Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
Ponderosa Prankster (by Gail G)
Summary: With a prankster on the Ponderosa. No telling who the next victim will be.
Rating: G
Words: 13,400
A Brief Family Moment (by Krystyna)
Summary: Adam’s curious … Inger’s busy … so questions are asked, but will the answers satisfy an inquisitive little boy.
Rating: G (1,070 words)
Home for Christmas (by StephyL)
Synopsis: When Ben and Hoss are said to be dead, Adam and Joe must deal with their feelings and the feelings of each other. Can the two brothers pull together and make it work, or will their first Christmas without their Pa, be the last for both brothers.
Rating: PG-13
Words: 5,200
Where There is Love (by JennieA)
Summary: Unforeseen circumstances finds the Ponderosa falling into devious hands making the entire Cartwright family victims of an evil scheme.
Rated: PG-13 (some violence) (25,475 words)
The Daring Deeds of the Deadeye Kid (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: When bandits invade the Ponderosa, a fourteen-year-old boy with an overactive imagination fed on dime novels decides that he and he alone can save his family.
Rating: K Word Count: 6,040
The Deadeye Kid Series, links to all stories of this series included.
Sticks and Stones (by DebbieB)
Summary: Name calling really does hurt. Adam helps Little Joe understand why people do such things and tries to help him over the hurt.
Rating: G (14,000 words)
Turkey Day on the Ponderosa (by DebbieB & JennieA)
Summary: Thanksgiving is quickly approaching and something isn’t quite right…Adam fears that his favorite holiday will be a disaster…and he has no one to blame, except Hoss and Little Joe.
Rated G WC 10,250
Centennial! Journey of Discovery (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: When Adam receives his father’s permission to take one brother with him on an extended trip east to visit the Centennial Exposition, even he is surprised at which brother he chooses and at the critical turn the grand adventure takes.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 277, 566
Heritage of Honor Series, links to all stories of this series included.
Bridging the Gap (by Helen A)
Summary: Adam returns to find that he and Joe must readjust to each other. — Sequel to ‘Care Package’.
Rated: K (48,390 words)
The Care Package Series, links to all stories of this series included.
To Honor Thy Father (by DebbieB)
Summary: Little Joe learns to honor thy father when too many trips on thin ice leave him in dangerous waters.
Rated G WC 12,100
Questions and Answers (by DebbieB)
Summary: Through the eyes of a six-year old this story is dedicated to those of us who have raised little boys and who know the questions they can come up with in regard to their growing bodies. Thank you Ben Cartwright for giving us your sons to use as examples. No harsh language, no correct terms, just funny stuff.
Rated: PG (9,125 words)
The Devil and Miss Jones (by JennieA)
Summary: Little Joe’s first days of school isn’t what he thought it would be.
Rated: G (15, 510 words)
No Question About It (by Gillian)
Summary: This is a pre-Inger story. Ben, with four-year-old Adam in tow, takes a job on a farm but he is offered something he never expected.
Rating: G (11,200 words)
Summer Vacation (by Helen A)
Summary: Joe feels like an afterthought in his brothers’ lives, but Ben comes up with a solution to his problem.
Rated: K (20,640 words)
Your Name is Joe (by DebbieB)
Summary: Joe has been missing for days. When he’s found badly beaten, and with no memory of his former life, Joe is forced into learning to trust this blue eyed, gentle giant who claims to be his brother.
Rated G WC – 9800
