Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
True Meaning of Christmas (by wx4rmk)
Summary: The first Christmas with Inger brings some unexpected challenges to five-year-old Adam helping him learn the most important part of the Christmas season.
Rating: G Words 1,620
Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Steadfast (by Belle)
Summary: Ben finds that trying to spend quality time during the Christmas season with Adam and Hoss can be challenging.
Rating: G Words 2140
Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
In Absentia #6 – Heart’s Desire (by Belle)
Summary: Adam receives news that his heart’s desire is within his reach. Will he grasp the opportunity?
Rating: G Words 1415
Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Rethinking San Francisco (by PSW)
Summary: A young runaway rethinks his choices at Christmas.
Rating: G Words (1455)
Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Mayhem, It’s all a Part of the Ponderosa (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: From the outside looking in, it’s a little much to take in, especially for what could have been.
Rating: G Words (1440)
Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Ping’an Ye or Peaceful Night (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Little Joe isn’t the only Cartwright who can confound Dr. Martin.
Rating: G (1,300 words)
Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
It’s Elementary (by BettyHT)
Summary: a prequel story with Adam at 26, Hoss at 20, and Joe at 14 on a trip to capture some wild horses when wind, earth, and water elements create havoc with their plans.
Rating: PG Word count: 10,815
Friendship Among Brothers (by BettyHT)
Summary: This is a prequel story, but not by much, in which Little Joe is growing up and getting advice and guidance about being a man from Hoss and Adam, but a little introspection helps too.
Rating: T Word count: 2,867
Lost In a Storm Grizzly Tale (by BettyHT)
Summary: Returning home from a camping/hunting trip in this prequel, the brothers bond by teaching Little Joe how to manage the truth without making false statements to their father.
Rating: T Word count: 1,339
The Love v Indifference Lesson (by BettyHT)
Summary: In this prequel, Little Joe is upset and has a lesson to learn that the opposite of love is not hate and that caring can mean criticism and advice as well as help. But don’t expect a magical transformation. He’s still Little Joe.
Rating: PG Word count: 1566
Joe Cartwright, Junior Detective (by BettyHT)
Summary: Little Joe Cartwright was born curious. He unfortunately was also devious and prone to avoiding work whenever possible. In possession of other traits that could work to his advantage or against him, Little Joe Cartwright could have been the greatest outlaw in the west. However, he grew up in the right family and learned to use his powers for good. That was especially important in the life of his oldest brother a short time after Adam returned home from college.
Rated: T Word Count: 9020
On the Trail and More (by BettyHT)
Summary: Joe asks a question about Christmas that leads Adam to tell a story about coming West, and then there are more stories about Christmas with Marie and Elizabeth.
Rating: PG Word Count: 5,126
Throwing a Houlihan (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Chalk one more up to Little Joe and ‘cowboy-isms’.
Rating: G (1,525 words)
Part of the Cowboy-isms series, links included within.
Enigma on the Ponderosa (by wx4rmk)
Summary: Mysterious things are happening on the Ponderosa and Little Joe is on a mission to figure them out by any means possible. Written for the 2022 Camp In The Pines.
Rating: K / Word Count: 4897
Big Things (mcfair_58)
Dedicated to Debbie B. or Debbie Beshears (because she asked for it!)
Eleven-year-old Little Joe Cartwright is on a mission. His friend, Sarah Winnemucca, needs his help and so, he sets out to find her in the woods. Of course, since this is Little Joe Cartwright, he’s bound to find something else as well – BIG trouble!
Rated: PG
Word count: 32,644
