A Birthday Gone Wrong (by rosecartwright)
Summary: Joe’s family and his girlfriend are throwing him a surprise party. But what will Joe do when he has to search for where the party is and things go wrong, well wrong to him?
Rated: K+ (2,170 words)
Autumn’s Surprise (by deansgirl)
Summary: Autumn is setting around the Ponderosa and with it comes a very dear and long awaited surprise.
Rated: K+ (1,180 words)
Autumn Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
The House on Kay Street (by Bonanzaluver)
Summary: Adam and Joe are asked to fix up an old house for a friend of Ben’s who is about to move in to it. What they find is that there is someone or something opposed to their doing so. A little Halloween story narrated by Joe that I made last year. This is the first story I have posted anywhere but BW. Please let me know what you think!
Rated: K+ (3,200 words)
Cougar Kill (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Written in response to a Cartwriters challenge in which the first sentence was given. While looking for strays, fifteen-year-old Joe spots some tracks that he feels compelled to investigate, despite knowing the objections his family would raise.
Rated: K WC 1700
The Stronger Bond (by bahj)
Summary: The Cartwright brothers fall under a powerful spell that threatens not only a life, but also loyalty.
Rated: PG / Word count: 3290
Love, Honour and Obey (by ansinico)
Summary: A conflict over a woman, an impending marriage, and a murder threaten to tear the heart out of the family, but whose heart and which Cartwright?
The hangman’s noose beckons, Adam treads the road to hell as he tries to piece together the fragments of chaos and salvage what, if anything is left of his family.
Rated: MA (83,931)
A Night On His Own (by frasrgrl)
Summary: This story is my contribution to the 2012 Michael Landon’s Birthday Literary Challenge to write a spooky story. On a foggy All Hallows Eve, Joe has made camp by himself. What possibly could be out beyond the fog?
Word Count: 1,686 Rated: K+
A Debt Repaid (by MissJudy)
Summary: This WHN for the Honor of Cochise actually begins when Marie tells a very young Joe that he owes his oldest brother a debt of gratitude for looking after him so well. Joe’s early attempt to repay Adam go comically awry, but finally has the chance as he sees his brother wounded in the battle with Cochise. Adam recovers from the gunshot, but struggles deeply with choices he made that put his family in jeopardy that day.
Rated: K+ WC 7200
The Honey Tomb (by bahj)
Summary: A dark and mysterious cave, a whispering pendant, and a ruthless enemy. It’s just an old legend, right?
Rated: PG-13 for scariness. (Well, sort of) / Word count: 3510
All Through the Night (by bahj)
Summary: Left alone once again to pick up the pieces, Ben struggles to move forward after Marie’s death, and finds comfort in the words to an old song.
Rating K (1050 words)
The Smell of Bread (by Sibylle)
Summary: Adam visits the Ponderosa.
Rated: K+ WC 640
Brothers, Above All (by freyakendra)
Summary: While the Civil War pits brother against brother, a night on Hell’s battlefield pulls Joe and Adam into a fight that only one can survive. (Response to ML’s 2012 birthday challenge.)
Rated: T Word Count: 3,000
Squad 51 On the Ponderosa (by Rider)
Summary: Bonanza & Emergency! Crossover
Paramedic Firefighters John Gage & Roy DeSoto from Station 51 in LA wind up on the Ponderosa, along with Dr. Kelly Brackett, Dr. Joe Early, & Nurse Dixie McCall of Rampart General.
Rated: K+ (6,670 words)
Fool’s Gold (by Patina)
Rating: T
Word Count=4843
Summary: Gold and greed are a volatile mix.
Confessions (by bahj)
Summary: While Ben enjoys a night out, his boys unwittingly let him in on their less than noble plans.
Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 1159
