The Art of Setting Priorities (by faust)
Both Adam Cartwright and Juliet Heatherstone encounter someone from their past, with grievous impact on their lives. Where will they set their Priorities? Life or honour? Safety of a once-in-a-lifetime offer or perchance to dream of even more?
58,200 words, rated T
The Art-Universe series, links to all the stories within the series included.
An Ounce of Promise (by idmarryhoss)
Summary: Another good reason to fall in love with Hoss? His good marriage qualities? A dialogue of two minds a bit unorthodox, in the hazy night of advancing years and their effects.
Rated: K+ (1,935 words)
The Missing Week or The Art of Convalescing (by faust)
The way to recovery can be stony. But sometimes obstacles come from the most unexpected origins. And just how many times will Doctor Martin have to come to the Ponderosa to patch up Adam once again?
16,750 words, rated T
The Art-Universe series, links to all the stories within the series included.
The Lion Cub (by Krystyna)
Summary: Joe’s determination to ‘grow up and prove to the world he’s a man’ provides his brothers’ with a full time job on their hands trying to keep him out of trouble!
Rated: K (21,060 words)
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother (by freyakendra)
Summary: When Hoss’s life is hanging in the balance, Joe gives no thought to the limits of his own strength.
Rated: K+ WC 2800
His Father (by faust)
He was special, even among the special men: his father. If only….
1,600 words, rated T
Hope (by faust)
Hope is the thing with feathers…it falls into your lap, but is blown away so easily.
1,650 words, rated T
Never Fool with a Horse’s Tassel (by pbeaking)
Summary: Written for the Chaps & Spur Challenge for June, 2011. Adam and Hoss get into a mess of trouble when Adam invents something to help him with a daily chore. Please read this little story to see how I incorporated the five words needed to meet this challenge: medieval, tassel, commence,
Rating: K WC 1800
And Amen to All That (by Krystyna)
Summary: Adam and Joe Cartwright face the worse possible kind of danger . a silent enemy, one unseen and lethal … but which of them will survive?
Rated: K+ (22,570 words)
The End of a War (by BnzaGal)
Summary: Written using the five words (Bachelor, Medieval, Commence, Culmination, and Tassel) from the Chaps & Spurs Challenge, June 2011.
Rated: K+ (1,110 words)
Long Road Back (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)
Summary: A what if I got from “The Crucibles”…mostly, what if Ben, Hoss and Little Joe hadn’t found Adam. What if someone else did? And What if Adam didn’t just ‘bounce back’?
Rating K+ (14,570 words)
Long Road Back Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
What Do You Want in A Man (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: A poem I wrote for the Man In Black’s birthday.
Rated: K+ (260 words)
The Lake Tales (by faust)
What if things had gone differently the night Adam had wooed Abigail Jones? What impact can a lost horse shoe, a squirrel and a spider have on a blossoming romance? And had faust gone completely bonkers?
4,000 words, rated K
Shades of War (by Krystyna)
Summary: Joe departs with a light heart to attend a friends wedding little knowing that Frederic Kyle has a longer shadow that any in the family realize and it isn’t long before Joe,and Adam, are drawn into the War between North and South.
Rated: K+ (32,815 words)
The Art of Horse Selling (by faust)
Adam Cartwright has a lot of things to deal with: burglars, unwanted newspaper articles about his family, and someone who doesn’t want to saddle a horse. Will he at least be able to survive the whole mess? A WHN for Enter Mark Twain, in a way.
31,100 words, rated T
The Art-Universe series, links to all the stories within the series included.