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A Proper Friend – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 For the good folks of Virginia City, Roy Coffee is a darned good\u00a0sheriff. For the Cartwrights, he is also a\u00a0proper friend, as he proves to himself when his job intermixes with a tragic event on the Ponderosa. \u00a0Word Count:\u00a0\u00a0 2400; A Son for a Son, Brand Edition – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 A man from one of Ben Cartwright’s previous lives has come to take revenge on his oldest son, Adam\u2013but it’s Joe who pays the price. A True Cartwright – by freyakendra<\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 The Ponderosa sets the stage for a kangaroo court that puts Ben on trial and puts a pubescent Joe through a whole lot of trouble. And This Gives Life to Thee – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Adam returns home to stay, after a loss helps him to be ‘found.’ Ballad of Brothers:\u00a0 Opus – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 A sandstorm leads to a special moment of brotherly bonding between Adam and Little Joe before tragedy strikes—and then that bonding takes on a whole different depth of meaning when they look to the songs that had first given them a night of laughter to help them survive through the day. When Ben, Hoss and Sheriff Coffee go to their aid, they discover Joe is missing and Adam fears the worst. Bedeviled – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Even a good friend can become one of the “bad guys” when he lets himself get bedeviled. Big Sisters, Little Brothers, and Moving Mountains – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 A lost little girl, a restless Little Joe and a hungry puma converge, sparking a story that explores what it means to have family looking out for you–or counting on you to look out for them. Brothers, Above All – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 While the Civil War pits brother against brother, a night on Hell’s battlefield pulls Joe and Adam into a fight that only one can survive. Chasing Time – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Joe is forced to accept that sometimes a man’s fate is out of his hands. But sitting back and waiting for God to do what He would didn’t have to mean giving up hope. Compardes – by freykendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 A villain who thinks he\u2019s a hero explains his \u201creasoning\u201d to an Incapacitated Little Joe. Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze (The) – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: On a quiet\u00a0night\u00a0after a rough afternoon that could have taken their little brother from them, Hoss and Adam ponder Joe’s\u00a0instincts and … athleticism. Dawson Gang (The) – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Heroism comes in all shapes and sizes, as the good folks of Virginia City discover when Sam Dawson and his notorious gang of outlaws hold the whole town under siege\u2014all because Joe tried to help a woman in need and Adam was thirsty for a beer. Decklin Principle (The) – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 When Adam’s favorite professor pays him a visit, another visitor hides\u00a0in the shadows, intent on proving a skewed theory about savagery. Devil\u2019s Dust – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 A man of God who lacks true faith heads into the desert on a quest for miracles — catching the Cartwright brothers in his flawed pilgrimage. A story of faith, free will and divine intervention Dime Novel Rescue (The) – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 A complete tale told in 5 progressive short stories \u00a0each of which can stand alone Fire Inside (The) – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: A surprise assault on the Ponderosa tests twelve-year-old Little Joe’s mettle, and proves\u00a0he truly is his father’s son. For the Soul is Dead that Slumbers – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: A Tale told in 2 parts: Games \u2013 Book I \u2013 The Game – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 An old college rival of Adam’s takes competition to an extreme, playing chess with Cartwright lives. SJS, SAS, JAM, ESA, ESH…let’s just say lots of hurt, comfort, angst and mystery. If you like this story, check out the sequel, “Endgame.” Games \u2013 Book II \u2013 Endgame – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Sequel to: The Game. A prison break sends Alfred Whitfield, a man on the edge of madness, and Peter Nobridge, an enigma whose alliances are yet to be proven, back to the Ponderosa one year after Adam’s old classmate played a deadly game with Cartwright lives. This time, when the siege begins there is more at stake than mere blood. \u00a0This is a sequel to “The Game,” but should offer enough hints to stand alone. \u00a0The SJS & SAS are, of course, integral to the plot, and there’s plenty of angst and ES? to go around\u2026. R Grizzly and God\u2019s Hand (The) – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 A day at the lake with his brothers is shattered by gunfire, leaving Joe in God’s hands. Follow Joe’s muddled thoughts through his family’s struggle to keep him alive, and his own struggle to focus on where he belongs. <\/p>\n Guess Who\u2019s Coming to