Category: Hurt/Comfort
The Kidnapping (by LillianMontane)
Summary: Little Joe gets kidnapped during a bank robbery. Will he survive? Will he be found?
Rated: T Word count: 7192
Did We Win (by AC1830)
Summary: The Founders Day horse race was a tradition for Adam and Joe Cartwright, but the question always is – which brother will win?
Rating: G, Word Count: 772
Ever With You (by Wrangler)
Summary: Little Joe couldn’t believe it when Pa turned his back and walked away. Adam had been injured and it was Joe’s fault and Ben refused to get him out of the charges or even post bail. Now after six weeks in the Virginia City jail Joe must face Pa for the first time and make a tough decision about his future. A lesson about love, the tough kind.
Rating T (word count 21,290)
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)
In the fourth installment to the “Every Purpose Under Heaven” series, the family helps Joe who is still tormented by his past. Now he tries to help a friend who is dealing with a similar circumstance which leads to a gunfight. Rating T, WC 36,630
Links to stories 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: 22600
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
