Say Something – Lessons of the Heart (by MissJudy)
Summary: This is a grouping of short stories that show Adam in situations where he is left speechless when it comes to matters of the heart. It begins with a story of youthful naivete, and each progressions shows another episode where he learns something new about love. loss, mistakes and finding a the right person.
Rating: T (One section has an adult theme) Word Count: 22,056
Date Night (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam hopes to have a wonderful night with a special lady in this light romantic story.
(2,365 words) Rating = T
Rosalie Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Mea Culpa (by Krystyna)
Summary: Evil comes in many different guises, and Adam discovers that some things are not quite as they seem. When the evil stretches out and harms Joe, Adam realises he has a lot to do to protect himself and his family from even greater harm.
Rating ‘G’ (26,485 words)
Sharp Draw (by BettyHT)
Summary: Ben has to accept that his youngest is growing up. His older sons help him and Little Joe make that transition with one very important lesson that Little Joe has to learn from Adam and Hoss.
Rating = PG WC = 1153
The Army Horses (by Lyn Robinson)
Summary: You’ve heard the saying, ‘Loose lips sink ships’? Joe learns a valuable lesson and Adam could pay the ultimate price when the family attempts to deliver a herd of horses to the Army.
Rating: K+ WC 10,000
Lies and Losses (by BettyHT)
Summary: In Illinois, Ben has more trouble with McWhorter and loses someone dear to him because of it. Story follows a different path but eventually the whole family will be together on the Ponderosa. It may take some time for that to happen however. It’s based on a story idea suggested by a reader. Thank you, Sylvia, for the story idea that got me started.
Rating – PG13 WC = 36301
No Shovel Needed (by justafan)
Summary: Once again, Little Joe finds himself facing the music. Hoss and Adam are amused by the current situation, although Ben thinks it is no laughing matter. Sometimes, the Cartwrights can dig a very deep hole without using a shovel.
Rating K+ Number of Words: 1,798
An Excellent Plan (by BettyHT)
Summary: A guest on the Ponderosa finds her time monopolized with activities planned by Adam and Joe. Hoss comes up with a plan to change all of that.
Rating = PG WC = 1455
Grandfather and Grandson (by Sibylle)
Summary: Adam and his small grandson make some discoveries about what really matters in life.
Rating: K (1,600 words)
Grand Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Does He Like Women? (by BettyHT)
Summary: Joe’s lady friend has a question about Adam and Joe hatches a scheme to give her the answer, but there are complications.
Rating = PG WC = 1857
Roots and Wings (by Visage)
Summary: Hoss turns to a trusted friend for advice when Adam is due home from College.
Rating: G (1,245 words)
A Degree In Engineering Can Be Deadly (by BettyHT)
Summary: Written for the Thinking Man Challenge. Adam’s education gets him into a dangerous situation when bank robbers decide he’s the man they need to send into a mine and retrieve their loot from a bank robbery. One big problem, the mine tunnel is partially collapsed from an earthquake.
rating = PG WC = 3865
It’s Not a Game (by BettyHT)
Summary: After some problems at home, Adam sets off on what his father expects to be a one or two year absence, but circumstances take Adam to many countries and eventually to refuge far from home for years before it is safe for him to return. However there’s danger at home as well.
Rating = T WC = 102,217
Studio Executives #1 – The Real History of “The Crucible” (by pjb)
Summary: A light-hearted look behind the scenes at how one of Bonanza’s most cherished episodes just might have come to be.
Rated K, WC 1200
Studio Executives series, links to all the stories are included within.
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)