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

Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar

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

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

Rating: K

Word Count: 88

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

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

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…

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

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.

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

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.

Summary: To help Adam’s friend George, Little Joe has impulsively boarded a ship for Boston. Now it’s up to Adam to chase him down and bring him home.
Rating: K (97,504 words)
Links to the stories in this series are included within.

Summary: Lost, both literally and in the wanderings of his fevered mind, Little Joe encounters a ghostly presence (or is it?) and fears he’s in for a visitation like that of Ebenezer Scrooge.

Rating: G
Word Count: 3,800

Summary: Written for the 2018 Advent Calendar, based on the quilting prompt, Scarlet Ribbons. When a color truly matters.

Rating: G 5,935 words

Summary: A Tiny WHN for “A House Divided”  Surely, the brothers had more to say to one another than what we heard at the lake.  Perhaps just three little words?

Rating: K

Word Count: 705

Summary:  Written for the 2018 Missing Man Challenge.  I have always felt that the drama of “To Die in Darkness” would have been intensified if Ben had experienced its situation with a son, rather than with Candy, much as I like him.  This challenge seemed like the perfect opportunity to explore that idea.

Rated:  K+ Word Count:  14,833

Summary: Hoss isn’t sure whether Little Joe’s latest get-rich-quick scheme will leave him rich beyond his boldest dreams or dead in the desert.

Written for the 2018 Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament. 

Rated:   K+  24,400 words

This story was written for the 2017 Advent Calendar – Day 16

Summary:  The citizens of Virginia City are treated to The Nativity Play, with the Cartwrights having prominent parts in the production.

Rating:  G  4,000 words

Summary:  Bored boys, left to their own devices, can come up with wild ways of passing the time, and when the bored boys are Little Joe Cartwright and his friends, Virginia City is in for quite a fright. 

Rating: K Words: 5,068

Summary: Little Joe once again draws inspiration from his favorite dime novels when he is kidnapped and held for ransom.

Rating:  K+   Word count 15,138

The Deadeye Kid Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary:  Written for Camp in the Pines, 2018.  Sometimes the best show in town is in the courtroom, especially when the Cartwrights are involved.

Rating: K Word Count: 5385

Summary:  This story was written for the 2016 Advent Collection.

Rating:  G  (5,220 words)

Summary:  On a secret mission, adolescent Joe Cartwright tracks his best source of discovering what girls are hiding beneath their frilly drawers—his brother Adam.

Rating: K+     Word Count:  8954

Summary:  Little Joe thinks he’s found the perfect way to raise money to help Virginia City’s needy orphans, while providing a few side benefits for himself and his friends.  Originally published in Bonanza Gold.

Rating:  K  (7,470  words)

Summary: Little Joe is asked to fill in again as Sheriff of Rubicon, but surely nothing could go wrong this time.

Rating: K+ (2794 words)

Summary:  Thanks to the machinations of a conniving editor, Ben finds himself besieged by needy females in a town whose male population has been ravaged by accidents and disease.  (Originally published in the first issue of Bonanza Gold)

Rating:  K ( 7,429words)

Summary:  Little Joe’s recent misbehavior has him singing the “I’m Gettin’ Nothing for Christmas” blues.

Rating: K (1155 words)