Posted in Action/Adventure Drama Hurt/Comfort

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

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Posted in Humor

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)

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Posted in Drama

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.

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Posted in Drama Hurt/Comfort What Happened Next/Later

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

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Posted in Drama Romance

Welcome Back, Adam Cartwright (by mumu74)

Summary:  This is a short story : Romantic evening at the Ponderosa : Adam is back.

(2,130 words)

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Posted in Chaps and Spurs Drama Humor Joe Cartwright Prequel

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.

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Posted in Action/Adventure Drama Hurt/Comfort

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

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Posted in Drama Hurt/Comfort What Happened Next/Later

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)

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Posted in Action/Adventure Alternate Universe Drama Hurt/Comfort Joe Cartwright What Happened Instead What Happened Next/Later

Forever Changed (by BluewindFarm)

Summary: After concluding a business trip in San Francisco, Joe’s life is forever changed.

Rating:  T  (14,520 words)

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Posted in Drama Hurt/Comfort What Happened Instead

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

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Posted in Writing Challenges

Greater Love (by BonanzaPR6)

Summary:  A young girl visits the Ponderosa and has a profound effect on one of the brothers.

Written for the 2018 Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament. 

Rated:   T  5,950 words

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Posted in Drama Mystery

Witch’s Sham (by BettyHT)

Summary:  A family moves into the Virginia City area intent on causing trouble that will allow them to gain riches or so they believe. They do everything that they can to make that come true, but when they attack Adam Cartwright, things don’t work out the way that they hoped because they find that you can’t win when you come up against the Cartwright family.  

rating = T   WC = 23,554

Rosalie Series, links to stories within the series are included.

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Posted in Crossover Drama

Band of Brothers (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)

Summary: Adam and Hoss travel to Stockton and find themselves joining forces with Jarrod and Heath to help Nick-who was adversely affected by the Civil War.

Rated: T (22,900 words)

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Posted in Drama Writing Challenges

Competition (by Belle)

Summary:  No man deserves all the attention.

Rating:  K+  (6,025 words)

Competition Series, links to stories within the series are included.

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Posted in Drama Writing Challenges

Family Ties (by Patina)

Summary: WHI for The First Born and WHN for The Last Viking.    Can Hoss protect his younger brother when Clay Stafford reveals he’s Marie’s first born?

Rating: K

Word Count:  8114

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