Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
Building For Forever (by Deborah)
Summary: After four years at Harvard’s Lawrence Scientific School, Adam Cartwright is returning to the Ponderosa with a gift for his family. This story is a sequel to my stories “A Gentleman and a Scholar” and “Veritas”.
Rating: T WC 53,200
Adam: The Early Years, links to all the stories within the series included.
A Gift Horse (by Patina)
Summary: 4th story in the Battle of Wills series. Ben announces at supper that he is going to buy a horse for Marie. Adam becomes unhappy because Ben had promised to buy him a horse before leaving for New Orleans. Will this situation cause another rift between Marie and Adam?
Rated K Word Count=3059
The Battle of Wills series, links to all the stories within the series included.
The Shadow of Jean de Marigny (by Patina)
Summary: 3rd story in The Battle of Wills series. Men break into the house while Marie is home alone with Adam and Hoss. After observing his step-mother’s actions when faced with the robbers, Adam calls Marie a name he once heard Jean de Marigny use. This incident leads to an argument between Ben and Marie about Adam’s upbringing. And Adam finally realizes that Marie had been Jean’s wife.
Rating: K+ Word Count=5268
The Battle of Wills series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Like Joseph (by Cowgirl Jones)
Summary: The Cartwrights band together to help each other through a dark time of twists and turns.
Rating: PG for adult issues and emotionally intense scenes / Words: 58,425
Part of the Like Joseph Series, links to all stories included within.
Education is More Than 3 Rs (by Patina)
Summary: 2nd story in The Battle of Wills series. During a family picnic at the lake, Adam gets in trouble adding poison ivy to Hoss’ bouquet of wildflowers for Marie. After an argument with his father, Adam decides to leave home. A neighbor and old friend, Abe Garvey, shows Marie that there’s more to education than reading, writing, and arithmetic while leading the search for Adam.
Rating: K Word Count=6007
The Battle of Wills series, links to all the stories within the series included.
The Battle of Wills Begins (by Patina)
Summary: 1st story in The Battle of Wills series. Ben brings his new wife, Marie, home to the Ponderosa.
Rating: K Word Count=4433
The Battle of Wills series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Where Love Once Lived (by DebbieB)
Summary: After a stampede scatters the herd, the only one missing is Little Joe. What happens afterward turns out to be a living nightmare for all the Cartwrights.
Rated PG WC 20,100
When The Storm Passes (by DebbieB)
Summary: More than dark clouds are brewing for the Cartwrights. Joe’s been accused of being involved in the recent trouble about town and the accusations have a grave affect on all his family, but mostly for himself.
Rated G WC 20,300
The Price of Truth (by the Tahoe Ladies)
Summary: Did Marie have a secret that she kept from Ben?
Rated: T Word Count: 69500
Big Ears (by JoanS)
Summary: Sometimes a boy’s ears can come in handy.
Rating: K 5,930 words
Holdin’ the Cut (by Harper)
Summary: Adam returns from college and struggles to renew his relationship with Joe.
Rated: K+ (16,545 words)
For All the Mothers, including Ben Cartwright (by DebbieB)
Summary: Ten year old Joe learns that sometimes mothers are more than just being a woman.
Rated: G (4,400 words)
The Alibi (by VickiC.)
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Joe is in jail. Dare he tell Adam and Pa his alibi? Only when he realises the seriousness of the crime does he decide to act like a man and reveal his whereabouts. But will Pa ever accept him as a grown man?
Rating: PG (13,310 words)
A Gentleman and a Scholar Part 2 (by Deborah)
Summary: Adam Cartwright has a dream that seems impossible—he wants to attend college. Will that dream remain forever out of his reach? This story is both a continuation of “A Gentleman and a Scholar, Part 1” and a prequel to my story “Veritas”
Rated: K+ WC 67,300
Adam: The Early Years Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Never Start What You Can’t Finish (by DebbieB)
Summary: Joe’s tormentors are back and this time it’s Cochise that targeted. Will Joe be able to keep his horse safe and halt a repeat of what happened a year earlier to another beloved pinto?
Rated: G (9,880 words)
Two Painted Ponies Series, links to all the stories within the series included.