Tag: Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament
The mother of all poker tournaments. Words were substituted for the face value of the cards in a deck. Not only did authors have to use all five words, but they had to craft a scene for each word, unless they were lucky enough to be dealt a Joker.
Backlash (by sklamb)
Summary: Rich man, poor man, Indian chief–what are they all doing in Sheriff Coffee’s jail during a blizzard?
Rating: K Word Count: 4483
Dreams (by Cheaux)
Summary: A dream is a wish your heart makes. But what happens when your heart is broken?
Rated: T Word Count: 4988
Enthralled (by Belle)
Summary: The boys are determined to find a birthday gift their father will love. They succeed too well.
Rated: T Word count: 6773
Hero (by faust)
Summary: All Joe wanted was some blackberry pie; was that too much to ask for? Yet Adam and Pa didn’t seem to have any consideration for it. At all.
2660 words, rated mild T (canonical violence and a mention of blood)
Looking Back Over the Years, He was Always There for Me (by mumu74)
Summary: There comes a time when a man looks into the mirror of his own life. What does he find? Memories of hard times, memories of his childhood, little moments full of fun and mischievous. And as a man there are challenges which had to be faced with courage.
Warning: character death Rating: T+ Word count : 5633
Pantalettes and Kisses and Passionate Misses (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: On a secret mission, adolescent Joe Cartwright tracks his best source of discovering what girls are hiding beneath their frilly drawers—his brother Adam.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 8954
Siren Song (by sandspur)
Summary: What if Ben hadn’t seen Adam pulling Kane through the desert just before abandoning the search? And what if the only thing keeping Adam going…stopped?
Rated: T Word count: 5403
The Act of Living (by Foreverfree)
Summary: WHN for The Truckee Strip. Unable to cope with Amy’s death, Joe has withdrawn from his family and shut everybody out. Will a trip alone to Placerville prove beneficial or disastrous?
Rating: T Word Count: 9754
The Curse of the Blue Dress (by patina)
Summary: One little dress, so much trouble.
Rated: K+ Word Count: 4802
The Funeral (by silver sven)
Summary: a missing scene from “Forever”
Rated: K+ Word count: 971
What are These We Call Dreams (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Nightmares or metaphors, it all depends on the interpretation.
Rated: K Word Count: 1540
Bullfrog Song (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam meets a shy boy on the stage and then helps guide him when he must face decisions after traumatic events and revelations. The boy has a secret that others want, but even he doesn’t know what that secret is.
Rated: T Word Count: 9907
Piney Woods (by frasrgrl)
Summary: Joe is on one of his regular visits to Carrie Prickett when trouble breaks out.
Word count: 2,461 (Rating: K+)
Greater Love (by BonanzaPR6)
Summary: A young girl visits the Ponderosa and has a profound effect on one of the brothers.
Written for the 2018 Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament.
Rated: T 5,950 words
Competition (by Belle)
Summary: No man deserves all the attention.
Rating: K+ (6,025 words)
Competition Series, links to stories within the series are included.