His Choice (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)
Summary: Adam finds himself having to choose between his family and a woman he falls in love with. There’s only one problem…he’s in a coma, and she’s in the twentieth century. (Guess that makes this Sci-Fi).
Rated: T (18,088 words)
Lost and Found (by MonicaSJ)
Summary: Adam finds a woman to love who has no reason to leave him. When she’s taken away, he’s left wondering if he’ll ever get her back…and if she’ll want to come back.
Rating: T WC 30,000
Lost and Found Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
Be Ready for the Thunder (by pbeaking)
Summary: Adam and Ben find themselves caught in a storm… a storm that brings back a childhood memory for Adam that they both reflect on and recreate in their minds. Ben certainly left a lasting impression on his boys.
Rating: K+ 1500
Hunger (by Cheaux)
Summary: Adam’s quest to find answers. Hunger follows the events in Choices and Shadows. It is not necessary to have read the previous stories.
Rated: T — WC 17,000
Choices Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
Saints Preserve Us (by Patina)
Rating: K
Word Count=1851
Summary: WHN for The Auld Sod. How did Nellie Lynch get Hoss out of the well?
The Last Bullet (by BnzaGal)
Summary: An afternoon turns tragic.
Rated: K+ (670 words)
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (by freyakendra)
Summary: Each of Ben’s sons rides off in the wake of tragedy, leaving a stranger home alone—at least until suppertime.
Rated: K+ WC 5300
Ben and Adam on the Road (by Sibylle)
Summary: WHB Inger My Love Even Ben wasn´t always the perfect father.
Rated: K WC 1250
Skipping Stones (by pbeaking)
Summary: Life is like skipping stones, Sometimes you sail freely through it, Sometimes you bump and recover and Sometimes you simply falter. This story highlights all the Cartwrights on their journey through life and how they influence each other.
Rating: K+ WC 3900
Fools Rush In (by frasrgrl)
Summary: This is a what happened instead for a scene in The Lady from Baltimore and a what happened next after the Bannings left story.
Word Count: 1,023 Rated: K
Horace Greeley Comes To The Ponderosa (By frasrgrl)
Summary: An old friend of Bens, from his younger, wilder days comes to visit.
Written for the Guess who’s coming to dinner challenge for Lorne Greene’s birthday.
Word Count: 1,037 Rated: K
Moon Blind (by Patina)
Rating: K
Word Count=1696
Summary: A short What Happened in Between for The Dowry. Joe, a beautiful woman, and moonlight should have been the perfect recipe for romance.
What Matters (by faust)
Three times it didn’t matter that he loved her, and the one time it did.
630 words, rated K
The Art-Universe series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
Forget Me Not (by Tauna Petit-Stawn)
Summary: A what if I got off Love Me Not. Instead of getting on the stagecoach, Joan disappears in the middle of the night. Ben is riddled with guilt. Will the Cartwrights ever see her again?
Rated: T (24,000)
Forget Me Not Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
Shadows (by Cheaux)
Summary: The family struggles with the consequences of Joe’s ordeal. Shadows is a sequel to Choices but stands alone.
Rated: T WC 8500
Choices Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
