First Step (by Cheaux)
Summary: For fiercely independent Little Joe Cartwright, asking for help is the hardest thing to do. A Camp in the Pines short story.
Rated T Word Count 6254
Garden Party (by BettyHT)
Summary: Inspired by some Ricky Nelson songs, this story begins with Adam arriving home disillusioned and cynical after many years away. At a party thrown by his father to celebrate his return, he meets someone who begins to change his attitude and will change his future as soon as he allows it. Adam changes her life too although there are some who do their best to try to prevent the two from being together.
rating = T WC = 35,173
Irae Series, links to stories within the series are included.
The Hardest Goodbye – Book 1 of “A House United” (by Pulitzer2016)
Summary: As the Civil War approaches, Adam reflects on his college years and the relationship he cultivated with his younger cousin, Josephine. After graduation, Josephine and her parents visit the Ponderosa for a month of fun, after which Adam must say the hardest goodbye of his life.
Rating: K (33,830 words)
A House United Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Shenanigans (by LC)
Summary: The best mishaps are the ones you can laugh about.
Rating: K Word count: 660
More Than Enough Love Part 2 (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: The Cartwright family continues to adjust to the addition Ben’s new wife, Kate and her nieces, Mary and Hannah. Will an unexpected visitor bring tension into the household?
Rating: T Word Count: 115,895
Ben Brown Series, links to all the stories for this series included.
Adam Knows a Secret (by BettyHT)
Summary: Camp In the Pines 2015 challenge story. Adam holds a secret but can’t tell because of injuries so it is up to his brothers and father to try work out who hurt him, why, what they might do next, but most importantly, how to stop them. It’s his youngest brother who proves to be invaluable in working out what they have to do until the oldest can recover enough to tell them what he knows.
rating = T WC = 13,018
A Little Less, Next Time … (by Krystyna)
Summary: Joe discovers that his liking for raspshberriesh ..I mean…raspberry cordial has repercussions…
Rating: K+ (1,760 words)
Nothing is What it Seems (By JulieS)
Summary: Joe believes that Adam is on assignment and does all he can to find out what it is.
Rated: K+ (7527 words)
The Way Things Are series, links to all the stories in the series included.
A Better Man (by BettyHT)
Summary: A story to try to answer questions left unanswered in The Crucible, it begins with Adam’s attempt to leave Kane’s camp at night. The first part is a WHIB and then it will be a WHN when Adam is rescued and has to answer some questions to himself and to his family trying to understand what happened and make sense of it.
rating – T WC = 13,659
Welcome Back, Adam Cartwright (by mumu74)
Summary: This is a short story : Romantic evening at the Ponderosa : Adam is back.
(2,130 words)
There’s Wisdom, and Then There’s… (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: He thinks he knows all it takes to be a cowboy; leaving Ben to wonder.
Rating: K (1,070 words)
Part of the Cowboy-isms Series, links included within.
Branded (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: Adam has been gone for six years and for four of those years, Ben has not heard from him. His last letter said he was coming home and that he had a surprise. Then Candy drops a huge bombshell during a casual conversation that leads to a trip to Texas and the beginning of much turmoil for the family.
rating = T WC = 25,065
Six Feet Deep (by freyakendra)
Summary: For a brief moment in time, Amy’s death brought Little Joe and Luther Bishop together. But when the moment ended and Luther realized he had nothing left to lose, burying the hatchet with Ben Cartwright took on a new level of meaning.
A What Happened Next Story for The Truckee Strip.
Rating: K+ (6,855 words)
Forever Changed (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: After concluding a business trip in San Francisco, Joe’s life is forever changed.
Rating: T (14,520 words)
Doppelganger (by BettyHT)
Summary: WHI for Death at Dawn in which the plot by Bryant is more complex than simply trying to save Farmer Perkins. Adam’s apparent failure to save his father as well as other events shake his confidence in his abilities, and it will take several crises and support from his family for him to regain his self-confidence.
Rating = T WC = 38683