Pushed Away (by BettyHT)
Summary: These are some of Adam’s brooding thoughts about events before he left the Ponderosa. It’s a rather dark tone in the story. I wrote this many years ago, and I must have been in that kind of mood.
PG 4,150
On the Shores of the Lake (by BettyHT)
Summary: Five vignettes of family life tied in some way to the shore of Lake Tahoe. The first four are prequel stories.
PG 5,345
Stories and Memories (by BettyHT)
Summary: This is a sequel to Painful Truth with the same OCs. It is about sharing family stories and memories to pull members closer together by having a shared past.
PG 3,152
The Painful Truth (by BettyHT)
Summary: The Ponderosa is in crisis and the family asks Adam to come home to help, but that sets in motion a plot that leads to tragedy and loss and surprises too with the two drifters who showed up on the ranch.
22,010 T
The Beauty of the Heart (by Mo1427 and AC1830)
Summary: The Cartwright brothers notice something is different about their Pa, but can put a finger on it, at least not until the Orphanage Fundraiser picnic.
Rating: G, Word Count: 4713
Black Cat (by BettyHT)
Summary: A strange, unusual, and perhaps a bit weird out-of-this-world tale featuring Adam and explaining some Bonanza events but doing so with a supernatural twist.
PG 18,319
The Wooing of Abigail Jones as narrated by Hoss (by BettyHT)
Summary: A spoof. All is not as it seems in this version of the story.
PG 1,808
Brandy (by BettyHT)
Summary: A sequel to Mis-Everything. What appears to be a juicy scandal has the gossips joyful, but it’s not what they think. The real story is far more interesting. That romance works out far better than Joe’s tragic one that brings Adam full circle in facing a demon from his past.
PG 16,643
Mis-everything (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam has trouble finding success on his terms and returns home. His family worries about him because of his strange responses to situations. There’s a lot they don’t know and there are surprises for them and Adam.
PG 12,968
Detour Through a Snake Pit (by MissJudy)
Summary: !5-year-old Adam is awaiting a letter from San Francisco, but his plan to check for its arrival at Cass’ store are detoured by his father’s directive to head the opposite direction for the day instead. Something about this feels off to Adam, and he lets his frustration at being kept from his simple request billow into anger. After hearing something that seems to confirm his feeling that all is not right with this situation; he lets his emotions ride unchecked, causing a chain of painful events he has to sort through. He settles on writing it all out just as it happened, including each step and misstep he made and the feeling that drove it. Meanwhile his father will have to examine his part it what happened as well, and we see this conclusion through Adam’s eyes as well.
Rating: K Word Count: 16841
Long and Dusty Road (by BettyHT)
Summary: Adam works with Roy against a notorious outlaw gang, but the whole family gets involved in the drama. Water, the lack of it, and a water trough are all part of the story.
Rating: T Word count: 5,994
The Mine (by BettyHT)
Summary: Respecting the wishes of a hero who wished his actions to remain unknown except to his community, a newspaperman writes the story of those actions to be included in the man’s eulogy when it should become necessary.
Rating: PG Word count: 2,360
In a Prescott Pickle (by BettyHT and wx4rmk)
Summary: Adam and Joe are delivering horses to a ranch in Prescott, Arizona. Knowing the two brothers are like oil and water, can they get there and back in one piece?
Rating: G, Word Count: 6336
1910 (by BettyHT)
Summary: On the occasion of Mark Twain’s death, Adam tells his grandson of a Hoss/Joe escapade, how he learned about it, and how he felt about it.
Rating: PG Word count: 1,142
His Own Way (by BettyHT)
Summary: The first Christmas after Hoss is gone is difficult for everyone even with Adam there.
Rating: PG Word count: 1223
