The Scarecrow (by pbeaking)
Summary: The Cartwright boys build a scarecrow for the Harvest Festival. Little do they realize how one scarecrow on display in the middle of the schoolyard could cause such trouble.
Rating: K (4,060 words)
What Do You Tell Your Children? or The Art of Explaining (by faust)
There’ll come a time your children ask questions, uncomfortable questions. And then you might find answers that’ll help you, too, to cope with what was and is.
970 words, rated T
The Art-Universe seriers, links to all the stories within the series are included.
Safeguard (by LMinzer)
Summary: Look in the dictionary and you’ll probably see a picture of Hoss right next to the word – Safeguard. Will Little Joe ever learn to think before he acts?
Rating: K+ (3,000 words)
A Glass of Water (by TracyT)
Summary: Little Joe needs a little extra care.
Rated: K WC 1300
Superstition (by Jayne)
Summary: When Hoss and Joe decide to keep the black cat that crossed Adam’s path, it proves to become Adam’s bane.
Rated: K WC 2000
One Step Closer #3 – Two Hearts Broken (by MissJudy)
Summary: Adam is back in Boston after a 12 year absence. His career has taken off in a prestigious engineering firm; he’s happily married to his college sweetheart, and he’ll be a featured performer at an upcoming choral production. But the life he’s made is destroyed in three weeks after a beautiful stranger hires him to build a wine cellar. He loses his job; his wife thinks he’s having an affair with the stranger, and he’s forced to participate in a federal crime, knowing that he won’t live through it, but hopes to stay alive long enough to protect the people he loves.
Rated: T WC 28,000
One Step Closer Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
A Single Shot (by debpet)
Summary: A single shot has devastating consequences for the Cartwrights.
WARNING: CHARACTER DEATH Rated: MA WC 8200
Into the Line of Fire Series
Into the Line of Fire
A Singe Shot
Seafarer Blood (by Sibylle)
Summary: It´s a brief glimpse at a time Joe needs his oldest brother to prevent him from a big mistake.
Rated: K WC 600
All on His Own (by Krystyna)
Summary: Little Joe is on an errand to Placerville when misfortune strikes … being all on his own he has to place his life in the hands of others who are fighting battles of their own.
Rated: K+ (10,570 words)
Thunder Rolls (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)
Summary: A simple business trip turns into much more when a robbery takes place and a Cartwright goes missing.
Rating T (17,630 words)
Ashes to Ashes (by Krystyna)
Summary: A young woman seeks the help of Ben and Adam to locate her lost sister.
Rated: K (20,100 words)
Pa’s Old Friend (by Sibylle)
Summary: A visit from Ben’s old friend leads to a startling realization.
Rated: T WC 2200
A Handful of Ashes (by sklamb)
Summary: After a hotel fire in Sacramento, the survivors must come to terms with what is left to them. A story for all those who have learned from personal experience that even small miracles are sometimes miracle enough.
Rated: T WC 7200
Mama Inger (by Sibylle)
Summary: Five-year-old Hoss makes a dangerous decision, that affects his parents, and especially his older brother. Adam isn’t adjusted to Marie yet, and the danger Hoss is in makes his problems worse.
Rated: K+ WC 10,000
The Silver Dollar (by JoanS)
Summary: Just how deep of a hole will Joe dig for himself? And when the consequences of being restricted from the Silver Dollar seem unjust… Could it get any worse? This is Joe we’re talking about.
Rating: K+ (14,030 words)
