Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
The First Day (by Fozrulz)
Summary: THIS IS MY FIRST STORY WITH ELLIE, A CARTWRIGHT DAUGHTER.
Rated: K+ (11,460 words)
Big Fish (by faust)
Adam is coming home, but not everyone seems eager to meet him. Joe rather goes fishing.
1,100 words, rated K
Where’s Little Joe? (by frasrgrl)
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
The Hostage (by Camera Chic)
Summary: Just a very short story about what one brother would do for the other one.
Rating: PG for violence (1,650 words)
Middle Child Syndrome (by Patina)
Rating: K
Word Count=2666
Summary: At six years old, Hoss finds himself to be the middle child instead of the baby. Not quite old enough to be responsible but not quite young enough to be thought of as a baby anymore.
An Undercover Christmas (by ljlover2001)
Summary: It’s almost Christmas Day, but ten year old Little Joe can’t wait and is desperate to find out what big brother Adam has bought him. However, when he goes looking he finds a lot more than he bargained for.
Rated: K+ (3,160 words)
Christmas Traditions (by Patina)
Rating: K+
Word Count=7920
Summary: Sometimes traditions bring back memories and sometimes memories are created with new traditions.
Devotion (by southplains)
Summary: Did Amy Bishop know of Joe’s love affair with Julia Bulette? If she did, what did she think of it? How did she come to terms with it once she herself was in a relationship with him? Written in response to the ‘Missing Scenes’ challenge here on BB, and inspired by a question posed on another site.
Rated: K+ WC 7900
First Day Nerves (ljlover2001)
Summary: Little Joe has to face his greatest challenge since losing his mother
Rated: K+ (1,670 words)
Picking up the Threads (by JoanS)
Summary: Ben finds it difficult to re-enter his boys’ lives after Marie’s death
Rated: K (13,335 words)
Mending the Break (by DJK)
Summary: Little Joe knows whom Adam should marry. Now he just needs to make Adam realize who it is.
Rating: K+ (19,180 words)
Remember the Breaking Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
The Intruders (by Camera Chic)
Summary: While Ben is away on a trip, Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe are taken hostage at the ranch.
Rating: PG for violence (4,710 words)
First Notch (by Dodo)
Summary: A stranger’s arrival starts off a chain of events that culminate in Ben Cartwright’s worst nightmare.
Rated: T Word Count: 22,300
Remember the Breaking (by DJK)
Summary: Little Joe learns the story of Adam’s first engagement.
Rated: K+ Word count: 1966
Remember the Breaking Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Little Boy Lost (by JoanS)
Summary: Joe is missing when the family are in a San Francisco hotel
Rated: K (7,465 words)