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)
Before A Rose… (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Inspired by The Mother of All Challenges, to write a story featuring one or more of the Cartwrights in any time period (prequel, season 1-14, sequel, AU), in which Virginia City is an integral part of the tale.
Rating: K (4,030 words)
This is my story.
Virginia City, Nevada — Home of the Comstock Lode. A place where things happen twenty-four hours a day. Thirty thousand people called it home at the peak of the gold and silver rush. A boom town!
Little Joe and the Punch Bowl (by BettyHT)
Summary: Little Joe just doesn’t do well when he visits that punch bowl too often. The first chapter is a story told mostly in Joe’s dialogue and Little Joe’s thoughts. The second is narration from Little Joe’s POV.
rating = PG WC = 2394
Four Corners (by BettyHT)
Summary: The story starts with a horse race as the three Cartwright brothers take on a challenge, but the story continues with romances, tragedy, heartache, an abduction that takes Adam to Australia, and troubles at home until all the issues can be resolved. There are three parts to the story with Four Corners, Dreams, and Turbulence and Trouble.
Rating = T WC = 81,104
Rosalie Series, links to stories within the series are included.
the return (by LC)
Summary: When you’re gone for a while, the atmosphere can shift…
Rating: K Word count: 601
How Do I Tell Him (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam suffers the consequences of a man trying to get revenge on Joe, but it’s the secrets that are revealed in the aftermath of that which cause Adam to temporarily leave the Ponderosa to heal emotionally as well as physically. His sojourn leads him to discoveries and opportunities as well as danger that helps him understand what happened.
Rating = T WC = 29,938
Lydia Series, links to stories within the series are included.
