Newest Story – Party Hearty, A REALLY Lost Episode – See summary below. Posted 8.7.2021
A Moment Just Before Dark – by Robin
Summary: A prequel story that includes the Milfords from The Hayburner.
Rating: G 9,630 words
Bed Time #1 – Before Bedtime – by Robin
Summary: It’s bed time on the Ponderosa for three-year old Little Joe.
Rating: K 6,860 words
Bed Time #2 – Before Bedtime too – by Robin
Summary: Another night and another bed time
Rating: T 6,400 words
Bed Time #3 – Bed Time 1848 – by Robin
Summary: It’s bed time in 1848.
Rating: K 4,420 words
Ben and Miss Barbara – by Robin
Summary: Between the trial and Paiutes, tensions are running high in and around Virginia City.
Rating: T 9,410 words
Cherry Tree Saga (The) – by Robin
Summary: Like the ever changing seasons, life blooms and dies on the Ponderosa.
Rating T 140,000 words
Summary: What happen next for the episode, The Hayburner.
Rating: T 20,375 words
He was Brave that Day – by Robin
Summary: It all started with Hoss saving the life of a neighbor.
Rating: T 6,800 words
It All Started with a Haircut – by Robin
Summary: I have been fascinated by the characters of Cora and Enos Milford, the affectionate, bickering couple in “The Hayburner”. Clearly they are old friends of the Cartwrights, have great affection for them and knew Adam, Hoss and Joe as boys. I wondered how the Milfords and the Cartwrights might have first met and came up with this story, “It all Started with a Haircut” .
Rating: K 6,835 words
Summary: A look back and understanding how the past influenced the present.
Rating: T 7,266 words
Summary: Did Little Joe really see what he thought he saw? Adam can’t believe the implications of Joe’s revelation.
Rating: T 7,645
Robin’s Tongue-in-cheek and somewhat risqué stories.
A Bittersweet Memory of Two Pink Snowballs – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: It’s more than Hostess’ “Greatest Comeback in the History of Forever”
Rating: M 2,870 words
A Brady Bonanza – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Brady Bonanza
Rating: T 4,360 words
A Moving Tale #1 – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: There’s no reason, but a story to send any woman’s heart a-fluttering.
Rating: M 3,040 words
A Moving Tale #2 – The Golden Saloon – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: How to cure a broken heart.
Rating: M 2,380 words
A Peep Came this Way – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Pa should have known better than to let Jamie run an errand. A WHI for A Stranger Passed This Way.
Rating: T 13,480 words
Adam Discovers Secrets – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: The pitfalls and nightmares of being the eldest.
Rating: T 3,025 words
Adam’s Memoirs – Part 1 – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Adam’s memories from his early years.
Rating: T 2,400 words
Adam’s Memoirs – Part 2 – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: How I Got A Lifelong Reputation for Being a Hard Worker or How Little Joe Learned to Iron Sheets
Rating: T 1,650 words
Adam’s Memoirs – Part 3 – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Getting lucky with Mary.
Rating: T 1,770 words
Adam’s Memoirs – Part 4 – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Visiting Dustville Junction
Rating: T 2,700 words
Adam’s Memoirs – Part 5 – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Sailors, Lilly, and the Gold Thief
Rating: T 2,000 words
Adam’s Memoirs – Part 6 – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Pa Teaches me to be a Man of Few Words
Rating: T 2,600 words
Adam’s Memoirs – Part 7 – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Educating My Brothers was Never Easy
Rating: T 2,140 words
And on the Seventh Day – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: It’s all about the seventh day.
Rating: T 3,840 words
Autumn on the Ponderosa – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: It happened one autumn.
Rating: T 1,375 words
Avenging Debbie – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Debbie has been disrespected by a rude video clerk and the Cartwrights avenge her.
Rating: T 1,040 words
Back from Back East – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: An explanation of why only one son when to college.
Rating: T 860 words
Bath Water — a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: When you don’t have indoor plumbing.
Rating: T 1,030 words
Belated Holiday Greeting in a Letter from Joe – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: A holiday letter to Mitch, from Joe.
Rating: T 2,600 words
Ben Raised His Boys RIGHT – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: The trials of a Cartwright father.
Rating: T 1,080 words
Beyond Looney – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: We find the need to apologize to Looney Tunes.
Rating: T 4,640 words
Bonanza Carol – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Our apologies to Charles Dickens as Virginia City lives its own version of A Christmas Carol.
