Category: Drama
The Price of Courage (by Gwynne)
Summary: The following script was submitted to Bonanza in early 1963 by a kind agent willing to take on an unsold writer. The script was rejected as ‘well done, but too expensive in production.”
Let’s call it PG13. (19,427 words)
The Contract (by Gwynne)
Summary: Comancheros and a contract with the Army spells trouble for those on the Ponderosa.
Rating: T (16,650 words)
There Are More Things… (by KateP)
Summary: It’s Halloween on the Ponderosa and Ben has a visitor from England.
Rated: K+ (6,610 words)
The Star of the Show (by Wrangler)
Summary: The town’s Christmas pageant brings down the curtains in epic proportions. Will there be Peace on Earth?
Rating: K WC 4300
Remembering You (by Wrangler)
Summary: Ben and Little Joe’s relationship is strained as they struggle to come to terms with the loss of Hoss. It takes a moment of heart-wrenching honesty to bring them together again. Rating T, WC 11,000
The Dreaming Tree (by chellek)
Summary: The boys are given the unpleasant task of cutting down a tree that holds special memories for the whole family.
Rated: K+ (8,070 words)
Native Land (by LissaB)
Summary: Adam’s grandfather writes, leaving him with a difficult choice to make. My first Bonanza story written back in 1999.
Rating: K+ (33,460 words)
The Long and Winding Road (by chellek)
Summary: The boys get kicked of the stage and must find a way to get back home.
Rated: K+ (17,730 words)
Heritage of Honor, Book 3-A Dream Imperiled (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: The Cartwrights are caught up in ever-increasing conflict between Indians and white settlers, culminating in the greatest peril of all, the Pyramid Lake Indian War.
Word Count: 222,074 Rating: T
Heritage of Honor Series, links to all stories of this series included.
Heritage of Honor, Book 2-A Dream’s First Bud (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: As he deals with problems in a sparsely settled land, Ben fights his own loneliness after Inger’s death. Another death takes him to New Orleans, where he meets Marie, and they return to struggles at home and the birth of a third son.
Word Count: 200,442 Rating: T
Heritage of Honor Series, links to all stories of this series included.
Heritage of Honor, Book 1-A Dream Deferred (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Ben Cartwright meets and marries Inger Borgstrom. With young Adam, they journey west, meeting new people along the way, developing friendships that will last a lifetime, and adding one more member to the family before Inger’s death and Ben’s settlement in what will become Nevada.
Word Count: 211, 512 Rating K
Heritage of Honor Series, links to all stories of this series included.
The Right Thing To Do (by DJK)
Summary: On a trip to San Francisco, the Cartwright brothers become involved in fighting political corruption. This story was written for the Paddlewheel Poker challenge. Each writer was dealt a poker hand of elements to include in a story. *Note: The character, James King of William, is an actual figure in San Francisco’s history.
Rated: T Word count: 12,847
The Scent of Deception (by DJK)
Summary: Her scent brought back memories Adam refused to share. Her arrival in Virginia City meant he would have to face them. warning: contains adult themes and references
Rated: MA Word count: 18358
All But Once Sense (by pbeaking)
Summary: Joe is coming of age and is becoming quite the ladies man. This is just a short story of how Adam and Hoss tamed the wild beast within, but knowing Joe, it certainly won’t be for long.
Rating: K+ 1700
Each Day #1 ~ Life Begins Anew (by Dogwood)
Summary: The beginning of a path Adam didn’t realize lay before him. The outcome is one that changes his life forever and opens the door to unknown and life changing challenges.
Rating: T (223,014 words)
Part of the Each Day Series, links to the stories included within
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