Category: Alternate Universe
Inclusion of non-canon family members (wives, siblings, etc.)
A Gynecological Disaster (by the Giggly Sisters)
Summary: When Joe has another unfortunate accident the doctor can’t be found. What is keeping him so busy? It can’t possibly be the birth of yet another baby – can it?
Rated: T WC 1840
The Best Is Yet To Be (by Deborah)
Summary: This is the sixteenth and final story in my “Adam in the Outback” series. It begins in 1908, two years later.
Rating: T (97,221 words)
Adam In The Outback Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
San Francisco Revisited (by pkmoonshine)
The Cartwrights have come to San Francisco to negotiate a contract and enjoy a relaxing family vacation together. All thoughts of relaxation fly right out the window when two family members and a friend go missing, and the police are infuriatingly indifferent. A WHN for “San Francisco” and “The Mountain Girl.”
Rating: T (58,600 words)
Bloodlines Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Between Life And Death (by pkmoonshine)
Summary: Ben Cartwright lies on what may be his deathbed, near comatose from raging fever. What thoughts go through the heads of those who love him most as they try and come to grips with the prospect that his time with them may be at an end?
Rating K+ (13,255 words)
Bloodlines Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Logan’s Bride (by karilyn)
This is the sixth and last story in the Adam/Hoss/Joe “Destiny” series.
Summary: One of Adam’s eldest son’s, the court jester Logan, finds a young woman who captures his fancy.
Rated T (21,335 words)
Destiny Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
The Homecoming – Part 2 (by karilyn)
This is the fifth story in the Adam/Hoss/Joe “Destiny” series
Summary: Adam and Mary Lynn head to the site of the train accident, determined to find their son, Nolan.
Rated K+ (20,510 words)
Destiny Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
The Homecoming – Part 1 (by karilyn)
Part of the fourth story in the Destiny series
Summary: Adam and Mary Lynn travel to Boston to visit Nolan at college. Adam has a surprise planned that will affect every member of the Cartwright family.
Rated: K+ (23,040 words)
Destiny Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
No More Birthday Parties, Thank You (by karilyn)
Summary: One of Joe’s sons and one of Adam’s son are kidnapped and held for ransom, and one of Adam’s impetuous eldest sons embarks on a rescue mission even as a posse is formed and he learns an important lesson about taking risks and being a hero.
Rated: T (20,490 words)
Destiny Series, links to all the stories are included within.
Brothers (by karilyn)
This is the second in the series of stories following the Adam/Hoss/Joe “Destiny” stories.
This story examines the relationships between brothers, some ordinary and some life and death. The brothers are the sons of Adam, Hoss and Joe.
Rated K+ (7,415 words)
Destiny Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
It’s Just For Now (by karilyn)
Summary: When Adam’s eldest son prepares to head East to attend college, the entires family realizes how much Nolan has meant to them over the years.
Rated: K+ (7,300 words)
Destiny Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Destiny Next Door (by karilyn)
Summary: Little Joe finds true love with a girl he has known all his life, but their wedded bliss begins unexpectedly! Rated: MA (13,925 words)
This is a Little Joe romance. It is rated MA due to sexual situations, so be forewarned! This story also features Amy Bishop from the “Truckee Strip” episode.
Destiny Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Desert Destiny (by karilyn)
Summary: Hoss marries the love of his life, only to lose her the following day, and he’ll stop at nothing to get her back.
Rated: MA
Destiny Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Blizzard of Destiny (by karilyn)
Summary: Adam is rescued from a raging blizzard by a young woman who changes his life forever.
Rated: MA (38,245 words)
Author’s Disclaimer: This is an Adam story, although the other Cartwrights are also present. This is an MA romance and contains some sexual situations, so be forewarned! This story as well as my two other “Destiny” stories (one about Hoss and one about Joe) assume that the three Cartwright brothers find love.
Destiny Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Grow Old Along With Me (by Deborah)
Summary: This is the fifteenth story in a sixteen part series: “Adam in the Outback”. A.C. is off to the Technical College in Sydney, leaving Adam and Bronwen alone for the first time in 31 years. A secret that has been hidden for many years is about to be revealed.
Rating: T wc 49,000
Adam In The Outback Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Sacrificial Lamb – Part 2 (by Kenda)
Summary: Although Ben Cartwright knew his brother Daniel was not easy to get along with, the passing years had brought with them a nostalgic longing to reconnect with the family he’d left behind in Ohio. When word reaches Ben that Daniel has recently suffered difficult heartaches, he invites the man to spend the summer on the Ponderosa, never imagining the trouble Daniel’s presence would bring. In addition to Daniel’s visit that soon has Ben recalling why he’d never been close to his eldest sibling, is trouble from a neighbor bent on revenge. A summer Ben had been looking forward to, quickly changes to one that contains nothing but challenges, disagreements, and worries for his youngest son’s safety.
Rated: T (53,675 words)
Sacrificial Lamb Series, links to all the stories within the series included.