Rating: T 28,30 words
Bring in the Clones – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: The Cartwrights are watching the news regarding a cloned baby.
Rating: T 2,050 words
Buck and Matt – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Shirtless Cartwright ALERT!!! This episode is dedicated to all those who are fans of bare-chested cowboys.
Rating: T 1,730 words
Café Scene (The) – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Ben raised them better than this. We know he did.
Rating: T 870 words
Camp Fire Tales — a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: What else is there to do around a camp fire?
Rating: T 1,550 words
Cartwright Figure Skating Challenge (The) – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: In honor of Susan Grote, and her love of ice skating championships.
Rating: T 4,050 words
Chickens (The) – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: A Squawking tale about a shipment of chickens for Hop Sing.
Rating: T 1,850 words
Clouds – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: The Missing Scenes from Truckee Strip
Rating: T 1,510 word
Commitment of Charlie Angelus (The) — a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: If only they hadn’t stopped in that town.
Rating: T 1,140 words
Cooking with Steamy Julia – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Cooking isn’t the only thing happening in the kitchen, and elsewhere.
Rating: M 715 words
Dead Mule Story (The) – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: With these three sons, this tale should never have been told. They’re your sons, Ben.
Rating: T 1,225 words
Death Star — a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: With Rona’s permission, I am posting “Death Star” as inspired by her Adam Death fic.
Rating: T 2,620 words
Desert Wallets — a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: The episode pulled from syndication after only two airings.
Rating: T 2,380 words
Father of the Year – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Little Joe writes to Oprah Winfrey about his Pa.
Rating: T 3,750 words
First Born Returns (The) — a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Clay Stafford returns to the Ponderosa.
Rating: T 2,500 words
Fondue #1 – Marie, My Fondue – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Joe asks Ben about his mother, and learns more than he bargained.
Rating: T 980 words
Fondue #2 – Fondue Too – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: The sequel to Marie, My Fondue.
Rating: T 935 words
Fondue #3 – The Third Fondue Tale: Heidi – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Why Pa Yodels
Rating: T 1,730 words
Goat Cheese on the Ponderosa – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: A variation on A Stranger Passed this Way.
Rating: T 1,440
Green Jell-O Mold (The) – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: The Worst Fan Fic Ever Written….so far… and it includes recipes too!
Rating: T 12,140 words
Head Examining on the High Sierra! – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: The aftermath of Tirza.
Rating: T 2,570 words
Homing Pigeon — a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: When it’s only men, they become slightly distracted on the risque’ side when discussing pigeons, or was it horses?
Rating: T 2,500 words
Houston, We have a Problem on the Ponderosa — a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: There’s a problem, and only Houston can help the Cartwrights.
Rating: T 1,100 words
In Memoriam to Borelli — a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: A WHN for The Deadliest Game. They’ve come from all over to pay their respects, and we find that really nothing is sacred to this group.
Rating: T 2,940 words
Kane’s Bidet – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: An investigational report of epic too much information proportions.
Rating: T 1,150 words
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
Knowing isn’t Everything –a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: The ‘Brain Game’ Bonanza style.
Rating: T 1,480 words
Long Johns, Nightwear, and Pantyhose on the Ponderosa — a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Wondering if lumps of coal are in store this Christmas.
Rating: T 1,915 words
Love Paddle Boat (The) – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Love, exciting and new. Come aboard, we’re expecting you…..
Rating: T 3,785 words
Magician and the Pirate (The) – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Strangers arrive in Virginia City who turn out to be, who else, old-time friends of Ben.
Rating: T 2,980 words
Martha Stewart on Bonanza – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: A look at a visit by Martha Stewart.
Rating: T 1,185 words
Men in Black / The Men in Jail (The) — a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Adam finds himself in jail after running into trouble; if only he’d not left the Ponderosa.
Rating: T 1,680 words
Missing Adam — a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Ponderosa is the place to be. Ranch living is the life for me. Land spreadin’ out so far and wide. Keep Ole Boston, just give me that countryside.
Rating: T 3,070 words
My Son, My Son, My Canceled Wedding — a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Even my own stories aren’t safe from a REALLY Lost Episode story. Inspired by A Modern Cartwrights Story 4 – Remnants of the Past.
Rating: T 2,625 words
My Sons, My Sons, My Sons — a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: And a Partridge on the Ponderosa.
