Summary:  Ben is compelled to defend Marie's honor.  A prequel written for the Mother's Day Challenge. Events and people occuring in the episode Marie, My Love (Season 4, Episode 20) are referenced. Genre:  Western Category:  Bonanza Rating:  T Word Count:  1900 Jack Frost’s paintbrush had already colored the eastern Sierra autumnal foliage red, purple, and … Continue reading Obloquy (by Cheaux) →

SUMMARY: This is a series of three stories. The first is The Dance -- Adam meets a lady with clumsiness issues but other attributes he finds attractive and that make him act out of character; Hoss meets a woman very different from himself but the two bring out the best in each other; Joe’s romance … Continue reading The Dance stories (by BettyHT) →

SUMMARY:  A story in three parts, it starts with a trip to help an old friend and confronting an old nemesis which propels Adam to make a decision that alters the course of his life.  None would have anticipated the twists of fate in store for him once he decides to pursue goals that had … Continue reading Hope, Trust, and Faith (by BettyHT) →

Summary:  Adam helps a friend whose spouse was wrongly convicted and executed. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rating: PG Word Count:  2385   On a break from their work, Joe asked Adam about their house guest. "Does it bother you what people are saying? I mean, her husband was hanged for murder, and now she's staying … Continue reading Deadly Conspiring (by BettyHT) →

Summary:  The second Margarita story has her and Adam with their hands full with two children.  Ben reminds his son that his situation isn't so different than what Ben faced when Adam was a curious child. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rating:  PG Word Count:  4677   Chapter 1 -in Modesto Returning to the main room … Continue reading Premonitions Fulfilled (by BettyHT) →

Summary:  On a hunting and fishing trip, Jamie hears a number of stories of his family and learns about them and about life. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rating:  PG Word Count:  11,307   Although arthritis was bothering him, and sometimes he was short of breath, Ben Cartwright couldn't be happier. All of his sons were … Continue reading For Jamie (by BettyHT) →

Summary:  Ben Cartwright has strict rules about no animals in the house and except for guests, there is only one person who can break that rule. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rating:  PG Word Count:  1699   Anyone seeing the way Hoss was walking could tell he wasn't a happy man at all. No surprise at … Continue reading The Kitten (by BettyHT) →

Summary:  Some of Adam's brooding thoughts about events before he left the Ponderosa. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rating:  PG Word Count:  4019   There are so many times I'm grateful that I have these journals. The negative thoughts and feelings I have inside churn around so much and the bitterness and anger spew out at … Continue reading Pushed Away (by BettyHT) →

Summary:  A WHN with an alternative version of how the future could have gone for Margarita and Adam after the episode Woman of Fire. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rating:  PG Word Count:  4464   Joyous, Margarita Manuel walked with Don Luis in the garden at the Ponderosa. The picnic had been a success as far … Continue reading Margarita (by BettyHT) →