Lost and Found (by AC1830)
Summary: While in San Francisco with his father, ten year old Adam gets lost and is cared for by a special person. Several years later, Adam has the chance to return the favor when he unknowingly saves the man’s life.
Rated K+ WC 5877
Close To a Guarantee (by ForeverFree)
Summary: This is a combined WHN/WHI for The Tall Stranger.
The first sentence is the Oct 1, 2016 Pinecone prompt, even though the story never made it to the challenge.
Rating: K+ (722 words)
When They Were Young (By Adams_lover)
Summary: This story is a modern day story with Adam as the featured character. It is a prequel to “Weekend Dad.”
PG-13: Very mild language and implied sexual situations (113,407 words)
Weekend Dad Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Lessons in the Art of Negotiations #1 – (by EROS)
Summary: It’s time for Adam to introduce Little Joe to the… um… fine art of negotiating. And at least for the night, what better way to forget that Pa is probably going to ‘kill him’ when he finds out the whole truth. Written for the 2016 Bonanza Brand 10th Anniversary, Ranch House R Forum ‘Dirty Words’ Challenge. If sexually explicit scenes offend you, please do not continue to the story.
Rating: R (5,095 words)
Negotiation Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Comeuppance (by Belle)
Summary: Terrance has everything he ever wanted: the love of a wonderful woman, the town’s admiration, and a boisterous friendship with Little Joe. What could possibly go wrong?
Rating: K+ Word Count: 6278
Competition Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Howl of the Wolf (by southplains)
Summary: This R-rated story is an expansion on a short scene described in my story ‘Glory,’ a WHN for ‘My Brother’s Keeper.’ Written in response to the ‘Dirty Words’ Literary Challenge in the R-forum for the 2016 Bonanza Brand 10th Anniversary.
WARNING: This story contains very strong sexual content and language which might be offensive to some readers.
Rating: R (2,965 words)
Glory Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Repent at Leisure (by Questfan)
Summary: When Joe and Mitch befriend two orphaned boys and try to help them, Ben has no idea where this new friendship will lead his youngest son. It would actually prove to be Ben’s spur-of-the-moment decision that would lead to disaster. All parents have acted in haste and he just prays he has time to set things right again.
Word Count: 60,173 Rating: T
They Do Dream Things True (by McFair_58)
Summary: When 10 year old Joe Cartwright awakes screaming his pa’s name in the night, his brothers assume the young boy is afraid since their pa is away in Placerville. What they can’t know is that Joe’s nightmare is all too real and their brother’s reaction to it will catapult all four Cartwrights on a journey that will end with both their father and little brother losing their lives – unless Heaven intervenes.
Rating: K+ (41,980 words)
What the Wind Blew In (by McFair_58)
Summary: One day the wind blows in a woman claiming to be Ben Cartwright’s daughter. As her claim appears to be valid, Belle moves into the Ponderosa bringing trouble from her past in the form of a man who is obsessed with her and who blames Ben Cartwright for taking her mother away. Before the end the lives of the Cartwrights and the Ponderosa itself are in danger of going up in flames.
Rated: PG-13 Word count: 59, 034
Providence (by Questfan)
Summary: When Joe returns home with a child that he claims is his, the story is not quite what anyone expects.
Word Count – 14,709 Rating: T
Sunset (by Questfan)
Summary: At sixteen, Joe was champing at the bit to be counted as a man. Until the day where his choices could have dire consequences for both his brothers.
Word Count: 33,779 Rating: T
One Little Two Little Three Little Thunderbirds (by McFair_58)
Summary: A friend of Ben’s comes for a visit, bringing with him his three daughters and a dark secret from his past. At first it appears the greatest danger the visit presents lies in the insanity of a trio of young females in the Cartwright household. All too soon it becomes apparent that Gil Jenkins’ demons have not been laid to rest and threaten not only him, but the Cartwrights as well.
Rated: PG-13 WC 79,400
The Cherry Tree Saga (by Robin)
Summary: Like the ever changing seasons, life blooms and dies on the Ponderosa.
Rating T (140,000 words)
Shoe Leather (by BettyHT)
Summary: This is a prequel in which Adam is at odds with Ben and with Hoss because of events that occur and words that are spoken in anger. A master manipulator is at work and needs to be stopped before things get any worse.
Rating = T WC = 13,369
Bootless Cries (by McFair_58)
Summary: Who would have thought that a pair of missing boots would propel the Cartwrights into the nightmare world of a madman? One morning Joe wakes up to find his boots gone and the mystery of how he lost them – and who is wearing them – leads to a series of events that could cost not only Joe’s life, but Adam and Hoss’ as well.
Rated PG-13 (58,335 words)