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Author: Puchi Ann

I discovered Bonanza as a young girl in its first run and have been a faithful fan ever since. Wondering if the Cartwright saga could fit into the real history of the area, I did some research and wrote a one-volume prequel, simply for my own enjoyment. That experience made me love writing, and I subsequently wrote and published in the religious genre. Years later, having run across some professional Bonanza fanfiction, I gobbled up all there was and, wanting more, decided I'd have to write it myself. I decided to rewrite that one-volume Cartwright history, expanding it to become the Heritage of Honor series and developing a near-mania for historical research. Then I discovered the Internet and found I wasn't alone, for there were many other stories by fine writers in libraries like this one. I hope that you'll enjoy mine when I post them here.

Ben and Little Joe

Ben / Joe Brothers What Happened Next/Later

The Trap–WHN (by Puchi Ann)

Episode summary: During what he believes to be a search for rustlers, Little Joe is fired upon and fires back in self-defense, only to learn that the man he has shot is his friend, Burke Shannon. Then Burke’s wife Hallie intimates to him that he did it deliberately out of…

The First Thaw (by Puchi Ann)

Summary: The weather isn’t the only thing frosty that first Christmas after Marie joins the Cartwright family, but through the magic of story and song, they all find new warmth, acceptance and heartfelt love.
Rating: G (6,520 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar

Drama Family Prequel Writing Challenges

First Drive (by Puchi Ann)

Summary: There’s a first time for everything and everyone.
Rating:K+/T Word Count: 12,449

Action/Adventure Adam Cartwright Drama MA-Rated / R-Rated Prequel

Soldier Boy (by Puchi Ann)

Summary: When Adam Cartwright left college to join the Union Army, he had no idea he would be involved in three of the most significant battles of the Civil War. Nor did he know that the experience would mark his life forever and influence the man he would become.

Rating: MA for battlefield violence
Word Count: 94,855
Links to stories of A Separate Dream Series are included within.

Drama Writing Challenges

An Electrifying Christmas (by Puchi Ann)

Summary: Christmastime without a Christmas tree threatens Virginia City.
Rating: G 5,370 words

Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar

Adam Cartwright What Happened Next/Later

Here in the West (by Puchi Ann)

Summary: Not exactly a WHN for My Brother’s Keeper, but the action takes place after that story and involves some reflection on its events, as once again Adam finds himself pondering whether to move back East to a more “civilized” country. Rating: K+ Word Count: 2,051

My Pa (by Puchi Ann)

Summary: A tribute from Adam, Hoss and Joe for Father’s Day (transcribed by Puchi Ann)

Rating: K

Word Count: 88

Brothers Drama What Happened Next/Later

The Milk of Human Kindness (by Puchi Ann)

Summary: Man and Nature conspire against the Cartwright brothers making it home for Christmas.
Rating: G
Words: 8,220
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar

Drama Joe Cartwright Writing Challenges

Gideon’s Trumpet (by Puchi Ann)

Summary: The Cartwrights are saddened to learn of the death of an elderly friend shortly before Christmas, but the bequest he has left one of them stirs warm memories, one very private and another soon to become very public.
Rating: G Words 5960
Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Advent calendar

A Wreath of Blessings (by PuchiAnn)

Summary: A poem originally inspired by a Christmas card showing a wreath made from pine branches and cones and sent out years ago to Bonanza friends. Word count: 122 Rating: K A wreath of Ponderosa pine Tells me that it’s Christmas time. Outside, a fleece of shim’ring snow, Within, bathed…

The Town Hero (by Puchi Ann)

Summary: A grateful Virginia City wants to both reward and exploit Little Joe’s valiant defense of the town, but Adam fears his young brother may be unable to handle his sudden newfound fame. Written for BoNaNo 2021. Rating: K+ Word count: 13, 175

Drama Joe Cartwright Writing Challenges

A Peculiar Penance (by Puchi Ann)

Summary: While serving a self-imposed sentence in the barn on Christmas Eve, Little Joe learns a lesson in the forgiveness that lies at the heart of Christmas.
Written for day 20 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 1903

Drama Family Prequel Writing Challenges

Orange You Glad It’s Christmas (by Puchi Ann)

Summary: It was a simple request and one that could not be granted due to circumstance beyond their control. Or could it?

Rating: G 6,880 words

Note: This story was written for the Bonanz Brand 2020 Advent Calendar, originated in the Forums.

Family Writing Challenges

Epidemic (by Puchi Ann)

Summary: A silent killer stalks the streets of Virginia City, and all Ben Cartwright’s sons are at risk.

Rating: K
Word Count: 14,210

East, West: Home’s Best–The Journey Home (by Puchi Ann)

Summary: As they return from Boston, Adam and Joe Cartwright plan to defer resolving their differences until they reach home, but that’s going to be a lot longer and harder journey than they could ever imagine.
Rating: K
Word Count: 49,640 words
East, West: Home’s Best Series, links to all stories included within.

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