The Sunday Dinner Guest (by Sadie Spinner)
Synopsis: Ben’s plan for a quiet Sunday afternoon is interrupted by an unexpected visitor who leaves in his wake intense reactions ranging from one end of the emotional spectrum to the other. Rating: G (12,200 words)
Treasures of the Heart (by Texas2002)
Summary: Adam Cartwright sits at the dining table while the logs glow red in the nearby fireplace. He taps a pencil on the tabletop as memories surround him. Something inside him must record these memories. He eases the pencil to the blank page of a new journal. This is what he writes.
Rating: PG Words: 98,500
All for Nothing (by Gillian)
Summary: 14 year old Adam tries to help Hoss out of trouble, but things, of course, go wrong.
Rating: G (9,350 words)
Double Take (by GinnyF)
Summary: What Happened Before the Opening Scene. The writer has no idea how the ride-up would have actually been filmed. I imagine it was a lot more complicated than I depicted.
Rating: K (2800 words)
Night Guard (by Sadie Spinner)
Synopsis: A young Adam is determined to take part in guarding his father’s new herd of cattle. But is determination enough?
Rating: G (1,025 words)
A Worried Man (by Lyn Robinson)
Summary: A brother acting out of character causes another to worry.
Rating: PG-13 2,280 words
The Waif (by Lyn Robinson)
Summary: Adam finds his curiosity leads him into an unexpected commitment
Rating: G (15,925 words)
Working Together (by Lyn Robinson)
Summary: Joe wants to be accepted as fully grown, but with Adam hurt the responsiblity is all his and somehow it isn`t such an attractive idea.
Rating: G (6,145 words)
The Next Generation #3 – Through Thick and Thin (by StephyL)
Synopsis: Everyone is excited about the coming of Christmas and the new year, with Adam and Hoss getting married and possibly a new Cartwright child, but something horrible happens and the family must pull themselves together to get through this. This jumps around a bit, but I think I made it decently easy to read.
Rating: PG-13
Words: 8,600
Pandora’s Box (by VickiC.)
Summary: Little Joe learns that opening a locked box can release troubles and cause all manner of problems.
Rating: PG (4,840 words)
The Canoe Trip (by VickiC.)
Summary: Adam and his friend Ross decide to take a fishing trip. To Adam’s dismay, two little brothers manage to go along, too. Of course, with a mischievous six-year-old along, the trip is not quite what Adam had planned.
Rating G (12,110 words)
Sweet Caroline (by VickiC.)
Summary: First love can be painful in more ways than one. When Adam first begins to explore the world of girls and love, the whole family find this out as they and he try to come to terms with his ‘growing’ pains.
Rating: PG13 (28,900 words)
The Good Samaritan (by VickiC.)
Summary: Ben tries to teach a young Hoss the parable of ‘The Good Samaritan’, but Hoss turns the tables on him, and Ben learns the real meaning of the story.
Rating: G (12,000 words)
Yard Chores (by VickiC.)
Summary: Six-year-old Joe asks his big brother what he can do and Adam comes to regret telling him.
Rating: G (5,700 words)
Snakes Alive! (by VickiC.)
Summary: A young Joe begs for a new story to while away another winter’s afternoon. Ben responds by telling how a simple request for Adam to find Hoss a new pastime rebounds on him.
Rating: G (9,500 words)
