Bloodlines # 1 – by pkmoonshine
Summary: Paris McKenna, an old friend of the Cartwright family, suddenly falls ill on her way to San Francisco and a new job. She reluctantly accepts Ben’s invitation to rest and regain her strength at the Ponderosa. However, she also carries the burden of a devastating secret that could rip the close-knit Cartwright Family to shreds.
Rating: MA WC 133,000 “Bloodlines” is the first story in a series. Fair warning: this story includes the addition of a non-cannon character.
Bloodlines # 2 – The Lo Mein Affair – by pkmoonshine
Summary: Sequel to Bloodlines. Hop Sing’s relatives are visiting … and Bradley Meredith and the Slade Brothers are in town. It’s shaping up to be a very interesting week for the Cartwrights.
Rating: MA / Word count: 92,780
Bloodlines # 3 – The Wedding – by pkmoonshine
Summary: Sequel to The Lo Mein Affair. Adam Cartwright and his wife, Teresa, come to Virginia City to spend the summer with the family, and so that he might stand up for an old friend as best man in what’s shaping up to be “The Wedding Of The Century.” Meanwhile, Roy Coffee has his hands full trying to put a couple of bootleggers out of business and stop an elusive thief in his tracks.
Rating: T
Bloodlines # 4 – Sacrificial Lamb – by pkmoonshine
Summary: While Adam and his wife, Teresa, are visiting with his family at the Ponderosa, someone from his Adam’s past arrives unexpectedly. She is in deep trouble and desperately needs his help. “Sacrificial Lamb” begins two and a half weeks after “The Wedding,” and includes the addition of two non-cannon characters.
Rating: T
Bloodlines # 5 – Poltergeist II – by pkmoonshine
Summary: Adam’s two children arrive in the company of their maternal grandmother to join their parents for a summer vacation on the Ponderosa. Their arrival sets off a chain of inexplicable, frightening events in the Cartwright household.
Rating: K+ (80,249)
Bloodlines # 6 – Independence Day – by pkmoonshine
Summary: The Independence Day race, which the Cartwrights have been looking forward to all summer, ends in near tragedy. Part of the series begun in Bloodlines.
Rating: K+ (39,720)
Bloodlines # 7 – Virginia City Detour – by pkmoonshine
Summary: Crossover between Bonanza, Touched By An Angel, and Highway To Heaven. A difficult assignment awaits Angel Supervisor Tess and her protégée in Virginia City, and the Cartwrights are in it up to their eyeballs. Tess’ student will eventually strike out along his own Highway to Heaven, becoming as potent a force for good in his own right. He also bears a very strong resemblance to one of Ben Cartwright’s boys.
Rating: T
Bloodlines # 8 – The Guardian – by pkmoonshine
Summary: On his way home from a Christmas shopping trip in Placerville, Joe is thrown from a spooked horse and left stranded at the bottom of a deep ravine in the midst of a severe snowstorm.
Rating: K (6,015)
Bloodlines # 9 – Li’l One – by PK Moonshine
Summary: Early one morning, Ben finds a baby left at the kitchen door of the Cartwrights’ home. In Sacramento, meanwhile, Adam and his family receive devastating news.
MA/R For language, violence, and graphic descriptions of physical abuse of a minor
WC 91,159
Bloodlines #10 -Young Cartwrights in Love – by pkmoonshine
Summary: Sequel to The Guardian. The younger Cartwright children are in head over heels. What are Ben’s thoughts on the matter?
Rating: T
Bloodlines #11 – San Francisco Revisited – by pkmoonshine
Summary: 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 #12 – There But for the Grace of God – by pkmoonshine
Summary: Ben and Stacy befriend a young woman returning home after living with the Chinook for four years. Part of the series begun in “Bloodlines” and includes the addition of a non-cannon character.
Rating: T
Bloodlines #13 – 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)
Bloodlines #14 – Orenna – by pkmoonshine
Summary: When Hoss and Stacy get caught in a dangerous winter storm on their way home from a hunting trip, help comes from a strange old woman who claims to have known the family for a very long time.
Rating: T 8,370 words
Bloodlines #15 – Clarissa Returns – by pkmoonshine
Summary: Cousin Clarissa Cartwright returns to the Ponderosa to visit her cousin, Benjamin, and “his lovely family,” on the occasion of Stacy’s graduation from school.
Rating: T 40,200 words
Bloodlines #16 – Trial by Fire – by pkmoonshine
Summary: Lady Chadwick returns, seeking to ruin Ben Cartwright and his Ponderosa. This story is part of the Bloodlines series, with the addition of a non-canon character.
Rating: T 123,620 words
Bloodlines #17 – Mark of Kane – by pkmoonshine
Summary: Following the family’s ordeal in Trial by Fire, can they finally bury Adam’s experiences at the hands of Kane?
Rating: T 109,400 words
Bloodlines #18 – Mark of Kane #2 – Mob Rule – pkmoonshine
Summary: Three men, imprisoned in the Virginia City Jail, have been charged with committing murder and other brutal acts of cruelty. According to the scuttlebutt, the attorney representing them is determined to see his clients acquitted, and will stop at nothing to make it so. Gossip, lurid speculation, and rumor stoke the fear, anger and complete bewilderment of Virginia City’s citizens. leading to the unthinkable, catching Ben, Adam, and Hoss up in the midst of the turmoil. Sequel to Mark of Kane.
Rating: T Word Count: 39,168
Cinnamon Rose – by pkmoonshine
Summary: Hoss, age 15, falls in love for the first time . . . and yes! The young lady’s feelings are mutual.
Rating K+ WC 37,000
Summary: Still haunted by the death of his wife six years before, Joe seeks comfort in strong drink. Will his family ties be enough to save him?
Rating: T 27,525 words
Longest Walk (The) – by pkmoonshine
Summary: Adam faces what may be the most terrifying moment in his life.
Rating K+ WC 800
Summary: Joe’s never met a gal quite like Martha. Question is, will he survive the experience.
Rating K+ WC 2800
Summary: A cruel taunt sets off a chain of unsettling events at the Cartwright homestead. Prequel to Poltergeist II, but NOT part of the “Bloodlines” Series.
Rating: K+ (15,325)
Summary: What goes through the mind and hearts of a father and two of his sons as they stand together before the grave a man much loved, and taken from them much too soon? Warning … character death.
Rating: K+
Where Angels Fear to Tread – by pkmoonshine
Summary: A certain Cartwright must find within him the wherewithal to face his greatest fear. The life of another may well depend on it.
Rating K+
