Bonanza Brand FanFiction Library

Summary: A WHI for “Desperate Passage.”  After rescuing Mary Burns from the Paiutes, Joe has to be saved as his attempt to mount an Indian pony and ride to safety goes awry.

Rating: T (Some Violence)  WC: 3396

Summary:  Twenty years etched into the memory of a man who stands at the crossroads of his life.  

Rating:  K (10,815 words)

Summary:  Griff King’s inner-thoughts on what made him change his mind about Hoss Cartwright’s true character . 1st Person POV

Rating: K   Word-Count: 2,685 

Summary: After a night of brotherly bonding is complicated by a group of distrustful vaqueros and a jug of pulque, the morning after — two days later — opens Adam’s eyes to a whole new dimension in his relationship with Little Joe.

Word Count: 4351 Rating: T

Summary:  Sexually explicit sections in the story that explains why Adam has been gone from the Ponderosa for eight years.  It is Adam centric but the other  Cartwrights have significant parts in the story as well.

Rating MA.  WC = 36118

Adam Just Series, links to stories within the series are included.

It might look like everyday business, but it’s more, much more. Ben makes some quite interesting observations, and Juliet learns something, too. 2,300 words

2450 words, rated K

The Art-Universe Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary –  It’s a small world; Bonanza style

Rated – G   /  Word count – 2,446

**Written for the 2014 Bonanza Roundup Writer’s Seminar**

Summary:  People have pegged Hoss as different his whole life.  Is he really that different from his father and brothers?

Written for the 2014 Bonanza Roundup 2 Writer’s Seminar.

1824 words

Summary:  The boys have been forced to accept heartrending loss.  Is it time to move on?  K+ (15,750 words)

In Absentia Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary:   A lost little girl, a restless Little Joe and a hungry puma converge, sparking a story that explores what it means to have family looking out for you–or counting on you to look out for them.

Rated: K+ (word count: 9,300)

Summary:  Little Joe’s escapade at Jack Wolf’s Place leads Adam into a serious situation.  

Rated Strong T warning: (mature ideas and references but no explicit content, mention of corporal punishment)  Word count: 8068

Summary:  A “What might have happened” story for the Crucible, this story tells of Adam’s experience as a 12-year-old with a madman who played games with his mind. It begins with a prologue from the Crucible, but then switches back 20 years to the time when Ben returns from New Orleans after completing a sacred promise made to Jean DeMarigny before he died. The boys have been living with a widow in the town near the Ponderosa, eagerly awaiting Pa’s return. Neither expect the surprise Ben brings back with him, but Hoss adapts easily to Marie, while Adam likes her, yet feels he doesn’t need a “mother.” A sacred promise Adam has made to his own mother puts him at odds with Ben. Adam leaves home and sets out to prove himself a man after hearing a conversation between Marie and Ben that indicates his father plans to send his oldest son away since he won’t do as he’s told. All goes well until a man named Levi shows up and unleashes his own personal war against Adam.

Rating: T               Word Count:  30,000

Summary:  A companion story for the episode, Second Sight.

Rating:  K+ (9,680 words)

Summary:  A What Happened Instead to The Crucible. What if Joe went with Adam? WARNINGS: Rated due to bad language, descriptive violence, and extremely harmful injuries.

Rating:  T   Word count: 58390