The Black Hat (by Cheaux)
Summary: A Ponderosa fairy tale inspired by a drawing by bahj’s niece.
Word count: 1187 Rated K
Virginia City Tea Party (by heike)
Summary: In Virginia City ladies know how to celebrate a proper tea party.
Rating: K+ WC 2100
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
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)
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.
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.
Setting the Course (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: At the end of “A House Divided”, have you ever wondered why Adam wasn’t farther along to join the cause before Little Joe caught up with him? Adam had emotionally left the night before Ben‘s encounter with Frederick Kyle and Joe in town. Me… I don’t think it had anything to do with Adam’s response to Joe during the closing scene, “That lake really gets under your skin.”
Rating: K+ (800 words)
Only One Left (by Destiny Adams)
Summary: He is the only one left. Joe reflects. Written for the August Chaps and Spurs. Tissue warning!
Rated: K+ (1,150 words)
Not a Political Man (by faust)
Yet another discussion with Adam prompts Joe into doing something rash and potentially life-threatening—and into thinking more about politics than he ever wanted to.
2,600 words, rated K
It Isn’t Easy to Be the Youngest (by heike)
Summary: It isn’t easy for Jamie, to find his place in his new family. And for Joe the role of an older brother is new, too.
Rating: T WC 2700
Ponderosa Pining (by freyakendra)
Poems written in tribute to and framed around our boys, addressing the things that make them so special to us.
Rated: K (2,200 words)
Not A Normal Day (by frasrgrl)
Summary: Not a typical day on the Ponderosa.
Word Count: 1,795 Rated: K
Hiding in Fear (by BluewindFarm)
SUMMARY: An unenviable situation finds the brothers in hiding and praying they won’t be found.
Rating: K (640 words)
Crime and Punishment (by Sibylle)
Summary: Abigail Jones and Joe Cartwright take a journey together on business neither of them ever expected to have.
Rated: T WC 4700
Out of Boredom Comes Fishing (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: It’s only been a few months since Adam left the Ponderosa; this story finds Hop Sing and Little Joe in the kitchen, talking.
Rating K (990 words)