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Posted in Hoss / Joe Poetry

I Sure Do Miss You Now (by Annie K Cowgirl)

Summary: A poem about Joe missing Hoss over the years after his brother’s death. Possible tissue warning.

Rating: K

Word Count: 192

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Posted in Drama Humor Joe Cartwright Romance

A Visitor from San Francisco (by Tavia 42)

Summary: After a few too many heartbreaks, Joe promises himself he’s done with serious romances. No one really believes him, and his resolve is tested when a pretty stranger’s carriage breaks down on the Ponderosa. Will a romance finally end well, or will it just mean yet another heartbreak?
Rating: G | Word Count: 60,221

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Posted in Adam / Joe Alternate Universe Drama Post Timeline

The Homecoming — Requiem (by JC)

Summary: All roads lead to home, in the end. (Final chapter of the More than a Memory series, links to previous stories provided)

Rating PG   Word Count:  3711

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Ben, Little Joe, Marie, Ben
Posted in Ben / Joe Drama Family Hurt/Comfort

Reaching Back for Yesterday (by Wrangler)

Summary: When a woman from Marie’s past helps Little Joe reconnect with his mother in a mysterious and dangerous way, Ben finds out and tries to stop her before it’s too late. Rating T, WC 31,959

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Posted in Adam Cartwright Alternate Universe Drama Post Timeline Writing Challenges

Bitter, Sweet, Wonderful Everything (by JC)

Summary: Their first little bird has left the nest, and more change is on the way for Adam and Moira.
(Part of the More than a Memory series, written for Camp in the Pines 2026)

Rating: T   Word Count: 3447

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Ben, Little Joe
Posted in Ben / Joe Drama Humor Hurt/Comfort

The Trouble Magnet #3 (by Wrangler)

Summary: When Little Joe goes six weeks without getting into trouble Pa allows him to stay home alone thinking that he was no longer a trouble magnet. Pa was very wrong. Rating T, WC 16,585 Part 3 of the Trouble Magnet Series, links included within.

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Posted in Adam Cartwright Alternate Universe Humor

These are the Days (by JC)

A glimpse of Adam Cartwright redux, back on the Ponderosa  after a surprise reunion in Stockton and with a family of his own.  (Third in a series, links to other stories provided)

Rating T  Word Count 1285

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Little Joe, Ben
Posted in Ben / Joe Drama Family Hurt/Comfort

Through the Years (by Wrangler)

Summary: Ben gets word that Joe is lying wounded in Sand Dust after being chased through the desert by a psychopath and hurries to find him while reflecting on the lives of all his sons. Inspired by “The Hunter.”
Rating T, WC 28,821

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The Witness Tree from "The Grand Swing"
Posted in Ben / Hoss Prequel

Hoss Cartwright’s Grand Swing (by Michele B)

Could Hoss’ behavior ever give cause for Ben to take him on the Grand Swing through the Ponderosa? 
Rated: PG Word Count: 26,687

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Posted in Adam Cartwright Alternate Universe Drama Post Timeline

The (Almost) Grand Adventure (by CareBear)

As Adam copes with single parenthood, his middle child experiments with gravity. She discovers that it doesn’t bend to her will but perhaps her father understands her more than she thinks.
RATING: G    WORD COUNT: 37,631

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Ben and Little Joe
Posted in Ben / Joe Brothers What Happened Next/Later

The Trap–WHN (by Puchi Ann)

Episode summary:  During what he believes to be a search for rustlers, Little Joe is fired upon and fires back in self-defense, only to learn that the man he has shot is his friend, Burke Shannon.  Then Burke’s wife Hallie intimates to him that he did it deliberately out of…

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Posted in Brothers Humor

Raffle a Cartwright (by mo1427)

Summary: Adam is raffled off for a date, but he’s not the one who’s worried. 
Rating: G, Word Count: 668

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Posted in Alternate Universe Ben Cartwright Drama Romance

Amelia, My Love (By MelissaR1992)

Summary: Amelia Swanson and her daughter, Abigail are on the run from a former friend of Amelia’s late husband who is after her inheritance, and she finds refuge with the Cartwrights.  
Rating: PG  Word Count: 41,735
Part of the Forever Reimagined series, links to all stories included within.

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Posted in Action/Adventure Alternate Universe Drama Family Post Timeline

Who Would Miss Me (by BettyHT)

Summary: Adam left home to pursue a dream but it didn’t work out. Returning wasn’t an option so he chose a different course that eventually brought him home during a crisis. Adam and Candy are the most prominently featured characters.
Rating: PG  Word count: 15,594

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Posted in Action/Adventure Alternate Universe Drama Family

Home is the Sailor #12 – No-body’s Hero… (by Krystyna)

Summary:  A continuation of the Home is the Sailor Series
Rating:  PG   (164,925 words)
Links to the earlier stories contained within.

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