Category: Humor
The Best Little Bed and Breakfast in Nevada (by JC)
Summary: The Cartwrights entertain house guests. Again. Joe has a better idea.
Rating: K++, or maybe T- (4592 words)
Short Trip Home (by Arien)
Summary: What could possibly happen to the Cartwright boys between home and Virginia City?
Rating: K+ Word Count: 908
Love Hurts (By Home Alone)
Summary: Hoss rides up to Ima Hogg’s goat farm to deliver a message and barely escapes an unwanted marriage.
Rating: K+/G Word Count: 2,148
Takin’ a Break (by AC1830)
Summary: When July rolls in like a flaming freight train perhaps it’s best to just kick back and have a little fun.
Rating: K Word Count: 922
The Deadeye Kid Rides Again (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Little Joe once again draws inspiration from his favorite dime novels when he is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Rating: K+ Word count 15,138
The Deadeye Kid Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Thelma Louise (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: Roy Coffee’s maidenly niece shows up in Virginia City and creates quite a stir.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 5,460
The Devil’s In the Details (by McFair_58)
Summary: Ten year old Joseph Cartwright has been assigned a project by Miss Jones to write a paper about his mother. The trouble is, he’s not quite sure what he knows so he asks for her help.
Rated G (2,100 words)
Cartwrights Forever (by JC)
Summary: A tribute in rhyme for everyone who loves the Cartwrights, especially those who love to write about them.
Rating: G (560 words)
Just the Thing (by PSW)
Summary: Hoss finds an old abandoned well on the Ponderosa … the hard way.
Rating: K Word count: 8,648
Oh, Ducky! (by BettyHT)
Summary: Because of a misunderstanding, Ben offers Adam as an escort for Clementine Hawkins’ niece for a week starting on a Sunday. Things quickly get difficult for Adam until there’s a problem with potential lifetime consequences. Remorseful, Ben steps in to help his son out of that one, and then helps Adam get some revenge on his brothers too. It’s all in good fun, or mostly it is.
rating = T word count = 4146
Fist City (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Gossips sour Ben’s mood when he returns from a business trip; and he only wants to hear an explanation direct from the guilty party.
Rating: T (1,455 words)
The Jury-Go-Round (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Written for Camp in the Pines, 2018. Sometimes the best show in town is in the courtroom, especially when the Cartwrights are involved.
Rating: K Word Count: 5385
In the Darkness As In the Light (by McFair_58)
Summary: A burned out stagecoach lies on its side, the victim of an Indian raid. There’s a name on the coach manifest that makes Joe Cartwright’s heart stand still. Can it be that Elizabeth Carnaby is dead? And, as the man who robbed the coach seeks personal vengeance against Ben Cartwright’s youngest son – can Joe himself survive?
Rated M. The story is probably a PG-13 one, but for safety sake – and for the sake of one heavy duty romantic scene – I am calling it ‘M’. Contained in that PG-13 rating would be western brutality and violence, and torture. (101,760 words)
Wet Bottom, Warm Heart Series, links to stories within the series are included.
A Piece of Cake (by JC)
Summary: How hard can it be, taking care of two little boys for one day? That’s what Joe thinks…. (Part of the Ties That Bind AU series)
Rating: K (1661 words)
Ties That Bind Series, links to stories within the series are included.
From the Murky Depths (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: While Ben is away on business, Adam is in charge of his two younger brothers. Predominantly a prequel.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 1001