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
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.
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)
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.
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
Finn (by bahj)
Summary: There’s just something about Finn. Good or Bad. You decide.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 1952
Grief is Hard Work (by mumu74)
Summary: It happens after the family had been deeply touched by pain and sorrow. What can adults do and say to help children to cope with ?
Word Count: 5691 Rated: K+
If Not for Aura Lee (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: What happened after Jean was taken into custody, and Julia’s window went dark.
Rating: T (for mild cursing and references to adult themes) (11,940 words)
Partners (by Sibylle)
Summary: Adam tells his grandson about the first time the three Cartwright brothers were in mischief together (post timeline part: 1905, prequel part: 1848) .
Word count: 6441 Rating: K
Grand Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Saved by the Kind Mate (by heike)
Summary: When a dream becomes a nightmare – a “pre-prequel”
928 words, Rating: G
Someone to Watch Over Him (by Cheaux)
Summary: A Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament story for 2015 (A What Happened Instead for the episode “Bushwhacked” written by Preston Wood).
Word Count: 8974 Rated K+
The Bond (by frasrgrl)
Summary: Ben is late getting back from a business trip to Carson City.
Rated K+ Word count 4,159
Wanderlust (by Indyanna130)
Summary: What could drive a man to leave.
Words: 1326 Rated: G
Whatever the Cost (by faust)
Summary: To what length will Adam go to prove a stranger’s innocence?
9570 words, rated PG
Cliffhanger (by BettyHT)
Summary: Follows the How Do I Tell Him story in which Adam married Lydia and brought her back to the Ponderosa. Now there are several things happening that the couple must face, and the question is whether that will make their love stronger or create problems in their relationship. For the family, there is a jealous young man who creates more trouble.
rating = T word count = 18,888
Lydia Series, links to stories within the series are included.