Bonanza Brand FanFiction Library

Summary:  Betrayal, wounded pride, and jealousy result in one hot tempered brother missing, one having nightmares, one logical brother searching … all is not as you might think.

Rated:  T  WC  8600

Summary:  New Year’s Day in 1865 rings in both unspeakable sorrow and unbridled hope for Joe.  Reference is made to Between Heaven and Earth.

Rated:  T —  2200 words

Summary:  Adam, alone and hurt in the desert, is comforted by a stranger.  

Rated:  K+   WC  1700

Summary: Ben’s awakens on Christmas morning, but what happened to his boys?

Rated: K  WC 800

Summary:  Hoss surprises the family by coming home with a wife. Only one problem…her brother wants her inheritance bad enough to kill.

Rating:  K+  (22,200 words)

Summary: Joe receives a very special gift and learns to follow his dreams, with some surprises along the way.  

Rated: K  (3,110 words)

Summary:  I was thinking about how due to Dan Blocker’s death the Cartwright’s lost Hoss. This short piece came to me and I had to write it down.

Rating:  K (540 words)

Summary: Did Amy Bishop know of Joe’s love affair with Julia Bulette? If she did, what did she think of it? How did she come to terms with it once she herself was in a relationship with him?  Written in response to the ‘Missing Scenes’ challenge here on BB, and inspired by a question posed on another site.

Rated: K+ WC 7900

Summary: This is the third of the four stories revolving around Adam’s Bible (the Bible Elizabeth had used when she was young.) The Bible was thought ruined in The Book of Joseph, but was restored in The Book of Ben, and is now ready to be sent to Adam in Boston. Ben tells his middle son that he should write Adam a letter to enclose along with the Bible. But after Hoss has a particularly miserable day tending his sick brother and father, he pens a letter to Adam letting him know exactly how he feels.

It is not necessary to read the other stories to enjoy this one. Each book provides a look at love and lessons learned in the young Cartwright family. Thank you for reading.

Rating: K  (6,565 words)

A Circle of Family series, links to all the stories within the series included.

Rating: K  WC 2500

Summary: Three short WHIB scenes for Vengeance written for the November fanfic challenge.

Summary:  Did you ever wonder why Joe was obsessive about hunting creatures of the night in My Brother’s Keeper and Marie, My Love?

Rated:  T  WC  2500

Rating: T

Word Count-1243

Summary: Some men stand by their principles, even when there may be a high price to pay for it.  A WHIB for Death at Dawn.

Summary: Written in response to the October chaps and spurs challenge, in honour of Mike Landon’s birthday.  Joe stays in town, after the Halloween dance, to enjoy a game of poker with his friends, but soon wishes he had gone home with his brothers

 Rated: K+ (1,960 words)

Summary:  Joe is found in a ravine with mysterious injuries.  He has a dark journey into his own memory to discover how he got there and why his brother is in danger.

Rated:  T  WC 7800

Summary: In my “Just a….” stories, the characters conspire plots on behalf of fanfic writers and readers. These are silly dalliances showing that our boys know who we are, what we do to them and what we want them to do. 

PAGE 2:  Just a Little Disagreement: Adam comes home with a black eye and a poor excuse for how he got it, so his family helps him produce a better plot.***For the results of their efforts, see the dramatic story, “The Dawson Gang.”
PAGE 3: Just a Poker Game: Joe comes home late from a poker game without a story worth telling, so Adam helps him concoct a plot intense enough to satisfy SJS fans everywhere.***For the results, see the dramatic story, “Loser Take All.”

Rated: K+  WC  4600