Dinner? – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: Each of Ben’s sons rides off in the wake of tragedy, leaving a stranger home alone—at least until suppertime. Handkerchief (The) – by freyakendra<\/a><\/p>\n Summary: Caught in a mudslide, Little Joe\u2019s survival might just depend on\u00a0a lacy handkerchief. Written for the 2018 Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament. Haunted – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 After Little Joe\u2019s testimony helps put a noose around the neck of a murderer, his nightmares are nothing compared to the reality that comes to haunt him. He Ain\u2019t Heavy, He\u2019s My Brother – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 When Hoss’s life is hanging in the balance, Joe gives no thought to the limits of his own strength. He Had a Bad Day – by Ffeyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 No bad day could ever compare to Joe\u2019s bad day. Next time you have a bad day, read this and suddenly it won\u2019t seem so bad after all! Head, Heart, and Gut – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Joe postpones a tough decision\u2014and learns about the power of \u201c3.\u201d Hold On – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: When Joe is trapped and facing what they believe will mean certain death, Adam’s heroic refusal to let go sets him on a heart-wrenching and soul-searching journey it takes Hoss to sort out. Excerpt: “And if the measure of a man’s worth in this life was in how much he refused to let go, then both Pa and Adam were worth more than Hoss could count”. Hollow – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: Some people have devils on their heels, chasing them every step of the way. Others invite the devil to walk with them, right in their shoes. When Joe meets a man in chains for doing exactly that, he soon becomes devil’s bait in a deadly endgame for the man’s hollow soul. Can good overcome evil when the devil holds all the cards? Just a… #1 Just a Little Disagreement – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Adam comes home with a black eye and a poor excuse for how he got it, so his family helps him produce a better plot.. Just A\u2026 #2 The Dawson Gang – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 The results of the boys\u2019 efforts in Just a Little Disagreement. Just a\u2026 #3 Poker Game – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: Joe comes home late from a poker game without a story worth telling, so Adam helps him concoct a plot intense enough to satisfy SJS fans everywhere. Just a\u2026 #4 Loser Take All – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 The results of Just a\u2026 Poker Game. Killing Cartwrights – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Total, inane, silliness, prompted by Inca challenging writers to do what no one–or mostly no one, anyway–wants to do: actually kill a Cartwright! Subsequent discussion bordered on the macabre, with congratulations bestowed upon writers meeting the challenge. These 2 parodies resulted…. Kings Over Aces – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 A businessman is tired of playing by the rules and uses Ben’s sons to manipulate Ben, himself. It falls to Sheriff Roy Coffee, Deputy Clem Foster and a very determined Hop Sing to prevent the Cartwright family from falling like a house of cards. What results is a high stakes game in which Ben must gamble his full house against his rival’s hidden aces.<\/p>\n Letter of the Law (The) – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Joe makes an instinctive, impulsive decision to help a widow and her family, bringing his own family along for the \u00a0bumpy \u00a0ride. Loser Take All – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: Joe\u2019s biggest ever poker win results in Adam and Hoss playing for higher stakes than any of them could ever have imagined. Rated: Night Before Christmas (The) – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 The boys have some childish fun in a poem that borrows from the original. O Come, O Come Emmanuel – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: Caught in a blizzard on Christmas Eve, Joe follows his brother’s song after the trail itself becomes obscured by the heavy snow. One Bullet & Holding to Hope – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: One Bullet-><\/a>: Wounded and running out of time, Joe’s only hope is his ability to believe that a single bullet can make any difference at all. Keywords: SJS, JPM, drama Pandora\u2019s Sisters – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 The unexpected arrival of a mysterious group of women complicates\u2014and threatens\u2014Cartwright lives, turning the Ponderosa into a decisive battleground. Ponderosa Pining – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Poems written in tribute to and framed around our boys, addressing the things that make them so special to us. Rated: K Prey – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 A dying man’s warning and a hunter anxious to target the ideal prey set Adam and Joe on a race for their lives. Purgatory – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 After Joe is attacked by Apaches in an incident that threatens a fragile peace, he is left hanging somewhere between life and death, between Heaven and Hell, and, more importantly, between