To Save a Life (by Rider)
Summary: A Little House on the Prairie Fic. While visiting his brother and sister, Charles is severley beaten. WHI for “Journey in the Spring”
Rated: K+ (2,490 words)
One Step Closer #5 – From Two to Three a Family (by MissJudy)
Summary: Adam and his wife, Melinda, are living in England, and getting ready to welcome their first child. After a fall on the stairs, Adam must face the fear of losing his wife and child, and he comes to terms with his own lingering grief over his mother’s death. We also see the family back on the Ponderosa waiting impatiently for the arrival of a new Cartwright. The story returns the young parents to the states where a number of surprises await – including a visit from some Nevadans, and one old foe who leaves them reeling.
Rated: T WC 45,000
One Step Closer Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Scars on the Inside (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: In memory of the beloved episode My Brother’s Keeper. It’s been five years since the accident and Adam still hasn’t forgiven himself for shooting Joe.
Rated: K+ (935 words)
Quest for the Mine of Lost Souls; or, The Treasure of the Uinta Mountains (by Patina)
Rating: T
Word Count=9731
Summary: Gold, a curse, and the legend of a lost mine spark a quest for riches. Camp in the Pines Dime Novel challenge.
East, West: Home’s Best–The Easterner (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: At first, Adam isn’t sure how his Eastern friend will feel about life on the Ponderosa, but he–and the rest of the Cartwrights–soon realize that George is not the only one who has a lot to learn from his visit.
Rated: K+ WC 35,000
Fish Out of Water (by Patina)
Rating: K+
Word Count=4993
Summary: Joe rescues a mysterious girl from the river.
One Week (by bahj)
Summary: After discovering he has only one week left to live, Little Joe, in an effort to be remembered fondly, turns it into a week that no one will ever forget.
Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 17,175
Joe’s Journal (by frasrgrl)
SUMMARY: Joe decides to take Adam’s advice and turns to a journal to work through something that is weighing on his soul.
Word Count: 14,277 Rated: K+
Prey (by freyakendra)
Summary: A dying man’s warning and a hunter anxious to target the ideal prey set Adam and Joe on a race for their lives.
Rated: T (36,700 words)
Alone (by Krystyna)
Summary: while trying to help some friends Adam becomes trapped in a mine, no one knows he’s there, he faces death ..alone.
Rating K+ (15,575 words)
Little Girl in Pink (by Sibylle)
Summary: Adam meets a little girl on the road to Virginia city that he better never found.
Rated: T WC 600
August Moon (by Rider)
Summary: Little Joe Cartwright celebrates his 21st birthday with his family on the Ponderosa Ranch.
Rated: K+ (830 words)
Half-Brothers, Half-Truths: Whole Hearts (by MissJudy)
Summary: Adam has been home home from school for a short time when he witnesses 11 year-old Joe “stealing” from a store in town. After finding out that his brother had been pressured into doing this by two brothers who are new to the area, he tries to help. His assistance is met by Joe’s anger, resentment, and profession that Adam means nothing to him anymore. Adam still promises that he will protect Joe from these boys…or die trying. His words prove prophetic.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 21,463
Fortune’s Son (by Patina)
Rating: K
Word Count=1799
Summary: WHIB for The First Born. On a moonlit night, Clay reflects on the lies and deceptions that ruined his mother’s life in New Orleans but led her to happiness in Nevada.
The Way Home (by Cheaux)
When Joe Cartwright returns to the Ponderosa after his annual month-long vacation, he discovers a world turned upside down where nothing is the same.
Rating: T Word Count: 30,935
