Porcupine Creek (by LillianMontane)
Adam takes care of Joe after a run-in with a wild animal.
Rated: T word count: 2917
Stuck (by bonanzagirl)
Summary: Joe is once again in a tight spot
Rating: PG Word count: 6500
A Ghost Passed This Way (by HarpistforHim)
Summary: During the events of “A Stranger Passed This Way,” Adam struggles against his own emotions while trying to comfort Joe as they both face the grim reality of losing Hoss to the Vandervorts. A Missing Scene Story because these boys deserve some comfort.
Rating: G Word Count: 2,106
Different Than Planned (by bonanzagirl)
Summary: The story plays after the episode ‘Between Heaven and Earth.’ Joe plans a well-deserved summer vacation, but the journey becomes an unexpected nightmare.
Rating: M (sexual content, violence) Word Count: 19100
The Kidnapping (by LillianMontane)
Summary: Little Joe gets kidnapped during a bank robbery. Will he survive? Will he be found?
Rated: T Word count: 7192
Did We Win (by AC1830)
Summary: The Founders Day horse race was a tradition for Adam and Joe Cartwright, but the question always is – which brother will win?
Rating: G, Word Count: 772
Little Boy Joe (by JC)
There are definite advantages to being the youngest Cartwright. And who would know that better than Little Joe?
Rating: G Word Count: 657
Always Maddie (by JC)
Summary: In his thirteenth summer, Joe meets a girl for all seasons.
Rating: K WC: 783
Bonanza – a Lost Episode (by SydneyFate)
Summary: The Cartwright family is forever changed when Adam encounters a wandering stranger in Virginia City.
Rating: T (12,420 words)
Ever With You (by Wrangler)
Summary: Little Joe couldn’t believe it when Pa turned his back and walked away. Adam had been injured and it was Joe’s fault and Ben refused to get him out of the charges or even post bail. Now after six weeks in the Virginia City jail Joe must face Pa for the first time and make a tough decision about his future. A lesson about love, the tough kind.
Rating T (word count 21,290)
How Sweet the Moonlight (by Pat D in PA)
Summary: The vastness of the heavens speak to the poetry in a young man’s soul, offering comfort during the lonely times. Created for the First Quarter 2025 Chaps and Spurs Challenge. My deep gratitude for Cheaux’s willingness to beta read; the story is better because of it. (1,462 words)
Sweet Caroline (By AC1830)
Summary: Love is in the air for one of the Cartwrights. While this older story wasn’t written for Valentine’s Day, I felt it was a good choice to post today. Enjoy!
Rating: G, Word Count: 3618
Soldier Boy (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: When Adam Cartwright left college to join the Union Army, he had no idea he would be involved in three of the most significant battles of the Civil War. Nor did he know that the experience would mark his life forever and influence the man he would become.
Rating: MA for battlefield violence
Word Count: 94,855
Links to stories of A Separate Dream Series are included within.
Trials and Tribulations (by LillianMontane)
Summary: Joe has a hard go of it with some ranch hands. Can Adam help him through it before they do some serious damage?
Rated T Word count: 11,127
As Ye Sow, or Minor Adjustments (by Pat D in PA)
Summary: In this AU tale of the Cartwrights of the Ponderosa, evidence from a very painful part of Adam’s past turns up to forever change his present and that of his family.
Rating: T Mature language and themes are present throughout this story. (122,275 words)