Posted in Drama Writing Challenges

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.

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Posted in Chaps and Spurs Drama Writing Challenges

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

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Posted in Humor What Happened Instead

Fish Out of Water (by Patina)

Rating: K+

Word Count=4993

Summary: Joe rescues a mysterious girl from the river.

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Posted in Drama Humor

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

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Posted in Drama Writing Challenges

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+

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Posted in Action/Adventure Drama

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)

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Posted in Drama

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)

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Posted in Drama Missing Scene

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.

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Posted in Drama

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

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Posted in Drama

The Ravine (by Krystyna)

Summary: Adam, a widow and her young son are the sole survivors of a stagecoach crash, but further danger lurks in the ravine.

Rated: K+ (38,100 words)

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Posted in Drama

The Man in the Middle (by Krystyna)

Summary: Hoss Cartwright finds himself in a situation which proves that he really is . . the man in the middle.

Rated: K+ (14,005 words)

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Posted in Adam Cartwright Alternate Universe Drama Short Stories

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.

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Posted in Action/Adventure Drama

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)

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Posted in Chaps and Spurs Drama MA-Rated / R-Rated Writing Challenges

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

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Posted in Drama

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)

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