No Question About It (by Gillian)
Summary: This is a pre-Inger story. Ben, with four-year-old Adam in tow, takes a job on a farm but he is offered something he never expected.
Rating: G (11,200 words)
Summer Vacation (by Helen A)
Summary: Joe feels like an afterthought in his brothers’ lives, but Ben comes up with a solution to his problem.
Rated: K (20,640 words)
Consequences Unforeseen (by Diana G)
Summary: Jake Tattersall comes to the Ponderosa looking for revenge. Will his actions destroy the unity of the Cartwright family?
Rating: PG-13 for violence (15,140 words)
Honor Series # 4 – Broken Promise (by the Tahoe Ladies)
Summary: We arrive at the fourth story from Season 15 as envisaged by the Tahoe Ladies
Rated: T Word Count: 53000
Honor Series, links to all stories of this series included.
A Birthday of Sorts (by KarenF/Kfedderly)
Summary: An answer to the Ben’s Birthday challenge. Plot elements had to include Ben alone on his birthday, a bottle of brandy, and three wrapped gifts. Enjoy.
Rating: Teen (2,560 words)
Your Name is Joe (by DebbieB)
Summary: Joe has been missing for days. When he’s found badly beaten, and with no memory of his former life, Joe is forced into learning to trust this blue eyed, gentle giant who claims to be his brother.
Rated G WC – 9800
Badge Without Honor – A Rewrite (by Jenny G)
Summary: Never quite satisfied with motivation and outcome in this episode? Try this version.
Rating: T (9,800 words)
Foiled Attempts (by DebbieB)
Summary: Contains some violence. In the right place at the wrong time, Little Joe foils a bank robbery attempt and is taken hostage. A vision from the past, gives him the courage to be brave until his family can find him.
Rated: PG13 (14,430 words)
A Night at the Opera (by Krystyna)
Summary: A night at the Opera House in San Francisco really goes with a bang. But will Joe will able to save Adam’s life as his brother desperately seeks a way to survive.
Rating: T (15,390 words)
Little Jonah (by DebbieB)
Summary: When Little Joe finds himself trapped in the bottom of an old forgotten well, with nothing but time on his hands, he recalls a Bible story that his father recently read to him and associates it with his own predicament.
Rated: G (4,975 words)
The Best Loved Son (by Wrangler)
Summary: An accident during a hunting trip threatens to take the life of Ben Cartwright, later forcing him to reflect on his three sons and what they mean to him.
Rating T, WC 16,000
The Care Package (by Helen A)
Summary: College freshman Adam gets a special package from home.
Rated: K (7,065 words)
The Care Package Series, links to all stories of this series included.
Water and Oil (by DebbieB)
Summary: Joe Cartwright, fun loving, adventurous and free-spirited has been out of brother Adam’s good graces for sometime and wants desperately to restore their relationship. One brother water…the other brother oil. Can they find the mixing ingredient?
Rated G WC 10,280
Phoenix Trilogy #2 – Phoenix Rising (by the Tahoe Ladies)
Summary: Always the youngest and smallest and trying to measure up; how can events of the past cannot be forgotten when faced with the stark reality on a daily basis. Can he accept and live with the truth?
Rated T Word Count: 54,713
The Phoenix Series, links to all stories of this series included.
Every Purpose Under Heaven #3 – Dru (by Wrangler)
Summary: When Hoss falls in love with Drucilla Carrington it leads to trouble when Little Joe remembers where he met her and it’s not where a lady should’ve ever been.
Rating T, WC 27,000
