Category: Family
Stories that focus on the entire family
Doing the Right Thing (by HazelMom)
Summary: Word reaches the Ponderosa that Hoss was legally hung, setting off a chain of events that sets the law against justice when it comes down to doing the right thing.
Rating: K+ (11,035 words)
The Prisoner (by gaerwn)
Summary: In an effort to keep Paul Martin alive and well, the Cartwrights have to match wits with someone whose reality is a very dark place indeed.
Rating: T (18,800 words)
A Bucketful of Trouble (by Krystyna)
Summary: Hop Sing decides it’s time to quit! This story may be familiar to forum readers but I hope it will appeal to those newer members of Bonanzaworld who have yet to read it.
Rating: G (1,060 words)
Practice Makes Perfect (by Patina)
Rating: K
Word Count=3699
Summary: Marie is entering the final weeks of her pregnancy with the newest Cartwright. Will the baby’s birth go according to plan?
The Well (by JoanS)
Summary: Will Ben risk the life of one son to save another?
Rated: K (10,700 words)
Where There’s a Will (by JoanS)
Summary: Ben decides to update his will, which causes his sons some anxiety
Rated: K (10,855 words)
A Summer’s Tale (by Krystyna)
Summary: A hot day, a melting pig, and Joe wants to know about the birds and the bees.
Rating: G (1,390 words)
San Francisco Revisited (by pkmoonshine)
The Cartwrights have come to San Francisco to negotiate a contract and enjoy a relaxing family vacation together. All thoughts of relaxation fly right out the window when two family members and a friend go missing, and the police are infuriatingly indifferent. A WHN for “San Francisco” and “The Mountain Girl.”
Rating: T (58,600 words)
Bloodlines Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Like a Phoenix Rising #2 – Abbie’s Story (by Krystyna)
Summary: This is the second part of the story about Abbie who first appeared in the story Like a Phoenix Rising which ended with her married to one of the Cartwrights … this part reveals which Cartwright was her husband and what happened to them.
Rating: PG (20,000 words)
Like A Phoenix Rising Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Rider Coming! (by Harper)
Summary: Joe can’t help showing off, carrying the mail for the Pony Express. But he’d never do it if Pa were watching….A missing scene for “Ride the Wind.”
Rated: K+ (1,850 words)
Thoughts (by pkmoonshine)
Summary: What goes through the mind and hearts of a father and two of his sons as they stand together before the grave a man much loved, and taken from them much too soon? Warning … character death.
Rating: K+ (1,900 words)
To Wake a Sleeping Beauty (by Patina)
Rating: K
Word Count=5902
Summary: When 16-year old Adam falls asleep at the supper table after a hard week’s work, Little Joe is convinced his brother has been put under a spell by a witch.
Best Friends (by JoanS)
Synopsis: A careless act of Little Joe’s puts his life in danger and that of his beloved horse Cochise
Rating: G (19,000 words)
Pride Comes Before A Fall (by JoanS)
Summary: Adam prepares to apply for Harvard. Rating: K+ (37,050 words) Pride Comes Before A Fall Hoss Cartwright flattened his nose against the glass and opened his eyes wide as he surveyed all the wonderful items in the store window. “Hey Joe!” he shouted. “Come and look at all these things!”…
An Ill Wind (by JoanS)
Summary: An ill wind invades the Ponderosa, leaving the Cartwrights unable to take care of themselves while Hop Sing is away. Rating: K (16,900 words) An Ill Wind Ben straightened up to ease his aching back and turned to face Bert. “It seems like the chores around here…
