Posted in Hoss Cartwright Humor Missing Scene Writing Challenges

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?

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Posted in Chaps and Spurs Drama Joe Cartwright Short Stories Writing Challenges

The Last Bullet (by BnzaGal)

Summary: An afternoon turns tragic.

Rated: K+ (670 words)

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Posted in Drama Family Humor Mystery Spooky / Supernatural Writing Challenges

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

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Posted in Ben / Adam Chaps and Spurs Drama Hurt/Comfort Prequel Writing Challenges

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

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Posted in Drama Prequel

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

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Posted in Chaps and Spurs Drama What Happened Next/Later Writing Challenges

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

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Posted in Humor Writing Challenges

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

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Posted in Chaps and Spurs Humor Joe Cartwright Missing Scene Writing Challenges

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.

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Posted in Adam Cartwright Drama Romance Short Stories

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.

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Posted in Ben Cartwright Drama What Happened Instead

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.

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Posted in Drama Family

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.

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Posted in Adam Cartwright Drama Prequel Short Stories

First Love (by faust)

Adam’s first love is different from what one would expect – or is it?

720 words, rated K

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Posted in Ben / Adam Chaps and Spurs Drama Prequel Short Stories Writing Challenges

Posies (by pbeaking)

Summary: Ben has just found the very spot he wants to call home. Can he look past his fear and build his dream into a reality?

Rating:  K  650

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Posted in Adam Cartwright Alternate Universe Drama

The Dreaming Eagle — Book 3 — Spreading Wings (by Hooded Crow)

Summary:  Adam has overcome the ordeal that nearly broke him and now sets out to find the woman he loves – and then try to set things straight with his father. A flock of sheep gets in the way and sparks off a bitter power struggle between father and son. Adam won’t give in anymore, and Ben cannot accept that his son isn’t a boy any longer. And in the background, Adam’s unknown foe is pulling some strings of his own.

Rated:  T (132,835 words)

The Dreaming Eagle Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

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Posted in Adam Cartwright Alternate Universe Drama Humor Short Stories

Ride of Destiny (by faust)

Summary: Adam’s fate is sealed.

650 words, rated K

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