Category: Drama
Somethin’ Worth Fightin’ For (by AC1830)
Summary: Written for the 2018 Missing Man Challenge – Add Adam into an episode after Season 6 as if he has always been there. I chose The Fighters, Season 7, Episode 30.
Rating – T, Word Count – 4662
Understanding (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: It is several years later and Adam has sent a message that he will be visiting the Ponderosa. There are many questions his family has for him and they would like answers such as what has happened to his marriage and why is he traveling so much. Jamie figures prominently in this story.
rating = T word count = 27,250
Red Night Series, links to stories of this series included.
The Best Proof of Love (by McFair_58)
Summary: This piece is a WHN and WHB for season thirteen’s ‘Bushwhacked!’. Even as a child I was troubled by Joe’s fever dream image of his beloved brother Hoss pulling out a pistol and shooting him. I have read a lot of fan fiction’s based on Bushwhacked and though a few have tackled the issue, none have to my satisfaction.
This is my idea of how and why Joe might have thought his big brother was trying to kill him.
Rated PG-13 for angst, some violence, and vile characters
Word count: 13,660
It’s Time (by BettyHT)
Summary: Ben stops by to visit with an old friend on the occasion of a big change in the family. It’s a combination of some Pinecone challenges on Bonanza Brand and an April Fool’s challenge on another site with a story line to pull them all together.
rating = T word count = 3298
You’ve Got a Friend (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: After the scandal surrounding his fiancee’s death, Clem Foster isn’t sure if he has anymore friends left in Virginia City. So he’s determined to do the one thing he feels he can: leave town and never come back.
Rated: T Word Count: 995
The Other Sons (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: This is my entry for the Missing Man Challenge. The episode is The Other Son and Adam has been added to the story line. The rest of the story of moving the nitroglycerin across the mountains remains intact.
rating = T word count = 7768
Til the Day Is Done (by A_Starry_Night)
Summary: The outcome of Hoss’s untimely death was devastating – but none so much as for Ben Cartwright.
Rating: T (10,140 words)
Speaking of Love (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: This started with a pinecone and has been expanded to have all four of the family members involved in conversations with another about love. Each learns and passes on that wisdom.
rating = T word count = 2219
A Worried Man (by BettyHT)
Summary: It’s an Adam has left the Ponderosa for adventure and finds a romance story, but like any Adam story, there are always complications. Adam is in Boston pursuing a dream, but there are obstacles including corruption, pressure, and conflict. He does gain friends who will be his allies and…
Wasps (by BettyHT)
Summary: My entry for the Camp In the Pines 2018, the story grew from a pinecone about wasps attacking. If you read it, you will find the ending familiar. The rest of the story is a backstory for how that came to be. This is mostly a Hoss story but all members of the family play roles in the story.
rating =T word count = 6643
Not Too Old A Fool To Change (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: A WHI for A Home For Jamie, screen play written by Jean Holloway. This piece primarily covers the gap between Jamie rescuing his grandfather and the final scene of the episode.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 3933
The Undiscovered Country (by sandspur)
Summary: The problems a man keeps secret are the biggest problems of all.
Rating: PG (1,955 words)
An Unnecessary Deception (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: This story brings together Everett/Rett Stoddard from the Impasse story and Sophie/Sierra from the A Necessary Sham story into a drama of settling old problems and dealing with new intrigue as well as dealing with Adam’s dissatisfaction with his life on the Ponderosa. It’s a lot to do in six chapters so the story is fast paced.
rating = T word count = 14949
Bring Marie (by McFair_58)
Summary: A WHB or prequel to ‘Between Heaven and Earth.’ Have you ever wondered what happened when Little Joe climbed Eagle’s Nest as a five year old boy that could have been so traumatic it resulted, not just in a fear of falling, but in total amnesia that lasted for nearly 20 years? This is my take on what happened when Ben Cartwright was told to ‘Bring Marie’.
Rated PG-13
Word Count: 31,167
A Necessary Sham (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: The fate of the Paiute in Nevada hangs on the testimony of Adam Cartwright and what he remembers and is willing to tell about the attack on Egan Station.
rating = T word count = 17044
