Category: Prequel
Any time before the episode, A Rose for Lotta
When the Sun Goes Down (by Mia)
Summary: When life after loss seems too hard to deal with, Adam sneaks out for a night ride.
Rating: PG Words (8,145)
Home to Stay (by Mia)
Summary: Months after Marie’s death, Ben is ready to come back to his life on the ranch. Now it’s a matter of finding the way back home.
Rating: PG (Words 3,680)
Right and Wrong (by VRON)
Summary: The new teacher spells trouble for young Adam and Hoss.
Rating: PG (Violence) Words: 5,150
Pharoah (by VRON)
Summary: A young Adam on the trail west has his first pet and learns a valuable lesson.
Rating: G Words: 1,375
Behind the Barn (by VRON)
Summary: Just what does Joe see going on behind the barn? A little interlude that was the response to a writing challenge some months back.
Rating: G Words: 1,600
Special Bond (by VickiC.)
Summary: The bond between brother and a boy and a horse. Set on Adam’s return from college. The first story I wrote of the adventures of the Cartwrights.
Rating: G (43,575 words)
Be My Valentine? (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: For twelve-year-old Joseph Cartwright, things go from bad to worse as he struggles with the most “mushy-gushy” school assignment he’s ever been given. When all his efforts to solve his dilemma fail, there’s only one person who can stand between him and the painful consequences he’s destined to reap—Adam.
Rated: K WC 15,100
The Wrong Child – by Lisa Orcutt
Summary: A grieving father takes the death of his son out on Little Joe.
Rating: PG Word Count: 10,000
The Stacked Deck: From the Diary of Griff King (by Carla Keehn)
Summary: In the 14th and final season of “Bonanza”, the character of Griff King was introduced. Griff was pretty much a man of mystery, angry and distant from the Cartwrights, the scriptwriters never did provide many details of what events shaped Griff to become the man that he did. This story is a result of the few pieces of information the scriptwriters did provide, assisted, of course, by the imagination of the author!
Rating: R Word Count: 7,350
The Hunt (by Kathee Pafford)
Summary: When Joe and Adam are hurt during a hunting trip, Adam’s determination to help his brother could cost him his life…
Rating: PG Word Count: 12,300
Growing Pains (by Helen A)
Summary: Growing up isn’t easy, physically or emotionally, as Joe Cartwright discovers.
Rated: T (29,565 word)
Ben and Elizabeth – A Celebration of Love (by deansgirl)
Summary: You are hereby invited to the behind the scenes story. How did Elizabeth and Ben meet? This story celebrates their love story. From the day they met to the product of their love.
Rated: K+ (3,280 words)
The Rubicon (by LissaB)
Summary: Adam returns from college to find that fitting in back at the Ponderosa isn’t as easy as he’d hoped.
Rating: K+ (57,600 words)
Watching ‘Ponderosa’ (by Robin)
Summary: It couldn’t beat the original, but sure was good for a REALLY Lost Episode.
Rating: T (1,110 words)
The Reward (by Robin)
Summary: Life on the Ponderosa after Adam returns home from college.
Rating: T (7,700 words)