Category: Hurt/Comfort
Takin’ Charge #2 – The Story of Ruth (by the Tahoe Ladies)
Summary: A follow up story for Takin’ Charge
Rating K+ Word Count: 6300
Takin’ Charge Series, links to all stories of this series included.
Growing Pains (by Judy & Jerri)
Summary: It’s tough being the youngest Cartwright, but what he lacks in stature he more than makes up for it by living up to the name.
Rated: PG
Word Count: 48,918
Winter Break (by Judy)
Summary: Unable to participate in a winter activity with his brothers, Joe finds a way to take matters into his own hands.
Rated: PG
Word Count: 15,000
Family (by Judy)
Summary: A family outing almost ends in tragedy.
Rated: PG
Word Count: 17,234
Family Again? (by Lisa Orcutt)
Summary: A father’s ‘blindness’ to the past tore the family apart.
Rating: Teen Word Count: 12,240
The Way it Should Be – by Lisa Orcutt
Summary: A new generation of Cartwrights, with very familiar names, breathes new life into the Ponderosa.
Rating: Word Count: 5,500
Son of Nobody – by AMG
Summary: Joe’s daughter is saved by a young Indian, who isn’t being just a good Samaritan… In the turmoil of happenings, discoveries are made which greatly surprise all characters.
Rating : definitely PG, Words: 8250
To Let the Sun Set – by Felicity Poole
Summary: Can the family survive the repercussions of an event from long ago and words spoken anger only three days before?
Rating: PG Word Count: 19,475
The Wrong Child – by Lisa Orcutt
Summary: A grieving father takes the death of his son out on Little Joe.
Rating: PG Word Count: 10,000
The Hunt (by Kathee Pafford)
Summary: When Joe and Adam are hurt during a hunting trip, Adam’s determination to help his brother could cost him his life…
Rating: PG Word Count: 12,300
Growing Pains (by Helen A)
Summary: Growing up isn’t easy, physically or emotionally, as Joe Cartwright discovers.
Rated: T (29,565 word)
Takin’ Charge #1 (by the Tahoe Ladies)
Summary: Dedicated to all those times when you have taken up the banner and led the way, even when you didn’t know where you’re going or why you had to…
Rated: T Word Count: 35600
Takin’ Charge Series, links to all stories of this series included.
The First Born Returns (by Robin)
Summary: Clay Stafford returns to the Ponderosa.
Rating: T (2,500 words)
Remembering You (by Wrangler)
Summary: This story was written to finally explain the death of Hoss Cartwright.
Rated: T WC 11,000