Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
Back to Reality (by DebbieB)
Summary: When Adam takes Joe along on a business trip, things go from bad to worse. After Joe gets bitten by a sidewinder, it is now up to Adam to save not only his baby brother’s life but his own life as well.
Rated: PG (8,800 words)
Odyssey (by LissaB)
Summary: As Ben travels to see an ill Adam at Harvard, he recalls a similar journey they made together so many years ago, from Boston to what was eventually to become the Ponderosa.
Rating: K+ (101,875 words)
Real Life (by VickieB)
Summary: A look at the first days of Marie and Little Joe.
Rating: G (4,001 words)
Private Lessons (by Gwynne)
Summary: An unconventional older woman; an exceptional young man – everybody has to learn from someone, and Adam is fortunate to find the perfect teacher.
Rating: T (6,245 words)
Love No More (by StephanieJ)
Summary: When loving seems to hurt too much…is it easier to just Love No More?
Rating: PG
Words: 18,900
The Birth of a Man (by Diana G)
Summary: Tired of being told he’s too young, Joe takes off to hunt a cougar on his own, leaving Adam to follow him into danger.
Rating: T (29,075 words)
Silent Heartache (by Debbie B)
Summary: When 14-year-old Little Joe over hears a conversation between his father and two older brothers, Joe’s world begins to crumble as he struggles to make right his wrongs.
Rated PG WC 11,900
A Job for Jasper (by Gillian)
Summary: Seventeen year old Adam risks his father’s anger when he brings home yet another stray, but help comes from a surprising source.
Rating: G (3,990 words)
The Mark of a Man (by Gillian)
Summary: As the weeks turn to months, Ben’s indifference weighs heavy on Adam’s shoulders. Will it take a tragedy to bring him home? And once home, will he see his son in a new light?
Rating: T (14, 025 words)
Heritage of Honor, Book 4 – A Dream’s Darkest Hour (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Ben Cartwright begins to see his boldest dreams take root and blossom, but dark clouds loom on the horizon. The long-dreaded storm of the Civil War breaks, and the death of Marie plunges the Cartwrights into the darkest hour of their lives.
Rating: T Word Count: 196,262
Heritage of Honor Series, links to all stories within the series are included.
Big Brother Hoss (by DebbieB)
Summary: Joe worships his older brother Hoss, more so after being beaten by a gang of bullies who hold a grudge against the older brother. Hoss then deems it his duty to become his younger brother’s protector.
Rated: PG13 Contains some graphic fight scenes. (22,375 words)
Payback Time (by Rona)
Summary: Teenage boys resembling Joe are going missing in Virginia City. When Joe, too, vanishes, Adam defies his father to save Joe. But will either of them survive?
Rated: T (11,030 words)
Stranger in our Midst Series, links to all stories within the series are included.
Twenty Years Hard Labor (by DebbieB)
Summary: Two years after the death of his wife, Ben is found guilty of a crime he did not commit and is sentenced to a long prison term. Left with no one to help him but his father’s close friend, Charlie Devlin, Adam struggles to keep his father’s family and his empire from crumbling.
Rated G WC 20,000
Stranger in our Midst (by Rona)
Summary: The prequel to ‘Payback Time’. A college friend of Adam’s comes home with him. 12 year old Joe is jealous. Or is he?
Rated: T
(5,745 words)
Stranger in our Midst Series, links to all stories within the series are included.
Love and Sacrifice (by WendyB)
Synopsis: Hop Sing tells the boys a story after Marie’s death.
Rating: G Words: 3,100