This is a WHN (and a bit of WHI) for "The Sisters." (Thought I'd post and see if there are any takers.) After Sue Ellen Terry's murder, Adam searches for resolution to his feelings of guilt which leads to a journey of self-knowledge.

Ben agrees to escort a little girl to her living relatives after being recovered from the Kiowa. It doesn't work out. Looks like he's got a daughter now. Dan Oult is a whaler who's lost faith in the sea. His father, a friend of Ben's, sends him to the Ponderosa. Perhaps time on land will set him right again. Except he's scared of horses. And cows. And the boss's daughter. OCcentric

In 1872, Adam is living in Chicago where a brothel madam plays matchmaker for him with an unconventional, yet respectable lady. Both are complicated people with troubled souls who are terrified of heartbreak. Their courtship starts out very slow before it ignites ... CONTAINS: Coarse language plus adult themes such as self-medicating PTSD and suggestive descriptions of intimacy.

A former love returns to Nevada and Adam, mired in a loveless marriage, contemplates the road not taken. Is there still a choice left to be made, or is he fated to a lifetime of regret?

Written for the Bonanza Boomers Prop Fiction for November, 2023. This month's prop was the silver salt and pepper shakers on the dining room table as seen in Love Me Not.

Candy's working a remote lineshack. Joe is due to bring him supplies. Outside, the snow is falling. Feat. inaccurate depictions of hypothermia, some uncertain feelings, and soft cuddles. Gift fic I brought over from tumblr

**Sequel to Predicament, Third in an AU series** A month before two of his sons set out to Eastgate Ben Cartwright began to have a recurring bad dream. It was such a bothersome and peculiar vision; he prayed it would never come to fruition. Time would prove his prayers had been left unanswered; his nocturnal visions were so much more than a dream.

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.

Threads of Fate tells their story, but what if Postley hadn't changed his mind on who to trap in his mine? What if his plan of revenge had gone horribly wrong? How would Annie and Candy find their feet - and their hearts - in a vastly different landscape marked by tragedy? This is related to my story Threads of Fate but it does stand alone. Warning: Character death

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.

(Complete) Too young to go on the drive, Little Joe is left under the care of a neighbor. With his family far away, Joe will discover first-hand that the neighbor for whom his family had entrusted is not the man they had assumed him to be. (This is the prequel to the 2 part series, Good Boy.) Trigger warning* Deals with the subject of child abuse.

(Complete) 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? (Trigger Warning* A comprehensive look at child abuse and how it was viewed in days of yore.)

**Sequel to Preoccupation, Second in an AU series** When the Marquette's land finally went up for auction there was just no predicting what Adam was going to do.

**First in an a very AU series** The inevitable decline of Ross Marquette told from Adam's POV.

(Sequel to Home) Nobody said returning home after years away would be easy; they never claimed finding a place in a town and family that had changed would be simple. Even so, Adam Cartwright thought he had. But circumstances shift in an instant, old habits die hard, and just because a man thinks he's finished with the past, that doesn't mean the past is finished with him.

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.

Family is also who you choose, and so are traditions.

A special keepsake brings back Adam's memories of the early history of Virginia City, and one unforgettable person in particular.

A young Ben takes part in a lumberjack contest, but the consequences aren't what he expected.

A sudden wild ride on the Truckee River leads Joe to becoming a man.

When cattle are found mutilated on the Ponderosa, Ben sends Adam and Little Joe out to discover the cause. What they find will trigger a series of events that threaten to not only tear the Cartwright's apart but threatens their sanity.

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.

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.

Melinda Banning and Joe Cartwright marry and Deborah Banning, in her desperation for her daughter's happiness, works behind the scenes to ensure it. All recognizable characters and settings are the property of their respective owners. All original characters and plots are the property of the author. No copyright infringement is intended.

A poisonous jug of Punch causes havoc at Ben's end of harvest party.