Category: Drama
Not as Originally Designed (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: The past and present merge to tell the story of the Cartwrights and their first winter after the house was built.
Rating: G (1,650 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
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.
Rating: PG Word Count: 12,282
Part of the Forever Reimagined series, links to all stories included within.
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
Pictures of Angels (by AH83)
Summary: While sorting through Christmas decorations, Ben finds two cherished mementos of a Christmas long ago.
Rating: K, Word Count: 917
Someday Soon (by Wrangler)
Summary: Sorting through a box of mementos, Ben finds a gift Little Joe made when he was five and recalls how it helped the Cartwrights through their first Christmas without Marie.
Rating T, WC 12,520
No More Promises (By MelissaR1992)
Summary: Alice Cartwright’s life is turned upside down when her estranged uncle arrives in town, carrying a dark secret.
Rating: PG Word Count: 14,086
Part of the Forever Reimagined series, links to all stories included within.
Calling Up Angels (By Wrangler)
Summary: When a little boy is left in Little Joe’s care, he hopes to adopt him however problems arise which might prevent the adoption. A tale of love and loss.
Rating T, WC 19,382
Vengeance is Mine (By MelissaR1992)
Summary: As Joe and Alice prepare for the arrival of their first child, their happiness is short-lived when the sinister Damion unexpectedly returns with a vengeance. This is a WHI story based on the two-part episode, Forever.
Rating: PG Word Count: 13,861
Part of the Forever Reimagined series, links to all stories included within.
Finding My Place (wx4rmk)
Summary: Jamie Hunter struggled with having a home and people who cared about him. To sort out his feelings he turns to his journal.
Rating: G, Word Count: 1323
I’ll Always Remember (by MelissaR1992)
Summary: Eighteen-year-old Candy Canaday is in love with seventeen-year-old, Ann Purcell, but her disapproving father, Colonel John Purcell, feels Candy is not suitable enough for his young daughter.
Rating: PG.
Word Count: 21,799
The Sound of Surviving (by Wrangler)
Summary: Though his family thinks he’s paranoid due to the trauma of the past year Joe insists he’s acting instinctively. Now he faces one final battle to prove he’s a survivor and no longer a victim.
Rating T, WC 37,040 Links to stories within the series are included within.
The Truth Be Told (by Wrangler)
Summary: There’s trouble brewing when Pa accuses his youngest of coming home drunk on several occasions but Little Joe insists he’s innocent. The truth proves to be unpredictable. Rating T, WC 13,401
Little Joe’s Seventh Birthday (by muffinstuffin)
Summary: This is a story I wrote many years ago. Thought you might like to read it. It’s just a bit of a fun birthday story.
Rating: G, Word Count: 757
Ghostly Miracle (by BettyHT)
Summary: It started as an October pinecone but I couldn’t stop. A little bit spooky but nothing to keep you up at night — probably.
Rating: PG Word count: 1430