Category: Drama
The Voice (by Imogene)
Summary: A voice visits Joe during the night
Rating: G
Words: 1,520
To Every Purpose (by Claire)
Summary: It takes great love and great courage to let someone go. Variable winds of change affects everyone on the Ponderosa.
Rated: T (8,380 words)
The Timber Contract (by Rona)
Summary: An everyday business venture takes an unexpected turn for Ben Cartwright
Rated: T (9,600 words)
First Dance (by EPM)
Summary: A chance encounter brings a new joy for the oldest Cartwright son.
Rated: T (17,800 words)
Cartwright Saga # 9 – A Busy Summer (by Lyn Robinson)
Summary: Adam and his brothers are very busy with the ranch and the mines, while Meg helps Carole get over her miscarriage and in turn finds happiness.
Rating: PG13 25,090 words
Why Didn’t She Love Me? (by DebbieB)
Summary: In real life, it’s a question many adopted children ask in regard to their birth mothers, mine did…and I told him the truth…she loved him very much, that’s why she made the ultimate sacrifice…to ensure that he would always be protected and well cared for. For Joe Cartwright’s friend, it was no different.
Rated G WC 10,000
Resolution from Despair (by Rona)
Summary: A WHN for the episode Shanklin, tying up some of those loose ends.
Rated: T (10,215 words)
Home is Where Love Dwells (by DebbieB)
Summary: Joe’s private search to find himself, leads him to learn one very important lesson, home is where love dwells, be it back at the ranch or in a far distant cabin surrounded by those he loves.
Rated: G (9,200 Words)
The Road that Leads Me Home (by NancyL.)
Summary: A long-lost son contemplates returning home.
Rating: G (2,450 words)
Vigilantes (by Rona)
Summary: Taking the law into your own hands is never the answer, as the Cartwrights discover.
Rated: T (10,875 words)
Thanksgiving Reflections (by DebbieB)
Summary: Ben remembers to give thanks for the blessings that made him a richer man than most.
Rated: G (1,000 words)
Life’s Lessons (by Christy Gleason)
Summary: Two outlaws invade the Ponderosa while Ben and twelve-year-old Adam are in the midst of a disagreement. Will Adam decide to leave the Ponderosa for a life on the road?
Rating: G
Words: 10,900
Leaving (by Rona)
Summary: Adam has decided to leave the ranch, a decision that has consequences for them all.
Rated: T (9,870 words)
Death Withheld (by Rona)
Summary: This story came about following a discussion on the BonanzaInAussie message board about what we would change on certain episodes. The first one to be discussed was Death At Dawn. Following a suggestion that was made, the challenge was thrown down – quite lightly – for someone to write a fan fiction based on the suggestion. I decided to take up the challenge…
Rated: T (7,060 words)
Through a Glass, Darkly (by Karen)
Summary: The Cartwrights look after a couple of children for a while.
Rated: T (10,015 word)
