Category: Hurt/Comfort
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)
Seven Times in a Day (by DebbieB)
Summary: An unfortunate incident that involves his father, leaves Joe with feelings of guilt and fear that Ben may never forgive him for what happened. Adam shares a long kept secret with his youngest brother that helps Joe accept the fact that his father can and will forgive him.
Rated: G (7,000 words)
Joe Cartwright RIP (by KateP)
Summary: Ben gets word to say his youngest son is dead.
Rated: K+ (7,440 words)
The Hidden Hurt (by Anne G)
Synopsis: Problems for Little Joe in school are a reflection of something else that is troubling him. A trip in the mountains with Adam reveals the problem.
Rating: G (24,280 words)
Believe (by the Tahoe Ladies)
Joe and Adam live through a harrowing experience, but Ben and Hoss have doubts about Adam’s recollection of events.
Rated T Word Count: 25400
A Father’s Love (by Anne G)
Synopsis: A young Joe Cartwright must live with the fact that he’s killed his father while playing with a pistol while Adam must learn to live with his younger brother in the aftermath.
Rating: G (11,000 words)
A Man Named Bill (by Wrangler)
Summary: Suffering from amnesia, Little Joe is found in a remote town, and his rescuers attempt to reunite him with his family without causing any further trauma.
Rating T, WC 22,000
Raging Storms (by CarlaL)
Synopsis: Joe is targeted by a man seeking to avenge his brother’s death, an outlaw killed months earlier by Adam. Following a vicious attack, Joe is left struggling with both physical and emotional damage as Adam wrestles with the guilt.
Rating: Teen
Words: 28,750
The Dare (by KateP)
Summary: When a childish prank injures Hoss can Little Joe cope with the guilt?
Rated: K+ (10,580 words)
In My Father’s Image (by JennieA)
Summary: Unhappiness befalls the Cartwright family when Ben’s personality suddenly spirals downward. Features the entire family.
Rated: PG-13 (22,440 words)
Die Upon a Kiss (by Shaan Lien)
Story Summary: A friend from Adam’s past emerges with a common foe on her tail and though the attempt is made, Adam is unable to save her and fall victim to his own grief that Ben must now save him from.
Rating and Reader Alerts: PG-13 for violence description of wounds.
Words: 15,800
