The Curse of Bodie (by McFair_58)
Summary: In 2269 an archaeologist digging in the ruins of the Bodie mine on Earth discovers skeletal remains dating to 1876. On the wrist of the dead man, who is wearing a green jacket, is an alien device. Its discovery sends the crew of the Enterprise into the past to Ben Cartwright’s Ponderosa where the eddies of time and an alien menace are moving together to doom Ben’s youngest son.
Rated: PG-13 (77,500 words)
A Question of Mercy (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: A What Happened Instead/What Happened in Between for the episode A Question of Strength.
Rated: K+ Word Count: 1,466 (Includes one instance of mild language and mentions of violence)
Prodigal Sons (by Questfan)
Summary: Pitching brother against brother is a cruel game, but turning father against son is even better. Long buried hatred resurfaces in an unexpected way with devastating consequences for the whole family.
Word Count: 39,834 Rating: T
Prodigal Sons Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Sense of Smell can be so Evocative (by mumu74)
Summary: This story was written for the Challenge “Lorne Greene’s birthday”. It’s not a poem, it’s not a 102 words text, it’s a 2915 words short story about Ben during one very special moment of his life. I wrote this text in french, the translation was not an easy one because I wanted to keep the special atmosphere of that romance. I was helped by my English friend, who reread and corrected the text. Now you’ll be able to discover it ; I’m glad to share it with you.
Have you ever experimented that sensation that one special smell could bring so many memories ?
Rating: K+ (2,915 words)
My Dearest Husband (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: The year is 1848, and Marie Cartwright writes a letter to her husband for Valentine’s Day.
Rating: K Word Count: 649
One Step Closer #6 – Changes in Fate (by MissJudy)
Summary: Ben, Hoss and Little Joe head to Boston to be with Adam after receiving the devastating news that the entire Wadsworth family had perished at sea. The Wadsworths had adopted Adam into their family when he’d been a student, and they’d renewed their support and friendship when he’d returned to marry Melinda and start a family twelve years later. Ben and the two brother find Adam coping, but staggering under the weight of his pain. Adding to his loss, Adam may lose his command over Wadsworth Engineering–the firm he’d helped make into a thriving business–when Frank Wadsworth’s will names an heir. Will this accumulation of loss be the final straw for Adam? Can the love and support of his family: his father and brothers from the West, and his grandfather, wife and children in the East, sustain him as he faces the absence of even more people he’d loved?
Rating: PG (52,135 words)
One Step Closer Series, links to stories within the series are included.
What the Heart Knows — aka The Guardian (by JC)
Summary: A fateful encounter at the river leads to a revelation for Adam Cartwright.
Rating: T (3,471 words)
Night Trilogy (by JC)
Summary: Strange things are afoot on the Ponderosa in these three after-dark comic vignettes featuring your favorite brothers.
Rating: K (1,040 words)
The Company We Keep (by JulieS)
Summary: An old friend of Ben’s comes to visit.
Rated: PG (7023 words)
The Way Things Are series, links to all the stories in the series included.
Shirtless Joe (by JC)
Summary: One man’s “Field of Dreams” is another woman’s fantasy.
Rating: PG (1,010 words)
Beginning Again (by JC)
Summary: Ben Cartwright has twice known love and loss. Will the third time be the charm?
Rating: T (1,044 words)
Gone (by Questfan)
Summary: When Ben leaves on a cattle drive with two of his sons, he has no idea that when he returns home, Joe will be gone. After searching for him, he has to face the very real possibility his son will never return.
Word Count: 13,562 Rating: T
To Soar on Albatross Wings (German Translation) – (by Krystyna)
Zusammenfassung: Diese Geschichte führt Candy in die Cartwright Familie ein, in der er einen ruhelosen Joe Cartwright vorfindet, der die Tatsache übelnimmt, dass sein ältester Bruder die Ponderosa verlassen hat. Adam erlebt in der Zwischenzeit seine eigenen Abenteuer, weit weg auf dem Ozean…mit dieser Geschichte startet meine Captain Cartwright Serie, vorrausgegangen ist jedoch die Geschichte I Shall Cherish You Forever.
Rating: T (68,645 words)
Dignity (by faust)
Roy Coffee has his reasons for doing what he does. Really, he has.
700 words, rated K
A Day in the Life – A Bonanza of a Tale (by JC)
Summary: It’s 1860-something, a typical day for the Cartwright brothers, on the trail of a confidence man who suckered them during their Pa’s absence. Bonanza aficionados will find 104 episode titles embedded in the story.
Rating: G (2,600 words)
