Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
The Price of Truth (by the Tahoe Ladies)
Summary: Did Marie have a secret that she kept from Ben?
Rated: T Word Count: 69500
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)
Measuring Up (by JoanS)
Summary: Joe is tired of being ‘Little Joe’
Rated: K (11,365 words)
Big Ears (by JoanS)
Summary: Sometimes a boy’s ears can come in handy.
Rating: K 5,930 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)
Holdin’ the Cut (by Harper)
Summary: Adam returns from college and struggles to renew his relationship with Joe.
Rated: K+ (16,545 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.
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
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)
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)
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
