Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
Smelling a Rat (by Heike)
Summary: Rats in the classroom? Miss Jones sent her students home early, but is little Little Joe to blame for it?
Rating: K WC 1700
One Out Of Six (by Heike)
Summary: Little Joe and five of his school mates are playing a game that may come to a deadly end.
Rating: K+ WC 850
Kama… WHAT? (by heike)
Summary: Little Joe has a question and there is only one person to ask. For sure Hoss doesn’t know the answer and to ask Pa is completely impossible.
Rated: T (2,200 words)
The Painter (by LC)
Summary: Joe receives a very special gift and learns to follow his dreams, with some surprises along the way.
Rated: K (3,110 words)
To the Sky (by LC)
Summary: A glimpse of life with the Cartwrights as seen by an injured bird. A prequel.
Rated: K WC 1400
Zeus (by LC)
Summary: Thunderstorms can be scary things. . .unless one has a big brother to make it better. A prequel.
Rated: K (1,100 words)
A Hard Act To Follow (by Dodo)
Summary: Joe was never a lover of school. So why is he so keen to go for once?
Word Count: 3926 Rated: K+
A visit and a cup of tea (by mumu74)
Summary: What could a 17-years-old Adam do to avoid chores ?
Rating: K+ (1,600 words)
Spice Ladies in town (by mumu74)
Summary: A prequel
Rating: K 2,020 words.
She’ll always be there , like the stars… (by mumu74)
Summary: A prequel
Rating K, (1,050 words)
The Breach (by Indyanna130)
Summary: 13 year old Adam Cartwright struggles between being a boy and becoming a man.
R: T WC (3,570)
His First Time #1 (by EROS)
Summary: Adam, at the beginning of his third year at college, is introduced to an extra-curricular activity.
*R -Warning* — This story is rated for Mature Readers only…. if you are offended by explicit sexual content, please do not read. (9,150 words)
His First Time Series, links to all stories included within.
Restoring the Heart of the Ponderosa – Part 2 (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: A continuation of Restoring the Heart of the Ponderosa. The family looks forward to life returning to normal, but find they have a rocky road to travel as nightmares from the past intrude.
Rating: T (55,125 words)
Cracked Up (by bahj)
Rated PG-13 (Violence and Thematic Elements)
Word Count – 30,501
Summary – Told in jigsaw puzzle fashion, follow Adam Cartwright as pieces from the past eventually come together to form his future in this story of love, courage, and sacrifice.
Counting Stars (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Ben asks Hoss to ‘bring Joe inside’, which leads to a brotherly conversation about the one who’s missing.
Rating: K (940 words)