Summary:  Joe and Ellie are beat up by a bully.  What to do, what to do…..  

Rated: K+ (11,060 words)

Summary:  This is my third story with Ellie.  

Rated: K+ (9,620 words)

Summary:  This is my second story with Ellie.  Christmas time brings a hard lesson for Ellie and Joe.

Rated: K+(7,805 words)

Summary:  In an alternate universe where Ben is dead and the boys grow up separated, will fate brings the Cartwrights back together once more?  

Rated:  T (72,638 words)

The Wheels of Fate Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary:  THIS IS MY FIRST STORY WITH ELLIE, A CARTWRIGHT DAUGHTER.  

Rated: K+ (11,460 words)

Adam is coming home, but not everyone seems eager to meet him. Joe rather goes fishing.

1,100 words, rated K

Summary:   Adam was put in charge of watching two-year-old Little Joe while Ben and Marie are in town, but there’s a problem. Where did he disappear to?

Word Count: 1,056  Rated: K

Summary: The final episode of the prequel series, It’s Just a Year. Adam has remained home for a year longer than he’d planned before heading for college. In that time, he’s been hazed, poisoned, almost killed and now we find him healthy and camping with Hoss for a final brother’s weekend before leaving for Boston. The idyllic time takes a ominous turn when Adam realizes that someone’s been watching their camp and must soon face his worst fears again and save his brother from the same fate. As with all theses stories, this can be read without reading the others first. This concluding episode brings the two oldest Cartwright boys together for some defining moments.  

Rated: K+  WC  17,000

It’s Only a Year Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary:  Sometimes Ellie can just get a fill of all her brothers, but sometimes she really needs all of them.  

Rated: K+ (4,885 words)

Summary:  Just imagine if Ellie had met Clay….  

Rated: K+ (7,210 words)

Summary:  I always wondered what it would have been like if Ellie had met Clarissa.  

Rated: K+ (6,485 words)

Summary:  17 year-old Adam has been in his first gunfight and although his wound seemed minor, it worsened as he continued to work, until he lost so much blood that he was near death. We now find out what happerned that night and who helps to heal a family wrought with sadness, guilt and decisions.  there is no need to read the previous stories to enjoy this one. A young Abigail Jones makes her first appearance and Hop Sing makes a friend.  

Rated: K+  15,000

It’s Only a Year Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary:  17 year old Adam has proven himself to the Ponderosa ranch hands after a summer of hazing, and is finally enjoying his his last year home before leaving for school. But his life takes a dramatic turn when he is menaced by a new addition to the crew, and must decide whether the man is serious in his sinister intent, or it’s just another attempt to test his mettle. Once Adam decides which it is, he makes choices that  bring him into conflict with his father and lead to the worst of consequences.

Rated: K+  WC  16,000

It’s Only a Year Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary:  Ben stands vigil as thirteen-year-old Adam lies near death with a raging fever. The father blames himself and questions his ability as a parent while offering a prayer to give his own life to spare his son’s. A stranger helps Ben face his fears and understand that parenthood takes courage and help from unexpected places.  

Rated: K+ WC  4600

Summary: Just a very short story about what one brother would do for the other one.

Rating:  PG for violence (1,650 words)