Stories by Title K

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Kama… WHAT? – by Heike

Summary:  Little Joe has a question and there is only one person to ask. For sure Hoss doesn’t know the answer and to ask Pa is completely impossible.
WC 2200   Rated: T


Kane’s Bidet – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin

Summary:  An investigational report of epic  too much information  proportions.
Rating:  T   1,150 words


Kane’s Legacy – by Krystyna

Summary: It’s been two years since Eastgate, Salt Flats, and Kane. Business for the Ponderosa continues and life goes on.  What happens when life takes Adam back to Eastgate and his memories? Could the truth have prevented his ordeal?
Rating:  K+  28,925 words


Kate – by BettyHT

Summary:  Story by story, Kate becomes more and more involved in Adam’s life first acting as his nurse several times when he is injured as he faces troubles, and then as his love interest.  She has an unhappy past though which Adam has to unravel to win her heart, and then they face heartache as well as joy together.  Each chapter is a story that can stand by itself.
WC = 98,813  Rating — T


Keeper of My Heart – by Tauna Petit-Strawn

Summary:  Thrown from his horse, Adam is injured in more ways than one. Question is… will he ever return home?
Rating T  23,120 word


Keeping Things Going – by JoanS

Summary: The Cartwrights try to keep things going around the house when Hop Sing leaves for a while.
Rated: K  10,000 words


Keeping Watch – by AC1830  

Summary: Guilt and misplaced anger between two brothers after an accident with Adam’s young daughter cause a rift that might never heal. When a rescue becomes a search the Cartwrights finally learn the truth of what happened to the child, but will it bring healing or more hurt for the brothers?Rating: G, Word Count: 3451


Kicks Like a Mule – by Gwynne

Summary:  A seriously injured Adam must deal with the urgent need to get the ranch ready for winter, and try to solve a domestic mystery while coping with insistent pain that immobilizes and distracts him.
Rating:  T   21,700 words


Kidnapping (The) – by LillianMontane

Summary: Little Joe gets kidnapped during a bank robbery. Will he survive? Will he be found?
Rated: T   Word count: 7192


Kidnapping the Brothers – by the Giggly Sisters

Summary: In their 50th outing, the Giggly Sisters join forces with their friends from the BonanzainAussie board.
Rated: K+ WC 2400


Killing Cartwrights – by freyakendra

Summary:  Total, inane, silliness, prompted by Inca challenging writers to do what no one–or mostly no one, anyway–wants to do: actually kill a Cartwright! Subsequent discussion bordered on the macabre, with congratulations bestowed upon writers meeting the challenge. These 2 parodies resulted….
Rated: K+  WC 550


Kilt While Traveling – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin

Summary:  What happens when a Scotsman arrives in Virginia City after months of traveling.
Rating:  T   2,460 words


Kin – by the Tahoe Ladies

Summary: The return of an old face on the Ponderosa.
Rated: T   Word Count: 10436


Kindred Spirits – by ElayneA

Summary:  Adam and Adreille’s relationship had an odd start.  “But Why?” they thought.
Rating:  T  Word 7641


King of Pain – WendyB   

Synopsis: What would happen if two brothers fell in love with the same girl? Pain!
Rating:  PG-13   Words:  18,345


Kingdom of Fear – WHN/WHI – by Harmony  

Summary: This story picks up near the very end of the aired episode. The Judge has been removed from power, but was he working alone? Escorted by the Cartwrights and the freed prisoners, the journey home begins.
Rating:  PG  (79,180 words)


Kingdom of Ponderosa #1, or Four Men in Tights  – by EileenK
Synopsis: A wacky Cartwright fairy tale.
Rating: G
Words:  11,700


Kingdom of Ponderosa #2 – Ponderosaville, or Four Men in Tights #2 – by EileenK

Summary:  Director Eileen returns with a request for the Cartwright’s to act in her latest fairytale adventure.
Rating and Reader Alert: Rated G (for Goofy).  Another wacky Cartwright fairytale.
Words: 18,750


Kings Over Aces – by freyakendra

Summary:  A businessman is tired of playing by the rules and uses Ben’s sons to manipulate Ben, himself. It falls to Sheriff Roy Coffee, Deputy Clem Foster and a very determined Hop Sing to prevent the Cartwright family from falling like a house of cards. What results is a high stakes game in which Ben must gamble his full house against his rival’s hidden aces.


Kiss and Tell – by DJK

Summary: A dance, a kiss in the moonlight, and once more his brothers are tasked with saving Little Joe.
Rating: mature for references to adult themes and corporal punishment.
word count: 4,454


Kitten – by BettyHT 

Summary: Ben Cartwright has strict rules about no animals in the house, and except for guests, only one person can break that rule.
Rating: PG  Word count: 1852


Kittens in the Hayloft – by Cinderella

Summary: Joe finds a litter of kittens who, unbeknownst to them, help him understand Marie’s death.
Rated: K+  1,120 words


Knitted Memories – by wx4rmk 

Summary:  Mrs. Jones is at a loss for a gift for her daughter, Abigail.  However, a memory from Adam sparks her imagination.
Rating:  G 1,215 words
Note:  This story was written for the Bonanza Brand 2020 Advent Calendar, originated in the Forums.


Know Your Target – by DestinyAdams

Summary:  WHN for My Brother’s Keeper.  Two brothers’ guilt. Two brothers’ love.  Formerly titled “A Brother’s Guilt.”
Rated: K+  4,595 words


Knowing – by pjb

Summary:  A WHN for “Bullet for a Bride.”  The Cartwrights struggle with the consequences of Ben’s decision not to tell Joe before the wedding that Tessa had regained her sight.
Rated: K. WC 15,000


Knowing isn’t Everything –a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin

Summary:  The ‘Brain Game’ Bonanza style.
Rating:  T   1,480 words

 

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