{"id":26026,"date":"2006-09-02T11:28:52","date_gmt":"2006-09-02T15:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?page_id=26026"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:41:10","slug":"stories-by-author-krystyna","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?page_id=26026","title":{"rendered":"Stories by Author &#8211; Krystyna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Recent Story: Home is the Sailor #12 &#8211; No-body&#8217;s Hero <\/strong>&#8211; published 2\/28\/2026 see summary below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=14131\">A Brief Family Moment &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Adam&#8217;s curious &#8230; Inger&#8217;s busy &#8230; so questions are asked, but will the answers satisfy an inquisitive little boy.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 G\u00a0 1,070 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=14132\">A Bucketful of Trouble &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Hop Sing decides it&#8217;s time to quit! This story may be familiar to forum readers but I hope it will appeal to those newer members of Bonanzaworld who have yet to read it.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 G\u00a0 1,060 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=4951\">A Good Day for a Hanging &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 This is a story that relates events prior to the episode The Avenger, and explains how and why Adam and Ben were arrested and sentenced to hang.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 K+\u00a0 53,215 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=11849\">A Little Less, Next Time &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Joe discovers that his liking for raspshberriesh ..I mean\u2026raspberry cordial has repercussions\u2026<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 K+\u00a0 1,760 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=14140\">A Night at the Opera &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 A night at the Opera House in San Francisco really goes with a bang. But will Joe will able to save Adam&#8217;s life as his brother desperately seeks a way to survive.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 T\u00a0 15,390 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=14133\">A Sense of Something Greater &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Ben&#8217;s attempt to escape his misery at Marie&#8217;s death leads him to an appreciation of another kind of sorrow.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 G\u00a0 3,725 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=14141\">A Shot in the Dark &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 The question the Jury wanted answered was who shot Judd Clancy? It was a question to which the Cartwrights also required an answer as one of their own faced the charge of murder.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 G\u00a0 3,320 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=48079\">A Stain \u2013 by Krystyna\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: Sometimes something quite small can bring sorrow and joy at the same time.<br \/>\nRating: G, Word Count: 650<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=14319\">A Story of a Gentle Man &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 A story of how Hop Sing came to join the Cartwright family.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 T\u00a0 6,870 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=14134\">A Summer&#8217;s Tale &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 A hot day, a melting pig, and Joe wants to know about the birds and the bees.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 G\u00a0 1,390 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=14085\">A Torn Shirt &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Like a stitch in time, Ben remembers a few special moments through the years.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 K+\u00a0 1,050 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=10159\">A World Turned Upside Down &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Little Joe Cartwright can&#8217;t believe it when Clay Stafford enters his life again &#8230;nor can his brothers for very different reasons. Is Clay back for good? Are his motives honest and above board? And who is the man with whom he keeps in contact?<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 T\u00a0 55,545 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=5088\">All on his Own &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Little Joe is on an errand to Placerville when misfortune strikes &#8230; being all on his own he has to place his life in the hands of others who are fighting battles of their own.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 K+\u00a0 10,570 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=5098\">Alone &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 While trying to help some friends, Adam becomes trapped in a mine, no one knows he&#8217;s there, he faces death ..alone.<br \/>\nRating: K+\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15,575 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=5358\">Amen and Amen &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 So what did happen to Will and Laura and Peggy after the wedding day? Did they ride happily off into the sunset and disappear like many other Cartwright neighbours and friends? If they did it was only after this particular adventure &#8230;<br \/>\n32,505 words\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rating:\u00a0 K<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=10046\">And Afterwards &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 This story is a spin off from an episode called The Tall Stranger in which Hoss proposed to Margie Owens and lost out to Mark Connors, who married Margie and then dumped her. Hoss found Margie just before she died in childbirth. In this story Hoss is battling the worst misery of his life as he struggles to overcome a broken heart with no hope of ever seeing Margie again. He has to suffer physical anguish, and experience other people\u2019s direst heartache, before he can bury the past and get on with his life, find happiness and return home to his family.