Category: Chaps and Spurs
A writing challenge from the Bonanza Brand Forums.
A Single Shot (by debpet)
Summary: A single shot has devastating consequences for the Cartwrights.
WARNING: CHARACTER DEATH Rated: MA WC 8200
Into the Line of Fire Series
Into the Line of Fire
A Singe Shot
A Main Character’s Nightmare — Is an Author’s Delight (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Joe has a decision to make when the most beautified–which is a vile phrase according to Polonius–Annie K asks him to do something for her.
Rated: K+ (770 Words)
College Days (by deansgirl)
Summary: For the June Chaps and Spurs. Adam had a crazy romance in college.
Rated: K+ (865 words)
After the Dragon (by frasrgrl)
Summary: This is a WHN for Day of the Dragon.
It’s my entry for the March Chaps and Spurs challenge along with the Pinecone Trifecta.
Word Count: 1,063 Rated: K
Clearing the Mind (by Dodo)
Summary: A What Happened Next for The Julia Bulette episode using the words: Joy, Frosting, Dream, Valentine and Sparkling.
Rated: K+ Word Count: 1550
Old Man Dizzy (by pbeaking)
Summary: Adam and Hoss Cartwright reflect on the memory of an old ranch hand.
Rating: K+ WC 800
Thank You For Loving Me (by rosecartwright)
Summary: Joe goes to visit his Pa and brothers one summers day leaving his wife and child alone for the day. What will the Cartwright’s do when one of their own is injured and one is missing? Will Joe do whatever it takes to get his wife back or will he listen to Pa and have the sheriff help? What will they do when things start to go for the worse?
Rated: K (11,190 words)
The Lineshack (by slaine89)
Summary: My response entry for the Chaps and Spurs Mega Challenge. The three Cartwright boys lose their horses and have to seek shelter in a shack. Rated: K (6,265 words)
Missing (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Ben receives a telegram about his eldest son that brings despair to the whole Cartwright family.
Rated: K+ (1,600 words)
The Long Road Home series, links to other stories within the series are included.
Afterwards (by deansgirl)
Summary: Started in August 2011. What happens after Hoss dies and the storyline of Bonanza ends?
Rated: K+ (7,585 words)
A Father’s Gift (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Ben’s thoughts as one of his sons lies in an Army hospital.
Rated: K+ (1,515 words)
The Long Road Home series, links to other stories within the series are included.
Friends (by BnzaGal)
Summary: Joe and his school friends have their lunch interrupted by something terrible and Joe finds that maybe he isn’t as brave as he thought he was.
Rated: T (10,720 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)
Never Fool with a Horse’s Tassel (by pbeaking)
Summary: Written for the Chaps & Spur Challenge for June, 2011. Adam and Hoss get into a mess of trouble when Adam invents something to help him with a daily chore. Please read this little story to see how I incorporated the five words needed to meet this challenge: medieval, tassel, commence,
Rating: K WC 1800
The End of a War (by BnzaGal)
Summary: Written using the five words (Bachelor, Medieval, Commence, Culmination, and Tassel) from the Chaps & Spurs Challenge, June 2011.
Rated: K+ (1,110 words)


































