The Great Aunts (by KateP)
Summary: Ben’s aunts visit the Ponderosa – a story suggested when I became a great-aunt for the first time and someone said that Great-Aunt Kate sounded like a Bonanza character.
Rated: K+ (7,525 words)
Emily #1 – Hoss Heaven (by GinnyF)
Summary: Hoss meets the woman he wants to marry. However, she has a secret regarding her past, which makes her wary of closeness with anyone. Hoss is determined to break through her shell and win her heart.
Rated: PG (5,260 words)
Emily Series, links to all stories within the series are included.
The White One (by GinnyF)
Summary: “The Gift”, as told by Joe
Rate: K+ (4,760 words)
The Grandest of Homecomings (by Camera Chic)
Summary: A prequel. Little Joe has been excitedly awaiting the arrival home of Adam from college, but he hasn’t considered how different things will be now.
Rated: K+ (5,690 words)
Death at Dawn…A Missing Scene (by Gillian)
Summary: This is the missing final scene that I would have liked to see-the one that tied up all the loose ends. A story in 4 voices.
Rating: G (10,090 words)
Legacy of Love (by KateP)
Summary: Two young visitors bring a surprise for the Cartwrights.
Rated: K+ (14,725 words)
Pains of Love Series, links to all stories within the series are included.
Daughter of the Night (by Becky S)
Summary: This story takes place approximately twenty years after the events in the episode “Bushwhacked.”
Rating: T (1,520 words)
Bloodlines (by pkmoonshine)
Summary: Paris McKenna, an old friend of the Cartwright family, suddenly falls ill on her way to San Francisco and a new job. She reluctantly accepts Ben’s invitation to rest and regain her strength at the Ponderosa. However, she also carries the burden of a devastating secret that could rip the close-knit Cartwright Family to shreds.
Rating MA WC 133,000
Bloodlines Series, links to all stories within the series are included.
Topsy Turvy (by JennieA & DebbieB)
Summary: When seventeen year old Joe wakes, the sun is shining bright, the birds are singing and everything is prefect in his world, that is until his bedroom door is pushed opened by a strangle little kid who looks somewhat like his older brother, Hoss. Ben suddenly appears, babe in arms and when his father refers to the infant as Little Adam, Joe realizes that his world has just been turned Topsy Turvy.
Rated: G (9,300 words)
Topsy Turvy (by DebbieB & JennieA)
Summary: When seventeen year old Joe wakes, the sun is shining bright, the birds are singing and everything is prefect in his world, that is until his bedroom door is pushed opened by a strangle little kid who looks somewhat like his older brother, Hoss. Ben suddenly appears, babe in arms and when his father refers to the infant as Little Adam, Joe realizes that his world has just been turned Topsy Turvy.
Rated: G (9,300 words)
Crystal Ball Predictions (by DebbieB)
Summary: When Adam suddenly inherits a son, Joe is washed away by a flash flood, Ben breaks a leg and Hoss leaves home in search of his missing brother, the Cartwrights begin to wish they had never visited the fortune teller.
Rated: G (32,000 words)
But for the Grace of God (by DebbieB)
Summary: When mad dogs attack fifteen-year old Joseph Cartwright, the family struggles with their emotions as they watch the boy, whom they love more than life, battle against the deadly effects of hydrophobia, for which there is no cure.
Rated: G (19,700 words)
Ponderosa # 2 – Heading for the Hills (by Texas2002)
Summary: Following the story Up in Smoke… Rating: G 7,700 words
Ponderosa # 1 – Up in Smoke (by Texas2002)
Summary: Hoss’ and Adam’s childhood memories
Rating: G Words: 12,000
Luck of the Draw (by Karen)
Summary: The consequences are far reaching when Joe accidentally shoots a young child.
Rated: T (33,190 words)
