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Each Day #1 ~ Life Begins Anew – by Dogwood
Summary: The beginning of a path Adam didn’t realize lay before him. The outcome is one that changes his life forever and opens the door to unknown and life changing challenges.
Rating: T 223,014 words
Each Day #2 – Delivered – by Dogwood
Summary: Part 2 of the Each Day Series
Rating: T (Words: 200,885)
Each Day #3 – No Boundaries – by Dogwood
Summary: Part 3 of the Each Day Series
Rating: T (Words: 39,305)
Each Day #4 – The Meeting – by dogwood
Summary: Part 4 of the Each Day Series. Laura and Will Cartwright visit the Ponderosa
Rating: T (Words: 39,305)
Summary: It is spring, and the winter has passed. Five-year-old Little Joe wanders off to find his mama who died a couple of months earlier. This is about the incident that is referenced by Ben to Little Joe in the episode “Between Heaven And Earth” written by Ed Adamson.
Rating G / Word Count: 3,184
Summary: Have Pa and Little Joe had one argument too many? Will the family be split apart? Will Adam have to break a promise and tell Little Joe the truth?
Rated: MA 23,320 words
Earth Will Hold Us (The) – by Claire
Summary: A story in five parts, exploring the ties of love and loyalty between the Cartwrights.
Rated: T 48,580 words
East, West: Home’s Best #1 – The Easterner – by Puchi Ann
Summary: At first, Adam isn’t sure how his Eastern friend will feel about life on the Ponderosa, but he–and the rest of the Cartwrights–soon realize that George is not the only one who has a lot to learn from his visit.
WC 35,000 Rated: K+
East, West: Home’s Best #2 – The Westerners by Puchi Ann
Summary: To help Adam’s friend George, Little Joe has impulsively boarded a ship for Boston. Now it’s up to Adam to chase him down and bring him home.
Rating: K (97,504 words)
East, West: Home’s Best #3 – The Journey Home – by Puchi Ann
Summary: As they return from Boston, Adam and Joe Cartwright plan to defer resolving their differences until they reach home, but that’s going to be a lot longer and harder journey than they could ever imagine.
Rating: K
Word Count: 49,640 words
Summary: A short introspective piece as a son waits to hear if his father will live.
1,075 words Rated: T
Easterner, Tenderfoot, Westerner #1 – The Easterner – by Harper
Summary: A summer visitor brings nothing but trouble for Joe.
Rated: K+ 19,380 words
Easterner, Tenderfoot, Westerner #2 -The Tenderfoot – by Harper
Summary: Sequel to The Easterner. Joe tries to teach Martin ranchwork, and little about family and having fun, too.
Rated: K+ 26,485 words
Easterner, Tenderfoot, Westerner #3 – The Westerner – by Harper
Summary: To gain some peace and quiet, Ben sends his sons and summer guest Martin Lindsay on a hunting trip. But when Hoss is injured, Joe and Martin risk their lives in a desperate race for help. Third story in series begun with “The Easterner” and “The Tenderfoot,” but it is not necessary to read those stories first.
Rated: K+ 30,260 words
Summary: A story of revenge
Rating: Teens ( 4,305 words)
Eavesdropping on Two Brothers – by DJK
Summary: This is a compilation of ten private conversations between Adam and Hoss Cartwright from childhood through adulthood showing facets of their brotherhood.
Rating: PG references to adult themes Word Count: 4520
SUMMARY: Sitting in a campsite in the dark, two brothers can share what might be difficult to admit in other circumstances and perhaps say more than might be prudent to divulge. This is an expanded pinecone.
Rating = T word count = 1047
Echo of a Heartbeat (The) – by patina
Summary: While watching her sons playing down by the lake, Marie wonders about the child she lost.
Rating: K Word Count=1523
Echo of Hoof Beats – by GinnyF
Summary: A What Happened Before story for “The Mill”
Rating: K+ 3,655 words
Echoes from the Canyon – by DebbieB
Summary: As his pain riddled body succumbs to it’s fate, Adam, alone in Red Rock Canyon, encounters more than just the puma who stalks him.
Rated: G 9,900 words
Echoes of Twilight – by GinnyF
Summary: A What Happened Next for “Twilight Town”
Rating: K+ 2,575 words
Summary: One man’s dream is another’s reality.
Rated T Word Count: 3839
Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Mo – by karilyn
Summary: There’s a new dressmaker in town, and she wreaks havoc at a town social to meet the Cartwright brothers.
