Bonanza Brand FanFiction Library

Summary: Twelve-year-old Little Joe Cartwright looks at his big brothers and is impatient to be as tall as they are and wants so much to break horses, but then he asks that most important question and gets an answer he definitely didn’t expect. It’s another of those tall tales his brother can tell so well.
Rating: PG  Word count: 1,236

Summary: In this prequel story, Little Joe is growing up, and one thing Ben strives to teach him is empathy and the importance of family. 
Rating: PG   Word count: 1.048

Summary: After serving coffee and pie, a young lady opens up to Adam about the Sadie Hawkins Dance and serves up reasons too why he hasn’t been asked.  Honesty and trust help develop the relationship even though her family doesn’t like the pairing. 
Rating: PG  Word count: 10,835

Summary: In the sixth story of the Traci series, Roy and Mary Coffee help Ben see his role as a father more clearly.
Rating:  T
Word Count:  3,414
The Traci Series, links to all stories included within.

Summary:  In the fourth story in the Traci Series, there’s a cattle drive, a worried father-in-law, a romance for Hoss, and Will and Laura come back in a mess which Ben has to help resolve.
Rating:  T
Word Count:  12,824
The Traci Series, links to all stories included within.

Summary:  The third story in the Traci series is about Adam’s trip to Arizona to bring his fiance home as his wife, but first he has to resolve trouble with the Apache when the Army is unable to help him.
Rating:  T
Word Count:  12,468
The Traci Series, links to all stories included within.

Summary:  This follows First Love, and Tragedy in the Traci Series.  In “A Triangle,” Hoss renews the family friendship with the Maxim family from Arizona, but that brings up some painful memories and trouble as well as some possibilities especially for Adam.
Rating:  T
Word Count:  19,803
The Traci Series, links to all stories included within.

Summary:  An old friend has a favor to ask of Adam, with consequences neither of them will ever forget.

MA rated

5330 words

Summary:  This is a prequel to the Traci series of stories from several years ago.  This story is to explain briefly Adam’s relationship with Traci and why it ended so abruptly.
Rating:  T   Word Count:  2637
The Traci Series, links to all stories included within.

Summary: Education was important to the Cartwrights. In fact both Adam and Joe became substitute teachers. Use one of these pictures (the brothers teaching researching) as inspiration for a vignette or addition to a past Sourdough.

Rating: G, Word Count: 2306

Summary:  This is the fourth Adam and Selina story, and in this one Adam is embroiled in a plot against him which he misinterprets the danger which is nearly a disaster until many rally to help him.  The villain is someone he knows but hoped never to see again.
Rating = T  Word count = 15137
Selina Series, links to the stories are included within

Summary:  What happened before Ivory arose as Adam faltered while entering the waiting area of the stage station? A small smile played on her lovely lips as she approached him. As if she could read his mind, she said, “I am what I look like. I am for real. I am really a woman.”

Rating: MA – This story ventures into an area that may make some readers uncomfortable.  Though not explicit, the theme may not suit everyone.

(3,180 word)

Summary: Just a little poem from the perspective of the three mothers: Elizabeth, Inger, and Marie.

Rated: K

Word Count: 243

Summary: What if the final gunfight that killed Ed Payson took a different turn and set the main players on different paths? A WHI for Broken Ballad. 

Rating: T, Word Count: 2676

Summary: The Cartwrights are out and about on the Ponderosa. Use these pictures (all C’s by water) for inspiration as to what they might be doing during the hot month of August. It can include any combination of Cartwrights.

Rating: G, Word Count: 1571