Summary:  A Ponderosa dialogue. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  535   Brothers Adam, aged 20, and Little Joe, aged 9, lay under a canopy of a billion brilliant stars. The moon hung over them large and white. It looked like a finely honed sickle – its sharpness defined by the deep indigo … Continue reading Heaven (by Barbara) →

Summary:  A Ponderosa dialogue. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  791   Adam toiled beside a mountain of tree stumps. All of them needed honing down to fit neatly in the Ponderosa fireplace. Whenever Ben or his boys had spare time, it was spent swinging an axe. Little Joe was spared though. At … Continue reading Skin Deep (by Barbara) →

Summary:   Don't ask . . . Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  6077     Uncharacteristically, Adam was the last one down to breakfast but he didn’t take his usual seat at the table to eat. Instead, he shuffled over to the liquor cabinet and took out the decanter of brandy. With his … Continue reading One Bad Day (by Barbara) →

Summary:  Adam searches for happiness. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count: 4445    “Anything the matter, son?” “Ah, no Pa.” Adam replied vacantly. “I’m fine.” “You certainly have been quiet these last few weeks.” Adam only responded to his father’s observation with a brief grin. “Are you feeling alright? Are you ill?” “No, … Continue reading In the Pines (by Barbara) →

Summary:  Adam finds his soul mate. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:   PG Word Count:  8499     Adam thought he had come of age. He was nineteen after all. He now owned his own handgun, rendered a perfect, first kiss and found a new pastime -– poker. Quiet and methodical as a child, Adam spent … Continue reading Fade to Black (by Barbara) →

Summary:   Not who you might think! Category:  Bonanza\ Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  2376 It was approaching dusk when Adam finally arrived home. He had been on the trail since early that morning, stopping only periodically to water his horse. He’d been away for over a month, peddling Ponderosa timber, and Adam was more … Continue reading Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (by Barbara) →

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Summary:  A story of the events leading up to Adam’s illness that led Ben to reflect on his first wife in Elizabeth, My Love. Rating: PG-13  (8,188 words)

Synopsis: A young Little Joe goes missing after fearing his father has been killed. Rating: PG Word Count: 16,600

Summary: Joe Cartwright, incorrigible, uncontainable, hoarder of worms and frogs and all of age 5 goes in search of a book for his big brother Adam … and lots of horrible things happen as a consequence! Rated: PG-13 (11,600 words)