At Odds (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: In this story, Adam has returned home but is not sure of what to do and if he should stay. It’s a romance, but a bumpy one as there are detours involving all consuming work, tragedy, and life threatening trouble that will fully engage his mind and his heart until he has found his place and his future.
rating = T word count = 27599
At Odds Series, links to all the stories for this series included.
A Jack of Spades (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: This began as a Pinecone but I couldn’t fit it all in there so here is the rest of the story — Little Joe Cartwright finds that having skill with a pistol and a fast draw isn’t the same as being good in a gunfight, and he has second thoughts about whether he should have gotten himself into such a predicament.
rating = T word count = 1156
BTR Sourdough Starters #03 – July 2018 (by BZTrailriders)
Summary: In Tim McGraw’s Live Like You Were Dying, there are the lines “Took a good, long, hard look/At what I’d do if I could do it all again”.
Rating: G, Word Count: 4013
Long Ago and Far Away (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Ben’s memories of the past and dreams of the future all revolve around a simple pearl ring.
Rated: K (679 words)
Without You (by PSW)
Summary: The brothers share a bittersweet day. Written for the July 15 Pinecone Challenge and (very slightly) expanded for inclusion here. Prompt/lyrics: God only knows what I’d be without you. (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher)
Rating: K WC: 576
In Defense of Innocence (By MissJudy)
Summary: Adam’s life begins to fall apart after a lie told by another student at Harvard results in him being expelled. He struggles to understand how he could have done everything right and still lose everything he worked so hard to accomplish. He must listen to the wisdom of those who love him, look deep into his own heart and find the truths and lessons that forged his character into the man he became.
Rating: T
Word Count: 30021
BTR Sourdough Starters #02 – June 2018 (by BZTrailriders)
Summary: Use this quote in a story of 600 words or less. “When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” -Willie Nelson
Rating: G, Word Count: 3571
Only a Brother Can Know (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: Adam is back, but he and Joe are at odds. Ben is surprised to find out why, but the big surprise is in what the brothers reveal in their conversation.
rating = T word count = 1238
Can Love Change Everything? (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: In this sequel to Yellow, Adam finds that getting Jason and Mariette as well as their gang to court for justice was not the end of the problem for him. Though the system worked as it should, a plot still develops against him for revenge, and he’ll need his family and others to avoid what is planned.
rating = T word count = 14, 498
Yellow Series, links to stories of this series included.
A Quiet Legacy (by pjb)
Summary: Even when the time together is brief, memories can last a lifetime.
This story was originally published in the Bonanza 2009 Friendship Convention Anthology.
Word count: 3,500 Rating: K
Meeting Family (by PSW)
Summary: Jamie meets another adopted member of the Cartwright clan. Originally written for the March 2017 Pinecone challenge, and expanded for inclusion here. Prompt: Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose. (Kris Kristofferson)
Rating: G Word Count: 1232
Yellow (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: When witnessing a crime, Adam can’t act, and then after the fact, he can’t help the posse and he can’t tell what he knows. Those things give people the wrong impression, but eventually put him in great danger too. The whole family will have to work together to resolve the problem.
rating = T word count = 10,705
Yellow Series, links to stories of this series included.
In Loving Remembrance (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: Adam’s post canon tribute to Hoss.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 503
Sensible Rules (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: A prequel with Joe at fifteen, this started as a pinecone and has been expanded. Little Joe faces a crisis when an important rule is ignored. He needs his family to face the results of that sad decision. There are lessons to be learned but the whole family works together, and all will learn from one tragic mistake.
rating = T word count = 1290
At the Cliff’s Edge . . . (by A-P)
Summary: Twelve-year-old Joe and Mitch are out exploring a cave when they meet Maybelle and Jean Williams. They soon come to know that Mrs. Williams is not at all what they thought, but the figure it out right At the Cliff’s Edge…
Written for the 2018 Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament.
Rated: K+ 8,890 words





























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