Summary:  It's a story for the Halloween season with otherworldly goings on that involve Joe and Adam in an eerie and chilling mystery that almost sends one brother home without the other. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  1551   Taking the short cut across the desert wasn't usually a problem. The weather … Continue reading The Old Stage Station (by BettyHT) →

Summary:  It's a story mostly suited to the season of Halloween with one of the Cartwrights in the mode of self-appointed avenging angel and working hard to make sure no on knows his choice of a second job. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  1393   The Billiard Room was quiet when he … Continue reading My Life’s Work (by BettyHT) →

Summary:  A prequel, this story has twenty-four year old Adam bringing home eighteen-year old Hoss after a Saturday night in town when the large brother has consumed too many beers. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count: 1131 It had been a major task getting Hoss into the saddle and then keeping him there … Continue reading Saturday Night (by BettyHT) →

Summary:  Joe has a conversation with Hoss about the reasons why Adam left the Ponderosa and then wonders if he will return.  Meanwhile, Adam is thinking about that one thing he yearns to do and hasn't done. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  4560   The moonlight made the ripples on the lake … Continue reading The Last Fear & The Last Dream (by BettyHT) →

Summary:  In this prequel, Little Joe's prank leads to anger and harsh words, but the consequences don't end there. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  1182   "Think like a man not a boy!" Those words still stung hours after they had been said. Little Joe could remember the scene very well. He … Continue reading Think Like a Man (by BettyHT) →

Summary:  Little Joe asks a simple question and gets a tall tale in response. Category:   Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  G Word Count:  1085   Loud noises were coming from the stable on the Ponderosa, and it seemed that there must be a fight going on in there. There was no fight. Little Joe Cartwright was … Continue reading Gold Can Destroy (by BettyHT) →

SUMMARY:  A dog that Hoss and Joe agree to watch for a week doesn't act the way they expect. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  1732   Ninety pounds of various shades of brown with droopy eyes and a tail that dragged, the dog walked in behind Hoss and immediately dropped to the … Continue reading Fury (by BettyHT) →

Summary: This story is a little history of gambling for a good cause in Virginia City with Hoss playing a starring role. Category: Bonanza Genre: Western Rated: PG Word Count: 1089

Summary: A somewhat gullible young lady asks a question, and two of the brothers decide that they can have some fun with it. Category: Bonanza Genre: Western Rated: PG Word Count: 2014