Category: Hurt/Comfort
Trials and Tribulations (by LillianMontane)
Summary: Joe has a hard go of it with some ranch hands. Can Adam help him through it before they do some serious damage?
Rated T Word count: 11,127
Justice Served (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: What was the real reason behind Adam leaving the Ponderosa? He claimed Justice.
Rating: Teens, due to western-themed violence. (29,265 Words)
Hypothermia (by LillianMontane)
Summary: Adam and Little Joe rely on each other to survive.
Rating: T Word Count: 3,758
Every Purpose Under Heaven #4 – All Our Yesterdays (by Wrangler)
Summary: In the long-awaited conclusion of the Every Purpose Under Heaven series, the family helps Joe as he seeks closure. Along the way he is forced to deal with a friend’s struggle, a gunfight, an injury and an unplanned pregnancy.
Rating: PG (36,630 words)
Links to stories within the series are included within.
The Loft #1 (by Pat D in PA)
Summary: In this first of three short stories, we are able to see the healing properties that can be present in a simple hayloft. In this first story, a deeply disappointed youngest Cartwright brother learns that even a bossy boots big brother can somehow know just the right things to say… and not to say.
Rating: K/G (1,711 words)
Our Blood (by Wrangler)
Summary: After his father is shot, Joe fights to keep him alive while hiding a deadly secret
Rating: T, WC 28,900
In The Springtime (by bonanzagirl)
Summary: Joe is a regular at the Silver Dollar Saloon, so let’s look at some of these moments from the view of Sam, the bartender.
Rating: PG Word Count: 7400
The Miracle (By bonanzagirl)
Summary: A Christmas story. Joe and Hoss are heading out to control the herd
Rating: G Word Count: 3900
Whatever It Takes #6 – Of One Breath (by Wrangler)
Summary: After the death of his dearest friend, Joe takes a downward spiral. Can his father stop him before he surrenders to old temptations? This story follows my story, Absolute Faith.
Rating: T (24,890)
The Dancer (by bonanzagirl)
Summary: Joe and a saloon dancer accidentally meet, and more problems arise than Joe ever expected.
Rating: PG Word Count: 19000
Guilt (by bonanzagirl)
Summary: Have you ever wondered why Joe is such a good shot? Maybe that’s how it happened.
Rating: PG Word Count: 15000
No Deal (by BettyHT)
Summary: This is a prequel with Adam home from college at about 23, Hoss at about age 17, and Joe at about age 11. Returning from a trip to Sacramento, Adam has two disturbing encounters, one with someone he thought could be a friend and another with outlaws. Then he has another one with his father. The rest of the story develops from those until the issues can be resolved.
Rating – T Word Count – 32,154
My Only Guiding Light (by HarpistforHim)
Joe let himself smile for half a second before sobering and shaking his head. “I’ve known you a long time and I don’t think I’ve ever seen you like this. Maybe you got this way when I was too young to notice or wasn’t around to remember, but… I don’t know, seeing you down here tonight all alone, I sort of got worried.” Or, after Laura Dayton’s departure, Joe finds his oldest brother in need of some consolation. A WHN for the “Triangle.”
Word Count: 2,316 Rating: PG
We All Need A Backup Sometimes (by DJK)
Canon refers to Ben leaving the Ponderosa for a time after Marie’s death. This story presents a possibility for how Adam managed during this time. (This is an Old Ned story.)
The Shot (by bonanzagirl)
Summary: A missing scene from Emily. Joe finds an ambushed money transport with a dead and injured man lying next to it. He fires three shots to call for help, but he gets shot in the back. Hoss and Candy arrive at the scene shortly after Deputy Wade.
Rating: PG Word Count: 1600