Category: Alternate Universe
Inclusion of non-canon family members (wives, siblings, etc.)
Seasons Of Change (by Adams_Lover)
Summary: Seasons of Change is a continuation story from Weekend Dad, a modern day Bonanza story featuring Adam. The story begins ten years after the end of Weekend Dad, and Jason is getting ready to head to college. The story will continue the four years Jason is in college until he graduates. There will be many references to the Weekend Dad story, so if you have read it before, you will understand them when you read them in this story.
PG-13: Very mild language and implied sexual situations (201,225 words)
Weekend Dad Series, links to stories within the series are included.
One for the Ages (by Justafan)
Summary: A story of a friendship that ran deeper than blood.
Rating: K (537 words)
Charity Series #5 — Dreams and Challenges (by BettyHT)
Summary: Now that Adam and Charity are married, they face challenges in work and in family relationships. They have dreams of a family and a home too, and they have to adjust those dreams to the reality of events over which they have no control.
rating = T WC = 22,140
Charity Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Charity Series #2 – Wounded Hearts (by BettyHT)
Summary: This is the second story in the Charity series and is a WHN for the Bitter Water episode. A mysterious corporation threatens the Ponderosa and the other ranches in the Comstock area. There are shootings, kidnappings, and threats from unknown assailants, and Lem Keith’s daughter’s anger at Adam for perceived wrongs make for a complicated scenario.
Rating = T and WC = 23,448
Charity Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Family Ties (by pkmoonshine)
Summary: Still haunted by the death of his wife six years before, Joe seeks comfort in strong drink. Will his family ties be enough to save him? This story is based on an idea given to me by another fan who goes by Australian and Joe’sAussieFan.
Rating: T (27,525 words)
A Mother’s Treasures (by Puppycuddles)
Summary: A golden curl tied with a pink bow; a broken arrowhead; a crudely carved wooden horse; and a rough sketch of a two story log house… What do these things have in common? And what makes each one so special? Most people would say nothing, but to a mother’s heart, each of these symbolize something- or rather someone- very special.
Rating: K Word count: 5,643
Home is the Sailor #2 – The Iron Horsemen (by Krystyna)
Summary : It is the winter of 1877 and two of Adam and Olivia’s children are lost during the blizzards. This story is about the iron like qualities the Cartwrights need in order to find a child.
Rating: K+ (182,450)
Home is the Sailor Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Every Day Is a New Day (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: A brief window into the Cartwright family if Inger had lived.
Rating: K Word Count: 1,482
The Return (by justafan)
Summary: A wayward sailor returns home to find unwanted changes and a daunting challenge.
Rating: K Word Count: 8474
The Picker (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: “I-I’ve come to ask you for your daughter’s hand, Sir.”
Rated: K+ (1,244 words)
A Journey Against Time (by Puppycuddles)
Summary: While trying to foil a land grab scheme, Joe is wounded. Despite her own injuries, can his younger sister, Sierra, get him to a doctor in time? A sister fic, with a plot based loosely around the episodes of Land Grab and My Brothers Keeper.
Word count: 13,354 words Rating: T
Ben and Miss Barbara (by Robin)
Summary: Between the trial and Paiutes, tensions are running high in and around Virginia City.
Rating: T (9,410 words)
A Legacy Deferred (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Joe is summoned to the Ponderosa for a matter pertaining to an inheritance. Curiously, the letter and recent events in his life reveal his dissatisfaction, and thrust him on a journey of discovery.
Rating: T (16,980 words)
Adam and Rose (by ACSPeej)
Summary: Adam and his wife settle into life on the Ponderosa.
Rating: T Words: 9,870
Fortuna’s Children and Other Lucky Creatures (by faust)
It’s a scandal, that much is certain, and Adam becomes aware of it only when it’s much too late to do anything about it. But that doesn’t mean he can’t get agitated. Even though, taking everything in account….
Camp in the Pines story,
2,300 words, rated K