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Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
I Will Remember You (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: “…if anyone in the wide world had a reason to be angry it was me.” A WHB (what happened before) for the episode “The Stranger”. Leduque’s POV.
Rating: T (for language)
Word Count: 600
A Decision in Ohio (By Missjudy)
Summary: An unexpected visit from an old Boston shipmate, and the question he asks, prompts Ben to think back to a time when he’d visited his brother with Adam, the winter before leaving for Missouri to join a wagon train west. Their stay had provided some great family times, while also pointing towards many obstacles Ben had never considered. It had finally prompted the biggest decision of his life.
Rating: G
Word Count: 15626
Midnight (McFair_58)
What happens between the eleventh and the twelfth stroke of the clock on All Hallows Eve? Beware! Twelve-year-old Little Joe and his big brother Adam are about to find out. Written for the 2021 Bonanza Brand Boo-nanza challenge.
Rated: PG for spookiness
Word count: 6,574
Not Forgotten (by BettyHT)
Summary: A story for those who are willing to accept an Alternate Universe version of some of the Bonanza story. In this case, it is the story of Ben and Marie and the story of Adam in the prequel years with Adam’s backstory drastically altered.
Rating: PG Word count: 15,477
The Twelve-Year-Old Gunman (by BettyHT)
Summary: How do you get a sixteen-year-old son or a younger brother to be careful with their first pistol? You tell them the story of the oldest son and brother and his first pistol to teach them as well as make them willing to follow the rules. Written on another site as a challenge to use cowboy lingo in a story; definitions are at the end of the story.
Rating: PG Word count: 6,749
Second Son (by Sierras)
Summary: Marie feels fear after the birth of her son, Joseph. Can she hold him forever?
Rating: G
Word Count: 764
Obloquy (by Cheaux)
Summary: Ben is compelled to defend Marie’s honor. A prequel written for Brand’s Mother’s Day Challenge. Rating: T Word Count: 1900
Mending Fences (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Adam, Little Joe, a strained relationship, and one stupid school essay. A prequel story.
Rating: K
Word Count: 1,190
A Rose for Mama (by AC1830)
Summary: Adam and Hoss have a surprise for Marie
Rating – K, Word Count – 748
His Father’s Arms (by mcfair_58)
Summary: Written in honor of Lorne Green’s birthday, 2021. A stand-off at the bank reveals what’s truly important to Ben Cartwright.
Rated: PG
Word count: 4088