Summary:  After some problems at home, Adam sets off on what his father expects to be a one or two year absence, but circumstances take Adam to many countries and eventually to refuge far from home for years before it is safe for him to return.  However there’s danger at home as well.  

Rating = T   WC = 102,217

Summary:  The story starts with a horse race as the three Cartwright brothers take on a challenge, but the story continues with romances, tragedy, heartache, an abduction that takes Adam to Australia, and troubles at home until all the issues can be resolved.  There are three parts to the story with Four Corners, Dreams, and Turbulence and Trouble.

Rating = T    WC = 81,104

Rosalie Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary:  Adam suffers the consequences of a man trying to get revenge on Joe, but it’s the secrets that are revealed in the aftermath of that which cause Adam to temporarily leave the Ponderosa to heal emotionally as well as physically. His sojourn leads him to discoveries and opportunities as well as danger that helps him understand what happened.

Rating = T  WC = 29,938

Lydia Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary: Little Joe learns a lesson the hard way.

Rating: K+  Word Count: 1, 371

Summary: For those who were never satisfied with the brief glimpse of a picture on the desk.  What should have happened to honor the passing of Hoss (aka Dan Blocker).

Rating:  K (1,550 words)

Summary: In the Christmas season, Ben sends Adam on a short mission to the Paiute but that errand embroils his son in tragedy.  

rating = T    WC = 6457

Summary: When fifteen-year-old Joe tries to impress a new friend on the Ponderosa, it leads to dangerous repercussions for both Joe and Adam.

Rating: T (22, 275 words)

Summary: Ben and Hoss have a heart to heart about lost loves.

Rating: K (tissue warning)   Word Count: 1,499

Summary: Ezra Grady, is dead; but that doesn’t mean the Cartwrights’ troubles are over. Ezra Grady’s silent partner-in-crime has yet another scheme in mind.  (Warning:  Referenced mistreatment of a child.)

Rating:   T  (22,190 words)

In Absentia Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary:  Adam is hurt, Hoss is missing, and Ben faces fraud charges in court. The enemy is quickly identified, but the fight against them is the stuff of nightmares as so much that can go wrong, does go wrong. 4th Adam and Leah story.

rating = T   WC = 25309

Leah Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary: A prequel that is an alternate reality in which Adam was taken by Indians in the attack that cost Inger her life and eventually is reunited with his family, but the reunion is rocky.

Rating = T   WC = 54,773

Summary:  The last time that Little Joe sees his father is when Ben yells at him to jump seconds before their wagon careens down a steep ravine. Little Joe is found badly wounded and brought home to his brothers……..but what about his father? Ben has vanished and Joe’s grief is more life threatening than the injuries he suffered from the accident.

Rated: G (12,440 words)

Summary: A what happened next for The Last Viking. A story told from Adam’s point of view as he attempts to reconcile what happened to another time in his life.

Rating: K (3,665 words)

Summary:  WHN for The Magnificent Adah.  Joe was assaulted by one of Ben’s rivals.  Hoss dealt with the gentleman and the episode ends with Ben, Hoss, and Adam returning from the saloon to check on Joe.

13,957 words   Rating:  K+ (has some description of physical assault)

Summary: Everything was progressing smoothly, right up until it went so wrong. The brothers and their men drive their largest herd ever to Sacramento, California.

Rating:  T (32,520 words)