Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  1604     Awareness comes upon me, not with the slow retreat of soft darkness and dreams, but with a discordant plunge into fear and pain. My abrupt awakening leaves me gasping, and for several long moments I struggle to catch my breath. I look around … Continue reading See You in the Morning (by Lisa M.) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  16,610   Joe had been asleep for less than an hour before he returned to full wakefulness in the darkness of his room. Even the sleeping powders that his pa had insisted that he take could not suppress the troubled thoughts that inexorably forced him back … Continue reading Firewater (by Lisa M.) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  7272     Joe supposed he could have blamed the jackrabbit. The large, wiry hares were as much a part of the Ponderosa landscape as pine trees and mountains. While they weren't normally found near creek beds, he supposed they had to have water as much … Continue reading Renegade Star (by Lisa M.) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  18,491   Ben put down his pen and leaned back in his chair to peruse what he had written. Nodding slightly in satisfaction, he set the document aside to dry, then slid open the top drawer to search for an envelope. The front door opened and … Continue reading The SJS (by Lisa M.) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  8820   For Jenny…   He awoke to intense, throbbing, white-hot pain in his head -- worse than anything he had ever experienced or could even have imagined. And he couldn’t see. Not a thing. Was it just dark or had he gone blind? Joe closed … Continue reading Emergence of a Man (by Lisa M.) →

Summary:  The Cartwrights reflect on the impact Marie had on their lives. Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  3100     Listening as his sons erupted into yet another quarrel over nothing, Ben wondered why they were all so on edge. There were no particular problems on the ranch and as far as … Continue reading In Loving Memory (by Rona) →

Summary: Rated:  PG Word Count:  10,019   “Cartwright,” growled a low voice. Standing by the punch table, getting a drink for himself and his date, Joe Cartwright stiffened. “What do you want, Jennings?” he asked, warily, not looking at the other man. “You’re marked, Cartwright,” Jennings hissed. “Just remember that! You’re marked!” As Jennings sidled … Continue reading Singled Out (by Rona) →

Summary: Rated:  PG Word Count:  11,347   “Honest, Pa, I feel much better,” Joe protested. “I’m fine.” “Hey, listen, Pa, if Joe’s volunteering to go back to work, don’t stop him,” Adam joked. “It’s a novel occurrence and we might as well get the most out of him while he’s willing!” Shooting Adam a look, … Continue reading Protective Urges (by Rona) →

Summary:   A sequel to “To Love Again” Rated:  PG Word Count:  10,224     Travelling by stagecoach wasn’t Joe Cartwright’s favourite means of travel. It was bouncy, dusty and uncomfortable and once, he had been involved in a coach crash. However, after being away from home for more than a week, delivering a horse to … Continue reading Shotgun Wedding (by Rona) →