Category: Chaps and Spurs
A writing challenge from the Bonanza Brand Forums.
Captain Joe (by frasrgrl)
Summary: This story is in response to November’s Chaps and Spurs Challenge. Joe on the high seas.
Word Count: 546 Rated: K
Autumn’s Surprise (by deansgirl)
Summary: Autumn is setting around the Ponderosa and with it comes a very dear and long awaited surprise.
Rated: K+ (1,180 words)
Autumn Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
What Ben Saw Out The Window (by debpet)
Summary: What is it that Ben has spied out the window? And what are the Cartwrights going to do with it?
Rated: K+ WC 2000
Scars on the Inside (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: In memory of the beloved episode My Brother’s Keeper. It’s been five years since the accident and Adam still hasn’t forgiven himself for shooting Joe.
Rated: K+ (935 words)
East, West: Home’s Best–The Easterner (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: At first, Adam isn’t sure how his Eastern friend will feel about life on the Ponderosa, but he–and the rest of the Cartwrights–soon realize that George is not the only one who has a lot to learn from his visit.
Rated: K+ WC 35,000
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
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)






























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