What Happened Next/Later – Bonanza Brand

All the Butterflies Have Broken Wings (mcfair_58)

Posted onFebruary 16, 2019Authormcfair_58Leave a comment

A WHN for both the episode ‘A Time to Step Down’ and ‘Lonely House’. Five years have passed and Trock has been released from prison and returned to marry Lee Bolden. Little does the former bank robber know, but his past is about to catch up to him – and Joe Cartwright – in the form of a man whose dark secret only Dan Tollivar knows. A note for the Adam-gals, your feller is home for a visit.

Word count: 61,659

Rated: PG-13 for adult situations and innuendo, torture, and typical Western violence and brutality

Can’t Smile Without Her (by BettyHT)

Posted onFebruary 14, 2019February 14, 2019AuthorBettyHT10 Comments

SUMMARY: A WHN for The Hopefuls, this is a scene in which Hoss and Adam talk about an incident in Placerville. The actions Adam took there were because, although Regina was gone, her effect on him was still being felt.

Rating: PG. Word count: 1208

What Comes Around (by Missjudy)

Posted onFebruary 7, 2019February 8, 2019Authormissjudy7 Comments

Summary: Ben took the leadership of his wagon train when the group decided to keep moving to Fort Laramie after the tragedy at Ash Hollow. With their journey nearly complete, Ben rides ahead to make arrangements with the cavalry at the fort, leaving others to move the wagons the 15 miles from the final campsite. He’s excited to see his group arrive, but soon realizes all is not well.

Rating: K Word Count: 16,263

Convergence (by JC)

Posted onJanuary 14, 2019January 17, 2019AuthorJC223 Comments

Summary: Three years ago Adam left the Ponderosa for parts unknown, and now Ben finally gets the news he has been praying for – his firstborn is coming home. However, an unexpected reunion in Stockton isn’t the only surprise fate has in store for the Cartwrights. (A Bonanza/Big Valley crossover story and sequel to More Than a Memory)

Rating: T 35,257 words

Proof of a Man (by Bakerj)

Posted onNovember 19, 2018January 16, 2019AuthorBakerj28 Comments

Summary: For most of the family the affair of Adah Menkin and John C Reagan has been forgotten and left behind, but they are about to realise that for one, this is not the case.

Rating T: some language and violence. Word Count: 7048

Bittersweet (mcfair_58)

Posted onOctober 27, 2018November 14, 2018Authormcfair_5815 Comments

Summary: It is October, a time of looking back and giving thanks for a harvest of blessings. For Joe Cartwright, this is impossible. The autumn marks one year since he lost his beloved brother, Hoss. Needing to escape, Joe heads out to visit to Carrie Pickett. He never makes it. Instead, Joe finds himself lost and alone and badly injured. Half-dead, he works his way toward a plume of smoke rising in the distance. Little does Joe suspect that what he finds at the end of his journey will change his life forever.

Word count: 22,401

Rated PG

Dead Men Tell No Tales (by AC1830)

Posted onOctober 26, 2018November 24, 2018AuthorAC183018 Comments

Summary – October challenge – write another worldly story involving one or all the Cartwrights. The unthinkable has happened – all four Cartwrights are dead!

Rating – K, Word count – 2045