Category: Short Stories
This category is for your Bonanza Short Stories from 500-999 words in length.
The Lady in the Shadows (by DJK)
Summary: Young Adam tells his new mother about the lady in the shadows.
Rated: K+ Word count: 1141
Ben’s Boys (by DJK)
Summary: This is a set of four vignettes written in response to various prompts.
Rated: K+ Word count: 2431
Ben’s Boys Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Fresh Start (by DJK)
Summary: Once again Adam is the new kid.
Rated: K+ Word count: 1131
And Then Came Marie (by DJK)
Summary: A set of vignettes featuring Marie.
Rated: K+ Word count: 2211
A Time For Grieving (by DJK)
Summary: Three vignettes from the time after Inger Cartwright’s death.
Rated: K+ Word count: 2580
She Left (by DJK)
Summary: Adam’s love is leaving him.
Rated: T Word count: 599
The Wheelchair Series
The Wheelchair
She Left
A Matter of Regret (by DJK)
Summary: Does Adam regret returning to the Ponderosa after college? Little Joe thinks he knows the answer to that question.
Rated: K+ Word count: 1218
Broken Bone (by DJK)
Summary: A broken hand and an angry Adam, Hoss isn’t having a very good day.
Rated: K+ Word count: 524
Spring Flowers (by DJK)
Summary: Adam doesn’t want anyone to know he’s picking a bouquet.
Rated: K+ Word count: 1118
I Wouldn’t Do That (by DJK)
Summary: Adam doesn’t keep Little Joe out of trouble. A short slice of brotherly life.
Rated: K+ Word count: 1257
Doctor’s Orders (by DJK)
Summary: Ben and Adam face off over the doctor’s orders.
Rated: K+ Word count: 887
The Wheelchair (by DJK)
Summary: Years later Adam’s wheelchair from “The Triangle” comes out of the attic.
Rated: K+ Word count: 667
The Wheelchair Series, links to stories within the series are included.
What’s Keeping Them Now? (by DJK)
Summary: The Cartwright boys’ belles are left wondering what has happened this time.
Rated: T Word count: 1182
Just A Quick Trip (by DJK)
Summary: Adam’s quick trip to the necessary results in trouble.
Rated: T Word count: 1083
. . . And He Shall Not Depart From It (by DJK)
Summary: Adam gives in to a small temptation while at college.
Rated: T Word count: 1331