Category: Joe Cartwright
Stories that focus on Joe Cartwright
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
In The Springtime (by bonanzagirl)
Summary: Joe is a regular at the Silver Dollar Saloon, so let’s look at some of these moments from the view of Sam, the bartender.
Rating: PG Word Count: 7400
The Dancer (by bonanzagirl)
Summary: Joe and a saloon dancer accidentally meet, and more problems arise than Joe ever expected.
Rating: PG Word Count: 19000
Guilt (by bonanzagirl)
Summary: Have you ever wondered why Joe is such a good shot? Maybe that’s how it happened.
Rating: PG Word Count: 15000
The Shot (by bonanzagirl)
Summary: A missing scene from Emily. Joe finds an ambushed money transport with a dead and injured man lying next to it. He fires three shots to call for help, but he gets shot in the back. Hoss and Candy arrive at the scene shortly after Deputy Wade.
Rating: PG Word Count: 1600
The Curse (by bonanzagirl)
Summary: A Halloween story. It all starts with a harmless visit to the circus.
Rating: PG Word Count: 6000
The Maiden (by McFair)
A badly wounded Little Joe Cartwright is propelled into an adventure where he meets a beautiful Indian girl who seeks his love…and maybe his life! Rated: PG Word count: 34,669
Silent as the Snow (by mcfair_58)
Summary: With Little Joe, following his heart often leads to trouble.
Rating: G
Words: 2,050
Written for the 2023 Bonanza Advent Calendar
The Miracle of Midnight (by Inca)
Summary: The trouble with grownups was that they were always busy. Too busy, to Little Joe’s mind.
Rating: G
Words: 3,520
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar
The Christmas that Almost Wasn’t (by Cheaux)
Summary: Something’s wrong and the fix comes from an unexpected source
Rating: G
Words: 1,170
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar
Good Farmers (by mcfair_58)
Summary: Adam intended to introduce his youngest brother to good literature, but you know Little Joe – instead of culture, he found trouble!
Rating: G
Words: 4,500
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 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
Little Joe’s “Grand Swing” (by Michele B)
Summary: After watching The Grand Swing with Jamie, and seeing Hoss and Joe’s names on the tree, I started imagining what escapades would have led to them taking the “swing” with Ben. I’m not sure about Hoss yet, but I had no trouble conjuring up Little Joe’s mess!
Rating: G, Word Count: 23,137
The Glass Bird (by McFair_58)
Summary: Christmas brings an unexpected guest to the Ponderosa and forces Joe Cartwright to confront his past, present and future in the form of a tiny glass bird.
Rating G Words (4750)
Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Gideon’s Trumpet (by Puchi Ann)
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
