Category: Short Stories
This category is for your Bonanza Short Stories from 500-999 words in length.
Fortuna Smiles (by faust)
Written for the prompt: Adam wins the lottery. And that’s all there is to it.
800 words, rated K+
Part of the Art-Universe, links to stories within the series are included.
Three Halves Make a Whole (By Questfan)
Summary: When seven-year-old Little Joe gets the wrong end of an idea and twists it out of shape, it’s up to his family to straighten things out. An early prequel story before Adam has left for college.
Word Count: 3041 Rating: K
Twas the Night Before Christmas (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Christmas wishes do come true for the brothers.
Rating: K (760 words)
Inspired by the December 1st Pinecone Challenge — “Who am I? You sure you want to know?”
A Ponderosa Christmas Carol (by Questfan)
Summary: My version of Charles Dickens’ famous story, as written for the 2016 BoNaNo Challenge. It doesn’t strictly follow the original story in style or detail, but rather borrows from the idea. Thank you to the fun group of writers who participated as it was the first time I have done anything like that.
Word Count: 7111
Rated: T
Second Chances (by Questfan)
Summary: An alternative version of the episode, The Trap. Joe accidentally shoots and kills Burk Shannon, but all is not what it seems.
Word Count: 8079 Rating: T
Close To a Guarantee (by ForeverFree)
Summary: This is a combined WHN/WHI for The Tall Stranger.
The first sentence is the Oct 1, 2016 Pinecone prompt, even though the story never made it to the challenge.
Rating: K+ (722 words)
Tears of Growing Up #3 – Learning to Trust, One Last Time (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: It’s never easy seeing your youngest taking another step towards manhood.
Rating: G (715 words)
Tears of Growing Up Series, links to stories within the series are included.
One for the Ages (by Justafan)
Summary: A story of a friendship that ran deeper than blood.
Rating: K (537 words)
A Different Conversation (by AC1830)
Summary: Imagine the scene in The Ride where Adam and Ben are by the fire having a serious conversation. What if father and son discussed something totally different?
Rating = K WC = 818
What We Didn’t Choose (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Exploring — what makes you who you are?
Rating: K (650 words)
Rescuing the Stillness (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: WHN for The Stillness Within. Was it really that easy to understand and accept?
Rating: K (905 words)
Valentine Nightmares (by Hart4Ben)
Summary: A light-hearted look at the Cartwright men struggling with the upcoming Valentine’s Day dance.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 667
Little Bit Challenge – 2015
Summary: During the last quarter of 2015, members in the Brand Forums were challenged to write vignettes for all the Bonanza episodes. Members could submit as many Little Bits for as many episodes as they were inspired to write. Multiple members could submit Little Bits for the same episode. The hardest part of the challenge was to write the vignette in exactly 100 or 200 words.
Some Little Bits are dramatic while others are humorous. The submitting member is identified after each Little Bit. 132 Little Bits have been submitted to date and are listed in episode order.
Rating: K (16,000+ words)
The Christmas Visitor (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Home alone on Christmas Eve; a special visitor keeps watch over a young man.
Rating: G (920 words)
Don’t Give Up (by Mumu74)
Summary: This is my contribution, with the words I received, including the Petticoats. Enjoy. It’s short, this is what I managed to do. I have plenty of ideas and possible scenarios, and I had major troubles putting it together.
Rating: K (805 words)