Rating: T 2,900 words
Next BIG Bonanza (The) — a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: It’s better than the General Store or the Mercantile.
Rating: T 1,740 words
No Man Wants to be Bossed – by Robin
Summary: An excerpt from “Frozen in Time.”
Rating: K+ Word Count: 2907
Olympic Inheritance (The) — a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Beyond their wildest dreams? Well, it happened.
Rating: T 2,60 words
Party Hearty, A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Another Really lost episode.
Rating: T Words 3181
Return of Old Sheba (The) — a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: It is said they have an extremely long memory.
Rating: T 9,390 words
Return to Eastgate – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Ben should have remembered. A what happened later for The Crucible.
Rating: T 4,200 words
Reward (The) — a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Life on the Ponderosa after Adam returns home from college.
Rating: T 7,700 words
S*x Scenes – a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: It all started over an argument about socks.
Rating: T 3, 125 words
Shanklin: The Unedited Version — a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: A missing scene that ended up on the cutting room floor of Shanklin.
Rating: T 2,233
Strong, Yet Sensitive on the Comstock – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: A behind the scenes look at the second longest running western series, Bonanza.
Rating: T 2,250 words
Stubby Smith and Duffy Duff – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: This was one of those episodes that came along every once in a while that focused more on the guest stars and didn’t have enough screen time for the Cartwrights.
Rating: T 3,890 words
Tale of a Cougar and Death – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Mix the Cartwright brothers and the Bonner brothers, and this is what you get, more than you bargained for.
Rating: T 2,100 words
Things You’ll Never Hear in a Western Movie – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Yep, the title explains this story.
Rating: T 4,165 words
Three Blind Tales – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Nope, it’s not the Three Blind Mice.
Rating: T 3,755 words
Tiger Puzzle (The) – a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: The Cartwright brothers come to the aid of sister; however, will they be able to help the damsels in distress? If you know the brothers, you know where this is going — risque’.: T 1,135 words
Twins… Separated at Birth – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Oh, please. No! Not them!
Rating: T 7,340 words
Watching ‘Ponderosa’ – a REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: It couldn’t beat the original, but sure was good for a REALLY Lost Episode.
Rating: T 1,110 words
When the Moon Hits Your Eye Like a Big Ponderosa Pie — A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: Inspired by the famous song sung by Perry Como and Dean Martin.
Rating: T 1,500 words
Yes, Virginia, There is a Cartwright Family – A REALLY Lost Episode – by Robin
Summary: The question every little girl wants to know the answer.
Rating: T 805 words
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Stories co-written by Robin & GinnyF
A Modern Cartwrights Story #1 – Windmills & Rembrances – by Robin & GinnyF
Summary: A modern-day Cartwright / Dallas cross-over: What happens when JR Ewing sets his sites on the Ponderosa.
Rating: PG-13 37,800 words
A Modern Cartwrights Story #2 – Substitutes in the Cemetery – by GinnyF
Summary: A continuation of A Modern Cartwrights Story.
Rating: PG 1,215 words
A Modern Cartwrights Story #3 – A Quarter’s Worth of Glory: Joe in the Infernal Machine – by Robin
Summary: Headlines ripped from the daily newspaper in this modern era tale of the Cartwrights.
Rating: K+ 775 word
A Modern Cartwrights Story #4 – A Passing Stranger – by Robin & GinnyF
Summary: This Modern Day Cartwrights story is based on the Bonanza episode “A Stranger Passed this Way”.
Rating: PG 46,475 words
A Modern Cartwrights Story #5 – Remnants of the Past – by Robin & GinnyF
Summary: Most of the action in this tale takes place in the spring and summer of 2000. We have included elements and characters who appeared in a few Bonanza episodes including “The Truckee Strip”, “Rich Man Poor Man”, “The Infernal Machine”, “The Countess”, “First Born”, “Denver McKee” and “The Abduction” as well as characters and plot lines we created for our other modern Cartwright tales.
Rating: PG 33,150 words
Light up the Winter Darkness – by Robin & GinnyF
Summary: This is a Bonanza Christmas/Chanukah story. One Christmas morning the Cartwrights go in rescue of a stranded family, who unbeknowst to the Cartwrights are being held hostage by bank robbers.
Rated: PG13 for some harsh language and a fight scene 10,975 words
Summary: a WHN for “A Stranger Passed This Way”
Rated: K+ 6,330 words
