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.
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.
Truth Begets A Peaceful Heart (by Julee)
Summary: The Cartwrights have a troublesome dispute on their hands and Adam has a new love interest, both of which, influence the day to day happenings of the entire family as they live and work together on the Ponderosa.
Rating: T Word Count: 91,250
Longest Night (by sklamb)
Summary: Rose McNair gives Dan De Quille an interview after Virginia City’s great fire. A “What Happened Elsewhere” for The Night Virginia City Died.
Rated: K WC:2500
The Unwanted Return (by LuvAdam9)
Summary: This is a story told by the Cartwright family, each telling his part as it unfolds. This is a story of revenge, mystery, and family.
Word Count: 6507 Rating: K+
First Comes Marriage (by BettyHT)
Summary: It’s a romantic farce as Ben goes to talk to the new school teacher to deliver an invitation to dinner. Things get very complicated very quickly with an unexpected consequence you might expect in a farce. PG 1,701
Father and Son Escapade (by BettyHT)
Summary: Ben is insulted and enlists Hoss in an effort to get even with the man who insulted him. Hoss is at first reluctant but finds he has as much fun as his father in the quest to get even. PG 1,147
A Ponderosa Pine for Christmas (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam goes to Tennessee on business but finds personal concerns outweigh business considerations. A light romantic adventure.
WC =10,935 Rating = PG13
