Summary:  It sounds like a Halloween story and there is a ghost story involved, but it is more a story of Adam coming to terms with his lost dreams and making a decision on his future. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rating:  PG Word Count:  18564 Chapter 1 Riding into the yard at the Ponderosa, Hoss … Continue reading The Haunting (by BettyHT) →

Summary:  A task gone wrong leads to a discussion and a bet among the brothers. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rating:  PG Word Count:  1097   The day was gorgeous with that clean smell you get after a good rain. With all the dust washed away, everything looked bright and new again. Under an azure sky, … Continue reading The Bet (by BettyHT) →

Summary:  This is a story that takes place after Hoss has died although much of the story features Hoss in memories Ben has before the story switches to the time immediately after his death. Although that sounds quite sad, the end result is to try to take something of great sorrow and find the silver … Continue reading Memories (by BettyHT) →

SUMMARY:  The story is set after Hoss' death when Adam is reunited with his family, and Adam and Joe have to reconnect which uncovers what could have been a second tragedy for the family. There is some description of the barbaric practices used in insane asylums in the 1800s in some states. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  … Continue reading Almost Lost Two (by BettyHT) →

  Summary: Nothing stays the same, no matter how much we believe we want it to. For a lonely homesteader, life in her remote forest cabin is to be changed forever with the arrival of a riderless horse, a wounded Cartwright and a trigger-happy gunman. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:   24,151   … Continue reading The Cabin in the Woods (by Sierra Girl) →

Summary:  On a wintery Christmas Eve, five-year-old Little Joe learns the meaning of trust, brotherly love and forever. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  G Word Count: 2,877 words   By the time Ben Cartwright and his two youngest sons arrived home that day, the snowstorm that had crept up on them unawares was nearly a white-out. As they’d … Continue reading The Gingerbread Man (by Sierra Girl) →

Summary: It’s tough being a 14-year old boy, but it’s especially hard when you have little brothers, a friend you’re eager to impress and the added complication of those creatures from another planet…girls!  Will Adam survive his first forays with the opposite sex in one piece, and still have a friend at the end of it? … Continue reading The Friendship Game (by Sierra Girl) →

Summary:  When Adam encounters a mysterious woman on the shores of Lake Tahoe, his whole world will be changed forever. And just what is the woman’s involvement in the abductions taking place around the lake? This is my take on how and why Adam left the Ponderosa. An AU fantasy set in the ‘real’ world … Continue reading The Eighth Day (by Sierra Girl) →

Summary:   What if you lost nine years of your most recent memory and it never came back? What if you had memories that could hurt people if you got them back so they wanted you dead? But you don’t remember who those people are or what it is that they fear you will remember? Category:  … Continue reading Answers (by BettyHT) →

Summary:  Nothing stays the same, no matter how much we believe we want it to. For a lonely homesteader, life in her remote forest cabin is to be changed forever with the arrival of a riderless horse, a wounded Cartwright and a trigger-happy gunman. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count: 24,151 words   Chapter 1 At … Continue reading The Cabin in the Woods (by Sierra Girl) →