Summary: A prequel story — Ever wonder how Adam got that little scar on his lip?  This story tries to explain. Then —  the same story except from Ben’s POV.
Rating T   Word count 3,647

Summary: Hop Sing plays the pivotal role in this story about bringing a family member back where he belongs despite his resistance.
Rating: PG   Word count: 1,143

Summary: These are some of Adam’s brooding thoughts about events before he left the Ponderosa. It’s a rather dark tone in the story. I wrote this many years ago, and I must have been in that kind of mood.
PG   4,150

Summary: Five vignettes of family life tied in some way to the shore of Lake Tahoe. The first four are prequel stories.
PG   5,345

Summary: This is a sequel to Painful Truth with the same OCs. It is about sharing family stories and memories to pull members closer together by having a shared past.
PG    3,152

Summary: The Ponderosa is in crisis and the family asks Adam to come home to help, but that sets in motion a plot that leads to tragedy and loss and surprises too with the two drifters who showed up on the ranch. 
22,010  T

Summary: A strange, unusual, and perhaps a bit weird out-of-this-world tale featuring Adam and explaining some Bonanza events but doing so with a supernatural twist.
PG  18,319

Summary: A spoof. All is not as it seems in this version of the story.
PG  1,808

Summary: A sequel to Mis-Everything.  What appears to be a juicy scandal has the gossips joyful, but it’s not what they think.  The real story is far more interesting.  That romance works out far better than Joe’s tragic one that brings Adam full circle in facing a demon from his past. 
PG  16,643

Summary: Adam has trouble finding success on his terms and returns home. His family worries about him because of his strange responses to situations. There’s a lot they don’t know and there are surprises for them and Adam.  
PG  12,968

Summary: Respecting the wishes of a hero who wished his actions to remain unknown except to his community, a newspaperman writes the story of those actions to be included in the man’s eulogy when it should become necessary.   
Rating: PG  Word count: 2,360

Summary: On the occasion of Mark Twain’s death, Adam tells his grandson of a Hoss/Joe escapade, how he learned about it, and how he felt about it.
Rating: PG  Word count: 1,142

Summary: A poker game leads to some dire problems for Adam, but with the family members helping, a solution is found for those problems and for the ones that led up to that situation.
Rating: T  Word count: 11,327

Summary: The first Christmas after Hoss is gone is difficult for everyone even with Adam there.
Rating: PG  Word count: 1223

Summary: The Cartwright sons all have wishes for Christmas, and none of them get exactly what they want, but one of them especially gets something he never expected. 
Rating: T  Word count: 4,280