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 T\u00a0 21,580 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=4930\">And Amen to All That &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Adam and Joe Cartwright face the worse possible kind of danger, a silent enemy, one unseen and lethal &#8230; but which of them will survive?<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 K+\u00a0 22,570 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=5085\">Ashes to Ashes &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 A young woman seeks the help of Ben and Adam to locate her lost sister.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 K\u00a0 20,100 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=5179\">Ben Cartwright \u2013 R.I.P. &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Ben Cartwright&#8217;s dead &#8230; well, some people seem to think so.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 T\u00a0 19,070 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=14096\">Bronco Buster (The) &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 This is a coming of age story for Joe.\u00a0 Determined to become a horse breaker he learns a hard lesson when he faces a challenge ..from the horse itself.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 K+\u00a0\u00a0 6,400 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=6648\">Captain Cartwright # 1 \u2013 To Soar on Albatross Wings &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Welcome to the world of Captain Cartwright; this is the first story in this continuing saga.\u00a0\u00a0 This story introduces Candy to the Cartwright family where he finds a restless Joe Cartwright who resents the fact that his eldest brother left the Ponderosa. Adam meanwhile has adventures of his own far away at sea &#8230;<br \/>\nRated:\u00a0\u00a0 K\u00a0 72,755 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=6652\">Captain Cartwright # 2 \u2013 To Fly With Eagles &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Joe leaves the Ponderosa and finds true love, extreme danger and a longing for home. It also brings Adam home from sea to join with Hoss in a search for their little brother.<br \/>\nRated:\u00a0\u00a0 K\u00a0 154,265 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=6657\">Captain Cartwright # 3 \u2013 Captain, Oh My Captain &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Joseph Cartwright suffers what he considers a fate worse than death when an accident during a stampede causes him to face time in a wheelchair and Adam&#8217;s hopes of marriage are dashed when he is sent on an assignment to Alaska.<br \/>\nRated:\u00a0\u00a0 K+\u00a0 210,950 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=6661\">Captain Cartwright # 4 \u2013 The Commodore &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Ben loses the Ponderosa which is purchased by some unknown benefactor. Hoss and Joe both fall in love but only one of them ends up at the altar, and Adam is sent to the Kuril Islands to locate a missing ship.<br \/>\nRated:\u00a0\u00a0 K+\u00a0 217,930words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=6667\">Captain Cartwright # 5 \u2013 Invictus &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Romance as well as sadness beckons for Joe, while Adam is reunited with old friends and takes on a new personna in order to protect the President.<br \/>\nRated:\u00a0\u00a0 K\u00a0 281,065 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=6672\">Captain Cartwright # 6 \u2013Carpe Diem &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 We follow Adam into danger far away in China and enjoy the adventures of the Cartwright family on the Ponderosa, where Ben has a special assignment that brings him into contact with a very old friend.<br \/>\nRated:\u00a0\u00a0 T\u00a0 207,070 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=6683\">Captain Cartwright # 7 \u2013 A New Command &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Adam suffers the results of his adventures in the South China Seas but finds his heart\u2019s desire.<br \/>\nRated:\u00a0\u00a0 T\u00a0 282,710 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=6705\">Captain Cartwright # 8 \u2013 A Duty to Live &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 With his sons married with children of their own Ben has thoughts of his own future.<br \/>\nRated:\u00a0\u00a0 T\u00a0 278,150 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=6727\">Captain Cartwright # 9 \u2013 All Those Tomorrows &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Commodore and Mrs Adam Cartwright await the birth of their first child, but it&#8217;s a time that is threatened by danger, the ambitions of a corrupt official and petty thief, and of blizzards.<br \/>\nRated:\u00a0\u00a0 K\u00a0 238,200 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=11537\">Captain Cartwright #10 &#8211; Written in Stone &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Under a new Administration, Commodore Cartwright is sent to search for a missing murder suspect. While on the Ponderosa, a tragic event at the school leads to disaster for the family.\u00a0\u00a0 This is the tenth story in the world of Captain Cartwright.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0\u00a0 T\u00a0 185,155 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=4863\">Checkmate &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 An evening playing chess and memories hover &#8230;<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0\u00a0 K+\u00a0 1,510 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=14136\">Chimera &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Adam goes on an errand for a sick man and finds a cat, a dead town, and an adventure.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0\u00a0 G\u00a0 10,550 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=14095\">Choice\u00a0 (The) &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: Ben faces the revenge of a woman bent on killing one of the Cartwright sons&#8230;but which one?\u00a0 The choice is Ben&#8217;s &#8230; but how can he even start to consider such a decision when it means the death of Adam or Hoss or, perhaps, even Joe.