Most Recent – What Brothers Do – posted 06/02/2026 (see summary below)
A Banquet of Consequences – by Carebear
Summary: Newlywed Adam enjoys an evening out with his wife, followed by pleasurable adult activities at home.
Rating: MA/R (sexual content) Word Count: 4728
A Little Lesson in Engineering and Physics – by CareBear
Summary: Prequel. Adam and Little Joe bond over a simple engineering and physics concept. When Joe later tries to apply the concept on a large scale, he reaps chaos for all three brothers. Written for the Chaps & Spurs 2025 Third Quarter Challenge.
Rating: PG Word Count: 7438
(Almost) Grand Adventure (The) – by CareBear
As Adam copes single parenthood, his middle child experiments with gravity. She discovers that it doesn’t bend to her will but perhaps her father understands her more than she thinks.
RATING: G WORD COUNT: 37,631
Beth Cartwright, Detective – by CareBear
Summary: While visiting the Ponderosa, Adam’s oldest daughter unearths a treasure trove of detective books in the attic. When the family learns Adam has put a ban on them, the story of what inspired such an un-Adam-like rule is told.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 4936
Burden of Guilt (The) – by CareBear–
Summary: Adam carries a self-enforced burden of guilt, haunted by memories of the past that are dredged to the surface by Delphine’s death.
Rating: T (violence) Word Count: 6823
Hoss and the Rabbit Business – by CareBear
Summary: After Ben sold the rabbits to Barlow and Clyde, he believed the Ponderosa had seen the last of them.
Rating: G Word Count:1154
Long Road Home (The) – by CareBear
SUMMARY: Ben sets out on a mission of mercy in the days before Christmas that turns into a fight for his life when he tries to return home
RATING: G WORD COUNT: 8156
Queen of the Dunes – by CareBear
Summary: When Adam and his wife welcome a second child, the household is thrown into chaos. The changes leave their oldest feeling so overlooked that she becomes convinced that no one will miss her if she disappears. Being a Cartwright, she decides to put that theory to the test.
Rating: PG (mild violence) Word Count: 15,160
Saucy Sally Picks a Pocket – by CareBear
Summary: Saucy Sally has a birthday wish that will take a fortune to fulfill. How does she solve this problem? By picking some pockets of course! Written in answer to the 2025 Brandaversary R-Rated Story
Rating: MA/R (language, sexual situations & descriptions)
Word Count: 13,037
What Brothers Do – by CareBear Summary: Hoss and Adam step in when Joe riles up the saloon, but not in the way you’d think.
Rating: G Word Count: 1839
