Category: Drama
Our Blood (by Wrangler)
Summary: After his father is shot, Joe fights to keep him alive while hiding a deadly secret
Rating: Teens 28,500 words
Life in a Dimming World (by PSW)
Summary: A continuation of Patina’s Hope in a Dimming World story
Rating: 1,375 words
Written for the Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
So, This is Christmas (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Plans aren’t going exactly as Ben expected, and with family and friends not as close as he wanted, life doesn’t look quite so happy.
Rating: G 2,490 words
Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
An Electrifying Christmas (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Christmastime without a Christmas tree threatens Virginia City.
Rating: G 5,370 words
Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Just a Dream, Maybe Not (by ElaineA)
Summary: A little bit of England visits the Ponderosa
Rating: G 1,660 words
Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
A Candy Floss Christmas (by mcfair_58)
Summary: Clementine Hawkins saves the day by preventing an unfortunate wardrobe malfunction.
Rating: G 2,710 words
Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
The Stamp Effect (by Cheaux)
Summary: Lesson plans have real-life implications during Miss Jones’ absence.
Rating: G 3,410 words
Written for the Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Hope in a Dimming World (by Patina)
Summary: Roy Coffee, faced with losing a job he loves, must learn to prepare for the future with Joe Cartwright’s help. References to the episodes “The Stillness Within” and “No Less a Man.”
Rating: G 2,970 words
Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Comfort and Joy (by DJK)
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Hoss has a plan. With the help of Little Joe and Old Ned, he may just be able to surprise Pa and Adam this Christmas.
Rating: G 3,900 words
Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Between Forever and Where No One Stands Alone (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: A benefactor arranges for the modernization of the Ponderosa.
Rating: G 1,625 words
Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
What He Wanted for Christmas (by DJK)
Summary: Ben wants to indulge Adam by giving him the one present he requested, but wherever does one buy a battery for a thirteen-year-old?
Rating: G 2,325 words
Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Whatever It Takes #6 – Of One Breath (by Wrangler)
Summary: After the death of his dearest friend, Joe takes a downward spiral. Can his father stop him before he surrenders to old temptations? This story follows my story, Absolute Faith.
Rating: T (24,890)
No Deal (by BettyHT)
Summary: This is a prequel with Adam home from college at about 23, Hoss at about age 17, and Joe at about age 11. Returning from a trip to Sacramento, Adam has two disturbing encounters, one with someone he thought could be a friend and another with outlaws. Then he has another one with his father. The rest of the story develops from those until the issues can be resolved.
Rating – T Word Count – 32,154
Mob Rule (by pkmoonshine)
Summary: Three men, imprisoned in the Virginia City Jail, have been charged with committing murder and other brutal acts of cruelty. According to the scuttlebutt, the attorney representing them is determined to see his clients acquitted, and will stop at nothing to make it so. Gossip, lurid speculation, and rumor stoke the fear, anger and complete bewilderment of Virginia City’s citizens. leading to the unthinkable, catching Ben, Adam, and Hoss up in the midst of the turmoil. Sequel to Mark of Kane.
T
Word Count: 39,168
Adam and the Chocolate Bookworm (by Heather-Chrysalis)
Summary: Chocolate, poetry, and Adam…what more could you want for a Winter’s tale. Adam is in his final year at Harvard and visits Boston where he meets a very special young lady. WIP title: A Season of Chocolate and Poetry.
Rated: T Wordcount: 59, 991
Mother’s Day 2024 (VCLS)
Summary: In honor of all mothers who are still with us in person or in spirit, Bonanza Brand presents this Mother Day’s compilation containing the work Inca, MonicaSJ, faust, Southplains, Krystyna, Patina, DJK, and Sibylle–authors who responded to the 2012 Pinecone Challenge prompt: “Mama died today…” from The Stranger by Albert Camus. These wonderfully creative writers had to limit their entries to under 500 words. The stories are presented in the order of posting.
Rating: T Word Count: 3,880
Saint Adam and The Blackburn Medal (by DJK)
Adam’s last weeks at college back East have him dealing with accolades, accusations, rivals, revenge, and possible expulsion.
Rating: Teen for mature references Word count: 7,942
Li’l One (by pkmoonshine)
Early one morning, Ben finds a baby left at the kitchen door of the Cartwrights’ home. In Sacramento, meanwhile, Adam and his family receive devastating news.
MA/R For language, violence, and graphic descriptions of physical abuse of a minor
WC 91,159
Bloodlines Series
Discernment: Lessons Taught – Lessons Learned (by Missjudy)
Summary: This prequel is set a few weeks before Adam’s departure for school. A simple request to pick up Little Joe from a neighbor’s home where the little boy is playing, ends up bringing Adam into a world of confusion over what’s going on with the wife of his father’s oldest friend.
This is the first of 2 prequels, the first taking place in the weeks before Adam left for college, and the second story showing his return. Both take a fun, yet serious look at how the Cartwright family faces problems.
Rating: K Word Count: 26419
Parties and Pickles (by BettyHT)
Summary: Marie wants a party, but it doesn’t end as she hoped. However, the man who caused the party to end finds his plans don’t go well at all either.
Rating T Word count 2,698
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 Maiden (by McFair)
A badly wounded Little Joe Cartwright is propelled into an adventure where he meets a beautiful Indian girl who seeks his love…and maybe his life! Rated: PG Word count: 34,669
Rite of Passage (by napajackie)
Summary: Adam finds himself in a different world as he faces a rite of passage.
Rating: G
Words: 8,650
Baa-Baa (by Belle)
Summary: Hoss helps Miss Jones make the annual Christmas pageant “extra special.”
Rating: G
Words: 2,850
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar
We Are Merry (by PSW)
Summary: An explanation and WHL for the episode The Iron Butterfly
Rating: G
Words: 420
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.
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: To some, the holidays aren’t always merry, nor bright.
Rating: G
Words: 950
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar
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