Summary: Christmas on the Ponderosa is, more or less, always the same. Yet this year, there's a certain moment of unpredictability: there's a visitor staying over the holidays who could jeopardise it all...or make it extra special. And maybe she even knows a better present for Adam than yet another book.... Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western … Continue reading The Art of Giving (by faust) →

Summary: After a long day out in the rain, Adam longs for more than a hot drink and a hearty meal, and he knows where he'll find it. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  G Word Count:  4300 This story was inspired by the wonderful poem of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Day Is Done, all of … Continue reading The Art of Belonging (by faust) →

Summary:  AU story -- At the center of the story is a tragedy that leads Adam into a romance and into an adventure.  The results of both will determine his future on the Ponderosa. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:   13,597 Chapter 1 It had started with thefts. By all accounts, some Southern … Continue reading Faith, Hope, and Love (by BettyHT) →

Summary: A short WHN for ‘He Was Only Seven’ — a moment on the way back home. Category: Bonanza Genre: Western Rating: G Word Count: 1863   Pa was going to skin him alive, and he would deserve every minute of it. Joe blew on the fire, long and full, and when the flames caught … Continue reading Only Fifteen (by PSW) →

Summary:  It's a story for the Halloween season with otherworldly goings on that involve Joe and Adam in an eerie and chilling mystery that almost sends one brother home without the other. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  1551   Taking the short cut across the desert wasn't usually a problem. The weather … Continue reading The Old Stage Station (by BettyHT) →

Summary:  It's a story mostly suited to the season of Halloween with one of the Cartwrights in the mode of self-appointed avenging angel and working hard to make sure no on knows his choice of a second job. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  1393   The Billiard Room was quiet when he … Continue reading My Life’s Work (by BettyHT) →

Summary: It might look like everyday business, but it's more, much more. Ben makes some quite interesting observations, and Juliet learns something, too.  Originally written for the Weekly Seedlings Challenge for the prompt "Show Off". Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated: G Word Count:  2400     Of course, they were all showing off. They were … Continue reading The Art of Bronco Busting (by faust) →

Summary: Three times it didn't matter that he loved her, and the one time it did. Revised version of a Pinecone entry (the first line was given to be expanded into a story.)  This is the ninth story in the "Art" universe. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  G Word Count:  630     In the … Continue reading What Matters (by faust) →

Summary: Five women, five flowers, each of them holding a special meaning.  The eighth story in the "Art" Universe. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated: G Word Count:  1000   The first flowers were for Inger. Tiny blue prairie flowers, that probably only blossomed in Kentucky. Adam had spent hours plucking them, and when he presented … Continue reading Flowers (by faust) →

Summary: Adam tries to serenade The One -- if she'd only let him.  The seventh story in the "Art" universe. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  G Word Count:  1200 Juliet slung her warm blue shawl round her shoulders. After an exceptionally blazing hot autumn day the evening had brought a cold breeze, and Adam and … Continue reading The Art of Serenading (by faust) →