Category: Alternate Universe
Inclusion of non-canon family members (wives, siblings, etc.)
The Way it Should Be – by Lisa Orcutt
Summary: A new generation of Cartwrights, with very familiar names, breathes new life into the Ponderosa.
Rating: Word Count: 5,500
Family Again? (by Lisa Orcutt)
Summary: A father’s ‘blindness’ to the past tore the family apart.
Rating: Teen Word Count: 12,240
Son of Nobody – by AMG
Summary: Joe’s daughter is saved by a young Indian, who isn’t being just a good Samaritan… In the turmoil of happenings, discoveries are made which greatly surprise all characters.
Rating : definitely PG, Words: 8250
Mistakes & Misconceptions #2 – Building (by AMG)
Summary: As much as I can master in the art of building a romance. Ben in love – and a couple of other things thrown in for good measure. The events of this story take place after “Mistakes and Misconceptions”. While the Cartwright boys are building the new schoolhouse, Ben is building his future with Emily…
Rating: G Words: 8;905
Part of the Mistakes Series, links to all stories included within
The Way it Wasn’t – by JulieH
Summary: Adam manages to convince Ben that sending Little Joe away to college would be the best decision regarding his future. (alternate reality)
Rating: G Words: 12,135
For the Love of a Son – by AMG
Summary: Despite various trials, past and recent, the Cartwright family gathers back together, growing in number. Includes all the family and some friends.
Rating: PG Words 10,427
Family Apart #2 – Kinda Awesome – by AMG
Summary: Adam’s twin brother Tim is on the ranch, getting used to his family he hadn’t known until recently. Involves a hurt Adam, a hurt Joe (know my good will, Joe-girls), and a little cave-in… Enjoy.
Rating and Reader Alerts: PG (nurses needed) Words 6,976
Part of the Family Series, links to all stories included within
Family Apart #1 – by AMG
Summary: In revenge for a killed man, a gang leader kidnaps Adam, which leads to amazing discoveries at the latter’s part. Will the family apart come together again?
Caution, ‘nurses’: a little bit of suffering Adam…
Rating: PG Words: 10,455
Part of the Family Series, links to all stories included within.
Sands #2 – Lethean Sands (by Cressida)
Summary: Adam begins a new life with a ready-made family, but trouble is on the horizon. (Sequel to Shifting Sands.)
Rating: Teen Words: 36,750
This story is part of the Sands Series, links to all stories are included within.
Sands #1 – Shifting Sands (by Cressida)
Summary: Adam wrestles with guilt over the death of a friend after rustlers set events in motion that no one could foresee.
Rating: Teen Words: 34,350
This story is part of the Sands Series, links to all stories included within.
Fare Thee Well – by JRosemary
Summary: A wedding, a history past, and the Cartwrights look to the future.
Rating: Teen Word Count: 10, 675
The Man in Black (by deansgirl)
Summary: A girl traveling alone to Virginia City meets a piece of her past and The Man In Black.
Rated: K+ (1,385 words)
The Man in Black Series, links to all stories of this series included.
Glimpse of Heaven (by Helen A)
Summary: An alternate ending to “The Stillness Within”.
Rated: T (56,060 words)
Fourth Wife #1 – In the Dark of the Night (by Jenny G)
Summary: Ben takes a fourth wife, but the larcenous Boxer clan proves a distraction, and a tragic misunderstanding causes even more trouble.
Rating: T (37,900 words)
Fourth Wife Series, links to all stories of this series included.
The Price of Courage (by Gwynne)
Summary: The following script was submitted to Bonanza in early 1963 by a kind agent willing to take on an unsold writer. The script was rejected as ‘well done, but too expensive in production.”
Let’s call it PG13. (19,427 words)