Category: Short Stories
This category is for your Bonanza Short Stories from 500-999 words in length.
Seeing Sta*s (by Lily of the West)
Summary: A silly little follow-up to Enter Mark Twain.
Rated: K+ (845 words)
A Boy’s Lament (by Puchi Ann)
Summary: Young Hoss Cartwright reflects on the loss of his mother.
Rating: K WC 550
Clothes Make the Man (by Cheaux)
Summary: Does a man’s sartorial splendor have any bearing on events in his life?
Rated: K — WC 600
The Letter (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Hoss has a very important message to impart. A missing scene from The Stillness Within.
Rating: K (775 words)
Une Page se tourne (by Indiana)
Summary: Ben died. After the funeral, Adam and his eldest son have a discussion …
Rating K (766 words)
I’ve got to ride, ride like the wind, to be free again (by mumu74)
Summary: Something special…. that was for a challenge. Not really on Bonanza, but with the Bonanza’s actors.
Rating : K (890 words)
An Offering of Comfort (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Ben sat and waited as one of his sons lies in bed injured… the details within the room… the depths… maybe a revelation or two.
Rating: K (1,000 words)
Counting Stars (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Ben asks Hoss to ‘bring Joe inside’, which leads to a brotherly conversation about the one who’s missing.
Rating: K (940 words)
Pa? You Listening? (by JoaniePaiute)
Summary: Written for the first Pinecone Challenge of 2014. An intimate look at 5-year-old Adam’s thoughts on berry jam, Miss Inger, and what Pa should do about them both.
Rated: K WC 800
Counterpoint – Alleluia (by sklamb)
Summary: A double-vision exploration of the conclusion to “The Crucible,”Although these stories can stand alone, they were written in close coordination and benefit from being read in sequence.
Rated: T (1000 words)
Michael Rode the Butter Shore by Joanie Paiute
Alleluia by SKLamb
Last Christmas (by Inca / aka Tye)
All these years he had been listening hard for the song of the stars only to be disappointed. But now… his soul was at peace as he accepted what would be….
Rating: K (760 words)
I Wonder As I Wander (by sklamb)
Summary: On a cold Christmas Eve near Harvard Square, Adam comes to receive a sort of epiphany.
Rated: K WC:1000
(Un)Silent Night (by heike)
Summary: It’s Christmas time for those on the Ponderosa… with their own Little Drummer Boy celebration.
Rating: K (470 words)
RIP Mr Cartwright (by mumu74)
Summary: To Kill A Cartwright “november Challenge” Rip Mr Cartwright
Rating: T (741 words)
A Deadly Day (by rosecartwright)
Summary: Joe is home sick, but things go downhill for this young Cartwright.
Rated: K+ (635 words)