Trees, Traditions, And Three Fine Sons (by pjb & dbird)
Summary: All Ben Cartwright wanted was a nice, traditional Christmas…but his three fine sons had other plans… A collaborative story by dbird and pjb.
Rated: K+ WC 10,900
Ten Hours (by pjb)
Summary: The Cartwrights struggle to intervene when a disturbed boy holds his classmates hostage–including Little Joe.
Rated: T (10,175 words)
Out of the Wind (by pjb)
Summary: A missing scene for the episode, “Five Into the Wind.”
Rated: T WC 6400
The Seasons of a Friendship (by pjb)
Summary: Laughter and tears, dreams and disappointments, sickness and health, life and beyond . . . Joe learns the truth of the old proverb: a friend loves at all times.
Rated: T WC 15,000
Premonition (by pjb)
Summary: Can a man truly know when he is going to die? If that time has arrived, can anything be done to change his fate?
Rated: K+ WC 7000
Questioning Mercy (by pjb)
Summary: A missing scene for “The Quality of Mercy.” A father’s beliefs collide with a son’s questions.
Rated: K+ 4250
My Journal by Mary Coffee, Seventh Book (by JoeC)
Summary: A look in Mary Coffee’s Journal. A brief look at why the Cartwrights are such staunch allies for Sheriff Roy Coffee, especially when it came to the episode, No Less a Man.
Rating: K+ WC 14,100
Vivian (by pjb)
Summary: Joe grapples with a moral dilemma when he falls in love with another man’s wife.
Rated: T WC 11,500
Vivian Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
The French Piano Player – #1 (by pjb)
Summary: When a violent argument with Ben drives Joe from the Ponderosa, the Cartwrights learn that sometimes, you can look straight at a man and never really see him.
Rated: T 16,300
The French Piano Player Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
You go fishing, son ? (by mumu74)
the sentence is “When he looked at his hand, it appeared to belong to someone else.” I made a few changes, because I decided those words would be connected with a woman.
Rating: T (1,680 words)
What Kind of Man (by Cheaux)
Summary: Joe has become unusually introspective, much to the consternation of his brothers.
Rated: K — WC 1600
The Underground (by ViveAdam)
Summary: Ben discovers that Adam dug an underground under the house. He forbids his sons to use it without his agreement but will he be obeyed?
Rating: K+ WC 7300
The Wainscots (by ViveAdam)
Summary: After a meal washed down with plenty of wine and whisky, Ben makes a bet and that’s trouble for Adam
Rated: K WC 2400
Journey Through the Valley of the Dead (by ViveAdam)
Summary: Cindy arrives in Virginia City, in search of a father left for three years, looking for a gold mine
Rated: K + WC 30,600
Where’s my horse? (by ViveAdam)
Summary: Daisy Lovecraft can’t help borrowing every others’ belongings. One day, she borrows Cochise…
Rated: K WC 1100