Category: Humor
Werewolf on the Ponderosa (MelissaR1992)
Summary: Hoss suspects that a mysterious houseguest might actually be a werewolf.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 4,358
The Baby Contest (By MelissaR1992)
Summary: In this semi-sequel to Rock-A-Bye Hoss, The baby contest is back in town and Joe Cartwright enters his little daughter, Sara Marie into the contest. Part of the Forever Reimagined series. Links to stories included within.
Rating: G
Word Count: 10,775
A Good Shirt Is Hard to Find (by Tavia42)
Summary: In the Season 12 episode “El Jefe,” Joe is unaccountably wearing a red shirt. This is so strange and unprecedented that it required a What Happened Before to explain it.
Rating: G | Word Count: 2,293
Caught in a Storm (by JC)
Joe’s plans for a romantic rendezvous go awry when Mother Nature intervenes, but that’s not the worst of it…
Rating: T Word Count: 745
The Thousandth-and-First Time (by Patina)
Summary: Joe, poker, and Adam’s guitar. What could go wrong?
Rating: G Word count: 2,731
The Ones Who Left (by Tavia42)
Summary: After two years away from the Ponderosa, Candy finds work at a traveling carnival, only to encounter the familiar face of a man he’s never met. Set between Seasons 13 and 14.
Rating: G Word Count: 8,785
Lauras and Jennifers and Anns, Oh My (by Tavia42)
Summary: Ever notice the frequent repetition of certain names among the women the Cartwrights romance? The boys have noticed, and are having some fun with it.
Rating: G | Word Count: 812 words
Forever in My Heart #2 (by Wrangler)
Summary: Pa’s point of view is highlighted as he puts his own spin on the story that Little Joe told in “Forever in My Heart” regarding his youngest son’s penchant for coming home late. Rating T, WC 6,402 Forever in My Heart Series Forever in My Heart #1 Forever in…
Forever in My Heart (by Wrangler)
Summary: Little Joe waits by the grandfather clock for Pa’s return. As the hours tick away, Joe grows fearful that something’s happened to Pa, while reflecting on the times he’s worried his father by coming home late. Rating T, WC 4,674 Forever in My Heart Forever in My Heart #2
In Between Heaven and Earth (by Wrangler)
Lorne Greene gets more than expected when Michael Landon suffers a break from reality and thinks he’s Little Joe while they are rehearsing up at Eagle’s Nest. Later, rallying the rest of the cast, everyone placates Little Joe hoping to snap Mike out of it. Inspired by “Between Heaven and Earth”. Rating T, WC 14,758
To Kill a Cartwright (by Wrangler)
Summary: Alone on the set of the Bonanza reunion, Michael Landon and Lorne Greene encounter a sniper who wants to kill a Cartwright. Now they’ll have to summon their inner Pa and Little Joe to survive. Rating T, WC 6226
A Visitor from San Francisco (by Tavia42)
Summary: After a few too many heartbreaks, Joe promises himself he’s done with serious romances. No one really believes him, and his resolve is tested when a pretty stranger’s carriage breaks down on the Ponderosa. Will a romance finally end well, or will it just mean yet another heartbreak?
Rating: G | Word Count: 60,221
The Trouble Magnet #3 (by Wrangler)
Summary: When Little Joe goes six weeks without getting into trouble Pa allows him to stay home alone thinking that he was no longer a trouble magnet. Pa was very wrong. Rating T, WC 16,585 Part 3 of the Trouble Magnet Series, links included within.
The Trouble Magnet #2 (by Wrangler)
Summary: Little Joe proves again that he’s his own worst enemy and a trouble magnet when he causes so much mayhem at the ranch that it leaves Pa stunned.
Rating T, WC 13,489
Part 2 of The Trouble Magnet Series, links included within
Raffle a Cartwright (by mo1427)
Summary: Adam is raffled off for a date, but he’s not the one who’s worried.
Rating: G, Word Count: 668
