Stories by Bakerj

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  • A Cartwright Christmas Story

    Not all visitors at Christmas are welcome. Written: Dec 2021 for the Just Joe Christmas Challenge. Rating: PG Word Count: 3255

  • A Fall From Grace

    One man’s obsession could be another’s funeral. Written for the 2025 Spring Challenge Round Robin. Word count: 16,165 Rating: PG

  • A Friend in Need

    Of all the people to be in need, Silas Davis was the last on Joe’s list to help. 2025 Just Joe Summer Challenge. Rating: PG Word Count: 10,077

  • Bad Luck Can Be Lucky

    The spring dance is the first big event after a long, hard winter, but not everyone gets to go. Written for the Just Joe 2024 Spring Challenge. Rating: PG Word count: 4,367

  • Charlotte

    Joe must decide what kind of man he is when doubts invade his marriage. Written: July 2023 Rating: Mature Word Count: 21,580 AU

  • Claire

    Everything in Joe’s life was about to change. Written: January 2024 Rating: PG Word Count 13,370

  • Friendships, Failure, and Forgiveness

    A friendship sends Joe on a path to discovery and heartache. Wordcount: 16,760 Rating: PG

  • Hidden Star

    A Christmas tale of loss and discovery. Written: Dec. 2018 Rating: General 1,010 words

  • Jinx

    A tragedy forces Joe to face his darkest fear. Written: April 2019 Rating: PG Word count: 5016

  • Justice in Limbo

    When Horace’s trial doesn’t go as expected, Joe must face his anger and guilt. A WHN to S8 Justice. Written: April 2022 Rating: PG Wordcount: 15,783

  • Loss

    Joe Cartwright is married! The marital bond brings love, joy, and children but also change, challenges, and heartache. Faced with the shattering of his own expectations for the man he will become, how will Joe and his family deal with these dark times? Rating: M Word count: 45,310

  • Mrs. Etta Harding

    The visit of a medium proves timely for Joe. Rating: PG Word Count: 6,024 Written for the 2023 Just Joe Halloween challenge.

  • My Son

    Joe is missing. But more than one man is looking for a son. Written: Oct. 2019 Rating: PG Word Count: 13,025

  • New Beginnings

    Set after the events of Season 14. After years away, Adam returns to the Ponderosa, where danger stalks Joe. Written: June 2020 Rating: PG Word Count: 23,837

  • Promises

    Not all promises can be kept. Written: May 2022 for the Just Joe Spring on the Ponderosa Challenge Wordcount: 4,788 Rating: PG

  • Proof of a Man

    For most of the family, the affair of Adah Menken and John C Regan has been forgotten and left behind, but for one, this is not the case. A WHN for S8 The Magnificent Adah. Written: March 2021 Rating: PG Word Count: 4620

  • Room Thirteen

    What’s waiting behind the mirror in Room Thirteen? Written for the 2025 Just Joe Halloween Challenge. Rating: PG Word Count: 1,665

  • Seeing is Believing

    A rescue shouldn’t be this hard. Should it? Written Oct. 2022 for the Just Joe Fall/Halloween Challenge Rating: PG Word Count: 4,098

  • The Fancy Sleigh

    Do we ever grow too old for the wonders of Christmas? Written for the Just Joe 2023 Christmas Challenge. Rating: G Word Count: 7397

  • The Gifts

    Joe’s eagerness to hunt a wolf, just before Christmas, lands him in the middle of trouble and we learn that gifts can come in many forms. Written Dec. 2019 Rating: PG Word Count: 2869

  • The Gifts of Christmas

    Christmas on the Ponderosa isn’t always a smooth road. Written: Dec 2022 for the Just Joe Christmas Challenge. Rating: G Word Count: 3538

  • The Greatest Gift

    The task of bringing home the Christmas turkey brings unexpected challenges for Joe and Hoss. Written for the 2024 Just Joe Christmas Challenge Rating: GA Word Count: 6,700

  • The Hollow Pit Mine

    Checking out an old mine, Joe and Hoss find more than they bargained for. Written for the 2024 Just Joe Halloween Challenge. Word Count: 3630 Rating: PG

  • The Kindness of Strangers

    On the frontier, a simple kindness can change a life. Sometimes, it changes two. Rating: R Word Count: 7,510

  • The Kingdom Beneath

    Joe discovers a secret. Now, he must survive it. Rating: PG Word Count: 31,800

  • The Root Of All Evil

    Being a man means standing by your choices. Whether good or bad. Written: Jan 2022 Rating: PG Word Count: 18,950

  • The Schoolmaster

    Adam’s interference dashes fourteen-year-old Little Joe’s hopes to leave school. Then, the substitute schoolmaster takes Little Joe’s relationship with his family to breaking point. But will something far darker in the man prove even more dangerous for the youngest Cartwright? Written: 2019 Rating: Mature Word Count: 17,178

  • The Stagecoach Incident

    Joe takes a vacation right into trouble. Written for the 2024 Just Joe Summer Challenge. Rating: PG Word Count: 10,650

  • What Brothers Do

    How different can brothers be? Written: August 2023 for the Just Joe SJS (Suffering Joe Syndrome) Challenge Rating: PG Word: Count 8,822