Summary:   Selected letters from those written by Adam Stoddard Cartwright to Inger Borgstrom Cartwright, deceased Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  23,790   Dearest Mama, I miss you. I miss you so much. Hoss misses you too. He does really but not the way I do. He misses you the way I miss … Continue reading Letters to Inger (by DJK) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  1975     He had felt it first beneath his house slippers and then beneath his fingers as he stooped and ran his hand over the wooden planks of the floor. When he lifted his hand, it clung to his fingertips slightly reflective in the strong … Continue reading Traces of Sand (by DJK) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  1300   “Mistah Cartwright? Mistah Benjamin Cartwright?” Ben turned at the sound of his name. His eyes swiftly located the owner of the decidedly feminine and Southern voice that had called him. He tipped his hat. “Yes, ma’am. I’m Ben Cartwright. Is there something I can … Continue reading Seeing an Angel (by DJK) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  1170   Leaning against the rake he had been using to gather soiled straw, Little Joe Cartwright paused to study his elder brother as he curried Sport. Joe’ eyes drifted to their brother Hoss who was also currying his horse and then back to Adam. The … Continue reading A Matter of Regret (by DJK) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  40,850   His eyes were closed, but he was not asleep. He was lying on a granite outcropping beside the lake letting the rays of the sun and the heat of the rock beneath him draw the chill of the water from his bones. His pa … Continue reading Lila Jane (by DJK) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  2190   He found it where he knew she had put it. He took a deep breath before he touched it, swallowed the lump in his throat, and picked it up. “A Cartwright does what is needed,” he thought to encourage himself. Then he walked purposefully … Continue reading Standing Watch (by DJK) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  western Rated:  PG Word Count:  4380     It was a just a single kiss. Admittedly, it had been a long, slow, thorough, and certainly not chaste kiss but still a single kiss nonetheless. Unfortunately, it had not gone unseen. No, the moonlight that had made Cindy Anne shimmer and glow … Continue reading Kiss and Tell (by DJK) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count: 18,050   What was that scent? He had smelled it before; he knew he had, yet he could put no name to it. It was faint and soft and sweetly pungent with a clean trace of the oranges he had sometimes found in the toe of … Continue reading The Scent of Deception (by DJK) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  1150     “When I’m twenty-one, I won’t have to mind nobody ever again!” Little Joe Cartwright declared as he threw himself down in a particularly thick pile of hay. His best friend Mitch followed Joe into the loft and plopped down beside him. “You sure … Continue reading In Ten Years (by DJK) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  1410     The grand piano stood in an alcove designed to give resonance and act rather like a stage. The instrument itself was a work of art. The rich color of its polished wood gleamed smoothly as its intricate carvings added texture. Its bench was … Continue reading Night Music (by DJK) →