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 T\u00a0\u00a0 32,400 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=14097\">Courage aka The Mountain Trek &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Bravery isn&#8217;t the absence of fear as Adam tells Joe, but carrying on as you know you should in spite of it.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0\u00a0 T\u00a0 3,780 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=5105\">Dead Easy &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Adam is ambushed, and everyone thinks they know who did it &#8230;<br \/>\nRated:\u00a0\u00a0 K+\u00a0 20,280 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=5361\">Dearly Beloved &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 When Adam fails to return after appearing as a witness at a trial in S.F Ben fears the worse. After a frantic search the anxious father&#8217;s concerns appear to be worse than even he imagined.<br \/>\nRated:\u00a0\u00a0 T\u00a0 23,235 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=4980\">Deborah Wilde &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 The Wilde family arrive in Virginia City, the eldest daughter becoming the focus of Joe and Hoss&#8217; attentions, causing chaos within the family while Mr.Wilde&#8217;s peculiarities force Adam into eating a surfeit of cake.<br \/>\nRated:\u00a0\u00a0 K+\u00a0 40,090 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=5117\">Do Poppies Still Bloom in Boston? &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Some interesting people come to the rescue of Adam Cartwright and his friend, Jane Waumsley.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0\u00a0 K+\u00a0 16,845 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=10699\">Does Clemmie Get Her Man? &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Are the rumours and newspaper reports circulating among Virginia City&#8217;s citizens concerning Ben and Clementine Hawkins true?\u00a0\u00a0 Or, might there be something more sinister afoot?<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0\u00a0 K+\u00a0 5,400 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=14143\">Elbow to Elbow &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: Little Joe has a problem with the new student at school, and Miss Jones proves to be no help whatsoever&#8230; but it all leads to what if&#8217;s and if only&#8217;s in the end.<br \/>\nRating: \u00a0G \u00a0 1,910 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=12024\">Forgiveness &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Repercussions, consequences, and guilt.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1,520 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=4944\">Frogs, Books, and Sticky Things &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: Joe Cartwright, incorrigible, uncontainable, hoarder of worms and frogs and all of age 5 goes in search of a book for his big brother Adam &#8230; and lots of horrible things happen as a consequence!<br \/>\nRated: K+\u00a0 11,600 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=5185\">Genesis \u2013 The Ponderosa &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: Ben and Adam receive an old trunk from Abel Stoddard which sets them off on a long journey to when the first Cartwright stepped foot on American soil in the 17th Century.<br \/>\nRating K\u00a0 42,870 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=5352\">Hitting the Barn Door &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: A hot day and a lot of frayed tempers so Adam suggests going into town for a cool beer&#8230; only to be challenged to a duel.<br \/>\nRated: K\u00a0 3,040 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=11801\">Home is the Sailor #1 &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 The Commodore\u2019s letter of resignation has long been accepted.\u00a0 Will the mundane life of a rancher be enough?\u00a0 A story where old foes and new, as well as the past and the present entwine to continue the lives created in the World of Captain Cartwright.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 K+\u00a0\u00a0 214,200<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=12645\">Home is the Sailor #2 \u2013 The Iron Horsemen &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: \u00a0It is the winter of 1877 and two of Adam and Olivia&#8217;s children are lost during the blizzards. This story is about the iron like qualities the Cartwrights need in order to find a child.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 K+\u00a0\u00a0 182,450<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=13241\">Home is the Sailor #3 \u2013 There Will Always be Rainbows &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Events from the past come back to haunt Adam and his family.<br \/>\nRating\u00a0 T\u00a0\u00a0 WC 140,975<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=14381\">Home is the Sailor #4 &#8211; The Pledge &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Adam and Joe go on a cattle drive while Reuben joins a gang, as life continues on the Ponderosa.<br \/>\nRating: \u00a0T \u00a0 240,110 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=15884\">Home is the Sailor #5 &#8211; No Greater Love &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Murder and an accused, and trouble in town.\u00a0 But is all as it appears.\u00a0 Fifth in the Home is the Sailor Series. Rating:\u00a0 T\u00a0\u00a0 201,700 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=18924\">Home is the Sailor #6 \u2013 Kismet &#8211; by Krystyna<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 Emancipation for Women and the Vote become a big issue when Peggy Dayton visits the Ponderosa. The result of her visit has long lasting repercussions in Virgiina City and the Cartwright families.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 T\u00a0 \u00a0WC:\u00a0 219,977<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=24866\">Home is the Sailor #7 &#8211; The Gap &#8211; by Krystyna<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: A trip to San Francisco sets the family on an adventure.