Summary: My entry for the 2018 Camp in the Pines. At fifteen, Joe thinks he knows what it is to be a man. Unexpected events tip his ideas upside down and he finds the road home is a lot longer than he thought.

Rating: T Word Count: 10856

Summary: It has only been a short time since the family lost Marie and each of them is struggling to come to terms with it. None of them could have foreseen the impact one small, stray dog would have on the whole family.

Word Count:  5846  Rating: T

Summary:  A prequel story that includes the Milfords  from The Hayburner.

Rating:  G  (9,630 words)

Summary: 12 year old Little Joe Cartwright loves black horses, especially the new black mare his brothers found and brought home. Though their father disapproves, Little Joe knows she’s the one for him and sets out to prove it. What do an apparition, a burned out ranch, a stolen fortune, a group of desperate outlaws, and Little Joe Cartwright have in common besides trouble? Mystery.

Rated PG for frightening images and western violence  (25,100 words)

Summary: While Ben is away on business, Adam is in charge of his two younger brothers. Predominantly a prequel.

Rating: K+  Word Count: 1001

Summary:  This story was written for the Challenge “Lorne Greene’s birthday”. It’s not a poem, it’s not a 102 words text, it’s a 2915 words short story about Ben during one very special moment of his life. I wrote this text in french, the translation was not an easy one because I wanted to keep the special atmosphere of that romance. I was helped by my English friend, who reread and corrected the text. Now you’ll be able to discover it ; I’m glad to share it with you.

Have you ever experimented that sensation that one special smell could bring so many memories ?

Rating:  K+ (2,915 words)

Summary: The year is 1848, and Marie Cartwright writes a letter to her husband for Valentine’s Day.

Rating: K     Word Count: 649

Summary: Ben Cartwright has twice known love and loss. Will the third time be the charm?

Rating: T (1,044 words)

Summary:  A conversation overheard at a party evokes Adam’s memories of Marie and the integral role she played in his own first love. (Part of the Ties That Bind AU series)

Rating: T (47,245 words)

Ties That Bind Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary: Adam is forced to consider what is important to him, especially when he may have lost someone that is very important to him. A Bonanza prequel story, set just after Adam returns home from college.

Word Count: 16,231

Rating: T

Summary:  This story was written for the 2016 Advent Collection.

Rating:  G  (1,810 words)

Summary:  This story was written for the 2016 Advent Calendar Collection.  

Rating:  G  1,390 words

Summary: Prequel stories set in the time shortly after the family has lost Marie and in the pre-Christmas season. The first one is about Adam, and the next two are about Little Joe who is sad and the couple of ways that Adam finds to bring him out of that sorrow including one his father isn’t entirely pleased to see but the other is amazing.

Rating: K+ (2,336 words)

SUMMARY: 14 year old Joe Cartwright was just trying to do something nice for a friend. Older brother Adam didn’t see it that way. An argument between brothers sets off a series of events that turns into an unstoppable torrent of trouble, which leaves one of Ben Cartwright’s sons with a terrible task to perform and another near death, trapped in the Belly of the Whale.

Rated: PG-13 for mild language and implied adult situations, which do not occur.    WC 76,500

Summary: When seven-year-old Little Joe gets the wrong end of an idea and twists it out of shape, it’s up to his family to straighten things out. An early prequel story before Adam has left for college.

Word Count: 3041 Rating: K