Bloodlines (by AC1830)
Summary: This is a what-if story for Halloween. Adam’s son loves to read. After reading a forbidden book, he discovers a dark family secret.
Rating – T, Word count – 1949
The Outlaw Brother (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam finds himself in dire straits and needs help to extricate himself, but he has to flee to avoid worse trouble. He makes a friend but manipulation takes from him something he had hoped never to lose. His family worries about him and wonders if he will keep his promise to come home one day.
Rating = T WC = 25,590
Snake in the Grass (by Patina)
Summary: Paradise is almost gained for one Cartwright.
Rating: T. Word count 761
Joe Cartwright – Magician! (by Questfan)
SUMMARY: A Bonanza story celebrating that fun side of Michael in his role as Joe Cartwright. Make it scary, funny, or dramatic . . . or all three!
Rating: K Word Count: 660
Spring Fever (by Ginny F)
Summary: In the episode “The Pure Truth” Hoss is suffering from spring fever ( the family is also suffering from the effect on Hoss ). Joe remarks to Ben and Adam that Hoss could step on you and not realize it and mentions Hoss breaking his, Joe’s, leg the previous spring. I thought there should be a story behind that.
Rating: T Word Count: 1,860
Our Little Town (by PSW)
Summary: Little Joe and Mitch show off their school project.
Rating: K Word Count: 1490
Night Watch (by Cheaux)
Summary: Musings of Deputy Clem Foster on his city and the Cartwrights.
Rated: K+ Word Count: 1238
Perspectives (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: Adam and Ben’s thoughts on a special day in Adam’s life.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 509
The Measure of a Man (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: Six year-old Little Joe gets into trouble and has a lesson to learn.
Rating: K Word Count: 1698
The Silk Handkerchief (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: The Cartwright sons are chatting around the campfire on the last night of a cattle drive and looking forward to having some time off.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 1040
Men of Steel (by Inca / aka Tye)
Summary: Joe and Hoss answer an advertisement in the Territorial Enterprise that leads to the job of their dreams – or so they hope!
MA rated for sexual content
2780 words
A Dish Best Served (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: The course of true love rarely runs smoothly for any Cartwright, especially when a vindictive father and son are determined to punish the one they hold responsible for their personal tragedy.
Rated: T Word Count: 70,950
A Brother’s Heartache (by AC1830)
Summary: In She Walks in Beauty, Regan Miller nearly destroyed two brothers’ relationship. So what happened from the time when Hoss nearly beat Adam to death to when they reunited in Virginia City? A missing scene, or two, for She Walks in Beauty.
Rating K+, Word Count 1430
When Angels Cry (by JC)
Summary: The arrival of a range detective in Virginia City means trouble for Adam in more ways than one. (A WHI for The Flannel-Mouth Gun, part of the Ties That Bind AU series)
Rating: T (13,258 words)
Ties That Bind Series, links to stories of this series included.
One Very Smart Dog (by Tampa)
Summary: It doesn’t take long for a stray dog to win the Cartwrights’ hearts, and one tough Cartwright in particular.
Rating: G, Word Count: 2420