Category: Chaps and Spurs
A writing challenge from the Bonanza Brand Forums.
Art of Forgiveness (by Destiny Adams)
Summary: Originally written for a Chaps and Spurs Challenge, now slightly revised. Joe did it again, but was it really so bad?
Rated: K (1,145 words)
Held (by gaerwn)
Summary: Joe makes a promise.
Rated: K+ (2,375 words)
The Squirrel Incident (by Born in the USA)
Summary: With Hoss and Joe away, Adam has to take care of his brother’s chores. And gets a little ‘surprise’ along the way.
Rated: K+ (640 words)
Hoss, North and South (by Writing Woman)
Summary: While on a cattle drive headed east, Hoss becomes involved in the war between the North and South.
Rated: K WC 625
The Letter (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Hoss has a very important message to impart. A missing scene from The Stillness Within.
Rating: K (775 words)
An Offering of Comfort (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Ben sat and waited as one of his sons lies in bed injured… the details within the room… the depths… maybe a revelation or two.
Rating: K (1,000 words)
A Misconstrued Statement (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Hoss attempts an explanation to Ben of who is coming down the street, and why.
Rating: K+ (900 words)
The Race (by frasrgrl)
Summary: Can Joe convince his brothers to take part of a new race Virginia City is hosting this month?
Word Count: 513 This is my answer to October’s C&S and the Michael Landon Birthday Challenge.
Rated: K
Leaving (by Dodo)
Summary: The wind of change is blowing across the Ponderosa. A story written for the October Chaps and Spurs Challenge using the words Indian, smoke, leaves, frost and summer.
Rated: K+ Word Count: 3585
The Crucible – WHN (by BluewindFarm)
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)
The Silent Land (by Inca / aka Tye)
Two brothers ride into a sleepy, little town in the middle of nowhere. Their name is Cartwright and their appearance triggers a tragic quest for vengeance.
Rated T WC 17,000
Only One Left (by Destiny Adams)
Summary: He is the only one left. Joe reflects. Written for the August Chaps and Spurs. Tissue warning!
Rated: K+ (1,150 words)
Morehouse (by frasrgrl)
Summary: Joe has been shot.
Word Count: 3,634 Rated: K+
The Fire (by frasrgrl)
This story started off as just a little tidbit that I did for July’s Chaps and Spurs challenge. Now there is a mega challenge. It’s to see if you can keep a story going each month using the Chaps and Spur challenge words. Here’s my attempt at that.
Rated: T
A Friend in Need (by Dodo)
Summary: A WHN to the episode ‘A Matter Of Circumstance’.
Word Count: 2486 Rated: K
A Night In San Francisco (by frasrgrl)
Summary: Adam and Joe are in San Francisco and all Adam wants is one night of culture.
Word Count: 502 Rated: T
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? or The Art of Love and War (by faust)
Adam embarks on an adventure his family had not expected him to — although maybe they should have. And now they all have to watch helplessly as their once peaceful world shatters around them. Part of the series, but can definitely read as a stand-alone.
74,600 words, rated T
The Art-Universe series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
Rumor Has It… (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: What happens when Adam and Joe have time to kill until the stage arrives?
Rating: K+ (1,030 words)
Farewell (by BnzaGal)
Summary: Every Adam’s Girl nightmare… Adam is leaving the Ponderosa.
Rated: K (1,100 words)
Conflict (by pbeaking)
Summary: This was written for the Chaps & Spurs Literary Challenge in April. Adam and Joe fight and Ben steps in to help.
Rating: K+ 800
Brothers and Mud (by frasrgrl)
Summary: This is my entry for April’s 2013 Chaps & Spurs/Pinecone Trifecta.A WHIB for Springtime. Have you ever wondered what happened between the brothers making a “Joe sandwich” and the mud fight? Well, here’s my answer to it.
Word Count: 708 Rated: K
Hoss and the Fairies (by frasrgrl)
Summary: I think the title says it all.
Word Count: 1,102 Rated: K
No Coffee (by frasrgrl)
Summary: The Cartwrights are out on the trail.
Rated: K (700 words)
Stubborn (by Sibylle)
Summary: WHIB/WHB to “The Ride” Ben remembers his first argument with a three-year-old Adam.
Rated: K WC 650
The Last Bullet (by BnzaGal)
Summary: An afternoon turns tragic.
Rated: K+ (670 words)
Ben and Adam on the Road (by Sibylle)
Summary: WHB Inger My Love Even Ben wasn´t always the perfect father.
Rated: K WC 1250
Fools Rush In (by frasrgrl)
Summary: This is a what happened instead for a scene in The Lady from Baltimore and a what happened next after the Bannings left story.
Word Count: 1,023 Rated: K
Moon Blind (by Patina)
Rating: K
Word Count=1696
Summary: A short What Happened in Between for The Dowry. Joe, a beautiful woman, and moonlight should have been the perfect recipe for romance.
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