Summary:  A burned out stagecoach lies on its side, the victim of an Indian raid. There’s a name on the coach manifest that makes Joe Cartwright’s heart stand still. Can it be that Elizabeth Carnaby is dead? And, as the man who robbed the coach seeks personal vengeance against Ben Cartwright’s youngest son – can Joe himself survive?

Rated M.  The story is probably a PG-13 one, but for safety sake – and for the sake of one heavy duty romantic scene – I am calling it ‘M’.  Contained in that PG-13 rating would be western brutality and violence, and torture.  (101,760 words)

Wet Bottom, Warm Heart Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary:  How hard can it be, taking care of two little boys for one day?  That’s what Joe thinks…. (Part of the Ties That Bind AU series)

Rating: K    (1661 words)

Ties That Bind Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary: While Ben is away on business, Adam is in charge of his two younger brothers. Predominantly a prequel.

Rating: K+  Word Count: 1001

Summary: Strange things are afoot on the Ponderosa in these three after-dark comic vignettes featuring your favorite brothers.

Rating: K  (1,040 words)

Summary: One man’s “Field of Dreams” is another woman’s fantasy. 

Rating: PG  (1,010 words)

Roy Coffee has his reasons for doing what he does. Really, he has.

700 words, rated K

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:  G  (2,600 words)

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.

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.

Summary: A farce on Bonanza FanFic with a twist.

Rating: K+  Word Count: 1099

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

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.

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.

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

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