Army soldiers and Apache warriors on the verge of war. How long must his family watch before the risk of waiting outweighs the risk of action? With Ben facing the ultimate sacrifice, Adam drawn into a fight to the death, Hoss preparing for the worst, and Joe praying for the unthinkable, this is a tale of strength, courage and the limits of human endurance. QiXi:\u00a0 Seventh Night of the Seventh Moon – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 A Chinese fairy-tale, an all-too-human Hop Sing and a carefree moment of make-believe usher the Cartwrights into a nightmare involving Chinese assassins and a beautiful, young woman two men will do anything to possess. Razor\u2019s Edge (The) – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: \u00a0At thirteen, Joe is eager to prove his\u00a0manhood. Somewhere amidst the careless antics of childhood, he discovers he’s closer to the edge than he could have thought possible. Right Where He\u2019s Supposed to Be – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 When tragedy strikes twice in as many months, the Cartwrights discover that the strength of love, the bonds of family and the sense of wholeness can truly transcend mere mortality. Ruby Lips and White Satin – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 After Adam and Joe take an early spring ride up into the mountains, Joe comes home alone with fragmented memories and a haunting fear that Adam might never come home at all. A story told in two voices: Joe\u2019s and Adam\u2019s. Shadows – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: Men who hide in shadows can be the worst kind of monsters, as Joe discovers one night when he’s home alone. Six Feet Deep – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 For a brief moment in time, Amy’s death brought Little Joe and Luther Bishop together. But when the moment ended and Luther realized he had nothing left to lose, burying the hatchet with Ben Cartwright took on a new level of meaning. Slings and Arrows\u2026 and Snowballs – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary\u00a0 Sad news drives Ben to a quiet hilltop, where he finds a moment of grace in a silent snowfall. \u00a0This story links with the events as told in “And This Gives Life to Thee,” but can easily stand alone. Something So Savage – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 Two unexpected visitors arrive at the Ponderosa within hours of each other: Adam\u2019s favorite professor from college and a blue-eyed Indian with a skewed understanding of Paiute ways and a twisted view of good vs. evil. Join the Cartwrights as they struggle to get through a night of savage terror that marks Little Joe as a target\u2014and his scalp as a trophy. <\/p>\n Tall Tales and Taller Truths – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:\u00a0 An Indian woman who ‘haunts’ young, tenderfoot Joe during a cattle drive gives him a night he’ll never forget. Ten Little Indians – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary\u201d\u00a0 Four full grown Cartwrights\u2014and one overworked Doc Martin\u2014being bested by a bunch of angry, young Shoshoni boys could provide fodder for some uproarious saloon talk\u2026if they can live long enough for their story to be told. SJS, SAS, ESA, ESH, ESB Tumbleweed – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary: Two brothers plagued by accidents and misfortune, one young man haunted by his own brothers\u2019 deaths, a deadly outlaw with no conscience\u2026and the Cartwright family caught in the crossfire. Follow the trail of the Nevada Territory\u2019s most notorious outlaw through the words of Tumbleweed, a writer aiming to turn a killer into a legend, until that trail dead-ends on the Ponderosa. After the shooting stops, will tragedy be avoided, or simply rewritten? Viva la Brothers! – by freyakendra <\/a><\/p>\n Summary:<\/em> After a night of brotherly bonding is complicated by a group of distrustful vaqueros and a jug of pulque, the morning after — two days later — opens Adam\u2019s eyes to a whole new dimension in his relationship with Little Joe.
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\nPart I: The Darkest Hour<\/em>: When Joe is missing, he\u2019s not the only one trapped in darkness.
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\nHolding to Hope-><\/a>: \u00a0Sequel to One Bullet<\/em>. \u00a0In the wake of Annie Grainger’s murder, Joe’s family and hers are brought together in bitterness, compassion, and a shared need for hope: one, for survival of the body; the other, for survival of the soul.
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\n\u201cPonderosa Pine\u201d — An homage to the majestic guardian of Cartwright dreams.
\n\u201cBen\u2019s Advice\u201d — Cherish what you have, for blessings often carry a price
\n\u201cThe Cartwright Brothers, Three\u201d — A sad yet endearing tale of Adam, old and tired, returning to what isn’t quite the empty home he’d expected.
\n\u201cFrom Sea to Saddle\u201d — A sonnet for Adam to honor Pernell’s birthday in response to a challenge posted by Cheaux at the forums.
\n\u201cTo Joe\u201d — When letters don’t suffice, Adam drafts a poem to help Joe understand why he left.<\/p>\n
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\nA What Happened Next Story for The Truckee Strip.
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