Category: Alternate Universe
Inclusion of non-canon family members (wives, siblings, etc.)
Each Day #4 – The Meeting (by Dogwood)
Summary: Part 4 of the Each Day Series. Laura and Will Cartwright visit the Ponderosa
Rating: T (Words: 39,305)
Only One Returns (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: The third story in the Confederacy of Dunces series, this story takes the family on a dangerous ride. Gunmen want to make a reputation by gunning down the fastest Cartwright, but he’s not willing to fight. They decide on a way to draw him out while another brother faces personal tragedy that makes him examine what he’s doing with his life.
Rating: T Word count: 12,774
A Confederacy of Dunces Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
All the Lies I Tell Myself (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: A sequel to A Confederacy of Dunces, this story is about Adam settling into life back on the Ponderosa and adjusting to his limitations. A man from Joe’s past shows up though with a plot that involves all the Cartwrights and complicates everything.
Rating = T Word count = 11,208
A Confederacy of Dunces Series, links to the stories within this series are included.
A Confederacy of Dunces (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: A pinecone expansion that grew exponentially, this story follows Adam on a journey where he takes action to support his convictions but ends up finding out his father was mostly correct in his assessment of the War.
rating = T word count = 16,590
A Confederacy of Dunces Series, links to stories within this series are included.
Someday Never Comes (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: A few months after the Union defeat at Fredericksburg, a disillusioned Captain Adam Cartwright writes a letter to his family. A prequel to my other Adam in the Civil War stories.
Rated: T for the horrors of war
Word count: 1,830
The Long Road Home Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
For A Reason (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: Adam does things for a reason. When he takes on corruption in San Francisco, he may find he has tackled too much for not a good enough reason, but his brothers get involved too. However one of them may not survive the fight to take down a corrupt villain.
Rating: T Word Count: 15,115
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
These are the Days (by JC)
A glimpse of Adam Cartwright redux, back on the Ponderosa after a surprise reunion in Stockton and with a family of his own. (Third in a series, links to other stories provided)
Rating T Word Count 1285
From Shadows (by JC)
Summary: Adam and Moira begin their future together amid shadows of the past. (Part of the More than a Memory series, links to other stories provided.)
Rating: MA (Adult Situations) Word Count: 1338
Family Is Of the Heart (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: The Cartwright brothers do not resemble each other. Many have remarked upon that, but there is a good reason for them looking so different from each other–they had different mothers and more. However, they are still brothers because there is something more important than who is present at your birth. The family learns to accept that principle.
Rating = T Word count = 21,656
Winter of Discontent (by JC)
Summary: An early snow and bitter cold has Ben Cartwright feeling his age, but there is more than just the dreary season behind his winter woes. (Set in the Ties That Bind universe but can be read alone)
Rating T 6842 words
Links to other stories in the series are included
Story Time (by JC)
Summary: Written for the 2018 Advent Calendar, based on the quilting prompt, Jacob’s Ladder. It’s a whale of a Christmas tale with grandchildren on the Ponderosa.
Rating: G 3,000 words
Jacob’s Ladder Series, links to all stories included within.
Christmas Story (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: Follows The Haunting and Broken with the same OCs. This is, as the title suggests though, a lighter story set on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day focusing mostly on Adam and his wife, Savannah, and children, Owen and Eva, although Adam’s father and brothers play roles in the drama as well.
Rating: PG Word count = 4496
The Haunting Series, links to stories in this series included.
When Opportunity Knocks (by JulieS)
Summary: Joe is offered the chance to buy a hotel in Virginia City. As he sets about raising the finance he needs to buy it, he discovers that he isn’t the only one answering opportunity’s knock.
Rated: PG 6,300 words
The Way Things Are Series, links to all stories of this series included.