Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
Dragon Dance (by LissaB)
Summary: Hop Sing adjusts to his first year with the Cartwright family.
Rating: K+ (9,790 words)
A Separate Dream, Book 1: A Fresh Beginning (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: In “A Fresh Beginning” Adam Cartwright travels east to attend college, meeting new friends and facing new challenges throughout his freshman year against the backdrop of a nation at war.
Rated: K+ (212,100 words)
Links to stories included in A Separate Dream series are included within.
Who Did It? (by bahj)
Summary: There’s a broken window on the Ponderosa but who’s guilty?
Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 1025
Caught in the Act (by faust)
“You gotta be smart, boy, fast…” Who outsmarts whom?
870 words, rated K
Die heiligen drei Könige (by Sibylle)
Summary: Die kleine nachweihnachtliche Geschichte spielt in der Nacht zum sechsten Januar 1846 auf der Ponderosa. Und beginnt damit, dass Adam aus dem Schlaf gerissen wird ….
(Erstveröffentlichung in der deutschen Bibliothek im Dezember 2011)
Rated: K+ WC 2300
Somewhere Beyond the Sea or The Art of the Impossible (by faust)
Prequel set in Adam’s college years in Boston. A formal ball, a friendly social, a red dress, a flamingo, and the sea, the sea! The beginning of Adam’s complicated love life, and, somewhere beyond the sea, someone’s first tentative steps into becoming The Queen. Can be read by itself, yet it is a part of the “Art” series, and best read after “The Art of Setting Priorities”.
12,750 words, rated K
The Art-Universe series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Our Little Joe (by BnzaGal)
Summary: Written for the Michael Landon’s 2011 Birthday – Literary Exercise where we had to put all the words of the song “Be Patient with Me” somewhere in our story.
Rated: K (1,295 words)
Saying Goodbye (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Marie visits Ben one fateful night and he must say goodbye to someone he loves.
Rated: K+ (1,440 words)
A Spoke In The Wheel – Joe’s Story (by slaine89)
Summary: This story looks at Joe’s early life based on the events told in The Wheels of Fate and how it was for him growing up outside of the Ponderosa’s protective wing. Alone as a boy Joe deals with rejection, prejudice, and loneliness.
Rated: T (12, 230 words)
The Wheels of Fate Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
The Interview (by slaine89)
Summary: On the way to their new home, six-year-old Adam asks his Pa some questions. One long, drawn out Pa-Adam-Moment.
Rated: K+ (1,245 words)
Negotiation Strategies (by Patina)
Summary: Originally published in the 2009 Convention Anthology. Sometimes a game of chess requires more than concentration on the game itself.
Rating: K+ Word Count=2370
To Survive (by Camera Chic)
Summary: A trip to California turns into a nightmare for the Cartwrights when Little Joe is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Rating: Strong PG-13 for violence & physical abuse (31, 320)
Frogs, Books, and Sticky Things (by Krystyna)
Summary: Joe Cartwright, incorrigible, uncontainable, hoarder of worms and frogs and all of age 5 goes in search of a book for his big brother Adam … and lots of horrible things happen as a consequence !
Rated: K+ (11,600 words)
Sweet Revenge (by Inca / aka Tye)
Joe’s Casanova lifestyle lands him in trouble with the girls of Virginia City. When they decide to exact their revenge, Joe finds himself in an embarrassing predicament.
Rated: K+ WC 3300
The Youngest (by Inca / aka Tye)
Adam and his fifteen-year-old youngest brother haven’t been getting along too well, but when Joe’s life is left hanging in the balance, the two of them are forced to re-evaluate their relationship. WC 8100
Rated: T WC 8100
