Category: Hurt/Comfort
A Sacrifice of Love (by Rona)
Summary: When a man from Ben’s past returns, the Cartwrights are plagued by accidents. After Adam is badly injured, Ben decides to do something about it. But the worst is yet to come.
Rated: T (9,840 words)
Never Too Old To Learn (by DebbieB)
Summary: Both Adam and Joe learn that you’re never too old to learn something new after an accident leaves Joe mortally wounded and his older brother feeling guilty.
Rated: G (18,160 words)
The Church Social (by Rona)
Summary: A church social brings tragedy to Virginia City and the Ponderosa.
Rated: K (6,365 words)
For the Love of a Horse (by Rona)
Summary: Joe encounters Satan again, and then finds his life depends on the unpredictable stallion.
Rated: T (10,195 words)
The Mustang Series, links to all stories within the series are included.
Kicks Like a Mule (by Gwynne)
Summary: A seriously injured Adam must deal with the urgent need to get the ranch ready for winter, and try to solve a domestic mystery while coping with insistent pain that immobilizes and distracts him.
Rating: T (21,700 words)
The Mustang (by Rona)
Summary: Joe sets his heart on capturing a skewbald stallion, and breaking him. Will giving his heart so recklessly to the horse cause it to break instead?
Rated: T (8,746 words)
The Mustang Series, links to all stories within the series are included.
Stranger in our Midst (by Rona)
Summary: The prequel to ‘Payback Time’. A college friend of Adam’s comes home with him. 12 year old Joe is jealous. Or is he?
Rated: T
(5,745 words)
Stranger in our Midst Series, links to all stories within the series are included.
The Best Medicine #1 (by Wrangler)
Summary: Ben struggles with saving Joe’s life having already dealt with an incompetent replacement physician.
Rated T WC 11,000
The Best Medicine Series, links to all stories within the series are included.
The Lie (by KateP)
Summary: Joe lies on behalf of a friend.
Rated: K+ (6,400 words)
Crystal Ball Predictions (by DebbieB)
Summary: When Adam suddenly inherits a son, Joe is washed away by a flash flood, Ben breaks a leg and Hoss leaves home in search of his missing brother, the Cartwrights begin to wish they had never visited the fortune teller.
Rated: G (32,000 words)
But for the Grace of God (by DebbieB)
Summary: When mad dogs attack fifteen-year old Joseph Cartwright, the family struggles with their emotions as they watch the boy, whom they love more than life, battle against the deadly effects of hydrophobia, for which there is no cure.
Rated: G (19,700 words)
Are You or Aren’t You (by DebbieB)
Summary: After waking from a head injury, Joe struggles with what was real and what was a dream.
Rated: G (5,975 words)
If I’m Dreaming Series, links to all stories within the series are included.
Requiem (by Wrangler)
Summary: A man seeking revenge makes three attempts at killing Little Joe, will the third time be the charm?
Rated T, WC 36,000
The Step Brother (by KateP)
Summary: As Ben prepares to marry Joe will not only gain a step mother but also a step brother.
Rated: K+ (11,345 words)
Disappearance (by KateP)
Summary: Influenza on the Ponderosa
Rated: K+ (8,985 words)