A Lesson in Miracles – by Foreverfree
Summary: Sometimes, miracles granted are more than what we prayed for.
Written for the 2017 Advent Calendar
Rating: G 7,110 words
Act of Living (The) – by Foreverfree
Summary: WHN for The Truckee Strip. Unable to cope with Amy’s death, Joe has withdrawn from his family and shut everybody out. Will a trip alone to Placerville prove beneficial or disastrous?
Rating: T Word Count: 9754
Attic Window aka Lucia – by Forever Free
Summary: Hoss tells Little Joe about Saint Lucia, as only he can.
Written for the 2018 Advent Calendar
Rating: G 2,670 words
Christmas Apart – by Foreverfree
Summary: Written for the 2016 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar.
Rating: K 1,810 words
Close to a Guarantee – by Foreverfree
Summary: This is a combined WHN/WHI for The Tall Stranger.
Rating: K+ 722 words
Summary: A heart can only break so many times, and after the traumatic losses he has suffered, Joe is convinced that living his life alone is the only way to protect his heart from shattering. But… Is that really his intended destiny? This story takes place two years after the season 14 double-episode “Forever.” Written for the 2018 Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament.
Rated: PG 8,640 words
Summary: What love is all about – inspired by Joe – my favorite Cartwright. My entry for The World Poetry Day 2018.
Rating: K Word count: 82
Lilly the Kid – by Foreverfree
Summary: Seventeen old Joe Cartwright has planned to prove himself a man to the citizens of Virginia City by entering a fast draw competition on Founder’s day. But everything goes wrong and Joe is left publicly thrashed and disgraced, when he find an unexpected friend in eleven year old Lilly.
Rating: K+ 15,779 words
When Spring Comes Again – by Foreverfree
Summary: Two years ago, the girl Joe Cartwright loved moved away and married another man without an explanation or even a goodbye. Now she is back – as a young widow.
Rating: T Word Count: 5,543