<br \/>\nRating: T 198,800 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=30296\" rel=\"bookmark\">Home is the Sailor #8 \u2013 A New Direction \u2013 Changes &#8211; by Krystyna<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: President Grant offers Joe Cartwright a job as Head of Security in NYC. Will it take it? Hoss and Adam discover another Eden on a far flung part of the Ponderosa? What do they plan to do with it? And Ben \u2026 could this story end with his demise or not?<br \/>\nRating: PG Word Count: 204,400<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=37185\">Home is the Sailor #9 &#8211; Equinox \u2013 by Krystyna<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: The Cartwrights face an unseen enemy who is preying upon the young women of Virginia City .. can it possibly be the man Adam suspects?<br \/>\nRating: T (164,625 words)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=40372\">Home is the Sailor #10 &#8211; The Cattle Station &#8211; by Krystyna<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Summary: \u00a0 At last, the long-awaited cattle station is being built on Ponderosa land close to Carson City. \u00a0 It seems a good idea at the time and the Cartwrights are anticipating big things as a result\u2026until their neighbouring rancher decides to put a stop to the whole thing.\u00a0 But as the Cartwrights find out ..there is a lot more involved than the building of a cattle station<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Rating:\u00a0 PG<br \/>\nWord Count:\u00a0 168,941<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=48559\">Home is the Sailor #11 &#8211; Love Thyself Least &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><br \/>\nSummary:\u00a0 The latest in the Home is the Sailor Series<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 T\u00a0 \u00a0Words:\u00a0 134,000<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=62458\">Home is the Sailor #12 \u2013 No-body\u2019s Hero \u2013 by Krystyna<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 A continuation of the Home is the Sailor Series<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 PG\u00a0 \u00a0(164,925 words)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=27414\">House that Adam Built (The) &#8211; by Krystyna<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 A man&#8217;s dream&#8230;.a child&#8217;s hope.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 T\u00a0 (57,620 words)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=6633\">I Shall Cherish You Forever &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: News that Adam has died reaches the Ponderosa &#8230; but how well founded is the rumour? Is there a happy ever after ending for Ben and all his sons?<br \/>\nRated: K+\u00a0 10,620 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=8798\">If Marie Had Lived\u2026 &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 If Marie Had Lived&#8230; and Ben had died&#8230;<br \/>\nRating: T\u00a0 225,640 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=14091\">Inger #1 &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 This story covers the adventures of Ben, Inger and Adam Cartwright on the wagon train journey that was the dream that turned into a nightmare. The episode Journey Remembered was a very sanitized version of the hardships these pioneers would have encountered so this story is about bringing a touch of dramatic reality to the episode.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 T\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12, 580 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=14092\">Inger #2 &#8211; After Ash Hollow &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: This is a continuation of the story Inger, although each story can stand on its own merits. 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Business for the Ponderosa continues and life goes on.\u00a0 What happens when life takes Adam back to Eastgate and his memories? 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When the evil stretches out and harms Joe, Adam realises he has a lot to do to protect himself and his family from even greater harm.<br \/>\nRating \u2018G\u2019\u00a0 26,485 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=5355\">Miss Millie &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: Millicent Browne leaves her family in order to travel and discover more about herself and the world, but then she meets Hoss Cartwright and realises HE is her world.<br \/>\nRated: K\u00a0 30,585 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=48180\">Miss Tyndale\u2019s Diary \u2013 by Krystyna\u00a0 <\/a>\u00a0Summary: A young librarian in Virginia City shares her story through her diary, including being smitten with one of the Cartwright brothers. This story has been incorporated into the Captain Cartwright\/Home is the Sailor series. However, this is the original story.<\/p>\n<p>Rating: G, Word Count: 4824<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=5364\">My Name is Dorcas &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: Young love can be so real that it hurts, and it can grow stronger as years go by. When Dorcas returned to Virginia City her love for Joe Cartwright was as strong as the day she rode away from him at aged 6. But can he love her in return?<br \/>\nRated: K+\u00a0 29,890 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=4984\">On a Wedding Day &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: Laura&#8217;s wedding day &#8211; how does everyone actually feel about this coming marriage?<br \/>\nRated: K+\u00a0 4,745 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=5120\">On Butterfly Wings &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: This is a little story about a little boy who never knew his Mama but loves her and when he overhears some gossip he mistakenly thinks his Mama is alive after all.<br \/>\nRated: K+\u00a0 21,150 words<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=4941\">On the Edge &#8211; by Krystyna <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: It&#8217;s hot and work is hard for Adam and Hoss while Joe is off on a jaunt elsewhere. 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