Category: Family
Stories that focus on the entire family
A Shadow Returns – Marauders (by BettyHT)
Summary: This is a sequel to A Shadow Calling with the same OCs. A tragic experience from a decade earlier has consequences for the Cartwright family and triggers memories and fears until the threat is faced. It is a story within a story, and both tales are told.
T 12,921
Adam’s Heart (by nappajackie)
Summary: Faced with the trials of heart failure, young Adam Cartwright embarks on a journey of courage and resilience, drawing on the memories of the mother he never knew and the solidarity of his loving family to confront his limitations and cherish every moment of life. Rating: K+ Word Count:…
The Perfect Christmas Eve (by Puppycuddles)
Summary: Christmastime on the Ponderosa with a young Cartwright family.
Rating: G
Words: 8,620
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar
White Christmas (by Sibylle)
Summary: Jamie tries to learn more about his oldest new brother, but gets something unexpected in the end!:
Rating: G
Words: 1,800
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar
The Magic of Christmas (by BettyHT)
Summary: When Hoss needs a romantic poem, he and Joe search Adam’s room where they find something wondrous that truly brings magic to Christmas.
Rating: G
Words: 4,806
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar
Sterling and Bright (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: It might be white outside, but inside? Being a day like no other, was an understatement; and long after the sun had set Ben Cartwright was almost ready to declare that all three of his sons would be receiving lumps of coal in their Christmas stockings.
Rating: G
Words: 2,350
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar.
Pine Tree Challenge (by BettyHT)
Summary: Another prequel, but Little Joe is eleven in this one, Hoss is seventeen, and Adam is twenty-three. Climbing that pine tree is again key to the story, but it is what happens after that which is most significant.
Rating: T Word count: 5, 575
Pine Tree Loss and Gains (by BettyHT)
Summary: This is the third and last installment in this series. Ben does his best to make amends for what went wrong, but Joe has a plan too. Only time will tell which will be more effective.
T 7,071
Pine Tree (by BettyHT)
Summary: This is a prequel in which Little Joe has a daring adventure that becomes a scary ordeal for his family. Hopefully, this will be the first in a series of stories featuring the pine tree, and each will be separated by several years for the family.
Rating: PG Word count: 3,212
Cold Vine (by BettyHT)
Summary: Follows Cold Fingers Around My Throat and answers some of the questions left unanswered at the end of that scary story and moves the story along a bit further as the family fights evil.
Rating: T Word count: 3,277
Cold Fingers Around My Throat (by BettyHT)
Summary: A story within a story with a prequel in the main story. Little Joe had a nasty prank played on him when he was ten, and fourteen years later, a similar situation is playing out again. He blamed Adam the first time, but he doesn’t know who to blame the second time.
Rating: T Word count: 3009
Instinct (by Belle)
Summary: Adam and Joe cope with trouble.
Rating: T Word Count: 6,197
Friends and Family (by frasrgrl)
Summary: After suffering a tragic loss Ben learns true friends are really family.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 822
Sarah (by AH83)
Summary: The Cartwrights become involved in the tragedy of a local family.
Rating: PG, Word Count: 1757
A Shadow Calling (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam and Joe are having nightmares about Hoss and don’t know what they mean. Too late, one brother understands the message that was sent. It’s a WHI for the end of the series.
Rating: T Word count: 6,705
