Author: Belle
At the End of Their Rope (by Belle)
Summary: Ben tells his grandchildren a Christmas Story.
Rating: G (1,375 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
No Time (by Belle)
Summary: When hop Sing faces a difficult Christmas season, he discovers the true value of time.
Rating: G 1,835 words
Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Baa-Baa (by Belle)
Summary: Hoss helps Miss Jones make the annual Christmas pageant “extra special.”
Rating: G
Words: 2,850
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar
Instinct (by Belle)
Summary: Adam and Joe cope with trouble.
Rating: T Word Count: 6,197
In Absentia #6 – Heart’s Desire (by Belle)
Summary: Adam receives news that his heart’s desire is within his reach. Will he grasp the opportunity?
Rating: G Words 1415
Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Steadfast (by Belle)
Summary: Ben finds that trying to spend quality time during the Christmas season with Adam and Hoss can be challenging.
Rating: G Words 2140
Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Diversions (by Belle)
Summary: di-ver-sion noun 1. an instance of turning something aside from its course. 2. an activity that diverts the mind from tedious or serious concerns; a recreation or pastime.
Rating: K+
Word Count: 6673
In Absentia #5 – Homesick (by Belle)
Summary: Hop Sing’s choice to stay with the Cartwrights is challenged by his first winter at the Ponderosa
Written for day 12 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 1326
Part of the In Absentia Series, links to all stories included within
In Absentia #4 – Significance (by Belle)
Summary: After seven years apart, Ben and the boys are about to spend their first Christmas together. Too bad that buying gifts is harder than it seems.
Written for day 8 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 2479
Part of the Inabsentia Series, links to all stories included within
Loss (by Belle)
Summary: When everything you care about is taken from you, you have nothing left to lose.
Rating: M (violence) Word count: 3305
The Adventure of the Antique Opera Glasses (by Belle)
Summary: Clem receives a gift that leads to something more and provides inspiration.
Rating: G 2,845 words
This story was written for the Bonanza Brand 2020 Advent Calendar, originated in the Forums.
Remembrance (by Belle)
Summary: An old friend teaches Hoss that the horizon is merely the limit of our sight.
Rating: G
Word count: 5906
Small Print (by Belle)
Summary: Sometimes, it’s better to not know what you are getting yourself into . . .
Rating: G
Word Count: 3,095
The Christmas Hostage (by Belle)
Summary: Can one good man overcome three Great Men? With gratitude to L. Frank Baum for providing inspiration.
Rating: G
Word Count: 3,570
Turmoil (by Belle)
Summary: When family is in danger, should the past remain forgotten?
Rated: K+
Word Count: 9829