Rated T 3,590 words
Eighth Day (The) – by Sierra Girl
Summary: When Adam encounters a mysterious woman on the shores of Lake Tahoe, his whole world will be changed forever. And just what is the woman’s involvement in the abductions taking place around the lake? This is my take on how and why Adam left the Ponderosa. An AU fantasy set in the ‘real’ world of Bonanza. A story where the lake is the star of the show.
Rating: T 36,890 words
Ein ganz normaler Tag – by Adam4Ever
Summary: Es geht um einen Tag im Leben der Cartwrights, der aber entgegen dem Titel, welcher ironisch gemeint ist, alles andere als “normal” ist. Es ist ein chaotischer, abenteuerlicher aber auch gefährlicher Tag.
Rated: K+ 11,920 words
Ein Vater und s ein Sohn – by Adam4Ever
Summary: Es geht um ein Erlebnis das Adam hat. Er lernt etwas zu verstehen. Die Geschichte begleitet ihn bei diesem Prozess. Aber er ist nicht der einzige, der etwas lernt. Auch Ben macht eine Feststellung.
Rated: K+ 5,340 words
Summary: Little Joe has a problem with the new student at school, and Miss Jones proves to be no help whatsoever… but it all leads to what if’s and if only’s in the end.
Rating: G 1,910 words
Summary: While in Carson City, Joe stops for a quick drink before heading home and meets Eleanor. A challenge piece based on the song “Eleanor Rigby” by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Rating: T WC: 1463
Elegy for a Cartwright – by Starlite
Summary: A continuation of ‘Elegy for a Hangman’.
Rated: PG 6,500 words
Summary: Happy with his new love, his new home and expecting great things from his new life, Hoss isn’t prepared for the sudden twist that turns his world upside down and inside out.
Rated: G 9,300 words
Ellie # 1 – The First Day – by Fozrulz
Summary: This is my first story with ellie, a cartwright daughter.
Rated: K+ 11,460 words
Ellie # 2 – Of Hounds and Harlots – by Fozrulz
Summary: This is my second story with Ellie. Christmas time brings a hard lesson for Ellie and Joe.
Rated: K+ 7,805 words
Ellie # 3 – Ellie’s Shadow – by Fozrulz
Summary: This is my third story with Ellie.
Rated: K+ 9,620 words
Ellie # 4 – The Solo – by Fozrulz
Summary: Ellie is asked to sing a solo at church – she doesn’t want to sing. Which brother helps her out?
Rated: K+ 7,440 words
Ellie # 5 – Will She Ever Mind? – by Fozrulz
Summary: Pa is wondering if Ellie is ever going to learn to mind?
Rated: K+ 6,425 words
Ellie # 6 – Meeting Clarissa – by Fozrulz
Summary: I always wondered what it would have been like if Ellie had met Clarissa.
Rated: K+ 6,485 words
Ellie # 7 – The Circus – by Fozrulz
Summary: Ellie, Joe, Marybeth and Michael get into some trouble when the circus comes to town.
Rated: K+ WC 7000
Ellie # 8 – The Spat – by Fozrulz
Summary: Ellie and Joe get into an argument – how are they going to solve it and will they get it resolved before Pa steps in.
Rated: K+ 4,760 words
Ellie # 9 – Placerville – by Fozrulz
Summary: Two men show up from Adam’s past. What do they have against him?
Rated: K+ wc 7300
Ellie #10 – Meeting Clay – by Fozrulz
Summary: Just imagine if Ellie had met Clay….
Rated: K+ 7,210 words
Ellie #11 – Sure as Shootin’ – by Fozrulz
Summary: Joe and pesky little sisters and guns – not a good combo.
Rated: K+ 10,585 words
Ellie #12 – The Bully – by Fozrulz
Summary: Joe and Ellie are beat up by a bully. What to do, what to do…..
Rated: K+ 11,060 words
Ellie #13 – Brothers, Brothers, and More Brothers – by Fozrulz
Summary: Sometimes Ellie can just get a fill of all her brothers, but sometimes she really needs all of them.
Rated: K+ 4,885 words
Ellie #14 – The Ring – by Fozrulz
Summary: This is an Ellie story about a lost ring, a naughty little girl and family.
Rated: K+ 14,310 words
Ellie and the Lost Years – by BettyHT
Summary: There are the lost stories here. The Lost Years is a WHI for the last seasons of Bonanza: Hoss is missing, Adam has been found, and he is coming home. This is what happened to them, and what will happen with Ben, Joe, Candy, and Jamie. Heart of Ice is a continuation of the Adam and Ellie story with more of an emphasis on Adam’s darker memories and what happens when he remembers those.
