories (by Sibylle)
Summary: A teen-aged Adam’s prank causes not only him alone to think things over.
Rated: K+ WC 3800
