Category: Ben Cartwright
Stories the focus on Ben Cartwright.
Saucy Sally Picks a Pocket (by CareBear)
Summary: Saucy Sally has a birthday wish that will take a fortune to fulfill. How does she solve this problem? By picking some pockets of course! Written in answer to the 2025 Brandaversary R-Rated Story challenge.
Rating: MA/R (language, sexual situations & descriptions)
Word Count: 13,039
Saucy Sally and the Birthday Surprise (by Pat D in PA)
RATING: MA/R
SUMMARY: Not long after Adam returns from college, he begins to wonder if he should have come back at all, as his father doesn’t seem to recognize he’s not the stripling youth he’d been when he left home more than four years earlier. It takes a wise young woman of the world to potentially set both Cartwright men straight and help heal a rift that threatens to destroy the family.
Written in answer to the 2025 Brandaversary R-Rated Story challenge.
(10,230 words)
Talking to Jane (by Pat D in PA)
Summary: Ben Cartwright reflects on his life with a kind listener.
Rating: G/K (7201 words)
Again, By Grace (by JC)
Summary: A moody portrait of the Ponderosa patriarch, seeking grace amid grief
Rating: T Word Count 793
A Journey Changed (by AC1830)
Summary: A missing WHN scene at the end of A Journey Remembered.
Rating: G, Word Count: 745
Encore (by JC)
Summary: On a trip to San Francisco, Ben has a choice to make when the fire from an old flame is rekindled.
Rating: T Word Count: 623
So, This is Christmas (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Plans aren’t going exactly as Ben expected, and with family and friends not as close as he wanted, life doesn’t look quite so happy.
Rating: G 2,490 words
Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Deep in December (by JC*)
Summary: A moment of reflection for Ben as he contemplates Christmas without Adam.
Rating: G
Words: 730
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar
I Saw Her Again (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Of love, loss, and hope for the future. A poem from Ben’s point of view.
Rating: K
Word Count: 202
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
At Toast to Tradition – Part 2 (by Cheaux)
Summary: Memories and traditions bring comfort and joy during Hanukkah and Christmas.
Rating: G Words 2,411
Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
The Girl Can’t Help It (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Three young women, three moments in time, one man. A look into the thoughts of Elizabeth, Inger, and Marie as they contemplate the man known as Benjamin Cartwright.
Rating: K
Word Count: 1,033
My Angel Went To Heaven Today (by BettyHT)
Summary: a poem about Ben’s life from Boston to the Ponderosa and his family there.
Rating: PG Word Count: 540
The River (by JC)
A view from the riverbank, the one left behind. A poem of transition, resistance, and acceptance. Posted in recognition of World Poetry Day 2022.
Rose, My Love – Romancing the Ponderosa Book 4 (by millieshepherd)
Summary: Ben runs into a lady friend from his past and the sparks fly again.
Rating: T
Word Count: 15,453
