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
A Matter of Guilt (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: A WHIB (what happened in between) for the episode “A Matter of Circumstance”. Ben and Hoss worry and wait for word of Joe’s condition.
Rated: K+
Word Count: 975
Atonement (by BettyHT)
Summary: WHN for My Brother’s Keeper. After the accident in which Adam shot Joe, Adam suffers guilt that affects every aspect of his life until Joe comes up with a way to fix that.
Rating: PG Word count: 1,680
A Devious Affair (by BettyHT)
Summary: A sequel to A Twisted Affair, this story shows how Adam faces a complex plot against him that gets more dangerous as each step fails to achieve its objective.
Rating: T Word count: 12,184
The Affair Series, links to all stories included within.
A Rose for Mama (by AC1830)
Summary: Adam and Hoss have a surprise for Marie
Rating – K, Word Count – 748
You Can Always Check In (by BettyHT)
Summary: in a hotel in a small town in California, Adam has an unsettling experience where a woman years earlier suffered a great tragedy.
Rating: T Word count: 1485
Amy (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Gone was the awkward school girl I’d once known. In her place was an enticing young woman…. Joe’s thoughts after his first encounter with Amy.
Rating: T (a mild T for light language and hormonal, teenage thoughts)
Word Count: 554
A Better Thing By Far (by Justafan)
Summary: This is a WHN for the episode “A Far, Far Better Thing.”
Rating: T
Word Count: 6320
Mud in Your Eye (by BettyHT)
Summary: On a trip via muddy roads, Adam gets to know a feisty young woman, and their verbal jousting begins but doesn’t stop there. However there are numerous twists and turns in this story with the rest of the family getting involved too, some in a good way, and some not so good.
Rating: T Word Count: 20,439
Recipe For Disaster (by wx4rmk)
Summary: A series of abnormal weather events one winter culminates in an unfortunate disaster that blindsides the Cartwrights.
Rating: K / Word Count: 1611
Wanderlust and Consequences (by BettyHT)
Summary: A NaNoWriMo entry, this story begins when Ben and Adam traveled west and built the Ponderosa and Hoss and Joe joined the family and Inger and Marie are there as well. Then as an adult, Adam traveled to help Hop Sing on a quest, and he finds adventure and love before returning. There is a surprise too in the last chapters that ties the story back to the prequel beginning of the story.
Rating: T Word Count: 102,898
A Day in Town (by Arien)
Summary: Adam offers an explanation to his father about his day in town.
Rated: G Word Count: 1695
The World Goes Still (by Arien)
Summary: A What Happened Next for the episode “My Brother’s Keeper.”
Rated: G Word Count: 3567
The Roar of the Lion (by AC1830)
Summary: Ben reflects on how much life can change within the span of one month, especially when it involves one of his sons.
Rating: K
Word Count – 2922
The Things You Don’t Choose (by BettyHT)
Summary: Based on the episode The Wild One, Hoss has to explain the aftermath of his confrontation with Leif to his family and why it occurred. They’re especially interested after seeing the condition of the main room when they arrive home.
Rating: PG Word Count: 1,127