End Of the War (by BettyHT)
Summary: Often, Adam and Joe butted heads over the issues of the Civil War. After Appomattox and the assassination of Lincoln, it is time for them to resolve their differences.
Rating T Word count 2,685
Shooting Lessons (by BettyHT)
Summary: Hoss and Adam give Little Joe some shooting lessons, but the ones he learns from experience teach him that those first lessons were the best he ever had.
Rating: PG Word count: 2,194
The Twelve-Year-Old Gunman (by BettyHT)
Summary: How do you get a sixteen-year-old son or a younger brother to be careful with their first pistol? You tell them the story of the oldest son and brother and his first pistol to teach them as well as make them willing to follow the rules. Written on another site as a challenge to use cowboy lingo in a story; definitions are at the end of the story.
Rating: PG Word count: 6,749
And the Living Is Easy (by BettyHT)
Summary: A little light summertime story about Adam who isn’t happy with the way his summer is going until he’s faced with robbery and jail. It turns out better than that sounds.
Rating: PG Word Count: 3978
Second Son (by Sierras)
Summary: Marie feels fear after the birth of her son, Joseph. Can she hold him forever?
Rating: G
Word Count: 764
Obloquy (by Cheaux)
Summary: Ben is compelled to defend Marie’s honor. A prequel written for Brand’s Mother’s Day Challenge. Rating: T Word Count: 1900
The Pickle (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Just how did Hoss end up being the caretaker for two, little, troublemaking girls? The opening scene we were denied in Gallagher’s Sons.
Rating: K+
Word Count: 1,259
The Maiden With the Chestnut Hair (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: The captain’s daughter as seen through the eyes of a young, handsome sailor. Ben/Elizabeth.
Rating: K
Word Count: 172
Always One More (by BettyHT)
Summary: A What Happened Instead for The Decision. What if the doctor wasn’t able to do the surgery? Ben recalls conversations he has had with Hoss and the best of his middle son’s attributes.
Rating: PG Word count: 1243
Buried Alive (By Missjudy)
Summary: This is a sequel to The Trial of Jessica Hardy. Four months have passed since Adam’s disappearance and presumed death, and life has taken on a more normal flow for the Cartwright’s who have conquered their grief to find joy again. But just as things begin to even out, a series of coincidences and incidents bring them back to the woman accused of causing Adam’s death. The Cartwrights will become instrumental in helping others, while learning the truth of what happened to Adam.
Rating: T – But only for adult themes and conversations. No overt situations
Word Count: 32615
Part of The Trial of Jessica Hardy Series, links to all the stories included within
Grandfatherhood (by AC1830)
Summary: Ben reflects on the wonder of being a father and a grandfather. A Father’s Day tribute.
Rating: K, Word count: 518
A Monetary Affair (by BettyHT)
Summary: Juliette will be off her game in this story due to her condition, and yet things will work out far better than she wants them to work out. You’ll have to read it to understand that. It’s a much more light-hearted story than the previous two, and only the weather is the villain, and well, lady luck plays a role too.
Rating: T Word count: 8676
The Affair Series, links to all stories included within.
Mending Fences (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Adam, Little Joe, a strained relationship, and one stupid school essay. A prequel story.
Rating: K
Word Count: 1,190
Whose Sin Is Her Love (mcfair_58)
Summary: Adah Menken and John C. Regan return to Virginia City stirring up old emotions and creating new trouble for the Cartwrights.
Rated PG-13 for western brutality, violence and adult situations
Word count: 55, 282
The Road that Lies Ahead (by Arien)
Summary: Sometimes you have to loose everything before you know what you have.
Rated: G Word Count: 10,151