Bonanza Brand FanFiction Library

Summary: The trouble with grownups was that they were always busy.  Too busy, to Little Joe’s mind. 
Rating:  G
Words:  3,520
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar

Summary: Something’s wrong and the fix comes from an unexpected source
Rating: G
Words: 1,170
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar

Summary:  Christmastime on the Ponderosa with a young Cartwright family.
Rating:  G
Words:  8,620
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar

Summary:  On Christmas Eve, Hop Sing shares with the Cartwrights the meaning of the Christmas bells in his own life.
Rating:  G
Words:  2,440
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar

Summary:  He only did what he needed to do.
Rating:  G
Words:  160
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar

Summary: Adam tells no ordinary bedtime story on Christmas Eve
Rating:  G
Words:  2,380
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar

Summary:  Though many people choose to write a story for the Advent Calendar, members are free to choose how they wish to respond to their prompt.
Drawn for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar.

Summary: Adam intended to introduce his youngest brother to good literature, but you know Little Joe – instead of culture, he found trouble!  
Rating:  G
Words:  4,500 
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar

Summary: Death doesn’t put an end to our relationships with the ones we love. Especially at Christmas!
Rating:  G
Words:  1,655
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar

Summary:  Man and Nature conspire against the Cartwright brothers making it home for Christmas.
Rating:  G
Words: 8,220
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar

Summary: It’s suddenly Christmas, and Adam has to come up with an alternative plan. The solution is quite a surprise, but one enjoyed by the whole family.
Rating:  G
Words:  2,785
Part of the Art-Universe
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar

Summary:  Roy Coffee helps not only Ben in his grief.
Rating:  G
Words:  2.500
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar

Summary: Music may have charms to soothe the savage breast, but is that still true when Hoss Cartwright is the one singing?
Rating:  G
Words:  1,325
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar

Summary:  Not even Christmastime is safe from pranksters.
Rating:  G
Words:  855
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar

Summary:  A moment of reflection for Ben as he contemplates Christmas without Adam.
Rating:  G
Words: 730
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar

Summary:  The Cartwrights share their most fervent Christmas wishes.
Rating:  G
Words:  2,610
Written for Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar

Summary: This is the third and last installment in this series. Ben does his best to make amends for what went wrong, but Joe has a plan too. Only time will tell which will be more effective.
T   7,071

Summary: Another prequel, but Little Joe is eleven in this one, Hoss is seventeen, and Adam is twenty-three. Climbing that pine tree is again key to the story, but it is what happens after that which is most significant.
Rating: T  Word count: 5, 575

Summary: This is a prequel in which Little Joe has a daring adventure that becomes a scary ordeal for his family. Hopefully, this will be the first in a series of stories featuring the pine tree, and each will be separated by several years for the family.
Rating: PG  Word count: 3,212

Summary: Seventeen year old Hoss gets entrusted to collect the payroll from the bank and get home. Simple as that, or is it? 

Rating: G, Word Count: 11,298

Summary: What would happen if every Cartwright had to do a job they hated? Or at least disliked? This is a story of jumbling up the work and distributing it in a whole new way. Let’s see if the Cartwright sons can really pitch in and fill in for another brother.

Rating: G, Word Count: 17,310

Summary: After watching The Grand Swing with Jamie, and seeing Hoss and Joe’s names on the tree, I started imagining what escapades would have led to them taking the “swing” with Ben. I’m not sure about Hoss yet, but I had no trouble conjuring up Little Joe’s mess!

Rating: G, Word Count: 23,137

Summary:  Whether being stubborn as a mule or butting heads like big horn sheep, they do care about each other; and he’d waited long enough
Rating:  T  (Words:  1,120)

Summary: The third story in the Vine series answers the last question of who sent the vine, but there is also an examination of Marie’s background to explain the motivation for that act. The story may not make sense in every part unless you have read the first two stories in the series.
Rating: T  Word count: 5,865

Summary: Follows Cold Fingers Around My Throat and answers some of the questions left unanswered at the end of that scary story and moves the story along a bit further as the family fights evil.
Rating: T Word count: 3,277

Summary: A story within a story with a prequel in the main story. Little Joe had a nasty prank played on him when he was ten, and fourteen years later, a similar situation is playing out again. He blamed Adam the first time, but he doesn’t know who to blame the second time.
Rating: T  Word count: 3009

Summary: A day out in the snow with his siblings turns out to be more than Adam bargained for, putting his role as the oldest brother to the test. On top of battling the elements, Adam finds himself struggling with thoughts about Marie…
Word Count: 4793   Rating: G

Summary: One summer solstice night, Adam Cartwright time travels with the aid of a fairy ring to the year 1962. He meets an eleven-year-old girl and takes her to Dairy Queen on his motorcycle.

Rated G   Wordcount: 3,707