Til We Meet Again (by bahj)
Summary – It’s a small world; Bonanza style
Rated – G / Word count – 2,446
**Written for the 2014 Bonanza Roundup Writer’s Seminar**
Different (by Patina)
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
In Absentia (by Belle)
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.
Big Sisters, Little Brothers and Moving Mountains (by freyakendra)
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)
Fallen Angel (by DJK)
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
Sacred Promises / Malicious Games (by MissJudy)
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
Life’s Lessons (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: A companion story for the episode, Second Sight.
Rating: K+ (9,680 words)
He Would Have (by DJK)
Summary: A short WHN for Hoss’s loss of Margie.
Rating: K+ Word Count: 694
In the Shadow of Love (by bahj)
Summary – Told in jigsaw puzzle fashion, follow Adam Cartwright as pieces from the past eventually come together to form his future in this story of love, courage, and sacrifice.
Rated PG-13 (Violence and Thematic Elements) Word Count – 30,501
Never Forgotten (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: A most important day in the life of young Little Joe, and he feels neglected.
Rating: K (2,075 words)
Into the Light (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)
Summary: Sequel to ‘Living in Darkness’.
Rating K+ (4,100 words)
Living in Darkness Series, links to stories within the series are included.
Cartwrights Return or a Story of The Prodigals (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Adam left the Ponderosa more than ten years ago; and now, a letter has arrived announcing his intent to return. This story is his, as well as his family’s.
Rating: T – for minor cursing. (53,360 words)
The Truth (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Missing scenes, The Trap. A man’s belief that his wife is having an affair sets events into motion that ultimately drive Joe to challenge a lawman to a gunfight; the only way he can see to prove his innocence, of the affair and of two murders.
Rating: T (1,440 words)
Mariah (by Tauna Petit-Strawn)
Summary: Adam has been in a wheelchair for two years when a woman dressed in ‘men’s clothing’ approaches Ben for a job. Upon Adam’s recommendation, he agrees. Now’s ranchers are having a problem with rustlers; is their new hand a friend or foe?
Rating: T (7,375 words)
Haunted (by freyakendra)
After Little Joe’s testimony helps put a noose around the neck of a murderer, his nightmares are nothing compared to the reality that comes to haunt him.
Rated: T (word count: 25,450)
