Posted in Drama Family What Happened Next/Later Writing Challenges

A Matter of Intent (by Cheaux)

Summary:  A WHN for A Matter of Circumstance.  

Rated T+ for subject matter. (6,840 words)

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Posted in Adam Cartwright Drama Hurt/Comfort Prequel

Memories (by Sibylle)

Summary:  A teen-aged Adam’s prank causes not only him alone to think things over.  

Rated: K+  WC 3800

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Posted in Drama

Adam and Ruth – #3 – In a Time of Miracles (by Bonanzaluver)

Summary:  Adam and Ruth have enjoyed almost a full year of marriage but something seems to be missing and the other ‘ladies’ of Virginia City don’t seem to want to leave her alone about it. Meanwhile in an effort to make a little extra money for the couple, Adam takes a risky job unaware of who is really running it.

Rated: K+ (14,980 words)

Adam and Ruth Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

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Posted in Family Humor

The Murder of Little Joe Cartwright (by ChristyG)

Summary:  Did Adam finally succumb to his baser instincts and murder his little brother?

Rating:  K+  (4,745 words)

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Posted in Drama Prequel

The Garden’s Secret (by bahj)

Summary:  Punishment turns into a summer of memories, all while tending the garden.

Rating:  K  (3,900 words)

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Posted in Adam Cartwright Drama Short Stories

The End (by faust)

It’s the end. The end of everything–or is it?

No KAOS in this story. Honestly!

700 words, rated K

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Posted in Drama Family Hurt/Comfort Prequel Writing Challenges

A Long and Twisted Path (by Sibylle)

Summary:  This story tells about Marie’s first time living with Ben and his two sons. The beginning wasn’t easy …

Rated: K+  5600

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Posted in Adam Cartwright Alternate Universe Drama Short Stories

Church Bells (by faust)

Adam muses about church bells. Or about his family?

730 words, rated K

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Posted in Action/Adventure Alternate Universe Drama Family Hurt/Comfort Prequel

Revelation (by BluewindFarm)

Summary:   When a man rescues one of Ben Cartwright’s sons not once, but twice; the stranger brings huge implications for the family. Will it bring them together or tear them apart?

Rating: Teen+ for mild language, violence, and mild adult situations.   (61,135 words)

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Posted in Action/Adventure Drama Family Prequel Spooky / Supernatural

Howling at the Moon (by pbeaking)

Summary:  Joe becomes concerned that his brother may be something other than human after reading a book about the behaviorisms of non-human beings. When Adam gets wind of Joe’s beliefs, he decides to have a little fun with younger brother.

Rating: K+  WC  5300

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Posted in Drama Joe Cartwright Short Stories

Alone (by Cheaux)

Summary:   A moment in time in a special place.  

Rated K.     (505 words)

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Posted in Action/Adventure Drama Family Hurt/Comfort

Something So Savage (by freyakendra)

Summary: Two unexpected visitors arrive at the Ponderosa within hours of each other: Adam’s favorite professor from college and a blue-eyed Indian with a skewed understanding of Paiute ways and a twisted view of good vs. evil. Join the Cartwrights as they struggle to get through a night of savage terror that marks Little Joe as a target—and his scalp as a trophy.

Rated: T  WC 28,000

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Posted in Drama What Happened Instead

His Wild Irish Rose (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)

Summary:  Adam is shot and left for dead.

Rated: K+ (16,625 words)

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Posted in Drama Writing Challenges

The Barn Dance (by frasrgrl)

Summary:   This was my entry for Round One of the Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament.

It’s a typical barn dance for the Cartwrights.
Rated: K (2,690 words)

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Posted in Drama What Happened Next/Later

Adam and Ruth – #2 – The Darker Side of the Moon (by Bonanzaluver)

Summary:  After a month of courting, Adam decides to take that pivotal step which leads them on a new adventure resulting in the wedding of the year taking place on the Ponderosa.

Rated: K+ (20,445 words)

Adam and Ruth Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

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