Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
A Father’s Love (by Anne G)
Synopsis: A young Joe Cartwright must live with the fact that he’s killed his father while playing with a pistol while Adam must learn to live with his younger brother in the aftermath.
Rating: G (11,000 words)
A Gift for Marie (by VickieB)
Synopsis: The Cartwright family still have unresolved issues five years after the death of Marie Cartwright. Adam seeks a way to help the family heal.
Rating: G (10,200 words)
Cupid’s Messenger (by JennieA & DebbieB)
Summary: Cupid delivers a Valentine’s message. Let’s see if Adam can worm his way out of this one!
Rated: G (11,540 words)
Shakedown (by Gillian)
Summary: Adam finds being an adult isn’t all good.
Rating: G (9,575 words)
For Pete’s Sake (by Lily of the West)
Summary: Bonanza is still in pre-production with the directors and editors still ironing out the ‘little’ details.
Rating: G
Words: 1,300
Inger #2 – After Ash Hollow (by Krystyna)
Summary: This is a continuation of the story Inger, although each story can stand on its own merits. Life chasing Ben’s dream holds many dangers as Adam discovers …
Rating T (17,300 words)
Inger Series, links to all stories of this series included.
Inger #1 (by Krystyna)
Summary: This story covers the adventures of Ben, Inger and Adam Cartwright on the wagon train journey that was the dream that turned into a nightmare. The episode Journey Remembered was a very sanitized version of the hardships these pioneers would have encountered so this story is about bringing a touch of dramatic reality to the episode.
Rating: T (12, 580 words)
Inger Series, links to all stories of this series included.
The New Friend (by KateP)
Summary: Joe makes a new friend
Rated: K+ (8,540 words)
The Dare (by KateP)
Summary: When a childish prank injures Hoss can Little Joe cope with the guilt?
Rated: K+ (10,580 words)
In My Father’s Image (by JennieA)
Summary: Unhappiness befalls the Cartwright family when Ben’s personality suddenly spirals downward. Features the entire family.
Rated: PG-13 (22,440 words)
Die Upon a Kiss (by Shaan Lien)
Story Summary: A friend from Adam’s past emerges with a common foe on her tail and though the attempt is made, Adam is unable to save her and fall victim to his own grief that Ben must now save him from.
Rating and Reader Alerts: PG-13 for violence description of wounds.
Words: 15,800
Tied in Knots (by DebbieB)
Summary: Strange things start happening when Joe is found bound in strange looking knots. A surprise visit from an old seafaring friend of Ben’s deepens the mystery.
PG 13 WC 19,000
Once Upon a Christmas, 1850 (by JennieA & DebbieB)
Summary: With Christmas fast approaching, the Cartwrights race against time to prolong the magic of Christmas from fading on the Ponderosa.
Rated: G (16,570 words)
The Christmas Engine (by VickiC.)
Summary: Good little boys always get what they ask for at Christmas, even if Santa has to have a little help sometimes.
Rating: G (4,695 words)
Once Upon a Christmas, 1850 (by DebbieB & JennieA)
Summary: With Christmas fast approaching, the Cartwrights race against time to prolong the magic of Christmas from fading on the Ponderosa.
Rated: G (16,570 words)
