The Beauty of Darkness - a sequel to The Friendship, The Guilty, The Tall Stranger, The Crucible, and The Storm. - Jimmy Partridge. Margie Owens. Peter Kane. Laura White. Things were far from routine on the Ponderosa. His life – his family – was a shambles. That indefinable 'thing' that made them 'the' Cartwrights, was lost. Ben Cartwright despaired of ever getting it back.

On a return journey home after a strenuous two week job of carrying out line shack repairs and replenishing the food stores, Adam comes across an unconscious and very wet young woman who needs help.

Anne Cartwright is Joe's twin sister, the often times spoiled only daughter among three brothers. Headstrong and used to getting her own way, she tags along on a trip to deliver the Pauite Wabuska to Fort Churchill. Along the way, the group runs into a dark-haired drifter with laughing blue eyes who eventually becomes more than a stranger passing in the night.

A droving expedition leaves Joe gravely injured and Adam in jail. For Ben and Hoss it is a struggle to discover the truth of what really happened and why. Stuck in a strange, small town that seems intent on hiding the truth, one son can't explain the events which led them to this desperate place and the other refuses to.

Joe's always getting in trouble. Good thing Candy's always there to get him out of trouble. Joe/Candy slowburn.

They're staring at him like they've never seen dungarees and steel helmets. He's staring right back. This is no John Wayne movie, and he ain't no cowboy. In which there is one very lost marine, a string of murders, and a prodigal son. Rating and blurb subject to change. Time-Travel. No pairings. All trigger warnings within except LANGUAGE, I forgot! Marines and their dirty mouths.

Alternatively titled "Candy loses a fight, but finds a Family." He had to get that red shirt from somewhere.

This was written for the May, 2022 Prop Fiction challenge on Bonanza Boomers. This month's prop was the book of poetry Adam was reading when he was shot in The Spitfire.

Following the events of the Prime of Life, Ben thinks everything has returned to normal… until his oldest son comes to him with open wounds Ben thought had long been healed. The missing conversation between Adam and Ben from my story “Never Again.”

It had been eight long months for Adam. After suffering a great loss and then going into a very deep depression, he tries to get himself back together and go back to his duties as CEO of the family business , and, he had a very good reason to want to go back, for it was part of him. An old friend from years ago comes back to Virginia City to hopefully start a new life among friends

This was written for the 2022 Bonanza Boomers celebration of Pernell Roberts' birthday. Adam helps Joe with a problem at school.

A few months have passed since Missie was welcomed into the Cartwright family, the girl and the Cartwrights slowly adjusting to their new daughter and sister. Missie too has been learning what family really is but life is never an easy road, challenges and problems will arise, it's how they meet them that matters. This is the second instalment to The Missie Stories.

Too young to go on the drive, Little Joe is left under the care of a neighbor. They will soon find out, the boy they left behind is not the same one that is returned to them. Which begs the question, what happened to the boy they left behind? (This is the prequel to the 2 part series, Good Boy.) Trigger warning* Deals with the subject of child abuse.

Kolekcja miniaturek napisana z okazji Wyzwania Literackiego Fikaton 2022. (pre-series, humor, angst, modern AU... - szczegóły bezpośrednio przed każdym z tekstów)

(Episodic Fic: Missing scene, of sorts, from The Legacy) Searching for his father's presumed killer Adam is preoccupied with knots—those that were tied long ago and others that are newly formed.

Clay Stafford is a mysterious man with a troubled past. The moment he realized that he had put this innocent family into danger just by trying to be a part of it he cut his ties and left. Little did he know that the trouble that follows him would grab onto the Cartwright's with an unforgiving clutch and force him to return to face them. Rated* Teen for subject matter.

Prequel: Ben Cartwright is raising his three sons and two young daughters alone on the Ponderosa. But their lives are about to change when Ben announces he's going to marry again.

Introducing a little sister for the Cartwrights. She will be related to characters from other Westerns and have some famous Godfathers, but they will rarely be in the story. It will be necessary to show her life before she moves to the Ponderosa. Warning, spanking of minor children in some chapters. Trolls will be dealt with by the Three Billy Goats Gruff.

Ben’s guilt-ridden slump during the Prime of Life unearths painful memories for his oldest son. Despite this, the boys try their hardest to meet the contract deadline on their own. In the end, it’s up to Hoss to make sure his older brother gets back on the right track again. A WHIB/WHN for The Prime of Life.

Time had passed since Eastgate, though perhaps not enough. One year after the events of The Crucible, Adam finds that certain hurts never heal, and some scars never truly fade. A WHN/Later for The Crucible. One shots.

A child's innocent question leads to memories for Ben and Adam, and a special moment shared between three generations of Cartwrights.

Stories and scenes too short for stories of their own set in my Things That Matter Universe.

With the household finally settled down after Adam's return from college, a new storm cloud is gathering around Hoss, making him distracted and surly. Prodded by Ben, Adam agrees to spend time with his brother and allow him to talk about what's bothering him, if he wants to. He discovers the cause, but must also make a memory journey back to meeting a kind shopkeeper in Illinois.

Joe had returned from his harrowing experience through the desert. Upon first appearance all seems normal as Joe seems to be wanting to dive right back into life at the ranch. Things are not however as they seem. Out of seven people only three made it back. The law will soon discover that the dead did not die naturally. What secrets are Joe and the others holding on to?

A story of Pierre Cartwright and his family