Posted in Hoss Cartwright Hurt/Comfort Short Stories Writing Challenges

A Question of Beauty (by Heather-Chrysalis)

Summary: A Cat and Hoss teach a hard-hearted boy about love and forgiveness.
This piece started out as a pinecone in August 2023, then I developed it a bit more into a short story.
It was also inspired by a story I heard on the radio long ago.

Rating: T  Wordcount: 2,228

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The Making of a Man (by Hart4Ben)

Summary: This is an adaption of the Big Valley episode Boy Into Man, S2, E18 written by A. I. Bezzerides

Rating: G, Word Count: 6976

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Baa-Baa (by Belle)

Summary:  Hoss helps Miss Jones make the annual Christmas pageant “extra special.”
Rating:  G
Words:  2,850
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar

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We Are Merry (by PSW)

Summary:  An explanation and WHL for the episode The Iron Butterfly
Rating: G
Words:  420
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar

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How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (by BluewindFarm)

Summary:  To some, the holidays aren’t always merry, nor bright.
Rating:  G
Words:  950
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar
Yesterday Series, links included

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Boys Will Be Boys (by Michele B)

Summary: Seventeen year old Hoss gets entrusted to collect the payroll from the bank and get home. Simple as that, or is it? 

Rating: G, Word Count: 11,298

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The Christmas Lamb (by JC)

Summary: In this tongue-in-cheek tale told in rhyme, Hoss makes a surprising discovery in the snow and brings home another stray for Christmas
Rating:  G  Words 1,000
Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar

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Haunted (by BettyHT)

Summary: Hoss has an otherworldly experience after a dangerous man has an angry and violent outburst against his father putting other members of the family at risk too.
Rating: PG  Word count: 1043

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Leo – Romancing the Ponderosa Book 3 (by millieshepherd)

Summary: Hoss rescues a small girl and after finding out her mother’s a widow and that she doesn’t have a penny to her name, he invites them to stay on the Ponderosa until they can get back on their feet. But then disaster strikes the second day of their stay and the Cartwright family is forever changed.

Rating: T

Word Count: 18,984

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The Boy Who Kept Christmas Alive (by Sierra Girl)

Summary: It’s up to on of the boys to keep Christmas alive during a dark time on the Ponderosa.
Written for day 15 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 2989

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A Cruel Sort of Kindness (by Annie K Cowgirl)

Summary: “Pa’d once told us boys that a person shouldn’t go into marriage thinking that they could change their spouse; they’d only tear each other apart in the end. It was a piece of advice that I’d nearly forgotten.” A missing scene from the episode The Courtship.

Rating: K+

Word Count: 625

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The Pickle (by Annie K Cowgirl)

Summary: Just how did Hoss end up being the caretaker for two, little, troublemaking girls? The opening scene we were denied in Gallagher’s Sons. 

Rating: K+

Word Count: 1,259

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A Matter of Guilt (by Annie K Cowgirl)

Summary: A WHIB (what happened in  between) for the episode “A Matter of Circumstance”. Ben and Hoss worry and wait for word of Joe’s condition.

Rated: K+

Word Count: 975

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The Things You Don’t Choose (by BettyHT)

Summary:  Based on the episode The Wild One, Hoss has to explain the aftermath of his confrontation with Leif to his family and why it occurred.  They’re especially interested after seeing the condition of the main room when they arrive home.
Rating:  PG   Word Count:  1,127

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A Triangle (by BettyHT)

Summary:  This follows First Love, and Tragedy in the Traci Series.  In “A Triangle,” Hoss renews the family friendship with the Maxim family from Arizona, but that brings up some painful memories and trouble as well as some possibilities especially for Adam.
Rating:  T
Word Count:  19,803
The Traci Series, links to all stories included within.

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