Author: patina
The Thousandth-and-First Time (by Patina)
Summary: Joe, poker, and Adam’s guitar. What could go wrong?
Rating: G Word count: 2,731
You Can’t Keep an Old Lawman Down (by Patina)
Summary: Is it too much to ask for the law to experience a Silent Night at Christmastime?
Rating: G (2,795 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Not Til We Find Him (by Patina)
Summary:. A missing son, a father’s search. A WHIB and WHI for The Crucible.
Rating: T Word Count: 5,353
Hope in a Dimming World (by Patina)
Summary: Roy Coffee, faced with losing a job he loves, must learn to prepare for the future with Joe Cartwright’s help. References to the episodes “The Stillness Within” and “No Less a Man.”
Rating: G 2,970 words
Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
How Adam Saved Christmas (by Patina)
Summary: Adam tells no ordinary bedtime story on Christmas Eve
Rating: G
Words: 2,380
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar
Tumbleweeds (by Patina)
Summary: When help is desperately needed, Cochise provides it.
Rating: T Word Count: 4,208
Good Will Toward Men (by Patina)
Summary: Tis the season for generosity.
Rating: G Words 1,000
Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
A Single Wound (by Patina)
Summary: Danger lurks in a single wound.
Rated: T Word Count: 3925
Hair of the Dog (by Patina)
Summary: Ben pays for the night before, much of which he can’t remember.
Written for day 24 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 1400
Unto Us a Child is Given (by Patina)
Summary: It’s love that makes a family.
Written for day 14 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 2217
A Cartwright’s Word is a Binding Oath (by Patina)
Summary: An old friend requests the Cartwrights’ help when vengeance comes calling
Rating: T Word Count: 4748
Harry’s Horse (by Patina)
Summary:
Rating: G 2,365 words
This story was written for the Bonanza Brand 2020 Advent Calendar, originated in the Forums.
Homesick (by Patina)
Summary: Far from home, a special person helps ease the ache.
Rating: G 1,840 words
Note: This story was written for the Bonanza Brand 2020 Advent Calendar, originated in the Forums.
Fireworks (by Patina)
Summary: What’s the Fourth of July without fireworks?
Rating: PG
Word Count: 3,609
The Tipping Point (by Patina)
Summary: It’s looking more and more like lumps of coal are likely gifts this year.
Rating: G
Word Count: 3,070
