Category: Short Stories
This category is for your Bonanza Short Stories from 500-999 words in length.
The Company You Keep (by DJK)
Summary: Sheriff Coffee has a lesson to teach Ben Cartwright’s son.
Rated: K+ Word count: 1320
Spanish Gold (by DJK)
Summary: A schoolyard bet leaves Little Joe in desperate need of some Spanish gold.
Rated: K+ Word count: 1150
Adam en voyage (by rozenn)
Summary: Adam est parti visiter le monde. Il termine son périple par la France.
Rated: K+ (619 words)
Monday Morning (by Sibylle)
Summary: A short vignette about a morning on the ranch
Rated: K+ WC: 570
Adam Vignette Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Seafarer Blood (by Sibylle)
Summary: It´s a brief glimpse at a time Joe needs his oldest brother to prevent him from a big mistake.
Rated: K WC 600
The Wanted Poster (by Sibylle)
Summary: A wanted poster prompts Ben and Adam to re-examine a moment from their journey West.
Rated: K+ 600
The Smell of Bread (by Sibylle)
Summary: Adam visits the Ponderosa.
Rated: K+ WC 640
Little Girl in Pink (by Sibylle)
Summary: Adam meets a little girl on the road to Virginia city that he better never found.
Rated: T WC 600
Home Alone (by Sibylle)
Summary: Hoss and Joe alone at home. A prequel
Rated: K WC 600
Last Chance (by Cheaux)
Summary: Joe gambles with his life to give his Pa something precious.
Rated: K WC 900
Posies (by pbeaking)
Summary: Ben has just found the very spot he wants to call home. Can he look past his fear and build his dream into a reality?
Rating: K 650
The Longest Walk (by pkmoonshine)
Summary: Adam faces what may be the most terrifying moment in his life.
Rating K+ WC 800
Old Man Dizzy (by pbeaking)
Summary: Adam and Hoss Cartwright reflect on the memory of an old ranch hand.
Rating: K+ WC 800
Have a Civil New Year (by Michele)
Summary: Aaron and Rebekah Kaufmann have a New Year’s Day that starts out badly.
Rated: K+ (605 words)
The Crazy Lady (by Jayne)
Summary: Joe and Hoss scare themselves one night, come to Adam’s room and tell him the story of the crazy lady. Prequel/Young Cartwrights/Humor Rated: K+ WC 700