A San Francisco Encounter (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: Ben Cartwright is in San Francisco on business and meets Barbara Dameron through mutual friends. He is quite taken with her, but pursuing a relationship with her could lead to unexpected danger.
Rating: T Word Count: 17,739
The Man of Many Spirits (by Sierra Girl)
Summary: Adam’s life is turned upside down after an attack on a wagon train leaves him alone and injured in the desert. He is helped by an unlikely saviour. But what has become of his family? And why is his rescuer so keen to keep the truth from him.
Rating: T Word Count: 83,320
The Many Spirits Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Seasons Of Change (by Adams_Lover)
Summary: Seasons of Change is a continuation story from Weekend Dad, a modern day Bonanza story featuring Adam. The story begins ten years after the end of Weekend Dad, and Jason is getting ready to head to college. The story will continue the four years Jason is in college until he graduates. There will be many references to the Weekend Dad story, so if you have read it before, you will understand them when you read them in this story.
PG-13: Very mild language and implied sexual situations (201,225 words)
Weekend Dad Series, links to stories within the series are included.
A Tribute to Pa (by AC1830)
Summary: This is a Father’s Day tribute to our favorite Dad, and to all the dads and kids everywhere.
Rating: K WC = 1694
The Worst Thing (by BettyHT)
Summary: A story for Father’s Day as the sons discuss Ben and the worst things he has ever done to them, and the conversation leads to an entirely different conclusion.
Rating = K+ (WC = 1053)
One for the Ages (by Justafan)
Summary: A story of a friendship that ran deeper than blood.
Rating: K (537 words)
Just A Taste of Vengeance (by Little Jo Cartwright)
Summary: After Adam Cartwright is shot down by an old enemy of Ben Cartwright’s, Joe swears to get even with the man who seriously injured his brother. Joe travels to Carson City in pursuit of Jed Clemens, his brother’s would-be murderer. But after Joe manages to locate Clemens, things start to go wrong…
Rating T (7,050 words)
The Eighth Day (by Sierra Girl)
Summary: When Adam encounters a mysterious woman on the shores of Lake Tahoe, his whole world will be changed forever. And just what is the woman’s involvement in the abductions taking place around the lake? This is my take on how and why Adam left the Ponderosa. An AU fantasy set in the ‘real’ world of Bonanza. A story where the lake is the star of the show.
Rating: T Word Count: 36,890
Rites of Passage (by BettyHT)
Summary: In this prequel, Little Joe is moving from childhood to adulthood and has mixed feelings about how to react to his older brother who is facing the task of how to fit back into the ranch he left as a boy to go to college but returned as a man who is still the boss’ son.
rating = T (WC = 14,378)
A Ghost from the Past (by Lyn Robinson)
Summary: A man from Ben’s past arrives at the Ponderosa dredging up painful memories for Adam, and it’s up to Little Joe to help Adam set things right.
Rating: T (11,900 words)
A Different Conversation (by AC1830)
Summary: Imagine the scene in The Ride where Adam and Ben are by the fire having a serious conversation. What if father and son discussed something totally different?
Rating = K WC = 818
For Diane (by BettyHT)
Summary: While in Waycross, someone told me that my stories are too long because she only reads the shorter stories. She gave me a prompt for a shorter story, and here is the result: A broken plate and a dropped plate lead to lessons learned.
(WC = 1090) Rating = PG
Born For Adversity (by BettyHT)
Summary: There’s lots of shocking trouble for Adam right from the start, but there is also a plan for revenge, subterfuge, false identities, fraud, financial difficulties for Ben and the Ponderosa, stunning developments for the family to absorb, and then a climatic confrontation between two villainous siblings and the Cartwright family.
rating = T (WC = 40,705)
The Argument (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Ben and Adam argue over Adam’s education.
Word count: 1,045 Rating: K+
Unexpected Changes (by JulieS)
Summary: The Cartwrights and Candy find that as a result of recent events, their lives are about to change unexpectedly.
Rated: PG (7208 words)
The Way Things Are series, links to all the stories in the series included.