Posted in Action/Adventure Brothers Drama Hurt/Comfort

Wolf in the Wind (by freyakendra)

Summary: Seeking shelter in a line shack during an early spring ice storm, Joe encounters a family of moonshiners he doesn’t stand the chance of fighting. He can do nothing but hold to the thin hope that his family will reach him in time.

Rated: T  Word Count: 25,000  

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Posted in Adam Cartwright Drama

Life and Sunsets (by MonicaSJ)

Summary: An old man gives Adam something more than advice.

Rating:  K  (1,410 words)

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Posted in Drama Family Short Stories Writing Challenges

Purls of Wisdom (by Cheaux)

Summary:   One man’s trash is another’s treasure.  Written for the Dan Blocker 2012 Birthday Challenge  

Rated:  K —  WC  800

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Posted in Drama

To Everything, There is a Season #1 – Reacquaintance (by MonicaSJ)

Summary:  The Cartwrights welcome the daughter of a good friend back from college after her father dies. She studied for seven years and became a successful singer back east and comes home to her father’s ranch and horse business which is held in trust with Adam and Ben as the trustees. She shares some unpleasant history with Adam. This is the first part of a series.  

Rating:  T  WC 63,000

To Everything, There is a Season Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

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Posted in Ben / Adam Drama Prequel

A Stop Along the Way (by bahj)

Summary: Sometimes, it’s the littlest things in the smallest places that make the biggest impact. To young Adam Cartwright, Galesburg, Ill. is just another stop on the long journey West, but this time his life will be changed forever.

Rating:  K (Word count: 42,700)

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

Captain Joe (by frasrgrl)

Summary:   This story is in response to November’s Chaps and Spurs Challenge. Joe on the high seas. 

Word Count: 546  Rated: K

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Posted in Drama Family

Autumn’s Story (by deansgirl)

Summary:  Adam is awake now and ready to tell his story.

Rated: K+ (1,685 words)

Autumn Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

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Posted in Alternate Universe Drama Family

Gettysburg (by faust)

A dying man’s last thoughts, a family’s grief…and a glimpse of hope?

Warning: character death

1,400 words, rated T

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Posted in Drama Family

Secrets (by MonicaSJ)

Summary:  Ben extends a business trip in San Francisco when he meets a mature, polished younger woman who comes from a well-known, well-to-do family.  Joe, Hoss and Adam believe they have each met this same young woman before under questionable circumstances and each kept those meetings to himself, but are all disturbed when their father introduces her as his fiancé. 

Feedback:  All, good or bad.  If bad, constructive.  Reader Alert:  Adult themes  Rated: T  WC 22,000

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Posted in Drama Family

She Brought Happiness (by MonicaSJ)

Summary:  A bracelet…a trinket from a time past and the memories it carried…Adam helps a young mother running from a legacy of sorrow.  

Rated: K+  (17.830 WORDS)

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Posted in Adam Cartwright Drama What Happened Next/Later

Vengeance Is Mine (by MonicaSJ)

Summary:  A year after the worst time of his life, Adam Cartwright sees his old nemesis.  No one else does.  

Rated: K+  WC 28,000

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Posted in Adam Cartwright Drama

Death Valley (by MonicaSJ)

Summary:  Joe has been kidnapped and taken into Death Valley where an Indian War rages against the white man. Adam hires a mixed heritage guide to navigate the dangers in the desert and deal with the two tribes that live there as he searches for Joe.

Rated: T  WC 19,500

The Death Valley series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

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Posted in Family Humor Prequel Short Stories Writing Challenges

Home Alone (by Sibylle)

Summary:   Hoss and Joe alone at home. A prequel  

Rated: K   WC 600

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Posted in Drama Joe Cartwright Writing Challenges

A Lost Bonanza (by BnzaGal)

Summary:  When I read the challenge to write a “Spooky” poem or story for ML’s birthday challenge I had to think about it. What would be spooky… frightening, horrifying.

Rated: K (1,255 words)

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Posted in Drama Joe Cartwright Prequel

Little Joe Cartwright, Thief (by pbeaking)

Summary: Little Joe finds himself in trouble when he is caught stealing from the mercantile. There’s no denying that he did do it, but why? Now he must face his father and explain his actions. This was my first story ever. Warning: it does contain corporal punishment.

Rating: T  WC  1900

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