Bonanza Brand FanFiction Library

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

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

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

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

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

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

Summary: After several failed romances, Adam claims he needs a break from romancing women. But as the saying goes, never say never.  Written for the 2022 Camp in the Pines. 

Rating: K, Word count: 10,216

Summary: The first Christmas after Hoss is gone is difficult for everyone even with Adam there.
Rating: PG  Word count: 1223

Summary: Three young women, three moments in time, one man. A look into the thoughts of Elizabeth, Inger, and Marie as they contemplate the man known as Benjamin Cartwright.

Rating: K

Word Count: 1,033

Summary:  A found star brings back memories from a past Christmas.
Rating:  A  Words 2,050
Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Calendar

Summary: Those often ridiculed have vulnerable souls, too. Who better than a Cartwright to acknowledge that?
Rating:  G  Words 1,860
Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
A continuation of The Art-Universe, links to all stories included within

Summary:  Memories and traditions bring comfort and joy during Hanukkah and Christmas.
Rating:  G  Words 2,411
Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar

Summary: A special keepsake brings back Adam’s memories of the early history of Virginia City, and one unforgettable person in particular.
K+/ Word count: 1421
Written for the 2022 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar

Summary: Hoot tries to teach the Cartwrights a lesson but learns more than he ever expected. This is a prequel Christmas story.
Rating: PG  Word count: 2,295

The Cartwright brothers – you know them, you love them, but let’s face it – after all these years things have gotten pretty predictable around the Ponderosa. It’s the same old story in a nutshell…

Rating: G WC: 563