Two Painted Ponies, One Tender Heart (by DebbieB)
Summary: Little Joe was always known for talking to his horse, ever wonder why and what started it? Well, here’s my theory. Be prepared for an array of mixed emotions.
Rated: PG (15,950 words)
Two Painted Ponies Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
As the Old Year Ends – A New Year’s Poem (by KateP)
Summary: Wishes for the new year as the old year ends.
Rating: G (140 words)
A Fitting Goodbye (by Kenda)
Summary: A story inspired by the 14th season aired episode “Stallion.” Joe has been the person his father leaned on during the difficult months after Hoss’s death. Now it’s Ben who must help Joe find a way to say a fitting goodbye to the brother he loved.
Rated: K (5,415 words)
The Ghost of Christmas Past (by Susan G)
Summary: An innocent conversation from five years before leads to devastating consequences in the present.
Word Count: 13,000 Rated: T
Small Gifts (by EPM)
Summary: An accident only a few days before Christmas reveals the meaning behind the thought of Small Gifts.
WC 3300 Rating K
Why Jesus is Better Than Santa (by DebbieB)
Summary: As explained to Little Joe by his father and brothers.
Rated G WC 1,780 words
Before Christmas (by DBird)
Summary: A fight, a flower, and a little bit of faith. A Bonanza fable for Christmas.
Rated: K+. WC 3600
Between Heaven and Earth: The Aftermath (by Susan G)
Summary: A WHN for the episode, Between Heaven and Earth.
Rating: T (5,480 words)
Deluge (by Susan G)
Summary: Fighting against Mother Nature, all it had to do was stop raining and they could go home.
Rating: T (2,535 words)
A Christmas Story (by AdamJoeLuver)
Summary: Adam and Joe are alone the week before Christmas. Joe gets sick, but can Adam help him? Finally bad news comes. Ben, Hoss, and Hop Sing might not make it home for Christmas.
Rating: G 4,475 words
Nothing But the Truth (by Susan G)
Summary: On the precipice of an Indian uprising; can Ben prevent the unimaginable?
Rating: T (23,200 words)
Black Stallion (by Susan G)
Summary: Pa’s away, leaving the boys in charge of….what else? Trouble.
Rating: T (36,380 words)
After the Last Viking (by Susan G)
Summary: A WHN for the episode “The Last Viking”
Rating: T (13 730 words)
Lady in Blue (by Susan G)
Summary: Taking an alternate route home with a wagon full of grain places Joe’s life in danger. While waiting to be rescued he encounters a lovely lady.
Rating: T (5,100 words)
Legacy from New Orleans (by Susan G)
Summary: There’s more than meets the eye when a man named Charles Dumont and his ward appear at the Ponderosa.
Rating: T (29,550 words)
