Category: Short Stories
This category is for your Bonanza Short Stories from 500-999 words in length.
Grazed (by Jayne)
Summary: When Adam finds a slightly injured Joe, they share a strangely special moment. A Young Cartwright short story.
Rated: K+ WC 767
Forever – The Love of My Life – #3 (by Rider)
Summary: Joe and Alice think about their relationship on the eve of their wedding.
Rated: K+ (990 words)
Forever Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
August Moon (by Rider)
Summary: Little Joe Cartwright celebrates his 21st birthday with his family on the Ponderosa Ranch.
Rated: K+ (830 words)
Best Laid Plans (by Cheaux)
Summary: A rift between father and sons is healed in an unexpected way.
Rated: T — WC 650
My Dearest Mother (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Adam writes a letter to his mother during his last year of college.
Rated: K (585 words)
School in a Hundred Years (by DanceDiva)
Summary: A new teacher is in for Ms. Jones and he is strict. Wanting to make a good impression Joe tries to think of what it may be like in school a hundred years from now.
Rated: K+ (650)
Eyes of an Angel (by DanceDiva)
Summary: Twelve year old Joe is bitten by a rattlesnake, but things get uglier faster than expected.
Rated: K (500 words)
A Brother is Forever (by Dogwood)
Summary: Ben’s reflections as a brother.
Rated: K (550 words)
Little Ray of Sunshine (by Stetson1859)
Summary: Adam is trying to come to terms with Inger’s death, and finds comfort from an unexpected source.
Rated: K+ WC 897
The Ballad of Ben Cartwright (by ansinico)
Summary: l have put my own words to the air of an Irish drinking song, ‘The Wild Rover’ also called ‘No Nay Never’ l hope you like it.
Rated: K (500)
Nod or a Wink (by Writing Woman)
Summary: Hoss struggles to understand why a woman is gunned down on the streets of Virginia City.
Rated: T WC 750
Hoss, North and South (by Writing Woman)
Summary: While on a cattle drive headed east, Hoss becomes involved in the war between the North and South.
Rated: K WC 625
Who Kidnapped Joseph Cartwright? (by lolo1999)
Summary: Annie, Sarah, and Katie kidnap Little Joe while he’s on business.
Rated: K+ (875 words)
One Out Of Six (by Heike)
Summary: Little Joe and five of his school mates are playing a game that may come to a deadly end.
Rating: K+ WC 850
Remember (by Lily of the West)
Summary: a tender father/son moment between Adam and Ben
Rated: K+ (770 words)