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)
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)
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)
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
Luck of the Draw (by Karen)
Summary: The consequences are far reaching when Joe accidentally shoots a young child.
Rated: T (33,190 words)
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
Death Warmed Over (by Lily of the West)
Summary: The grim reaper makes an appearance at the Ponderosa to carry off a Cartwright. Now, if only he could remember which one…
don’t worry – it’s NOT a death fic; all C’s will be returned in fine working order at the end of it.
Rated: K (5,920 words)
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
