Author: Questfan
True Blessings (by Questfan)
Summary: Amid the harsh conditions, can the Cartwrights share true blessings?
Rating: G (3,800 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
A Catalogue of Memories (by Questfan)
Summary: Sometimes memories need something to hold them in.
Rating: G
Word count: 2400
Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
The Night Before Christmas (by Questfan)
Summary: The Cartwrights share their most fervent Christmas wishes.
Rating: G
Words: 2,610
Written for Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar
A Surprise Delivery (by Questfan)
Summary: A winter storm, a broken-down shack and a couple of strangers in need makes for a different kind of Christmas celebration.
Rating: G Words 2,700
Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Reunion – Part 2 (by Questfan)
Summary: Adam is facing another Christmas a very long way from home and family. Can Little Joe grant his Christmas wish?
Written for Day 2 of the 2021 Advent Calendar
Rating: G Words: 2850
Reunion – Part 1 (by Questfan)
Summary: Little Joe has a very big Christmas wish, but learns there is no hope it can be fulfilled.
Written for day 1 of the 2021 Advent Calendar
Rating: G
Word Count: 2900
Lost and Found (by Questfan)
Summary: An incident with his granddaughter brings up childhood memories for Joe.
Rating: T Word count: 4228
All That Glitters (by Questfan)
Summary: Youthful dreams were lost long ago when a father decided he knew best what his daughter needed, but a second chance comes about in a most unexpected way.
Rating: G 3,420 words
Note: This story was written for the Bonanza Brand 2020 Advent Calendar, originated in the Forums.
A Debt of Kindness (by Questfan)
Summary: Some debts cannot be repaid; they must be paid forward to others. A tough day for Joe leads to revelations for both Ben and Adam.
Rating: G
Word Count: 2,340
The Wrangler (by Questfan)
Summary: There is more than one way to die. A man can still be breathing and yet not living as Joe has discovered. Somebody is sent to find a lost soul and turn him for home once more.
Rating: G
Word Count: 1950
A Dish Served Cold (by Questfan)
Summary: A somewhat AU What Happened Instead for The First Born. While New Orleans had brought Marie into Ben’s life, it was also a breeding ground for lies, whispered rumours, family disputes and long-held hatred. It has long been said that revenge is a dish that is best served cold.
Rating: T
Word Count: 63028
Redemption (by Questfan)
Summary: My entry for BoNaNo 2018 as well as the Crossover Challenge. After a chance encounter in his youth, Joe meets up with the man again, many years later, under trying circumstances.
Rating: T Word Count: 14,878
Fall Leaf aka The Greatest Gift (by Questfan)
Summary: Written for the 2018 Advent Calendar, based on the quilting prompt, Fall Leaf. The distance of time through a child’s eyes, and a dilemma of epic proportions.
Rating: G 2,725 words
Hole in the Barn Door aka Pieces of the Whole (by Questfan)
Summary: Written for the 2018 Advent Calendar, based on the quilting prompt, Hole in the Barn Door. A failed attempt at past traditions leads to memories of the boys’ mothers. A AU post-series Christmas.
Rating: G 1,900 words
The Squirrel’s Stash #3 (by Questfan)
Summary: A few more Pinecone Challenges for my pet squirrel to gnaw on. Each chapter has a lyric prompt and had to be no more than 500 words.
Word Count: 8885 Rating: T