Bonanza Brand FanFiction Library

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 short WHN for Hoss’s loss of Margie.  

Rating: K+  Word Count: 694

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

Summary:  A most important day in the life of young Little Joe, and he feels neglected.

Rating:  K (2,075 words)

Summary:  Sequel to ‘Living in Darkness’.

Rating K+ (4,100 words)

Living in Darkness Series, links to stories within the series are included.

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)

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) 

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)

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)

Story by story in this series, Kate becomes more and more involved in Adam’s life first acting as his nurse several times when he is injured as he faces troubles, and then as his love interest.  She has an unhappy past though which Adam has to unravel to win her heart, and then they face heartache as well as joy together.  She is introduced in this first story as Adam faces a significant challenge and his family deals with heartache.

WC = 99,150   Rating — T

SUMMARY:  A time of contemplation as a man reflects on what’s happened in the past, and what good could come from any of it. —  ‘How am I gonna be an optimist about this?’

Rating:  K  (695 words)

Summary: Two years after being blinded in an accident, Little Joe returns home from the blind school. What next? Another note is included.

Rated T (9,800 words)

Living in Darkness Series, links to stories within the series are included.

Summary:  Her dream is a reality and now they wait for the most important delivery.

Rating:  T  (3,590 words)

The Vision Series, links to stories within the series are included.