Summary:   When a man rescues one of Ben Cartwright’s sons not once, but twice; the stranger brings huge implications for the family. Will it bring them together or tear them apart?

Rating: Teen+ for mild language, violence, and mild adult situations.   (61,135 words)

Adam embarks on an adventure his family had not expected him to — although maybe they should have. And now they all have to watch helplessly as their once peaceful world shatters around them. Part of the series, but can definitely read as a stand-alone.

74,600 words, rated T

The Art-Universe series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Summary:  A new teacher is in for Ms. Jones and he is strict. Wanting to make a good impression Joe tries to think of what it may be like in school a hundred years from now.  

Rated: K+ (650)

Summary:  Joe buys a laptop without his father’s permission, and it later causes havoc for all of them.  

Rated: K+  (2,400 words)

After so many years, Adam is coming home.

540 words, rated T

Summary:  Short shots involving Ben and Joan’s daughter, Faith, with various members of the family.

Rated K (5,000 words)

Forget Me Not Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Summary:  Adam finds himself having to choose between his family and a woman he falls in love with. There’s only one problem…he’s in a coma, and she’s in the twentieth century. (Guess that makes this Sci-Fi).

Rated: T (18,088 words)

Summary:  Adam has overcome the ordeal that nearly broke him and now sets out to find the woman he loves – and then try to set things straight with his father. A flock of sheep gets in the way and sparks off a bitter power struggle between father and son. Adam won’t give in anymore, and Ben cannot accept that his son isn’t a boy any longer. And in the background, Adam’s unknown foe is pulling some strings of his own.

Rated:  T (132,835 words)

The Dreaming Eagle Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Summary: Adam’s fate is sealed.

650 words, rated K

Summary:  Adam has a hard time with his father still disapproving of his love, he is torn apart by his loyalty to the Ponderosa and his desire to live his own life, be his own man. When a devilish plan leads him into a vicious trap, he goes through a hell of pain and despair, through an ordeal that threatens to break his spirit and jeopardizes his future with the woman he loves.

Rated:  T (128,060 words)

The Dreaming Eagle Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Summary:  Adam falls in love with a rather unusual young lady and has a lot of trouble come his way. While facing his father’s strong disapproval, he will have to confront his own deepest feelings and find out what he really wants in his life. Matters are complicated by an unknown foe who wants to destroy him, just as his struggle with his father comes to a head.

Rated:  T (128,600 words)

The Dreaming Eagle Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Early one morning Adam muses about where his home is—and why.

1,100 words, rated K+

The Art-Universe series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Summary: With his sons married with children of their own Ben has thoughts of his own future.

Rated: T (278,150 words)

Captain Cartwright Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Summary:  When Adam brings his family back to the Ponderosa, his daughter Elizabeth’s first Christmas in Nevada is far from idyllic. But in 1903–in St. Louis!–Adam and the rest of her family make an upcoming Christmas truly special for her.  

Rated: K  WC  2600

A dying man’s last thoughts, a family’s grief…and a glimpse of hope?

Warning: character death

1,400 words, rated T