Hoss and Clay bump into each other again, with some brotherly conflict to work out, in a What Happened Later for The First Born.  Written for the 2026 Brothers Day Challenge.
Rating: G | Word Count: 994

Summary: Hoss and Adam step in when Joe riles up the saloon, but not in the way you’d think.
Rating: G  Word Count: 1808

Summary: Once again Adam is unable to get his ideas across to his father. Adam wonders if there will ever be peace between them, until a brother steps in to help. Written for the Brand Brother’s Day Challenge – write a story involving Hoss and at least one of this brothers (Adam, Joe, Jamie, or Clay). 

Rating: G

Word Count: 708

Summary: After moving to a new town with her sister, Schoolteacher Clara Hartley meets a kind stranger who comes to her rescue and she finds herself falling for him. This was written for the Camp in the Pines challenge 2026.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 13,354

Summary:  Adam is determined to know why Ben Cartwright always refused his sons’ requests for a family dog.  This was written for the 2026 Lorne Green’s Birthday Challenge which required the author to write a Carwright story that included a dog in honor of Lorne’s love of dogs.  
rating: teen  word count : 2843 

Summary:  Alone at the ranch, Hop Sing and a young Little Joe assist a mare in delivering her foal.  Written for the 2026 Hop Sing’s Chinese New Year Challenge.  rating: teen   word count: 2633

Summary: Written for “Hop Sing’s Chinese New Year Challenge 2026,” honoring the year of the Fire Horse.
Rating: G/K
Word Count: 1,350

Summary:  Despite good intentions, a good deed turns deadly and the Cartwrights must grapple with the outcome.
Rating:  T Word Count:  4,632

Summary – Ben discovers a surprising friendship when he gets maneuvered into helping out a friend. Written for the 2026 Lorne Greene Birthday Challenge.

Rating: G; Word Count: 785

Summary: Joe and Hoss meant well.  They always do.  But somehow they find themselves falling into a series of misadventures, and getting out of one only lands them in another.  This story is a compilation of 2025 Pinecone Challenges, which form an ongoing narrative – thank you to AC1830 for so many wonderful prompts!
Rating: G | Word Count: 6,042

Summary: While the Cartwrights are away, Hop Sing plans a massive Spring cleaning. But his blissful time alone is soon interrupted by an unwanted visitor who brings an unexpected gift. Written for the 2025 4th Quarter Chaps and Spurs Challenge. The required words were percolate, earthquake, pipeline, surgeon, amendment. 

Rating: G, Word Count: 2324

SUMMARY:  With Christmas just around the corner, Little Joe Cartwright learns exactly how far his Yankee Granite Head of a big brother will go, just how much he will do, in order to keep him safe.
RATING: PG
WORD COUNT: 10,301
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar

Summary: Joe and Hoss form Cartwright Brothers’ Christmas Trees, selling trees to familiar faces all over Virginia City.
Rating: G | Word Count: 4,133
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar

Summary: Adam loses a bet and must take Little Joe and four friends hunting in the high country. His fears of catastrophe come true in an unexpected way.  This prequel was written for the Chaps and Spurs Quarter Four Challenge.  The five mandated words were: percolate, earthquake, pipeline, surgeon, amendment.  Rating: teen        Word count: 7373 

SUMMARY: A short piece written for the Michael Landon Birthday Literary Challenge 2025. (536 words, rating G/K)