Category: Action/Adventure
Boys Will Be Boys (by Michele B)
Summary: Seventeen year old Hoss gets entrusted to collect the payroll from the bank and get home. Simple as that, or is it?
Rating: G, Word Count: 11,298
How Adam Saved Christmas (by Patina)
Summary: Adam tells no ordinary bedtime story on Christmas Eve
Rating: G
Words: 2,380
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar
The Game (by Cheaux)
Summary: When Adam invited Joe to come to Europe for a holiday, he never imagined the consequences.
Rating: T Word Count: 9,898
The Lumberjack Contest (by Sibylle)
Summary: A young Ben takes part in a lumberjack contest, but the consequences aren’t what he expected.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 2893
Instinct (by Belle)
Summary: Adam and Joe cope with trouble.
Rating: T Word Count: 6,197
Tumbleweeds (by Patina)
Summary: When help is desperately needed, Cochise provides it.
Rating: T Word Count: 4,208
A Boy’s Best Friend (by AH83)
Summary: There’s nothing better than a new friend during the dog days of summer.
Rating: K, Word Count: 1216
For a Good Cause (by BettyHT)
Summary: To find justice after a tragedy, Adam and Joe employ unusual and perhaps morally and ethically questionable methods.
Rating: T Word count: 1,276
Reborn On a Birthday (by BettyHT)
Summary: Heading out on a hunting trip that Adam had requested for his birthday, the family runs into a lot more trouble than expected when they find signs of rustlers working on the Ponderosa.
Rating: T Word count: 2,919
Death Wish? (by BettyHT)
Summary: After a question posed by Ben, Adam reflects on why he has been in so many dangerous situations. There are numerous references to Bonanza episodes.
Rating: PG Word count: 1,423
Black Cat (by BettyHT)
Summary: A strange, unusual, and perhaps a bit weird out-of-this-world tale featuring Adam and explaining some Bonanza events but doing so with a supernatural twist.
PG 18,319
Long and Dusty Road (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam works with Roy against a notorious outlaw gang, but the whole family gets involved in the drama. Water, the lack of it, and a water trough are all part of the story.
Rating: T Word count: 5,994
The Mine (by BettyHT)
Summary: Respecting the wishes of a hero who wished his actions to remain unknown except to his community, a newspaperman writes the story of those actions to be included in the man’s eulogy when it should become necessary.
Rating: PG Word count: 2,360
A Daring Adventure Begins In the Heart (by BettyHT)
Summary: When Adam meets Presha, sparks fly but interest grows too setting off a chain of events that affect both Adam and Hoss. The story was posted on another site as two stories that overlapped: Christmas Comes Only Once a Year, and Baby Blues. Those stories have been combined, edited, and expanded slightly.
Rating: T Word count: 52,542
Choosing Sides (by BettyHT)
Summary: This is a sequel to Choosing Blue with the same OCs. The family has to deal with sabotage and assault without knowing the source or the purpose. Working together, they defend themselves against a plot hatched by men from their past who form an unlikely alliance against them.
Rating: T Word count: 17,610
Part of the Choosing Series, links to all stories included within.
