Little Man, Big Man (by DebbieB)
Summary: Joe, so wrapped up in self-pity, and fed up with his family’s constant teasing, takes a long ride that ends up leading him straight into disaster and his first real taste of what it’s like to be the big man of the family.
Rated: G (10,325 words)
To Remember Always – by Lynnette
Synopsis: Joe returns home late from a trip and finds that Ben, realizing Joe was going to be late, has sent Hoss to Pineville in place of him. All seems well until Ben and Joe receive a telegraph from Pineville informing them of an unfortunate shootout resulting in Hoss’s death. As Ben needs time too himself to grieve, it is up to his youngest son to pick up the responsibilities around the ranch and push aside his own feelings to allow his father this time. Moving from one responsibility to the next keeps Joe from thinking about the tremendous loss he feels until a couple of days later when he comes across a letter in his father’s desk addressed to him………from his brother, Hoss.
Rating: Teen Word Count: 8,100
Payback for a Kill (by HelenB & JennyD)
Summary: A WHN for Credit for a Kill.
Rating: T (15,700 words)
Payback for a Kill (by JennyD & HelenB)
Summary: A WHN for Credit for a Kill.
Rating: T (15,700 words)
The Breaking Game (by Rona)
Summary: An accident leads to self-doubt for Joe, until a potential disaster restores his faith in himself.
Rated: T (9,350 words)
Black Shadow (by EileenK)
Summary: An attempted murder and a trial are the settings for a “Who Done It” mystery.
Rating and Reader Alerts: G
Words: 20,300
Mirror Image (by J7339)
Summary: Joe’s cousin Philippe from Louisana turns up unexpectedly and together they cause some mischief. But someone from the past soon turns up to take out some revenge on Philippe. Can he be sure that he has the right cousin?
Rated: K+ (43,895 words)
A Different Kind of Vengeance (by Rona)
Summary: After Hoss is bushwhacked and badly injured, Joe vows to find the men who did it, even though he was injured, too.
Rated: K+ (8,300 words)
Gossamer Dreams (by DebbieB)
Summary: ‘And love is sheer magic for it’s woven of Gossamer dreams, enchantingly real, that people in love are privileged to feel.’ Found unconscious and near death, a young destitute woman and her two children take Joe Cartwright home with them in hopes of saving his life. Love blossoms, but Joe knows something about the woman’s husband…and his conscience forces him to share it with her.
Rated: PG (19,150 words)
Gossamer Dreams Series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
Confronting the Past (by Katie)
Summary: When you least expect it, the past is right in front of you.
Rating: T (2,035 words)
Becky’s Bonanza World Anthology (by BeckyS)
Summary: The vignettes contained within were written and posted in the long-gone Bonanza World website. Individually, they are too short to post in the Brand Library as stand alone stories, so we have created this anthology to help preserve these stories.
Rating: G
The Worst that Could Happen (by Rona)
Summary: On his return home, Adam finds Joe’s life in danger. But is everything as it seems? This story has a sort of Halloween connection, but isn’t spooky.
Rated: T (4,555 words)
First Notch (by DebbieB)
Summary: “Sooner or later, the day will come when a man will force you into a shootout, and there will be no way out of it, except kill or be killed.” Adam shared a bit of wisdom with his youngest brother the day that Joe was permitted to wear a sidearm for the first time. Little did either brother realize how soon those words would come back to haunt them.
Rated: PG for mild violence (12,850 words)
Avenging Debbie (by Robin)
Summary: Debbie has been disrespected by a rude video clerk and the Cartwrights avenge her.
Rating: T (1,040 words)
Wagon Train to Hell (by Rona)
Summary: After a disaster in a nearby township, Joe goes along on a mercy mission. However, nothing goes quite as smoothly as he expected.
Rated: T (9,875 words)