Rating: T Word count: 58,319
Ellie Cont’d – Rodeo Series #1 – The Carson City Rodeo – by Fozrulz
Summary: Ellie’s trip to Carson City with the Family – what could possibly go wrong? Famous last words.
Rated: K+ 10,355 words
Ellie Cont’d – Rodeo Series #2 – The Virginia City Rodeo – by Rozrulz
Summary: You know, barrel racing is just an event for boys….
Rated: K+ 12,280 words
Ellie Cont’d – Rodeo Series #3 – Priscilla’s Comeuppance – by Fozrulz
Summary: Priscilla sure was a pain….payback time…but by whom?
Rated: K+ 5,590 words
Ellie Cont’d – The Trail Series #1 – by Fozrulz
Summary: First in the trail series. On the trail with Joe and Clay, Ellie reminisces about the Pokey, the baby porcupine.
Rated: K+ 4,500 words
Ellie Cont’d – The Trail Series #2 – by Fozrulz
Summary: Second in the trail series. Clay, Joe and Ellie are still on the trail. This story can be completely read on it’s own. I decided to make a short series of stories on the trail. Clay has just finishing doctoring Joe’s backside from Joe’s untimely meeting with a cactus. Joe is now resting a little uncomfortably on his bed roll .
Rated: K+ 4,305 words
Ellie Cont’d – The Trail Series #3 – by Fozrulz
Summary: Third in the trail series. Joe, Ellie and Clay are still on the trail. This story can be read on its own. It’s Clay’s turn to tell a story of his childhood.
Rated: K+ 3,230 words
Ellie Cont’d – The Trail Series #4 – by Fozrulz
Summary: Fourth in the trail series.
Rated: K+ 6,175 words
Summary: The family wonders what is going on with Adam. They are alternately worried, wondering, and upset with him. There are many possibilities but no one suspects the real reason for his behavior until it is nearly too late. He’s going to need his family to survive this mess.
rating = T word count = 11,749
Emergence from the Shadows by Dodo
Summary: A Missing Scene from Season 11’s A Darker Shadow.
Rated: K+ Word Count: 7403
Emergence of a Man – by lminzer
Summary: No longer a boy, sixteen-year-old Joe Cartwright is struggling with what it means to be a man. Meanwhile, the Ponderosa is plagued by rustlers, and when Joe uses the opportunity to prove himself and protect his family, he unwittingly puts both himself and his father in grave danger….
Rated: K+ WC 9000
Emiline Hutton’s House – by JennyG
Summary: A subtlety haunting story written for Halloween. Caught out in a fierce thunderstorm, Joe and Adam take shelter in a long abandoned house where shadows of the past may still linger.
Rating: T 8,050 words
Emily – The Missing Scenes – by SusanG
Summary: A WHN for the episode, Emily.
Rating: T 3,140 words
Summary: Hoss meets the woman he wants to marry. However, she has a secret regarding her past, which makes her wary of closeness with anyone. Hoss is determined to break through her shell and win her heart.
Rating: PG 5,260
Emily #2 – Special Delivery – by GinnyF
Summary: Hoss & Emily’s first child is indeed a “special delivery”.
Rating: G 2,350 words
Summary: Hoss becomes a knight in shining armor to the daughter of a town drunk.
Rated: K+ Word count: 7913
Emily’s Sir Eric #2 – Tarnished Armor – by DJK
Summary: Hoss’s deceit tarnishes his armor in Emily’s eyes.
Rated: K+ Word count: 2843
Emily’s Sir Eric #3 – Quest on D Street – by DJK
Summary: Hoss decides to take the problem of Emily’s father into his own hands. Sequel to Tarnished Armor
Rated: T Word count: 8432
Emily’s Sir Eric #4 – Lady Emily’s Choice – by DJK
Summary: Adam provides Emily with an opportunity that may take her away from Hoss.
Rated: T Word count: 3673
Emily’s Sir Eric #5 – San Francisco Dragons – by DJK
Summary: Adam and Hoss take Emily to attend school in San Francisco.
Rated: T Word count: 9908
Summary: A letter from a far away island makes Ben remember an old love.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 1,636
Summary: When word reaches Ben and Joe telling them that Hoss has been murdered, father and son must each learn to deal with their own grief. A journey to retrieve their loved one’s body leads them to an empty box and two missing brothers instead of just one. Where’s Adam?
