Of Love and Loss (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Ben and Hoss have a heart to heart about lost loves.
Rating: K (tissue warning) Word Count: 1,499
Marcy (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)
Summary: A ‘what if’ I got off the episode “Three Brides for Hoss”.
Rated: T (8,950 words)
Where Spiders Fear to Tread (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: “Don’t look down, don’t look down, don’t look down…” I repeated the phrase over and over again under my breath, as I took another careful step forward. A Little Joe story.
Rating: K+ for mild swearing and angst Word Count: 1,476
The Choices We Make (by JulieS)
Summary: An unexpected visitor brings a warning for Adam and a chance for Joe to find out Adam’s secret.
Rated: K (9,740 words)
The Way Things Are series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Restitution (by Belle)
Summary: Ezra Grady, is dead; but that doesn’t mean the Cartwrights’ troubles are over. Ezra Grady’s silent partner-in-crime has yet another scheme in mind. (Warning: Referenced mistreatment of a child.)
Rating: T (22,190 words)
In Absentia Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Unseen Enemy (by Childstar)
Summary: Shortly after Ben Cartwright’s orphaned niece arrives in Virginia City, his neighbors are harassed by an unseen enemy. Is it someone they know, or someone they don’t know?
Rated PG WC 18,000
Bessie Sue’s Proposal (by BettyHT)
Summary: Every leap year, on February 29, traditionally, a woman may ask a man to marry. This is the story of Bessie Sue’s decision to do that and how important family can be.
Rating — K WC = 1212
Sage Advice (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Joe should have remembered his older brother’s advice, when he learns a lesson on how easy it is for women to be his downfall.
Rating: K (950 words)
Contemplation (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam has been gone and the family has lost touch with him. On the eve of Joe’s wedding, each of them will be thinking about their family.
Rating = G WC = 4901
Never Too Late To Say You’re Sorry (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam has been gone from the Ponderosa for ten years. His family knows little of his life but then Ben decides it’s time for at least a visit. There’s a backstory to explain Adam leaving, and flashbacks to explain his personal life, and then the reunion and the results of that as old grievances are aired and new relationships are forged.
Rating = T WC = 34,246
Virginia Series, links to stories within the series are included.
One of a Kind (by MissJudy)
Summary: This “what happens later” story for Thanks for Everything, Friend, picks up after Tom Wilson has been dead for several months and a woman comes to Virginia City with one goal in mind: to kill Adam Cartwright for his role in Tom’s death. She holds Adam at gunpoint as she presses her case against him, and he tries to help her see the truth before she pulls the trigger.
Rating: K Word Count: 9492
Guilt Trap (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam is hurt, Hoss is missing, and Ben faces fraud charges in court. The enemy is quickly identified, but the fight against them is the stuff of nightmares as so much that can go wrong, does go wrong. 4th Adam and Leah story.
rating = T WC = 25309
Leah Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Love Comes Late (by DJK)
Summary: A young Adam has to come to terms with a second stepmother.
Rating: teen and up Warning: contains corporal punishment as part of family discipline Word count: 45,173
The Fire Inside (by freyakendra)
Summary: A surprise assault on the Ponderosa tests twelve-year-old Little Joe’s mettle, and proves he truly is his father’s son.
Word count: 4,470. Rating: T
Waitin’ on Joe (by frasrgrl)
Summary: Joe is given the responsibility of meeting Adam at the freight office with a load of lumber. There’s a lot riding on Joe meeting the deadline, not just for the lumber, but for Joe also.
Rating K+ Word count 5,126
