The Deadeye Kid Rides Again (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Little Joe once again draws inspiration from his favorite dime novels when he is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Rating: K+ Word count 15,138
The Deadeye Kid Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Eavesdropping on Two Brothers (by DJK)
Summary: This is a compilation of ten private conversations between Adam and Hoss Cartwright from childhood through adulthood showing facets of their brotherhood.
Rating: PG (references to adult themes) Word Count: 4,520
Thelma Louise (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: Roy Coffee’s maidenly niece shows up in Virginia City and creates quite a stir.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 5,460
Blood and Bread (by McFair_58)
Summary: Twelve-year-old Little Joe is late for supper. Hop Sing is hopping mad and Adam is none too pleased. When he heads for the stable to look for his brother, Adam expects an argument – what he gets is something else entirely. Something that begins in terror and rolls on toward tragedy. Will the Cartwrights ever be the same?
Rated PG-13 (92,480 words) Rating assigned for typical standard episodic TV Western violence and brutality.
Blood and Bread Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Surprise! (by AC1830)
Summary: Young Hoss and Joe have decided that Ben deserves a day off so they plan a special day with him, but Ben soon discovers it’s more special than anyone anticipated.
Rating K Word Count 678
Ben’s Boy Little Joe (by DJK)
Summary: Six vignettes and a poem giving glimpses of Ben Cartwright’s youngest.
Rating: General Word count: 2,412
Ben’s Boys Series, links to stories within the series are included.
The Devil’s In the Details (by McFair_58)
Summary: Ten year old Joseph Cartwright has been assigned a project by Miss Jones to write a paper about his mother. The trouble is, he’s not quite sure what he knows so he asks for her help.
Rated G (2,100 words)
Home is the Sailor #4 – The Pledge (by Krystyna)
Summary: Adam and Joe go on a cattle drive while Reuben joins a gang, as life continues on the Ponderosa.
Rating: T (240,110 words)
Home is the Sailor Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Defying Logic (by Robin)
Summary: What happen next for the episode, The Hayburner.
Rating: T (20,375 words)
Cartwrights Forever (by JC)
Summary: A tribute in rhyme for everyone who loves the Cartwrights, especially those who love to write about them.
Rating: G (560 words)
Just the Thing (by PSW)
Summary: Hoss finds an old abandoned well on the Ponderosa … the hard way.
Rating: K Word count: 8,648
Blessings In The Balance (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: Lost in grief following Marie’s death, Ben is jolted out of his despair.
Rating: K+ WC: 871
Seasons (by Cheaux)
Summary: Ben’s worried and sends new hand Candy Canaday on a mission.
Rating: K Word Count: 1779
Ben’s Burden of Guilt (by BettyHT)
Summary: After hearing Hoss’ reaction to an Easter sermon, Ben is consumed by thoughts of responsibility for past tragedies. It is when his sons finally return home from a trail drive that they are able to ease his burden and help him to let go of the weight of that guilt and find the source of their father’s current turmoil.
Rating = T WC = 5116
More than a Mountain Lion (by A-P)
Summary: Elizabeth Steward has known the Cartwrights for a long time. When she is going to their ranch one day she finds something that isn’t all that pleasant, especially for Little Joe. What she doesn’t realize is that that will set off a chain of events that might lead to the death of a Cartwright or maybe even herself. Will they all survive? (This is in a non-cannon character’s POV)
Rated- K+ Word Count- 3,072