Summary:  The way to recovery can be stony. But sometimes obstacles come from the most unexpected origins. And just how many times will Doctor Martin have to come to the Ponderosa to patch up Adam once again?  This is the second story in the "Art" alternative universe.   Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  16,700 … Continue reading The Missing Week or The Art of Convalescing (by faust) →

Summary: Adam Cartwright has a lot of things to deal with: burglars, unwanted newspaper articles about his family, and someone who doesn't want to saddle a horse. Will he at least be able to survive the whole mess? A WHN for Enter Mark Twain, in a way. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  … Continue reading The Art of Horse Selling (by faust) →

Summary: After so many years, Adam is coming home. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  550 Adam stared at the paper on the desk before him. The pen ready, his hand hovered over the white sheet. But the words didn’t come. What would one write after so many years? I’m sorry? He was … Continue reading Homewards (by faust) →

Summary: Adam's first love is different from what one would expect - or is it? Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  G Word Count:  700 It was love at first sight. Thick brown leather bound a lavish amount of gilt edged sheets, the richly tooled cover promising an enthralling tale captured on countless pages. And it … Continue reading First Love (by faust) →

Summary: Roy Coffee has his reasons for doing what he does. Really, he has. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  G Word Count:  700 Of course, there are easier methods to get from the Bucket of Blood saloon to the sheriff’s office than to wind one’s way crawling on the belly beneath the planks of Virginia … Continue reading Dignity (by faust) →

Summary: Adam muses about church bells. Or about his family? Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  G Word Count:  700 Church bells. You would think church bells sound the same all over the world, but they don’t. Westminster Abbey’s bells sound deep. Full and rich, they wake you rather smoothly from your peaceful slumber. You feel … Continue reading Church Bells (by faust) →

Summary:  "You gotta be smart, boy, fast..." Who outsmarts whom? Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  G Word Count:  850 "Where in blue-blazes have you been?" Adam froze. Dang! He could have sworn it had been the second step of the staircase that creaked, but obviously it was the third. He wasn't sure if the second … Continue reading Caught in the Act (by faust) →

Summary:   Celebrating Adam's birthday was always a somewhat strained affair. But the new addition to the family didn't know that, and so something new happens that has everyone holding their breaths. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  G Word Count:  870 In loving memory of Heike, fan, forum host, friend.     Actually, Adam’s birthday had … Continue reading Birthday Boy (by faust) →

Summary: Adam decides to join the Federal Army and has to deal with the consequences. A story of losses and miracles, told in ten vignettes. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  3300 This story is very dear to me. It contains my very first forays into writing fiction, those first bits and pieces … Continue reading War and Peace (by faust) →

Summary: Most unexpectedly, a trip to the barbershop with Little Joe brings Adam new appreciation of his little brother's personality. An earthquake seems to play a major part in this... Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  G Word Count:  3000 It's a trial, nothing but a trial. A test of endurance. A verification of my capacity … Continue reading The Same Cloth (by faust) →