Category: What Happened Next/Later
Episode inspired stories.
Choices (by Doolittle)
Adam and his family deal with the consequences of a difficult choice. A WHN for the episode “Death At Dawn.”
Rating: PG (132,800 words)
A Moment Before Leaving (by MissJudy)
Summary: This WHN for A Journey Remembered looks at a “missing page” from the journal chronicling the journey West with Inger. After reading the story to Hoss while they waited for a horse to foal, Ben finds evidence of a page that was removed and remembers that it’s kept with personal papers. When he finally has a chance to do so, he rereads the missing page and recalls what he witnessed the night after Inger died.
Rated: K+ WC 2600
Dreams (by Dodo)
Summary: A WHN For My Brother’s Keeper
Rated: K+ Word Count 9000
Hope Springs Eternal (by Doolittle)
Summary: WHN/Missing Scene – The Hopefuls. My first ever fanfiction story for Bonanza.
Rating: G (3,900 words)
When Sorrows Come (by Doolittle)
Summary: WHN “The Crucible”
Rating: T (9,925 words)
Devotion (by southplains)
Summary: Did Amy Bishop know of Joe’s love affair with Julia Bulette? If she did, what did she think of it? How did she come to terms with it once she herself was in a relationship with him? Written in response to the ‘Missing Scenes’ challenge here on BB, and inspired by a question posed on another site.
Rated: K+ WC 7900
Principium (by Patina)
Rating: T
Word Count-1243
Summary: Some men stand by their principles, even when there may be a high price to pay for it. A WHIB for Death at Dawn.
To Reach for the Stars (by Cheaux)
Summary: Some wounds heal with barely a trace; others leave scars too painful to touch. Can a father know the difference?
Rated: T WC 2200
Pride of a Woman (by Cheaux)
Summary: A WHN for Pride of a Man. Joe has one more lesson to teach.
Rated: T — WC 1000
A Brother’s Heartache (by Dodo)
Summary: A WHN for Season 5’s Triangle. Laura Dayton has gone and there’s a heartbroken brother on the Ponderosa. But which brother?
Rated: K Word Count 2700
Bushwhacked – The Missing Scenes (by Susan G)
Summary: A WHN for the episode, Bushwhacked.
Rating: T (6,975 words)
Each Day #4 – The Meeting (by Dogwood)
Summary: Part 4 of the Each Day Series. Laura and Will Cartwright visit the Ponderosa
Rating: T (Words: 39,305)
Angel Light (by Cheaux)
Summary: A WHN for Twilight Town.
Rated: K WC 2200
Ponderosa Pachyderm (by Patina)
Rating: K
Word Count=4287
Summary: A What Happened Next for Old Sheba.
A Different Wind (by Cheaux)
Summary: What Happened next for “Different Pines, Same Wind.” Struggling with heartache and loss, Joe receives comfort from an unexpected source.
Rated: T — WC 7541
