Category: Alternate Universe
Inclusion of non-canon family members (wives, siblings, etc.)
More Than Enough Love Part 2 (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: The Cartwright family continues to adjust to the addition Ben’s new wife, Kate and her nieces, Mary and Hannah. Will an unexpected visitor bring tension into the household?
Rating: T Word Count: 115,895
Ben Brown Series, links to all the stories for this series included.
Forever Changed (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: After concluding a business trip in San Francisco, Joe’s life is forever changed.
Rating: T (14,520 words)
Partners (by Sibylle)
Summary: Adam tells his grandson about the first time the three Cartwright brothers were in mischief together (post timeline part: 1905, prequel part: 1848) .
Word count: 6441 Rating: K
Grand Series, links to stories within the series are included.
First Comes Marriage (by BettyHT)
Summary: It’s a romantic farce as Ben goes to talk to the new school teacher to deliver an invitation to dinner. Things get very complicated very quickly with an unexpected consequence you might expect in a farce. PG 1,701
Of Mothers and Fathers (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Ben’s announcement of his upcoming marriage to a young, widowed woman brings about a serious talk between a ten-year-old Joe and his older brother, Adam.
Rating: K Word Count: 1,623
Candy’s Opinions (by BettyHT)
Summary: Attacked by rustlers, Candy and Adam have some time to talk as they try to work their way out of their predicament. Candy talks about the Cartwrights.
Rating — PG WC — 1544
A Well Deserved Comeuppance (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: The Jessup Gang get a little more than they bargained for when they pick a fight with a certain stranger. A slight AU story that ties in with “Missing” and “A Father’s Gift”, but you don’t have to read them first to understand what’s going on.
Rating: K+ for a bit of violence Word count:1,889
Links to other stories in the series are included.
The Lilies of the Field – Book 1 of the Lilies Series (by sandspur)
Summary: With Ben away, the Cartwright boys face down poachers, a train robbery, a fire that nearly destroys the Ponderosa, a strange new school teacher and a lost dog. But when Ben returns, the biggest problem of all is gossip.
Rating: T (mild language, mature themes, violence) WC 109,300
The Lilies Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Restitution (by Belle)
Summary: Ezra Grady, is dead; but that doesn’t mean the Cartwrights’ troubles are over. Ezra Grady’s silent partner-in-crime has yet another scheme in mind. (Warning: Referenced mistreatment of a child.)
Rating: T (22,190 words)
In Absentia Series, links to stories within the series are included.
A Modern Cartwrights Story #5 – A Passing Stranger (by GinnyF & Robin)
Summary: This Modern Day Cartwrights story is based on the Bonanza episode “A Stranger Passed this Way”.
Rating: PG (46,475 words)
A Modern Cartwrights Story Series, links to stories within the series are included.
A Modern Cartwrights Story #5 – A Passing Stranger (by Robin & GinnyF)
Summary: This Modern Day Cartwrights story is based on the Bonanza episode “A Stranger Passed this Way”.
Rating: PG (46,475 words)
A Modern Cartwright Story Series, links to stories within the series are included.
A Modern Cartwrights Story #4 – Remnants of the Past (by Robin & GinnyF)
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 Cartwright Story Series, links to stories within the series are included.
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 #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.
