Summary:  "You gotta be smart, boy, fast..." Who outsmarts whom? Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  G Word Count:  850 "Where in blue-blazes have you been?" Adam froze. Dang! He could have sworn it had been the second step of the staircase that creaked, but obviously it was the third. He wasn't sure if the second … Continue reading Caught in the Act (by faust) →

Summary:   Celebrating Adam's birthday was always a somewhat strained affair. But the new addition to the family didn't know that, and so something new happens that has everyone holding their breaths. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  G Word Count:  870 In loving memory of Heike, fan, forum host, friend.     Actually, Adam’s birthday had … Continue reading Birthday Boy (by faust) →

Summary: Adam decides to join the Federal Army and has to deal with the consequences. A story of losses and miracles, told in ten vignettes. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  3300 This story is very dear to me. It contains my very first forays into writing fiction, those first bits and pieces … Continue reading War and Peace (by faust) →

Summary: Most unexpectedly, a trip to the barbershop with Little Joe brings Adam new appreciation of his little brother's personality. An earthquake seems to play a major part in this... Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  G Word Count:  3000 It's a trial, nothing but a trial. A test of endurance. A verification of my capacity … Continue reading The Same Cloth (by faust) →

Summary: What if things had gone differently the night Adam had wooed Abigail Jones? What impact can a lost horse shoe, a squirrel and a spider have on a blossoming romance?  And had faust gone completely bonkers? Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  G Word Count:  4000 I. Adam was floating. Literally. Buoyancy and slight movements … Continue reading The Lake Tales (by faust) →

Summary: Most people thought Adam wasn’t a gambler. They thought wrong. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  1800 He would be the only passenger on the stage coach to Morris Flats, he’d been told, and the coach would start in five minutes—which left him just enough time to finish his coffee. Not that … Continue reading The Gambler (by faust) →

Summary: It's the end. The end of everything--or is it?   No KAOS in this story. Honestly! Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  G Word Count:  700 “It’s the end of the family,” Joe cries, and you cringe. Of course, for Joe it must feel like that. For Joe, this family has always consisted of Pa, and … Continue reading The End (by faust) →

Summary: Yet another discussion with Adam prompts Joe into doing something rash and potentially life-threatening—and into thinking more about politics than he ever wanted to. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  G Word Count:  2600   Politics. Politics weren't something you discuss at a ball, and still they had discussed politics. At a ball. Discussed politics, … Continue reading Not a Political Man (by faust) →

Summary: Hope is the thing with feathers...it falls into your lap, but is blown away so easily. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  1650 5. “What in the blazes does this mean?” Adam indicated the things littering the bedspread: skirts, blouses, chemises, camisoles, stockings, books, a hairbrush. She stopped her frantic movements, but … Continue reading Hope (by faust) →

Summary: He was special, even among the special men: his father. If only.... Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  1600 For a long time, I didn’t know who was my child’s father. Not an uncommon occurrence for women of my profession—but still, sometimes a girl would like to know if this handsome stranger … Continue reading His Father (by faust) →