Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
Keeping Things Going (by JoanS)
Summary: The Cartwrights try to keep things going around the house when Hop Sing leaves for a while
Rated: K (10,000 words)
Choices (by JoanS)
Summary: Ben is faced with a difficult moral decision that could cost him the life of one of his sons
Rated: T (14,720 words)
Eyes of the Soul (by JoanS)
Summary: Joe feels responsible for the death of a new ranch hand
Rated: T (13,725 words)
Measuring Up (by JoanS)
Summary: Joe is tired of being ‘Little Joe’
Rated: K (11,365 words)
Trust (by JoanS)
Summary: Joe feels that his father doesn’t trust him anymore
Rated: K (11,125 Words)
A Father’s Love aka A Love Without End (by JoanS)
Summary: A misunderstanding causes Joe to feel his father doesn’t want him to live on The Ponderosa any more.
Rated: K WC 24,000
Breath of Life (by JoanS)
Summary: A potentially deadly illness sneaks up on the youngest Cartwright. Follow along as, in a moment of true Joe, the family finds themselves racing against time.
Rating: K (16,720 words)
A Sure Thing (by JoanS)
Summary: A traveling rodeo comes to town and Joe enters the competition
Rated: K (8,475 words)
Isolation (by JoanS)
Summary: Joe is hurt in an accident in the lumber camp
Rated: K (13,520 words)
A Special Kind of Love (by JoanS)
Summary: Joe searches for a mother figure in his life
Rated: K (13,770 words)
A Special Kind of Love Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Baker’s Brat (by JoanS)
Summary: Just how much influence could one seven-year-old have on an Army Post?
Rated: K WC 15,500
Baker’s Brat Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Natural Ability (by JoanS)
Summary: Traces the progress of Joe’s natural affinity with horses
Rated: K (6,700 words)
Quarantine (by JoanS)
Summary: Little Joe is quarantined with some of the townsfolk when travelers bring a mysterious disease to town
Rated: K (11,420 words)
A Summer’s Tale (by Krystyna)
Summary: A hot day, a melting pig, and Joe wants to know about the birds and the bees.
Rating: G (1,390 words)
Connecting (by Dodo)
Summary: Adam and Little Joe’s relationship is tested when Adam returns from College.
Rated: K+ Word Count: 3100