Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
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)
The Well (by JoanS)
Summary: Will Ben risk the life of one son to save another?
Rated: K (10,700 words)
To Trust in Love (by JoanS)
Summary: Joe finds it difficult to accept a new woman in Ben’s life.
Rated: K (16,235 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)
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
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)
March 21st (by JoanS)
Summary: Excerpts from Adam’s diary on the same day for fifteen years
Rated: K (17,825 words)
Joe Cartwright – Seven Up (by JoanS)
Summary: A woman finds an old diary in an antique store
Rated: K (15,220 words)
Connecting (by Dodo)
Summary: Adam and Little Joe’s relationship is tested when Adam returns from College.
Rated: K+ Word Count: 3100
The Sweet Smell of Success (by Patina)
Rating: K
Word Count=3398
Summary: Ben has an important guest coming for supper. Can Ben babysit Little Joe and prepare for his guest?
My Life To Live (by JoanS)
Summary: A woman in Ben’s life comes between Joe and his father
Rated: K (13,015 words)
A New Year, A New Resolution (by Patina)
Rated K
Word Count=4509
Summary: Joe makes a resolution to stay out of trouble. Hoss and Adam are determined to help him break it. How long can Joe last?
A Glimpse into the Future (by Patina)
Rated K+
Word Count=4115
Summary: After telling four year old Little Joe about the balls held during Mardi Gras, Marie dreams of a dance held in the future. How has life turned out for the Cartwrights? Did Adam, Hoss, and Joe turn out to be the men we know?
