Two Thousand Miles (by pbeaking)
Summary: This story is centered around what it was like for 7 year old Adam out on the trail with his Pa. It covers the two thousand mile journey they made with others traveling west in search of their new life. It describes their heartaches and joys and feelings of apprehension as they pushed on day after day not truly knowing what lay ahead.
Rating: K (10,035 words)
Silent Night (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: After an unusually hectic day, there is only one wish requested on Christmas Eve.
Rating: K (2,610 words)
Remembering (by DJK)
Summary: Little Joe remembers another side of his elder brother. Also, a bonus poem about remembering.
Rated: K+ Word count: 1196
(Un)Silent Night (by heike)
Summary: It’s Christmas time for those on the Ponderosa… with their own Little Drummer Boy celebration.
Rating: K (470 words)
Catching ’em Red Handed (by DJK)
Summary: Little Joe sets out to prove his innocence to Pa and his brothers.
Rated: K+ Word count: 3437
Singing Lessons (by DJK)
Summary: This is my contribution to the Dan Blocker Birthday Challenge. Hoss and Adam learn more than just a song.
Rated: K+ Word count: 2315
By Step, By Half, And by Heart (by DJK)
Summary: Clay sends a telegram to Adam asking him for help. This time Clay’s troubles send the entire Cartwright family down a road that could led to the destruction of Ben Cartwright’s dream or finally bring Joe’s other brother home.
Rated: T Word count: 32,335
Between First Borns Series, links to stories within the series are included.
QiXi: The Seventh Night of the Seventh Moon (by freyakendra)
Summary: A Chinese fairy-tale, an all-too-human Hop Sing and a carefree moment of make-believe usher the Cartwrights into a nightmare involving Chinese assassins and a beautiful, young woman two men will do anything to possess.
Rated: T (29,000 words)
Head, Heart, and Gut (by freyakendra)
Summary: Joe postpones a tough decision—and learns about the power of “3.” The toughest decisions should always be three-pronged, including careful thought, a touch of instinct and with a healthy dose of heart thrown in.
Rated: K+ WC 2000
A Stranger Returns (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)
Summary: A what if I got off the episode “A Stranger Passed This Way”, mainly what if the Vandervorts had already been in the process of moving when they found Hoss? Genre always subject to change. Little Joe and Candy will also make appearances in the story.
Rated: K+ (15,460 words)
A Stranger Returns Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
Storms and Anchors (by DJK)
Summary: Little Joe needs an anchor in the storm.
Rated: K+ Word count: 1097
A Lifetime of Unhappiness (by faust)
Gravely hurt and completely helpless, Adam finds himself at the mercy of a person from his past who seeks nothing but revenge. And for once, there’s no chance he’ll talk his way out of it.
In the end it might come down to who’s more determined; and Adam surely won’t give up. No, he won’t, will he?
7,500 words, rated T
The Grandest Aqueduct (by pbeaking)
Summary: Adam brings a well known engineer from California to help Virginia City with their water problems. Alexis von Schmidt proves to be a brillant man with brillant ideas, but is he the best answer for Virginia City and its residents?
Rating: K+ (9,500 words)
The Wanted Poster (by Sibylle)
Summary: A wanted poster prompts Ben and Adam to re-examine a moment from their journey West.
Rated: K+ 600
Sweet Tooth (by DJK)
Summary: Memories are sometimes the sweetest things of all.
Rated: K+ Word count: 538
