Category: Humor
Night Trilogy (by JC)
Summary: Strange things are afoot on the Ponderosa in these three after-dark comic vignettes featuring your favorite brothers.
Rating: K (1,040 words)
Shirtless Joe (by JC)
Summary: One man’s “Field of Dreams” is another woman’s fantasy.
Rating: PG (1,010 words)
Dignity (by faust)
Roy Coffee has his reasons for doing what he does. Really, he has.
700 words, rated K
A Day in the Life – A Bonanza of a Tale (by JC)
Summary: It’s 1860-something, a typical day for the Cartwright brothers, on the trail of a confidence man who suckered them during their Pa’s absence. Bonanza aficionados will find 104 episode titles embedded in the story.
Rating: T (2,615 words)
A Pearl Without Price (by JC)
Summary: Adam Cartwright knows well there are some things in this world that money can’t buy, and other things are priceless. (Part of the Ties That Bind AU series)
Rating: K+ (1,425 words)
Ties That Bind Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Sunshine with a Little Hurricane (by McFair_58)
Summary: A sequel to ‘Wet Bottom Warm Heart’. After 11 year old Elizabeth Carnaby saved Little Joe’s life, he promised to bring her to the Ponderosa. She arrives along with a sudden winter storm that blows in not only a little fun but a whole lot of trouble, including a killer named Fleet Rowse who is looking to make easy money by lightening the load in Ben Cartwright’s safe.
Rating: T (82,825 words)
Wet Bottom, Warm Heart Series, links to stories within the series are included.
In the Mind’s Eye (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: A farce on Bonanza FanFic with a twist.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 1099
Ponderosa Tiger (by AC1830)
Summary: Adam gets into a sticky mess at Halloween. This is a fun story written for an October 2015 photo challenge. The posted picture was the challenge – what were Hoss and Joe looking at?
Rating K Word count = 1000
Comeuppance (by Belle)
Summary: Terrance has everything he ever wanted: the love of a wonderful woman, the town’s admiration, and a boisterous friendship with Little Joe. What could possibly go wrong?
Rating: K+ Word Count: 6278
Competition Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Wet Bottom, Warm Heart (by McFair_58)
Summary: Deep inside 17 year old Little Joe Cartwright there’s an angry beast waiting to get out. It makes him say and do things he always regrets, like talking back to his Pa. After one such incident, his shame drives him away from the Ponderosa, straight into the arms of trouble – and the waiting rifle sight of a little golden-haired girl named Elizabeth Carnaby.
Rating: PG Word Count: 13,300
Wet Bottom, Warm Heart Series, links to stories within the series are included.
A Rose for Abigail (by Sierra Girl)
Summary: A year following the marriage of Abigail Jones and Hank Myers, the services of Cupid and Cupid Unlimited are called into action once again when the Myers’ marriage hits a rocky patch. And once more, Adam finds himself an unwilling participant—or should that be victim—in Hoss and Joe’s uproarious schemes.
Rated: K+ Word Count: 9,105
Aunt Tilda (by Sibylle)
Summary: An unexpected guest brings a lot of surprises to the Cartwright brothers. A story told by a twelve-year-old Joe.
Rated: K Word Count: 3265
Backlash (by sklamb)
Summary: Rich man, poor man, Indian chief–what are they all doing in Sheriff Coffee’s jail during a blizzard?
Rating: K Word Count: 4483
Pantalettes and Kisses and Passionate Misses (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: On a secret mission, adolescent Joe Cartwright tracks his best source of discovering what girls are hiding beneath their frilly drawers—his brother Adam.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 8954
The Curse of the Blue Dress (by patina)
Summary: One little dress, so much trouble.
Rated: K+ Word Count: 4802