Bonanza Brand FanFiction Library

Summary:  Seventeen year old Adam risks his father’s anger when he brings home yet another stray, but help comes from a surprising source.

Rating:  G (3,990 words)

Summary:  As the weeks turn to months, Ben’s indifference weighs heavy on Adam’s shoulders.  Will it take a tragedy to bring him home?  And once home, will he see his son in a new light?

Rating:  T (14, 025 words)

Summary:  Ben Cartwright begins to see his boldest dreams take root and blossom, but dark clouds loom on the horizon.  The long-dreaded storm of the Civil War breaks, and the death of Marie plunges the Cartwrights into the darkest hour of their lives.

Rating: T   Word Count:  196,262

Heritage of Honor Series, links to all stories within the series are included.

Summary:.  While Adam and his wife, Teresa, are visiting with his family at the Ponderosa, someone from his (Adam’s) past arrives unexpectedly.   She is in deep trouble and desperately needs his help.  

Rating T (55,240 word)

Bloodlines Series, links to all stories within the series are included.

Summary: A sequel to the episode First Born.   A chance meeting in an hotel reunites Joe with his brother Clay. But is Clay’s past about to catch up with him again?

Rated:  T    (10,585 words)

Synopsis: Here’s a new “What Happened Next” for the episode “The Honor of Cochise”. Ever wonder what happened to Adam, or what his family told him about why his medical treatment was delayed?
Rating:  PG
Words:  2,650

Summary:  Trouble comes in all sizes and shapes.  This one is 5’5” and tough as an old boot.  A rare first person story.

Rating:  T (13,085 words)

Synopsis: Takes place many years after Loss and Legacy. It describes a possible future for the surviving members of the Cartwright family, as their legacy gets passed on to a new generation.
Rating:  G
Words:  3,500
Part of the Legacy Series, links included within

Synopsis: At age 16 Joe is already smug about the number of girls he dates, and teases his brothers about being too slow to get hitched. Hoss and Adam find the perfect vengeance when a widow woman and her three daughters come looking for Ben’s help with her son’s unjust guilty verdict. Ben is suspicious, but when he eventually catches on not only to what the elderly woman was up to but also why Adam and Hoss have planned such an elaborate party celebration, he sits backs and waits for the fun.

Rating:  Teen
Words:  12,477

Synopsis: A brief epilogue to Loss and Legacy, which attempts to clarify Adam’s reasons for his life choices.
Rating:  G
Words:  1400
Part of Legacy Series, links included within

Summary:  Ben learns a lesson in trust when an accident that claims the life of a young woman leaves him believing that Joe has lied to him.

Rating:  PG  (12,900 words)

Summary:  When Ben advertises back east for a new school teacher and gets a mail order bride instead, things start going haywire for the four Cartwrights, especially Ben.

Rated: PG  (8,000 words)

Summary: Joe worships his older brother Hoss, more so after being beaten by a gang of bullies who hold a grudge against the older brother.  Hoss then deems it his duty to become his younger brother’s protector.

Rated: PG13  Contains some graphic fight scenes. (22,375 words)

Summary:  Adam and Joe are at it again. When Joe’s temper gets the better of him and he screams out an obscenity, unknowingly cutting his usually reserved brother to the deepest core, Adam retaliates. The end result happens when brother must save brother from a pair of thugs with a grudge against Adam.  

Rated PG WC 24,300

Summary:  Teenage boys resembling Joe are going missing in Virginia City. When Joe, too, vanishes, Adam defies his father to save Joe. But will either of them survive?

Rated:  T    (11,030 words)

Stranger in our Midst Series, links to all stories within the series are included.