Summary: This is what happens when a writer responds to a Pinecone challenge, and then is reminded how easily she could have incorporated another existing challenge that few dared to attempt.  But hey, can one writer incorporate the requirements of all three challenges into one story to create a fourth edition?

Rating:  T (2,290 words)

Summary:  Dream Fulfilled… A story in six voices, that all viewers wished had happened.  Within each section there will be a common thread that also ties each character to the others.  At the end of each section the character and the word prompt are listed.

Rating K (6,705 words)

Summary:  Having only been married a short time, Ben and Kate find themselves making a life-changing decision after the death of Kate’s sister.

***Warning – spanking used for disciplining children.***  

Rated: T (37,265 words)

Ben Brown Series, links to all the stories for this series included.

Summary:  This story follows “Prizes”. Suffering nightmares after his ordeal by the hands of Matsu, Adam accidentally injuries Little Joe. Fearing he’ll hurt someone else, Adam packs and goes away, leaving the family to wonder when, and if, he’ll return.

Rated T (25,140 words)

Troubled Waters Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Summary:  Ben struggles with the frustrations of middle age. Disguised as a down-on-his-luck ranch hand, he finds himself in the middle of a range war and possibly new love. Based on season 13 episode “Saddle Stiff”.  

Rated: K+ (5,705 words)

Ben Brown Series, links to all the stories for this series included.

Summary:  to be safe. Mostly centered on Adam and Ben, though Hoss and Little Joe will have appearances.

Rated: T (11,535 words)

Troubled Waters Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Summary:  A ‘what if’ I got off the episode “Day of Reckoning”. The story is centered on Ben, though all his sons will be in the story too.  This story started after seeing the last part of the Bonanza episode “Day of Reckoning” and a ‘what if’ bee began buzzing in my ear. I realize Ben was wearing his shirt when he was staked out. I know where he was staked out at. However, those facts has been changed.

Rated: T (10,060 words)

Troubled Waters Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Summary:  Adam is shot and left for dead.

Rated: K+ (16,625 words)

Summary:  Short shots involving Ben and Joan’s daughter, Faith, with various members of the family.

Rated K (5,000 words)

Forget Me Not Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Summary:  Adam finds himself having to choose between his family and a woman he falls in love with. There’s only one problem…he’s in a coma, and she’s in the twentieth century. (Guess that makes this Sci-Fi).

Rated: T (18,088 words)

Summary:  A what if I got off Love Me Not. Instead of getting on the stagecoach, Joan disappears in the middle of the night. Ben is riddled with guilt. Will the Cartwrights ever see her again?

Rated: T (24,000)

Forget Me Not Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.

Rating: K+

Word Count=4993

Summary: Joe rescues a mysterious girl from the river.

Summary: This is an alternate ending for Quality Of Mercy. I wanted to pursue Adam and Joes’ argument further and resolve their differences.

Rated: K (3,690 words)

Summary:  Joe and Alice think about their relationship on the eve of their wedding.

Rated: K+ (990 words)

Forever Series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Summary:  As the birth of Alice and Joe’s first child approaches, things take a turn for the worst.  Part II in “Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Cartwright” Forever WHI series.  

Rated: K+ (2,230 words)

Forever Series, links to all the stories within the series included.