Rated: G 18,540 words
Summary: The fire from an old flame is rekindled.
Rating T Word count: 565
Encounter with the Past – by debpet
Summary: An unexpected encounter brings up painful memories for Adam and leads to danger for him and for Joe.
Rated: K+ WC 6600
Summary: It’s the end. The end of everything–or is it? No KAOS in this story. Honestly!
700 words, rated K
Summary: A prisoner who escapes from the Nevada State Prison in Carson City has not only freedom but also vengeance on his mind. Little does he know that someone from his past is shadowing him, bringing full circle some unfinished business between them.
Rated: T Word Count: 10,050
End of a War (The) – by BnzaGal
Summary: Written using the five words Bachelor, Medieval, Commence, Culmination, and Tassel from the Chaps & Spurs Challenge, June 2011.
Rated: K+ 1,110 words
Summary: Often, Adam and Joe butted heads over the issues of the Civil War. After Appomattox and the assassination of Lincoln, it is time for them to resolve their differences.
Rating T Word count 2,685
Enemy Among Us (The) – by Milesky1
Synopsis: After being wounded during a robbery attempt, Joe’s life is endangered by the surviving member of the gang.
Rating: T 22,750 words
Engagement (The) – by LynRobinson
Summary: A beautiful new lady in town leads to trouble between and for the brothers.
Rated PG Word count 44,027
English Rose (The) – by Diana G
Summary: Adam rides into the mountains seeking to regain control of his emotions. But a meeting with a stranger leads to events that he cannot control.
Rating: T 29,285 words
Englishman and His Wayward Horse (The) – by Sierra Girl
Summary: It should have been a routine cattle drive. But what with Hop Sing announcing it was doomed from the start, and then the arrival of an Englishman and his eccentric horse, the cattle drive was to be anything but.
Rated: K+ Word Count: 7750
Enigma on the Ponderosa – by wx4rmk
Summary: Mysterious things are happening on the Ponderosa and Little Joe is on a mission to figure them out by any means possible. Written for the 2022 Camp in The Pines.
Rating: K / Word Count: 4897
Summary: Words said have a destruction consequence within the Cartwright family. One family member refuses to live where respect does not. This story continues in “More than Enough”.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 6,299
Enough #2 – More than Enough – by Justafan
Summary: This is the sequel to my first story written for the Summer Camp Challenge. Please read “Enough” first to fully understand “More Than Enough.”
Rating K+ Word Count: 4952
Summary: Just days before Christmas, the Cartwrights have guests.
Rated: K+ 3,595 words
Summary: The boys are determined to find a birthday gift their father will love. They succeed too well.
Rated: T Word count: 6773
Synopsis: The Cartwrights, a haunted house and a nasty ghostly inhabitant.
Rating: PG (violence & ghostly activity) (8,050 words)
Envy, Hatred, and Malice – Part 1 – by Rona
Summary: Joe’s friend Georgia is now a famous singing star. But her return home throws up problems for Joe. 13,920 words
Rated: T
Envy, Hatred, and Malice – Part 2 – by Rona
Summary: Joe travels to San Francisco. He is dreading seeing Edward again, but nothing turns out quite the way he expects.
Rated: T 11,310 words
Summary: A silent killer stalks the streets of Virginia City, and all Ben Cartwright’s sons are at risk.
Rating: K / Word Count: 14,210
Epilogue: The Quality of Mercy – by Annie K Cowgirl
Summary: A WHN/alternate ending for the episode The Quality of Mercy. Joe goes to see Seth Pruitt in jail.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 613
Summary: Tensions are high when Adam and Joe set off on an important journey together, but events allow them to reach a true understanding of one another.
Rated: K+ 5,720 words
Summary: The Cartwrights face an unseen enemy who is preying upon the young women of Virginia City .. can it possibly be the man Adam suspects?
Rating: T (164,625 words)
Summary: Adam und Ben denken beide aus gegebenem Anlass an ihre gemeinsame Fahrtzeit zurück 1844 .
Rated: K+ WC 4000
Summary: This begins as a story of family conflict: first it is a WHI for The Lady from Baltimore with Joe and Adam at odds and how they will repair their relationship and what changes will happen for the Cs especially Adam who meets a new friend who is significant in the future of his life. Then it is a WHI for She Walks In Beauty as Adam and Hoss are at odds. It continues as a WHN then as there are further developments for Adam in the third part of the story because of conflict with his father and his own dissatisfaction with his life that drives him to make decisions.
