Summary: Written for the 2018 Missing Man Challenge – Add Adam into an episode after Season 6 as if he has always been there. I chose The Fighters, Season 7, Episode 30.

Rating – T, Word Count – 4662 

Summary:  Colors on the Ponderosa can come from unexpected places.  My entry for World Poetry Day.

Rating – K, WC – 112

Summary:  When Ben and Inger left her brother Gunnar in Illinois (Inger, My Love), he was searching for his purpose in life, heading to the Canadian gold fields.  The Last Viking showed he maintained his wild side.  But how would his life have turned out if he had listened to his sister’s words? A WHI for The Last Viking.

Written for the Bonanza Brand 2018 Ancestry Challenge – Several relatives of the Cartwrights have turned up from time to time.  Are there more and what effect do they have on the Cartwrights?

Rating – K+, WC – 5547

Summary – A young woman’s sudden departure from Virginia City leaves heartache and anger behind. After an eight-year absence, she returns home hoping to reconcile with the ones she left behind.

Rating – T, Word Count – 9751

Summary – Why is Adam in the dirt at Hoss’ feet?  Hoss is not going to like the answer. 

Rating – K, WC – 823

Summary: As three of the Cartwrights are making their way home for Christmas, Ben becomes ill.  Adam and Hoss find a rancher willing to give them refuge from the cold and snow.  Little do they know, their rescuer has a connection with another journey the Cartwrights made many years earlier. Ben, Adam and Hoss find they’ve come full circle in their Christmas journeys.

Rating = K, Word Count = 8705

This story was written for the 2017 Advent Calendar – Day 15

Summary:  The Miracle of Christmas lifts the veils of grief.

Rating:  G   4,830 words

Summary: While Joe is missing his brother at Christmas, a friend’s tragedy gives Joe a new perspective on the Christmas spirit. 

Rating – K, WC – 1281

Summary: After a last minute cattle drive that almost drove Hop Sing away, can the Cartwrights hope to have a calm Thanksgiving? Perhaps with a little help from some friends.

Rating – K WC – 1288

Summary: This is a what-if story for Halloween.  Adam’s son loves to read.  After reading a forbidden book, he discovers a dark family secret. 

Rating – T, Word count – 1949

Summary: In She Walks in Beauty, Regan Miller nearly destroyed two brothers’ relationship.  So what happened from the time when Hoss nearly beat Adam to death to when they reunited in Virginia City? A missing scene, or two, for She Walks in Beauty.

Rating K+, Word Count 1430

Summary: One brother says good-bye to another.

Rating – K, Word count – 1446

Summary: In The Paiute War, Adam and Young Wolf, son of Chief Winnemucca, were once friends. What made Young Wolf end his friendship with Adam, although Winnemucca continues it with Ben and Adam? 

Rating – T, Word Count – 4799

Summary: When July rolls in like a flaming freight train perhaps it’s best to just kick back and have a little fun.

Rating: K   Word Count: 922

Summary:  Young Hoss and Joe have decided that Ben deserves a day off so they plan a special day with him, but Ben soon discovers it’s more special than anyone anticipated.

Rating K  Word Count 678