Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
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
All Through the Night (by bahj)
Summary: Left alone once again to pick up the pieces, Ben struggles to move forward after Marie’s death, and finds comfort in the words to an old song.
Rating K (1050 words)
On Butterfly Wings (by Krystyna)
Summary: This is a little story about a little boy who never knew his Mama but loves her and when he overhears some gossip he mistakenly thinks his Mama is alive after all.
Rated: K+ (21,150 words)
Hoss Defined (by bahj)
Summary: You’ll find it under “H” in the dictionary :0)
Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 1140
Pa’s Best Man (by Visage)
Summary: Just a little unanswered scene (in my humble opinion) from ‘Inger, My Love.’ After Ben proposes to Inger in the street they both go off in the opposite direction of the boarding house forgetting all about poor Adam! (Which they seem to do a lot in this episode…) This is my attempt to fix that.
Rating: K WC 2900
Hide and Seek (by bahj)
Summary: Be careful what games you play!
Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 1074
College Days (by deansgirl)
Summary: For the June Chaps and Spurs. Adam had a crazy romance in college.
Rated: K+ (865 words)
Wanna Go Fishing? (by deansgirl)
Summary: Adam and Hoss disobey Pa and go fishing
Rated: K+ (2,130 words)
Concerning Teeth and Fairies (by deansgirl)
Summary: Little Joe struggles in his efforts to lose his first tooth and prove that he is a man.
Rated: K+ (7,120 words)
Lesson Learnt (by bahj)
Summary: When Ben and Adam find themselves at odds, it takes the help of some crawdads, mashed potatoes, and a dragon to bring them back together again.
Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 5704
Genesis – The Ponderosa (by Krystyna)
Summary: Ben and Adam receive an old trunk from Abel Stoddard which sets them off on a long journey to when the first Cartwright stepped foot on American soil in the 17th Century.
Rating K (42,870 words)
Staying the Course (by Cheaux)
Summary: Ben learns from Adam that there is more than one way to reach a goal.
Rated: K — 1700 words
When the Dawn Seemed Forever Lost (by Patina)
Rating: K+
Word Count=26,509
Summary: In the wake of Marie’s death, the Cartwrights cope with the loss of the woman who was like spring year-round. Adam is 15, Hoss is 11, and Little Joe is 4.