Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
Two Painted Ponies, One Tender Heart (by DebbieB)
Summary: Little Joe was always known for talking to his horse, ever wonder why and what started it? Well, here’s my theory. Be prepared for an array of mixed emotions.
Rated: PG (15,950 words)
Two Painted Ponies Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Why Jesus is Better Than Santa (by DebbieB)
Summary: As explained to Little Joe by his father and brothers.
Rated G WC 1,780 words
A Gentleman And A Scholar Part 1 (by Deborah)
Summary: The year is 1849 – a year of dramatic changes for Ben Cartwright and his two sons, Adam and Hoss. Men are pouring across the Sierra Nevadas in search of gold in California, and ben has just arrived back at this ranch after a trip to New Orleans with a surprise for his boys.
Rating: K+ WC 56,600
Adam: The Early Years Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
A Sense of Something Greater (by Krystyna)
Summary: Ben’s attempt to escape his misery at Marie’s death leads him to an appreciation of another kind of sorrow.
Rating: G (3,725 words)
How Do You Say Goodbye (by DebbieB)
Summary: For most of us, saying goodbye to someone you love is often difficult. Joe tells us in his own words how and why it was so hard for him.
Rated: G (15,750 words)
The Long Days of Spring (by AdamJoeLuver)
Summary: Adam is left to contend with a youth who is trying to find his way to adulthood…
Rating: PG Words: 5060
Forever Little Joe (By AdamJoeLuver)
Summary: Little Joe’s 15th birthday is coming up, but when a puppy wanders into the boy’s life, older brother Adam keeps having memories of Joe as a little boy after his momma’s death.”
Rating: G Words: 2,290
Hearts Afire #3 – Consequences (by Christy)
Summary: Adam made choices when he left for college. Now eight years later, there is an empty spot in the hearts of Ben, Hoss and most especially Little Joe. What will the final consequences of Adam’s choices be and how will those consequences affect Little Joe and the Cartwright’s?
Rated: PG for some violence (12,650 words)
Hearts Afire #2 – Choices (by Christy)
Summary: Just before Adam goes away to college, an unexpected near tragedy teaches him how choices in his life may or may not change how his family feels about him…no matter where he is.
Rating: G (5,200 words)
Hearts Afire #1 (by Christy)
Summary: As the first anniversary of Marie’s death approaches, Ben takes the boys to San Francisco in an attempt to divert them from sad memories. Instead the family is faced with their worst nightmares. Can the fire in their hearts keep them going long enough to survive one more tragic event?
Rating: PG (14,680 words)
Part of the Rainbow (by DebbieB)
Summary: When an ex-slave comes to Virginia City, bringing with him, his son who enrolls in the local school, and whom Little Joe tries to befriend, the community is divided on the issue. Certain facts about the family begin to surface, teaching everyone that every child is part of God’s beautiful rainbow.
Rated: PG13 (deals with racism) (15, 450 words)
Part of the Rainbow Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
A Long Way Home (by JoanS.)
Summary: Adam travels home from college
Rating: G 10,130 words
What We’re Made of (by JoanS.)
Summary: Ben take ten-year-old joe on a hunting trip which has dire consequences.
Rating: G 10,640 words
Solitude (by JoanS.)
Summary: Fifteen year old Adam tries to find a quiet spot to read a book.
Rating: G 3,085 words
Old Friend (by JoanS.)
Summary: The Cartwrights realize just how much Hop Sing means to them when he becomes ill.
Rating: G (9,560 words)