Category: Humor
The Dating Game (by JC)
Summary: The Cartwright brothers compete against one another on Virginia City’s newest game show. Will it be bachelor #1, Bachelor #2, or Bachelor #3?
Rating: T Word Count: 1717
Love Me Not: An Interlude (by HarpistforHim)
Summary: Joe’s antics and quick temper get the better of him in this fun little story based on an exchange in “Love Me Not.” Featuring a mischievous Joe, a tired Hoss, and a crafty Adam. A WHIB for Love Me Not.
Rating: G Word Count: 979
The Misadventures of Little Joe Cartwright ~ Book II (by bahj)
Summary: Little Joe’s misadventures continue when he once again finds himself face to face with an old nemesis. This story is a continuation of “The Misadventures of Little Joe Cartwright ~ Book I” and includes many references to that story but can be read as a stand alone :0)
Rated: PG
Word Count : 34,602
Part of the Misadventure Series, links to all stories included within.
After the Kissing Booth (byBettyHT)
Summary: In a noble deed, Joe talks Adam into the annual kissing booth not knowing what will result but hoping for the best.
Rating: PG Word count: 5,153
Halloween Silly (by SJR Cartwright)
Summary: The silliest things can happen. Halloween is a perfect time for nonsense. The Cartwrights had some special guests for their dinner this night.
Rating: G Word Count: 501
Saturday Night (by BettyHT)
Summary: This is a prequel story in which twenty-four-year-old Adam brings home eighteen-year-old Hoss after a Saturday night in town when the large brother has consumed too many beers.
Rating: PG Word count: 1,123
Bean-O Was His Name-O (by BettyHT)
Summary: This story is a little history of gambling for a good cause in Virginia City with Hoss playing a starring role.
Rating: PG Word count: 1,082
Adam’s Birthday Stories (by BettyHT)
Summary: A series of stories about Adam’s birthdays from his thirty-first through his thirty-fifth. It is meant to be light-hearted with a little romance. There is a switch in POV from Adam, to Ben, to Hoss, to Joe, to all throughout the story to see the same events from different perspectives, and to examine the relationship among the brothers as well as to examine Ben’s thought processes too.
Rating: PG Word count: 13,999
Buttons and Bows (by BettyHT)
Summary: it may start out looking like a serious story, but it’s a fun brothers’ story using songwriting as the major method of the two-against-one scenario and vice versa.
Rating: T Word count: 2197
His Gal (by BettyHT)
Summary: There’s a guest on the Ponderosa who is very taken with Adam, but she’s only three years old. It’s a Christmas story so there’s trouble but a warm fuzzy ending.
Rating: PG Word count: 1,181
Secrets, and Ben Wants To Know (by BettyHT)
Summary: Ben has a difficult time getting the answers to some questions about his sons’ activities. This is a light-hearted story but does deal with some adult themes.
Rating: T Word count: 1,805
The Author (by Arien)
Summary: While working on her latest story, an author gets a surprise visit.
Rating: K+
Word Count: 778
No Man Wants to Be Bossed (by Robin)
Summary: An excerpt from “Frozen in Time.”
Rating: K+ Word Count: 2907
Cunning Beavers (by wx4rmk)
Summary: The Cartwrights have to work to devise a plan to outsmart some crafty beavers who are causing mayhem on the Ponderosa.
Rating: K / Word Count: 1843
And the Living Is Easy (by BettyHT)
Summary: A little light summertime story about Adam who isn’t happy with the way his summer is going until he’s faced with robbery and jail. It turns out better than that sounds.
Rating: PG Word Count: 3978