Posted in Adam Cartwright Drama Family Hurt/Comfort Prequel Short Stories

Green Velvet (by DJK)

Summary: Adam finds himself making a difficult decision.

Rated: K+  Word count:  732

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Posted in Family Prequel

The Black Hat (by Cheaux)

Summary:    A Ponderosa fairy tale inspired by a drawing by bahj’s niece.

Word count:   1187   Rated K

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Posted in Humor Writing Challenges

Virginia City Tea Party (by heike)

Summary:  In Virginia City ladies know how to celebrate a proper tea party.  

Rating:  K+   WC  2100

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Posted in Drama Family Hurt/Comfort Prequel

Scars (by pbeaking)

Summary:  When young little Joe is injured, his family tries to ease his fears by revealing some of their own scars.

Rating:  G (2,590 words)

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Posted in Drama Family Prequel

The Three Kings (by Sibylle)

Summary:  In early 1847, a winter’s night on the Ponderosa leads to an unexpected gift for the three brothers and the whole family.

Rated: K  WC: 2100

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Posted in Adam / Joe Drama Joe Cartwright Prequel

Fifty Dollars (by DJK)

Summary: Even if he did take the fifty dollars, Little Joe was not really a thief.

Rated:  K+    Word count:   2022

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Posted in Drama Family What Happened Instead Writing Challenges

A Dream Fulfilled… (by BluewindFarm)

Summary:  Dream Fulfilled… A story in six voices, that all viewers wished had happened.  Within each section there will be a common thread that also ties each character to the others.  At the end of each section the character and the word prompt are listed.

Rating K (6,705 words)

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Posted in Drama Family

Feeling Guilty (by DJK)

Summary: Three vignettes that have the Cartwright brothers dealing with guilty.

Rated:  K+     Word count:   1882

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Posted in Ben / Joe Drama Writing Challenges

Murder, He Wrote (by heike)

Summary:  Deputy Clem Foster is trying to solve a crime. Little Joe is eager to help until his father becomes the main suspect.

Rating  T   WC  3100

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Posted in Action/Adventure Drama Joe Cartwright Prequel

Two on the Town (by DJK)

Summary: While accompanying Adam on a trip to San Francisco, a young Little Joe sneaks out with their host’s daughter to see the sights.

Rated: T    Word count: 10834

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Posted in Alternate Universe Ben Cartwright Drama What Happened Instead

More Than Enough Love (by Hart4Ben)

Summary:  Having only been married a short time, Ben and Kate find themselves making a life-changing decision after the death of Kate’s sister.

***Warning – spanking used for disciplining children.***  

Rated: T (37,265 words)

Ben Brown Series, links to all the stories for this series included.

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Posted in Drama Family Hoss Cartwright Hurt/Comfort

When the Big Man Falls (by DJK)

Summary:  A young girl must save Hoss’s life when he is left to die.  

Rated: T   Word count:  6479

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Posted in Drama Family Prequel

Indiscretion (by pbeaking)

Summary: Nine year old Hoss Cartwright wants so very much to excel in school like his older brother, particularly when it comes to math. The pressure he puts on himself to achieve leads him to an act of indiscretion. Can he ever make things right again?

Rating:  K+  WC  4900

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Posted in Drama

One Shot (by rh2006fan / HeatherF)

Summary:   A normal trip to the saloon turns tragic. I wrote this back in the summer, you may need some tissues with this too… Warning: Character death

Rated:  T (1,450 words)

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Posted in Ben Cartwright Drama

As Good as the Best Day He Ever Saw (by Patina)

Rating: K

Word Count=3794

Summary: A man’s self-image doesn’t always match his reflection in the mirror. Ben sets out to prove he’s not yet ready for porch-sitting.

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