Decisions and Changes (by Sibylle)
Summary: A female teacher in Virginia City; what Abigail Myers thinks about her life, education, and the general situation during the boom of 1876. With a response from Adam Cartwright.
Rating: G (2,465 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Making New Memories while Remembering Christmases Past (by Fanofoldtvshows)
Summary The Cartwright s and Hop Sing make new memories while talking their favorite past Christmases.
Rating: G (1,030 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
Not as Originally Designed (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: The past and present merge to tell the story of the Cartwrights and their first winter after the house was built.
Rating: G (1,650 words)
Written for the 2025 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar
I Will (by Wrangler)
Summary: Little Joe is consumed with guilt when his best friend is accidently shot and killed. Unable to forgive himself, Joe heads down a dangerous self-destructive path.
Rating T, WC 21,861
Remember Me (By MelissaR1992)
Summary: After Joe’s wife, Alice loses her memory in a horse riding accident, Joe works to bring her memory back. The accident however brings up painful memories for Ben who lost Joe’s mother in the same way.
Rating: PG Word Count: 12,282
Part of the Forever Reimagined series, links to all stories included within.
Once In A Lifetime (By MelissaR1992)
Summary: Candy meets a beautiful young woman during a supply run in Virginia City and falls in love.
Rating: PG Word Count: 9,479
Part of the Forever Reimagined series, links to all stories included within.
One More Day (by Wrangler)
Summary: Ben shares his thoughts about both the tragedy and triumph he experiences when Little Joe is blinded. Based on the episode, “The Stillness Within”.
Rating T, WC 7430
Pictures of Angels (by AH83)
Summary: While sorting through Christmas decorations, Ben finds two cherished mementos of a Christmas long ago.
Rating: K, Word Count: 917
A Letter To Dickens (by BettyHT)
Summary: Loosely based on the Advent 2025 stories of BettyHT and AC1830 as well as the work of Charles Dickens. Many years after Abel writes to Adam about how Elizabeth’s spirit influenced him to change, Adam pitches a story idea to Dickens.
Rating: PG Word count: 936
The Second Honeymoon (By MelissaR1992)
Summary: Joe and his wife, Alice, take a second honeymoon trip to New Orleans where they get mixed up with a couple of jewel thieves and their only hope is a clumsy, down-on-his-luck, detective.
Rating: PG Word Count: 16,010
Part of the Forever Reimagined series, links to all stories included within.
Mr. Adam and Them Boys (by DJK)
Summary: Adam loses a bet and must take Little Joe and four friends hunting in the high country. His fears of catastrophe come true in an unexpected way. This prequel was written for the Chaps and Spurs Quarter Four Challenge. The five mandated words were: percolate, earthquake, pipeline, surgeon, amendment. Rating: teen Word count: 7373
Fevered Sea (by Annie K Cowgirl)
Summary: Adam, a boat, and a storm at sea. A poem about Adam’s fever dreams while he lay ill in “Elizabeth My Love”.
Rating: K
Word Count: 482
Someday Soon (by Wrangler)
Summary: Sorting through a box of mementos, Ben finds a gift Little Joe made when he was five and recalls how it helped the Cartwrights through their first Christmas without Marie.
Rating T, WC 12,520
No More Promises (By MelissaR1992)
Summary: Alice Cartwright’s life is turned upside down when her estranged uncle arrives in town, carrying a dark secret.
Rating: PG Word Count: 14,086
Part of the Forever Reimagined series, links to all stories included within.
Calling Up Angels (By Wrangler)
Summary: When a little boy is left in Little Joe’s care, he hopes to adopt him however problems arise which might prevent the adoption. A tale of love and loss.
Rating T, WC 19,382
