Category: Drama
The Road to Hell (by Cheaux)
Summary: Despite good intentions, a good deed turns deadly and the Cartwrights must grapple with the outcome.
Rating: T Word Count: 4,632
To Love, Honor, and Cherish (By MelissaR1992)
Summary: Secrets from Candy’s fiancée’s past come to light when her former lover arrives in Virginia City and threatens her and Candy’s upcoming nuptials. This is the seventh story in my Forever Reimagined series. Rating: PG Word Count: 15,336
Beautiful in My Eyes (by Wrangler)
Summary: Francois Balantaire, a spurned suitor of Marie Cartwright’s, travels two thousand miles and twenty years to seek vengeance on her by scarring her son, Little Joe. Rating T, WC 24,425
The Most Precious Gift of All (By MelissaR1992)
Summary: As Christmas draws near for the Cartwright family, Joe faces the ultimate test of faith as a husband and father. This is the sixth story of my Forever Reimagined series. Rating: PG Word Count: 16,684
Spring–A Season for Miracles (by Joefan1)
Summary: Joe discovers that sometimes good things happen.
Rating: G Word Count: 2959
I Will (by Wrangler)
Summary: Little Joe is consumed with guilt when his best friend is accidently shot and killed. Unable to forgive himself, Joe heads down a dangerous self-destructive path. Rating T, WC 21,861
Remember Me (By MelissaR1992)
Summary: After Joe’s wife, Alice loses her memory in a horse riding accident, Joe works to bring her memory back. The accident however brings up painful memories for Ben who lost Joe’s mother in the same way. This is the fourth story in my Forever Reimagined series. Rating: PG Word…
One More Day (by Wrangler)
Summary: Ben shares his thoughts about both the tragedy and triumph he experiences when Little Joe is blinded. Based on the episode, “The Stillness Within”. Rating T, WC 7430
You Can Bet on It (by PatD in PA)
SUMMARY: With Christmas just around the corner, Little Joe Cartwright learns exactly how far his Yankee Granite Head of a big brother will go, just how much he will do, in order to keep him safe.
RATING: PG
WORD COUNT: 10,301
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
A Prairie Christmas (by SJRCartwright)
Summary: A vignette of Christmas on the trail
Rating: G (985 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
The Long Road Home (by CareBear)
SUMMARY: Ben sets out on a mission of mercy in the days before Christmas that turns into a fight for his life when he tries to return home
RATING: G WORD COUNT: 8156
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Mid-Winter [or Maude] (by ElayneA)
Summary: The wonders of a five-year-old Adam during the Mid-winter.
Rating: G (2,500 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
True Blessings (by Questfan)
Summary: Amid the harsh conditions, can the Cartwrights share true blessings?
Rating: G (3,800 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
The Last Trophy? #1 (by sklamb)
Summary: A two-day what-happened-before, what-happened-in-between, and what-happened-later for the first season episode “The Last Trophy”.
Rating: G (1,135 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Clara (by McFair_58)
Summary: A Christmas peak at Ben and Adam on the trail West.
Rating: G (4,040 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
