Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
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
Ennui (by Patina)
Summary: The 15th story in The Battle of Wills series. Hoss fears that he’s sick and dying while Pa and Adam are out of town.
Rating: K Word Count=3791
The Battle of Wills series, links to all the stories within the series included.
A Good Time (by JoanS)
Summary: Joe has his hands full trying to manage four girls who are interested in him
Rated: K (18,275 words)
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.
Old Demons (by JoanS)
Summary: A college friend of Adam’s causes trouble for both Adam and Joe
Rated: T (18,955 words)
Little Boy Lost (by JoanS)
Summary: Joe is missing when the family are in a San Francisco hotel
Rated: K (7,465 words)
One Hell of a Trip (by JoanS)
Summary: Ben finds it necessary to take a young Little Joe on a long stagecoach trip
Rated: K (7,090 words)
Ponderosa Party (by JoanS)
Summary: Ben decides to give Adam a welcome home party when he returns from college, but the preparations for it put a strain on everyone
Rated: K (12,480 words)
The Impatient Patient (by JoanS)
Summary: Joe is forced to stay in bed after an accident and causes trouble for everyone as a result
Rated: K (14,980 words)
Ducks in a Row (by Patina)
Rating: K
Word Count=2177
Summary: Two year old Hoss comes across some hatching ducklings. Will Pa let him keep his new friends?
When Pa Comes Home (by JoanS)
Summary: Adam tries to keep the family together while Ben is away
Rated: K (8,845 words)
The Echo of a Heartbeat (by Patina)
Rating: K
Word Count=1523
Summary: While watching her sons playing down by the lake, Marie wonders about the child she lost.
Pandora’s Box (by Krystyna)
Summary: Everyone at school had a secret in the family so Joe was convinced there had to be a secret in his own, and where better to find it than in a certain box in his father’s room
Rating: G (2,190 words)
