Devil’s Dust (by freyakendra)
Summary: A man of God who lacks true faith heads into the desert on a quest for miracles — catching the Cartwright brothers in his flawed pilgrimage.
Word count: 22,000. Rating: T.
A Tiny Preprandial Tale (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: An old short story, which I was inspired to post by the Dan Blocker Literary Birthday Challenge. It was originally written in response to a challenge to use the word “preprandial” in a story.
Rating: K Word Count: 770
A Journey Revisited (by BettyHT)
Summary: The trouble over Regan Miller leads to a frank discussion between Hoss and Adam and a trip to find Inger’s grave. Trouble happens along the way as the two brothers rebuild their relationship. WHN for She Walks In Beauty and somewhat for A Journey Remembered. It’s a mostly lighthearted tale and ends with a meaningful Christmas gift.
rating = T WC = 11,500
One Brother from Boston (by DonnaM)
Summary: Hoss and Joe invite Adam to come home from Boston for Christmas. Ben also has a hand in bringing “One Brother from Boston,” and so do an angelic helper and a stranger from Minnesota.
Rating: K (6,910 word)
This Thing of Darkness (by CwrightGirl)
Summary: A WHIB for the episode To Die in Darkness (S9E28). An extension and analysis of Candy’s spiral into depression and attempted suicide that hopefully offers some explanation and closure.
Rating: T (for mentions of suicide) Word Count: 5455 words.
Truth Is What You Make It (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam finds himself in a predicament and needs his family to help him. It lets him recapture the trust he needed to feel that he was truly at home.
rating = T WC = 19808
Truth Series, links to stories within the series are included.
A World Turned Upside Down (by Krystyna)
Summary: Little Joe Cartwright can’t believe it when Clay Stafford enters his life again …nor can his brothers for very different reasons. Is Clay back for good? Are his motives honest and above board? And who is the man with whom he keeps in contact?
Rating: T (55,545 words)
Truth Be Told (by BettyHT)
Summary: The death of Marie and what led to it trigger years of difficulties for Adam Cartwright and his family building the Ponderosa but with trouble holding the family together. The truth can let them move forward but it takes a long time before Ben admits it.
WC = 61660 rating = T
Truth Series, links to stories within the series are included.
What Would Adam Do? (by BettyHT)
Summary: On the occasion of Mark Twain’s death, Adam tells his grandson a story that Mark told him about Adam’s brothers.
rating: K+ WC = 1091
Was There A Man? (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: Ben tries to make sense of Jennifer Carlisle’s sudden reintroduction into his life. Some of Ben’s thoughts during and following the season 11 episode “Is There Any Man Here?”
Rating: K+ Word Count: 1125
Always With Me (by BettyHT)
Summary: Little Joe wants a solo hunting trip, but he won’t be as alone as he thinks he is when he gets his grand adventure. Story features Joe but Ben and Adam have prominent roles too.
rating = T WC = 1346
Winter (by Krystyna)
Summary: A story of the events leading up to Adam’s illness that led Ben to reflect on his first wife in Elizabeth, My Love.
Rating: K+ (8,188 words)
Cassie (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)
Summary: Adam and Hoss rescue a young girl named Cassie from the river after a flash flood hits the wagon she’s traveling in. What happens next?
Rated: K+ (11,950 words)
You Just Wait and See (by DebbieB)
Summary: When Little Joe tries to keep his friend from getting in trouble things go all wrong for the youngest Cartwright.
Rated PG WC 26,000
Son, Don’t Take Your Gun to Town (by Debbie B)
Summary: An angry gunslinger, a pretty lying girl, an irate father…what more does Little Joe need to keep himself in trouble?
Rated PG WC 8300