Category: Post Timeline
Anything after The Hunter
To the One — A Poem by Adam Cartwright (By JC)
My entry for the World Poetry Day (March 21) Challenge — A poem by Adam Cartwright.
Summary: The choices a man makes in his youth may be called into question over time.
Rating K 221 words
The Homecoming — Requiem (by JC)
Summary: All roads lead to home, in the end. (Final chapter of the More than a Memory series, which begins with Adam following the season 5 episode “Triangle.” Links to previous stories provided)
Rating PG Word Count: 3711
Bitter, Sweet, Wonderful Everything (by JC)
Summary: Their first little bird has left the nest, and more change is on the way for Adam and Moira.
(Part of the More than a Memory series, written for Camp in the Pines 2026)
Rating: T Word Count: 3447
Redemption (by Questfan)
Summary: My entry for BoNaNo 2018 as well as the Crossover Challenge. After a chance encounter in his youth, Joe meets up with the man again, many years later, under trying circumstances.
Rating: T Word Count: 14,878
Bittersweet (McFair_58)
Summary: It is October, a time of looking back and giving thanks for a harvest of blessings. For Joe Cartwright, this is impossible. The autumn marks one year since he lost his beloved brother, Hoss. Needing to escape, Joe heads out to visit to Carrie Pickett. He never makes it. Instead, Joe finds himself lost and alone and badly injured. Half-dead, he works his way toward a plume of smoke rising in the distance. Little does Joe suspect that what he finds at the end of his journey will change his life forever.
Word count: 22,401
Rated PG
Dog Days (by Hart4ben)
Summary: Joe is sent by his father to help a young widow. He soon has his hands full trying to find homes for the widow and her four-legged family. The 5th in the Ben Brown series.
Rating: K+ WC: 17057
Ben Brown Series, links to all the stories for this series included.
Through Fiery Trials A Pathway Lies (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: After the loss of Hoss and Joe’s wife, Alice, the Cartwright family is facing yet another tragedy.
Rating: T Word Count: 10476
Warning: Character death
Ladies Day Out (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: A day in the lives of Ben and Hoss Cartwright. Ben decides that his wife, Kate, and his daughter-in-law, Gabrielle, should have a day out away from the children. The 4th story in the Ben Brown series.
Rating: K WC: 5184
Ben Brown Series,, links to all the stories for this series included.
Joe (by A-P)
Summary: A group of poems about Joe Cartwright .
Rating: K Word Count: 578
A Masquerade (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: A set of new projects brings with it a set of new problems, new partners, and a dangerous foe. The story continues the adventures of Adam and Kitty that started in At Odds.
rating = T word count = 13, 986
At Odds Series, links to all the stories for this series included.
At Odds (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: In this story, Adam has returned home but is not sure of what to do and if he should stay. It’s a romance, but a bumpy one as there are detours involving all consuming work, tragedy, and life threatening trouble that will fully engage his mind and his heart until he has found his place and his future.
rating = T word count = 27599
At Odds Series, links to all the stories for this series included.
Only a Brother Can Know (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: Adam is back, but he and Joe are at odds. Ben is surprised to find out why, but the big surprise is in what the brothers reveal in their conversation.
rating = T word count = 1238
In Loving Remembrance (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: Adam’s post canon tribute to Hoss.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 503
Lessons In Love (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: A post canon letter from Jamie on life, love, and gratitude. References season 14 episode First Love.
Rating = K WC = 1137
Circle of Life (by AC1830)
Summary – Spending the day fishing can open up all sorts of discussions. Adam asks Joe for help with his troubled grandson, but the child isn’t the only one helped by the fresh air and touch of home that the Ponderosa offers. Thanks to a friend for the title.
Rating – K, Word Count – 4990
