Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
Wells and Wishes (by bahj)
Summary: Little Joe has a high price to pay for a very expensive wish.
Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 1025
Stubborn (by Sibylle)
Summary: WHIB/WHB to “The Ride” Ben remembers his first argument with a three-year-old Adam.
Rated: K WC 650
Bunnies, Bulls, and Brothers (by ChristyG)
Summary: Hoss tells it like it is.
Rating: K (10,353 words)
One Golden Summer (by bahj)
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Hoss has to deal with changes, both at home and within himself. In the midst of his confusion a young girl enters his life. She gives Hoss a new perspective and together they share “One Golden Summer”.
Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 20,000
The Stagecoach Robbery (by Sibylle)
Summary: Adam wonders what his brothers are doing downstairs in the big room ….
Rated: K+ (595 words)
Adam Vignette Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Ben and Adam on the Road (by Sibylle)
Summary: WHB Inger My Love Even Ben wasn´t always the perfect father.
Rated: K WC 1250
Skipping Stones (by pbeaking)
Summary: Life is like skipping stones, Sometimes you sail freely through it, Sometimes you bump and recover and Sometimes you simply falter. This story highlights all the Cartwrights on their journey through life and how they influence each other.
Rating: K+ WC 3900
First Love (by faust)
Adam’s first love is different from what one would expect – or is it?
720 words, rated K
Posies (by pbeaking)
Summary: Ben has just found the very spot he wants to call home. Can he look past his fear and build his dream into a reality?
Rating: K 650
The History Essay (by Patina)
Rating: K
Word Count=3554
Summary: Little Joe has to write an essay on George Washington.
The Ginger Thief (by Shakespeare Cowgirl)
Summary: A gingerbread house + A thief = One very angry Little Joe!
Rated: K+ (4,555 words)
A Stop Along the Way (by bahj)
Summary: Sometimes, it’s the littlest things in the smallest places that make the biggest impact. To young Adam Cartwright, Galesburg, Ill. is just another stop on the long journey West, but this time his life will be changed forever.
Rating: K (Word count: 42,700)
Captain Joe (by frasrgrl)
Summary: This story is in response to November’s Chaps and Spurs Challenge. Joe on the high seas.
Word Count: 546 Rated: K
Home Alone (by Sibylle)
Summary: Hoss and Joe alone at home. A prequel
Rated: K WC 600
Little Joe Cartwright, Thief (by pbeaking)
Summary: Little Joe finds himself in trouble when he is caught stealing from the mercantile. There’s no denying that he did do it, but why? Now he must face his father and explain his actions. This was my first story ever. Warning: it does contain corporal punishment.
Rating: T WC 1900