Rating: T Word count: 36,620
Summary: While on their way home after a cattle drive, the boys run into some trouble in the form of a ruthless gang of thieves! Also I wanted to dedicate this story to Andy who always believed I could write even when I didn’t.
Rated: G 21, 770 words
Escape to Ponderosa – A Missing Scene – by JennyG
Summary: A missing scene for the episode.
Rating: T implied sex 640 words
Escape to the Ponderosa – WHI – by Starbuck
Synopsis: Escape to the Ponderosa a What Happened Instead. What would have happened if the army deserts/escapees had not made it to Netta’s ranch… and instead had managed to get back to the Ponderosa?
Rating: PG
3,875 words
Summary: Circumstantial evidence incriminates Joe Cartwright in his fiance’s murder. A WHI for “Justice” written by Richard Wendley.” This is my version of what happened after Sally is murdered.
Rated K+ WC 8100
Summary: After the death of a close friend, Adam and his family find a peculiar object that appears to have a long and fascinating history among the Cartwrights.
Rating: K / Word count: 2,684
Summary: Love, hate, death and Etta, go hand in hand with life on the Ponderosa…Who loves? Who hates? Who dies? Who is Etta? The Cartwright boys find trouble in Turner’s Town. Ben finds trouble in San Fransisco. Is Barney Fuller friend or foe? Candy gets an offer, but is it one he can refuse?.
Rated: MA 112,575 words
Summary: Little Joe couldn’t believe it when Pa turned his back and walked away. Adam had been injured and it was Joe’s fault and Ben refused to get him out of the charges or even post bail. Now after six weeks in the Virginia City jail Joe must face Pa for the first time and make a tough decision about his future. A lesson about love, the tough kind.
Rating T (word count 21,290)
Every Day is a New Day – by Hart4Ben
Summary: A brief window into the Cartwright family if Inger had lived.
Rating: K Word Count: 1,482
Every Purpose Under Heaven #1 – by Wrangler
Summary:
Rated: T WC 36,000
Every Purpose Under Heaven #2 – Another Season – by Wrangler
Summary: A follow up story to Every Purpose Under Heaven. Rated: MA WC 52,000
Every Purpose Under Heaven #3 – Dru – by Wrangler
Summary: A follow up to Another Season.
Rated: T WC 27,000
Every Purpose Under Heaven #4 – All Our Yesterdays – by Wrangler
Summary: In the long-awaited conclusion of the Every Purpose Under Heaven series, the family helps Joe as he seeks closure. Along the way he is forced to deal with a friend’s struggle, a gunfight, an injury and an unplanned pregnancy.
Rating: PG (36,630 words)
Everybody’s Wrong – by Annie K Cowgirl
Summary: A WHIB for the episode The Jury. Adam and Hoss have another heart to heart. This one would take place before the one in the episode, but after the scene where Adam comes home with a busted fist.
Rated: K+ Word Count: 959
Everyone Cries Sometimes – by Terri
Summary: Sometimes being the perfect son is not easy to live up to; even Hoss has to have an off day. But what is troubling Hoss to make him lose his appetite, lash out at his youngest brother and square up to his eldest?
Rated: K WC 4800
Everything They Had – by dbird
Summary: A brutal attack on the Cartwrights leads to an unlikely lesson about family.
Rated: K+
SUMMARY: Adam’s life changed to a darker tone one night when he and a young lady shared some apples. Now Little Joe likes those same apples and Adam wants to protect him but can’t tell him the whole story. You can read it here though.
Rating = PG Word count = 2135
Ex Corde Caritas Love from the Heart – by Rona
Summary: WHN for My Brother’s Keeper. Despite Joe’s recovery from the accident, Adam feels guilty. Can he resist the lure of the east?
10,120 words Rated: T
Eye of the Hunter (The) – by Greywolf Lupous
Summary: Hunter and hunted, who can say which is which on a given day?
Rating: PG
Words: 9,695
Eyes of an Angel – by DanceDiva
Summary: Six year old Little Joe becomes ill with a pneumonia.
Rated: K+ WC 500
Eyes of a Stranger – by Kimberley
Summary: Joe’s encounter with a beautiful stranger turns out to be far more than he bargained for.
Rating: Teens
Words: 14,540
Summary: Joe feels responsible for the death of a new ranch hand.
Rated: T 13,725 words