Category: Short Stories
This category is for your Bonanza Short Stories from 500-999 words in length.
Did I Hear You Mention Boston? (by DJK)
Summary: One Cartwright, two Lancers, and a chance meeting equal a little crossover story.
Rated: K+ Word count: 1032
Green Velvet (by DJK)
Summary: Adam finds himself making a difficult decision.
Rated: K+ Word count: 732
Setting the Course (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: At the end of “A House Divided”, have you ever wondered why Adam wasn’t farther along to join the cause before Little Joe caught up with him? Adam had emotionally left the night before Ben‘s encounter with Frederick Kyle and Joe in town. Me… I don’t think it had anything to do with Adam’s response to Joe during the closing scene, “That lake really gets under your skin.”
Rating: K+ (800 words)
Hiding in Fear (by BluewindFarm)
SUMMARY: An unenviable situation finds the brothers in hiding and praying they won’t be found.
Rating: K (640 words)
His Place (by DJK)
Summary: A slice-of-life from Hop Sing’s point of view.
Rated: K Word count: 736
Out of Boredom Comes Fishing (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: It’s only been a few months since Adam left the Ponderosa; this story finds Hop Sing and Little Joe in the kitchen, talking.
Rating K (990 words)
Jewels (by DJK)
Summary: Jewels can be found many places; one just has to learn to appreciate them.
Rated: K+ Word count: 535
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
A Night In San Francisco (by frasrgrl)
Summary: Adam and Joe are in San Francisco and all Adam wants is one night of culture.
Word Count: 502 Rated: T
The End (by faust)
It’s the end. The end of everything–or is it?
No KAOS in this story. Honestly!
700 words, rated K
Church Bells (by faust)
Adam muses about church bells. Or about his family?
730 words, rated K
Alone (by Cheaux)
Summary: A moment in time in a special place.
Rated K. (505 words)
The Man in Black (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Why does Adam dress in black almost all of the time? Here’s a possible reason for that…..
Rated: K (880 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)
