Category: Alternate Universe
Inclusion of non-canon family members (wives, siblings, etc.)
A Modern Cartwrights Story #4 – Remnants of the Past (by GinnyF & Robin)
Summary: Most of the action in this tale takes place in the spring and summer of 2000. We have included elements and characters who appeared in a few Bonanza episodes including “The Truckee Strip”, “Rich Man Poor Man”, “The Infernal Machine”, “The Countess”, “First Born”, “Denver McKee” and “The Abduction” as well as characters and plot lines we created for our other modern Cartwright tales.
Rating: PG (33,150 words)
A Modern Cartwrights Story Series, links to stories within the series are included.
A Modern Cartwrights Story #3 – A Quarter’s Worth of Glory: Joe in the Infernal Machine (by Robin)
Summary: Headlines ripped from the daily newspaper in this modern era tale of the Cartwrights.
Rating: K+ (775 word)
A Modern Cartwright Story Series, links to stories within the series are included.
A Modern Cartwrights Story #1 – Windmills & Remembrances (by Robin & GinnyF)
Summary: A modern-day Cartwright / Dallas cross-over: What happens when JR Ewing sets his sites on the Ponderosa.
Rating: PG-13 (37,800 words)
A Modern Cartwright Story Series, links to stories within the series are included.
A Modern Cartwrights Story #2 – Substitutes in the Cemetery (by GinnyF)
Summary: A continuation of A Modern Cartwrights Story.
Rating: PG (1,215 words)
A Modern Cartwrights Story Series, links to stories within the series are included.
A Modern Cartwrights Story #1 – Windmills & Remembrances (by GinnyF & Robin)
Summary: A modern-day Cartwright / Dallas cross-over: What happens when JR Ewing sets his sites on the Ponderosa.
Rating: PG-13 (37,800 words)
A Modern Cartwrights Story Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Reunion (by BettyHT)
Summary: A prequel that is an alternate reality in which Adam was taken by Indians in the attack that cost Inger her life and eventually is reunited with his family, but the reunion is rocky.
Rating = T WC = 54,773
A World Turned Upside Down (by Krystyna)
Summary: Little Joe Cartwright can’t believe it when Clay Stafford enters his life again …nor can his brothers for very different reasons. Is Clay back for good? Are his motives honest and above board? And who is the man with whom he keeps in contact?
Rating: T (55,545 words)
Captain Cartwright #10 – Written in Stone (by Krystyna)
SUMMARY: Under a new Administration, Commodore Cartwright is sent to search for a missing murder suspect. While on the Ponderosa, a tragic event at the school leads to disaster for the family. This is the tenth story in the world of Captain Cartwright.
Rating: T (185,155 words)
Captain Cartwright Series, links to stories within the series are included.
There’s Gold Diggers in Them There Hills (by DJK)
Summary: In this sequel to “The Most Eligible Bachelor in Nevada”, a modern day Little Joe and Hoss try to save Adam from a woman they are sure is a “gold digger”.
Rating: Teen for mature references Warning: reference to corporal punishment
word count: 11050
The Most Eligible Bachelor Series, links to stories within the series are included.
The Most Eligible Bachelor in Nevada (by DJK)
Summary: “Adam is going to kill me.” A school-age Little Joe tells you why in this modern era Cartwright story. Warning: references to literal corporal punishment and figurative fratricide
rating: teen for mature references word count: 4584
The Most Eligible Bachelor Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Bushwhacked Or The Art of Negotiating (by faust)
On coming home after a long day out, Adam find things are not quite as they should be. There is someone lurking, someone with evil intentions. But as Adam realises that, it’s too late already to stop the inevitable.
1,200 words, rated K
The Art-Universe Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Much Too Soon… (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: News of his father’s death brings a son home.
Rating: K (6,710 words)
In Absentia (by Belle)
Summary: The boys have been forced to accept heartrending loss. Is it time to move on? K+ (15,750 words)
In Absentia Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Kate (by BettyHT)
Story by story in this series, Kate becomes more and more involved in Adam’s life first acting as his nurse several times when he is injured as he faces troubles, and then as his love interest. She has an unhappy past though which Adam has to unravel to win her heart, and then they face heartache as well as joy together. She is introduced in this first story as Adam faces a significant challenge and his family deals with heartache.
WC = 99,150 Rating — T
None Were The Lovingest (by DJK)
Summary: Ben and Little Joe discuss his father’s three wives.
Rated: K Word count: 658