Category: Humor
The Squirrel’s Stash #3 (by Questfan)
Summary: A few more Pinecone Challenges for my pet squirrel to gnaw on. Each chapter has a lyric prompt and had to be no more than 500 words.
Word Count: 8885 Rating: T
Ladies Day Out (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: A day in the lives of Ben and Hoss Cartwright. Ben decides that his wife, Kate, and his daughter-in-law, Gabrielle, should have a day out away from the children. The 4th story in the Ben Brown series.
Rating: K WC: 5184
Ben Brown Series,, links to all the stories for this series included.
The Storm (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: The family had waited a long time for Adam to come home, but when he was there, not all went as planned or as Ben had hoped.
rating = T word count = 2521
Gusty Gumption (by PSW)
Summary: A little vignette following (at some point later) the events of ‘A Dime’s Worth of Glory’. Written for the Sept 1 Pinecone challenge and expanded for inclusion here. Prompt: Whisky for my men, beer for my horses (by Scott Emerich/Toby Keith). Contains phrases from both the song and the episode throughout.
Rating: G Word Count: 628
The Jailbreak (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: Joe has talked Hoss into another scheme although for a good cause, and Ben confronts Roy about it in this sometimes serious, sometimes flippant story.
rating = pg word count = 1064
Lessons (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: A lighthearted story which follows An Unnecessary Deception, this is set almost seven years later and Adam has left the Sandwich Islands with his family and moved back to America. First stop is the Ponderosa where Ben and his younger brothers are getting acquainted with the newest members of the family, and as usual, things don’t go smoothly.
Rating = K+ Word count = 2366
I Met a Friend of Yours Today (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: When Joe Cartwright drags Candy over to the doctor’s office after a bar fight, he bumps into one of Hoss’ old friends.
Rated: K+ for brief mentions of violence Word Count: 1,189
A New Bonanza (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: A short silly discussion about what’s wrong with Bonanza. It’s meant to be a light-hearted story and not to be taken seriously.
rating = T word count = 865
And Then Along Comes Rupert (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Long-distant cousin Rupert brings greetings and glad tidings to the Ponderosa.
Rating: T (2,225 words)
A submission for the 2018 Ancestry Challenge: Several relatives of the Cartwrights have turned up from time to time. Are there more and what affect do they have on the Cartwrights?
Playing Games (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: There are times when one of the Cartwright ends up playing the game of romance even when he hadn’t planned on it and didn’t want to play, but it gets even more complicated when a brother wants to play too.
rating = T word count = 3369
High Finance (Or, How to Keep Your Mutton-Headed Sons From Getting Robbed) (by pjb)
SUMMARY: Oh, the lengths a father must go to in order to protect his sons. . . .
Rating: K Word count: 1,100
Warm Milk and Memories (by PSW)
Summary: In some ways, Adam and Jamie really aren’t so different.
Rating: K Word Count: 2845
Scenes From Our Next Life series, links to stories of this series included.
Never, Ever Mess With His…..? (by AC1830)
Summary – Why is Adam in the dirt at Hoss’ feet? Hoss is not going to like the answer.
Rating – K, WC – 823
Stocking Orange (by faust)
Summary: Adam recovers after having been ill at Christmas. Enter Hoss’s bedside manners, lots of Britishness, a little boy, and an orange. Bliss.
1,225 words, rated K
Aunt Agnes’s Dilemma (by Belle)
This story was written for the 2017 Advent Calendar.
Summary: Pressures of the season and falling behind lead to unexpected results.
Rating: G (1,75 words)