Experiencing unsettling emotions, as well as witnessing things that appear unbelievable, even to his own eyes, Adam has to overcome his fears, in order to keep Little Joe from danger.
Story written for the Ponderosa Nightmares Challenge - 2020
Adam is worried about the nightmares Little Joe is experiencing, but the hero that comes to Joe's rescue surprises the Carwrights. Written for Ponderosa Nightmares challenge 2013.
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This story was written for the 2012 Ponderosa Nightmare Challenge. When Sheriff Coffee volunteered to look after Little Joe over a Halloween weekend he had no inkling of what was to come
Riding with a posse in the middle of a storm, Joe is injured in an accident. Adam, with Sheriff Coffee's help, rescues Joe who has already made a startling discovery. Adam, takes Joe along to safety to await the doctor's arrival at a nearby way station, but this puts the brothers smack bang in the middle of a murder. Can Adam solve the whodunit and identify which of several stranded stagecoach passengers, all of them potential suspects, is the actual killer? Also what does Joe's earlier discovery and a fifteen year old robbery have to do with the murder?
Plagued by dreams, things go from bad to worse for Joe when Adam is sent an intriguing parcel. Written for the Ponderosa Nightmares Challenge 2014.
When Adam finds a gold medallion on his way home, he has no idea of what's to follow, or the terror it will cause his family. Written for the Ponderosa Nightmare IV challenge 2017.
A routine supply trip to Virginia City soon turns into anything but routine for Adam and Little Joe. They not only have to battle with the elements and an outlaw, but the place they take shelter in has more surprises in store for them.