Posted in Hop Sing Writing Challenges

No Time (by Belle)

Summary:  When hop Sing faces a difficult Christmas season, he discovers the true value of time.
Rating:  G  1,835 words
Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar

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Posted in Poetry Writing Challenges

The Brightest Gift (by wx4rmk)

Summary: Adam finds an old miner’s lamp and shares the history with his family.
Rating:  G  265 words

Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar

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Posted in Hoss Cartwright Writing Challenges

Tidings of Joy (by PSW)

Summary:  From near and far, greetings abound throughout Virginia City.
Rating:  G  1,560 words

Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar

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Posted in Poetry Writing Challenges

Ponderosa Haiku (by wx4rmk)

Summary:  No one signed up for the fourth, so this day was opened to all members in the Forums to try their hand at writing poetry for the season.
Rating:  G  35 words
Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar

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Posted in Poetry Writing Challenges

Remember, Remember (by faust)

Summary:  No one signed up for the fourth, so this day was opened to all members in the Forums to try their hand at writing poetry for the season.
Rating:  G  230 words
Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar

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Posted in Poetry Writing Challenges

Ponderosa Christmas (by AC1830)

Summary:  No one signed up for the fourth, so this day was opened to all members in the Forums to try their hand at writing poetry for the season.
Rating:  G  135 words

Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar

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Posted in Poetry Writing Challenges

Christmas Has Come (by mcfair_58)

Summary:  No one signed up for the fourth, so this day was opened to all members in the Forums to try their hand at writing poetry for the season.
Rating:  G  350 words

Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar

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Posted in Poetry Writing Challenges

Trimming the Tree (by DJK)

Summary:  No one signed up for the fourth, so this day was opened to all members in the Forums to try their hand at writing poetry for the season.
Rating:  G  135 words

Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar

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Posted in Drama Hoss Cartwright Writing Challenges

Comfort and Joy (by DJK)

Summary: Fourteen-year-old Hoss has a plan.  With the help of Little Joe and Old Ned, he may just be able to surprise Pa and Adam this Christmas.
Rating:  G  3,900 words

Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar

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Posted in Alternate Universe Drama What Happened Next/Later Writing Challenges

Between Forever and Where No One Stands Alone (by BluewindFarm)

Summary:  A benefactor arranges for the modernization of the Ponderosa.
Rating:  G  1,625 words

Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar

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Posted in Drama Prequel Writing Challenges

What He Wanted for Christmas (by DJK)

Summary:  Ben wants to indulge Adam by giving him the one present he requested, but wherever does one buy a battery for a thirteen-year-old?
Rating:  G  2,325 words

Written for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar

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Posted in Hurt/Comfort Joe Cartwright

In The Springtime (by bonanzagirl)

Summary: Joe is a regular at the Silver Dollar Saloon, so let’s look at some of these moments from the view of Sam, the bartender.
Rating: PG   Word Count: 7400

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Posted in Hoss / Joe Hurt/Comfort

The Miracle (By bonanzagirl)

Summary: A Christmas story. Joe and Hoss are heading out to control the herd
Rating: G Word Count: 3900

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Posted in Prequel

A New Friend (by AC1830)

Summary: One of the Cartwrights gets a big surprise for his birthday. Written for Dan Blocker’s Birthday.  Rating: G, Word Count: 2294 A New Friend   A horse is a thing of beauty – head raised proudly, mane and tail flying in the wind as it parades around. It’s enough…

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Posted in Brothers Prequel Short Stories

The Ugliest Christmas Ornament (by DJK)

Summary: Little Joe thinks an ornament is too ugly for the Cartwright tree. Adam has the opposite opinion in this slice-of-life vignette.
Rating: G 610 words

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