Summary: A man’s life and the things that matter most are revealed in a series of Christmas Eve vignettes. (Mind you, this is not a Bonanza story.  It is a piece of original fiction featuring a character born many years ago in a Bonanza World journal—an actor named Jack Richards, not-so-loosely based on Pernell Roberts. If that intrigues you, or if you’re just in the mood for an easy read in keeping with the season, you may enjoy this. I hope so.)

Rating: T    (11,074 words)

Jack Richards Series, links to all stories included within.

ry was written for the 2017 Advent Calendar – Day 5

Summary:  Christmas invitations extend beyond the borders of the Ponderosa.

Rating:  G   2,800 words

This story was written for the the 2017 Advent Calendar – Days 3, 4, & 13

Summary:  The ghosts of Christmas past, present, and yet to come visit the Ponderosa.

Rating:  G    (17,400 words)

Summary: While Joe is missing his brother at Christmas, a friend’s tragedy gives Joe a new perspective on the Christmas spirit. 

Rating – K, WC – 1281

Christmas Wishes were included in the 2017 Advent Calendar Collection. 
Rating: G (2300 words)
Christmas Wishes Series, links to all stories included within.

The story was written for the 2017 Advent Calendar – Day 1.

Summary:   When it comes to his family, Adam decides some things are more important than cattle and horses.

Rating:  G  – 3,750 words

Summary: After a last minute cattle drive that almost drove Hop Sing away, can the Cartwrights hope to have a calm Thanksgiving? Perhaps with a little help from some friends.

Rating – K WC – 1288

Summary:  Cousin Clarissa Cartwright returns to the Ponderosa to visit her cousin, Benjamin, and “his lovely family,” on the occasion of Stacy’s graduation from school.

Rating:  K+  (40,200 words)

Bloodlines Series, links to stories of this series included.

Summary: It’s Adam’s first Christmas away from his family while at school in Boston. A prequel.

Rating – K    WC=1319

Summary:  The struggle to be left-handed is a very real one, but Little Joe Cartwright is going to meet his greatest adversity against it when an old mountain man crosses his path.

Rating: T Word Count: 18,617

Summary: The Wailing Widow is just a local legend, but Little Joe, Mitch, and Sally Lynn may convince a certain teacher that legends do come true.

Rating: K+ Word Count: 4009

Summary: Hoping to be the next Governor of Nevada, Joshua Whitaker is campaigning in Virginia City. It doesn’t take long for him to take aim at the Cartwrights. An adaptation of The Big Valley season 2, episode 7 “The Target.”

Rating: K+ Word Count: 7039

SUMMARY: Continuing the story of Ben and Rosey O’ Rourke.  In this sequel to ‘Keep Your Eyes on the Sun’, things seem normal at the Ponderosa ranch.  Ben, Adam and Hoss are hard at work and Little Joe is in trouble.  What Joe’s family cannot know is that his trouble will soon draw them into a war that will end only when the victor possesses an ancient Chinese stone that, unbeknownst to them, has come to the Ponderosa.

Rated PG-13 for typical western violence and bad guy brutality.

Word count: 83,100

Blood and Bread Series, links to stories of this series included.

Summary:  WHIB/WHN for The Silence at Stillwater; or, a wrongful arrest and its aftermath, as told by the reluctant arrestee.

Rating: K+  Word Count: 17,757

Summary:  Bored boys, left to their own devices, can come up with wild ways of passing the time, and when the bored boys are Little Joe Cartwright and his friends, Virginia City is in for quite a fright. 

Rating: K Words: 5,068