Bonanza Brand FanFiction Library

Summary: In Tim McGraw’s Live Like You Were Dying, there are the lines “Took a good, long, hard look/At what I’d do if I could do it all again”.

Rating: G, Word Count: 4013

Summary: Ben’s memories of the past and dreams of the future all revolve around a simple pearl ring.

Rated: K (679 words)

Summary: The brothers share a bittersweet day.  Written for the July 15 Pinecone Challenge and (very slightly) expanded for inclusion here.  Prompt/lyrics: God only knows what I’d be without you. (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher)

Rating: K   WC: 576

Summary:  Adam’s life begins to fall apart after a lie told by another student at Harvard results in him being expelled. He struggles to understand how he could have done everything right and still lose everything he worked so hard to accomplish. He must listen to the wisdom of those who love him, look deep into his own heart and find the truths and lessons that forged his character into the man he became.

Rating: T

Word Count: 30021

Summary: Use this quote in a story of 600 words or less.  “When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” -Willie Nelson

Rating: G, Word Count: 3571

SUMMARY: Adam is back, but he and Joe are at odds. Ben is surprised to find out why, but the big surprise is in what the brothers reveal in their conversation.

rating = T word count = 1238

SUMMARY: In this sequel to Yellow, Adam finds that getting Jason and Mariette as well as their gang to court for justice was not the end of the problem for him. Though the system worked as it should, a plot still develops against him for revenge, and he’ll need his family and others to avoid what is planned.

rating = T word count = 14, 498

Yellow Series, links to stories of this series included.

Summary: Even when the time together is brief, memories can last a lifetime.

This story was originally published in the Bonanza 2009 Friendship Convention Anthology.

Word count: 3,500 Rating: K

Summary: Jamie meets another adopted member of the Cartwright clan.  Originally written for the March 2017 Pinecone challenge, and expanded for inclusion here.  Prompt: Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose. (Kris Kristofferson)

Rating: G  Word Count: 1232

SUMMARY: When witnessing a crime, Adam can’t act, and then after the fact, he can’t help the posse and he can’t tell what he knows. Those things give people the wrong impression, but eventually put him in great danger too. The whole family will have to work together to resolve the problem.

rating = T word count = 10,705

Yellow Series, links to stories of this series included.

Summary: Adam’s post canon tribute to Hoss.

Rating: K+ Word Count: 503

SUMMARY: A prequel with Joe at fifteen, this started as a pinecone and has been expanded. Little Joe faces a crisis when an important rule is ignored. He needs his family to face the results of that sad decision. There are lessons to be learned but the whole family works together, and all will learn from one tragic mistake.

rating = T word count = 1290

Summary:  Twelve-year-old Joe and Mitch are out exploring a cave when they meet Maybelle and Jean Williams.  They soon come to know that Mrs. Williams is not at all what they thought, but the figure it out right At the Cliff’s Edge…

Written for the 2018 Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament. 

Rated:   K+  8,890 words

Summary: Hoss isn’t sure whether Little Joe’s latest get-rich-quick scheme will leave him rich beyond his boldest dreams or dead in the desert.

Written for the 2018 Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament. 

Rated:   K+  24,400 words

Summary:   There’s never a dull moment with Little Joe around.

Written for the 2018 Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament. 

Rated:   K+  2,700 words