What Happened Before, Missing Scenes, What Happened Next, What Happened Instead, and stories that begged to be told that were not included within the series. Some of these stories were challenge inspired and some, the writers were just never satisfied with what was aired.
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Summary: Hoss and Joe become convinced that their father intends to marry the Widow Hawkins – and that it’s up to them to save him from this terrible fate.
Rating: K+
Word Count: 8,040
A Misconstrued Statement by Bluewind Farm
Summary: Hoss attempts an explanation to Ben of who is coming down the street, and why.
Rating: K+ (900 words)
Art Universe (The) #6 – Home Sweet Home or The Art of Settling Down by faust
Summary: Clementine Hawkins’ story – how an English artist came to settle down in Virginia City. And what is it with her and Ben Cartwright? Set in the Art-universe, but definitely a stand-alone.
1,800 words, rated T
Christmas Candle – by SKLamb
Summary: To some degree, this is a WHBefore for “Elizabeth, My Love,” and “The Burma Rarity.”
Rating: G Words 1,650
Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Does Clemmie Get Her Man? by Krystyna
Summary: Are the rumours and newspaper reports circulating among Virginia City’s citizens concerning Ben and Clementine Hawkins true? Or, might there be something more sinister afoot?
Rating: K+ (5,400 words)
Ducky by pbeaking
Summary: This is a WHB The Burma Rarity. All we know is that Ben drew Clementine’s name from a fish bowl at a picnic prior to the episode. This story attempts to shed some light on what happened at that picnic to make Ben so non eager to be around the Widow Hawkins.
Rating: G (9,060 words)
Summary: The brothers toil over a gift the Widow Hawkins intends to give the local orphanage.
Rating: G 2,365 words
Note: This story was written for the Bonanza Brand 2020 Advent Calendar, originated in the Forums.
Summary: A night full of fun and pranks, but who has the last laugh?
Rating: K; Word Count: 600
Rumor Has It by BluewindFarm
Summary: What happens when Adam and Joe have time to kill until the stage arrives? A Chaps & Spurs Challenge inspired story.
(1,030 words) Rating: K+
Shell-Game Girl (The) by SKLamb
Summary: Ben Cartwright reminds some interested ladies–including Clementine Hawkins and Lilah Rose–that the pleasures (or otherwise) of old memories can be entirely a matter of context. A WHIB/WH(much)Later for The Burma Rarity.
Rated: K WC:1100