{"id":47356,"date":"2023-05-01T17:10:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T21:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?page_id=47356"},"modified":"2025-11-25T16:47:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T21:47:23","slug":"stories-by-author-heather-chrysalis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?page_id=47356","title":{"rendered":"Stories by Author &#8211; Heather-Chrysalis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Most Recent &#8211; <strong>A Ponderosa Thanksgiving\u00a0 <\/strong>&#8211; posted 11\/15\/2025 &#8211; see summary below<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=49980\">A Goodyear Christmas \u2013 Heather-Chrysalis\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 The misadventures of Santa and Adam.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 G\u00a0 1,955 words<br \/>\nWritten for the 2024 Bonanza Brand Advent Calendar<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=60515\">A Ponderosa Thanksgiving \u2013 by HeatherChrysalis\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: The Cartwright clan express their love and gratitude for each other and for the land.<br \/>\nRated G\u00a0 \u00a0Wordcount: 375<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=48354\">A Question of Beauty &#8212; by Heather-Chrysalis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: A Cat and Hoss teach a hard-hearted boy about love and forgiveness.\u00a0This piece started out as a pinecone in August 2023, then I developed it a bit more into a short story.\u00a0It was also inspired by a story I heard long ago on the radio.<br \/>\nRating: T\u00a0 Wordcount: 2,228<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=49034\">Adam and the Chocolate Bookworm &#8211; by Heather-Chrysalis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: Chocolate,<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> poetry <\/span>and Adam&#8230;what more could you want for a Winter&#8217;s tale. Adam is in his final year at Harvard and visits Boston where he meets a very special young lady. WIP title: A Season of Chocolate and Poetry.<br \/>\nRated: T\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Wordcount: 59, 991<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=46127\">Adam and the Christmas Hippopotamus \u2013 by Heather-Chrysalis <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: Inspired by my favorite holiday song &#8220;I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas&#8221;. While on his journey out west with his Pa, five-year-old Adam asks Santa for a very special Christmas present.<br \/>\nRating: G\u00a0 \u00a0Wordcount: 9,397<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=49638\">All Hallows&#8217; Harvest &#8211; by Heather-Chrysalis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: Something evil lurks in a cornfield on the Ponderosa and unleashes terror on the Cartwright family. What is it?<br \/>\nRated: T\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Wordcount: 8,070<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=56550\">Among the Ponderosa Pines \u2013 by Heather-Chrysalis <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: A poem about the Ponderosa Pines and the Cartwright family and how similar they are.<br \/>\nRated G\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Wordcount: 135<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=46764\">Heap on More Wood! \u2013 by Heather-Chrysalis\u00a0 <\/a>\u00a0Summary:\u00a0 He only did what he needed to do.<br \/>\nRating:\u00a0 G\u00a0\u00a0 Words:\u00a0 160<br \/>\nWritten for the Bonanza Brand 2023 Advent Calendar<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=48300\">I Like Dreamin&#8217; &#8212; by Heather-Chrysalis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary:\u00a0 A special personal poem about what Bonanza means to me.<br \/>\nRated: G\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Wordcount:\u00a0 478<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=46246\">Once Upon a Midsummer Night \u2013 by Heather-Chrysalis <\/a><\/p>\n<p>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.<br \/>\nRated G\u00a0 \u00a0Wordcount: 3,707<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=46172\">Soiled Dove and the Unicorn (The) \u2013 by Heather-Chrysalis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary<strong>:<\/strong> A look at Sue Ellen Terry from The Sisters. What she felt and thought during her time with Adam.<br \/>\nRating: T\u00a0 \u00a0 Wordcount: 3,314<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=49422\">Stranger in a Strange Word \u2013 Heather-Chrysalis\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: Adam time travels to the 21st Century to visit his girlfriend. He discovers that she has been abducted by the Abominable Snowman and sets out to rescue her. A series of other fantasy elements and creatures appear in this story.<br \/>\nRated T\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Wordcount: 35, 488<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=49569\">Storm (The) &#8211; by Heather Chrysalis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: One stormy night, Adam seeks shelter at a house and finds a young woman living all alone. Not willing to deny their attraction for the other, passion ensues.<br \/>\nRated: R\u00a0 \u00a0Wordcount: 9,329\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">SEXUALLY EXPLICIT<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=49424\">Velvet Captive &#8212; by Heather Chrysalis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: A Saloon girl spends a very special night with Adam Cartwright.<br \/>\nRated: R (sexually explicit)\u00a0 Wordcount: 6,055<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=49545\">Velveting the Cowboy &#8211; By Heather Chrysalis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: Adam Cartwright has more erotic encounters with the free-spirited Velvet. A sequel to Velvet Captive, though this story can be read on its own.<br \/>\nRated: R\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Wordcount: 8,886\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">SEXUALLY EXPLICIT<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?page_id=11397\">Return to Author List<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":375,"parent":20304,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-47356","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":false,"total_views":0,"today_views":0},"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11790,"url":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?page_id=11790","url_meta":{"origin":47356,"position":0},"title":"Stories by Title V","author":"VCLS","date":"September 1, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Click title to read story. \u00a0 Vacation (The) - by TracyT Summary:\u00a0 An old friend's daughter visits the Ponderosa in an effort to get over her father's death. 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