Posted in Drama Missing Scene Writing Challenges

Laura’s Decision (by BluewindFarm)

Summary:  A Missing Scene reflecting on events from The Pressure Game and The Triangle. 

Rating:  T (685 words)

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Posted in Drama Family What Happened Next/Later

High Stakes (by Cheaux)

Summary:  A WHN for “The Gamble.”  As events unfold subsequent to their being exonerated of robbery and murder charges, Adam fears more was at stake in Alkalai than the Cartwrights knew.

Rated:  T — (3,570 words)

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Posted in Drama

The Rational Man (by gaerwn)

Summary:  A peaceful afternoon is shattered by violence — but that’s just the beginning. The Cartwrights find themselves in a fight to protect an old family friend.  

Rated: T (18,835 words)

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Posted in Alternate Universe Drama Joe Cartwright Short Stories

School in a Hundred Years (by DanceDiva)

Summary:  A new teacher is in for Ms. Jones and he is strict. Wanting to make a good impression Joe tries to think of what it may be like in school a hundred years from now.  

Rated: K+ (650)

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Posted in Alternate Universe Drama Modern Day

Technology (by DanceDiva)

Summary:  Joe buys a laptop without his father’s permission, and it later causes havoc for all of them.  

Rated: K+  (2,400 words)

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Posted in Drama Hurt/Comfort Prequel

Snake Catch (by DanceDiva)

Summary:  Twelve year old Joe is bitten by a rattlesnake, but things get uglier faster than expected.  

Rated: K  (5,000 words)

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Posted in Drama Prequel Short Stories

Eyes of an Angel (by DanceDiva)

Summary:  Twelve year old Joe is bitten by a rattlesnake, but things get uglier faster than expected.  

Rated: K  (500 words)

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Posted in Drama Joe Cartwright

Death Follows Him (by DanceDiva)

Summary:  Little Joe is trying to reach water after an Indian war has raged in the middle of a desert. When people he dosen’t seem to know come to help him.

Rated: K+  (3,000 words)

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Posted in Ben / Joe Chaps and Spurs Writing Challenges

Art of Forgiveness (by Destiny Adams)

Summary:  Originally written for a Chaps and Spurs Challenge, now slightly revised. Joe did it again, but was it really so bad?  

Rated: K (1,145 words) 

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Posted in Adam / Joe Drama What Happened Next/Later

Know Your Target (by Destiny Adams)

Summary:  WHN for My Brother’s Keeper. Two brothers’ guilt. Two brothers’ love.  Formerly titled “A Brother’s Guilt.”  

Rated: K+ (4,595 words)

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Posted in Drama

The Dash (by Dogwood)

Summary: The Cartwrights have faced many challenges in their lives.  Now they face one that will be with them always.  

Rated: K (1,075 words)

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Posted in Ben Cartwright Drama Short Stories

A Brother is Forever (by Dogwood)

Summary: Ben’s reflections as a brother.

Rated: K (550 words)

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Posted in Drama What Happened Next/Later

No More Eggs (by DonnaM)

Summary:  A “what happened next” version for  “Caution: Easter Bunny Crossing,” partially from Joe’s perspective. Warning: it gives away part of the ending for a “Lost Episode.”  

Rated: K+  WC  11,000

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Posted in Adam Cartwright Alternate Universe Drama

A Time to Heal (by DebraLynn)

Summary:  This is the first in a series of stories portraying a Bonanza future after Adam’s return to the Ponderosa.  Expect joys, sorrows, adventures, marriages, births, deaths, and the enduring love within the Cartwright family.  

Rated: T (15,430 words)

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Posted in Brothers Drama Hurt/Comfort What Happened Next/Later

Surrender To Your Fate AKA The tale of a bullheaded brother and his keepers (by Stetson1859)

Summary: A WHN for Escape To Ponderosa

Rated: K  (3,270 words)

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