Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count: 18,050   What was that scent? He had smelled it before; he knew he had, yet he could put no name to it. It was faint and soft and sweetly pungent with a clean trace of the oranges he had sometimes found in the toe of … Continue reading The Scent of Deception (by DJK) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  1150     “When I’m twenty-one, I won’t have to mind nobody ever again!” Little Joe Cartwright declared as he threw himself down in a particularly thick pile of hay. His best friend Mitch followed Joe into the loft and plopped down beside him. “You sure … Continue reading In Ten Years (by DJK) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  1410     The grand piano stood in an alcove designed to give resonance and act rather like a stage. The instrument itself was a work of art. The rich color of its polished wood gleamed smoothly as its intricate carvings added texture. Its bench was … Continue reading Night Music (by DJK) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  1200     “I wouldn’t do that if I were you!” The thought flashed in his mind, but he clenched his jaw and swallowed it off his tongue. The last time he had said it out loud, his brother had turned and pinned him with a … Continue reading I Wouldn’t Do That (DJK) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  27,065   He sat in the blue chair with his bare feet resting on the low table. His eyes had adjusted to the darkness well enough for him to watch as the door slowly opened and the slim body of his youngest cousin slipped inside. He … Continue reading Relatives and Reasons (by DJK) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:   3575     “Where in the blue blazes have you been?” The words held a sharp edge even with their low volume. “Where do you think!” The retort held an edge of its own. “You were supposed to be here nearly an hour ago. If I … Continue reading A Case of Comeuppance (by DJK) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  7025     The stables were different from the barn. The barn belonged to the family; the stables, well, they were a separate part of the Ponderosa, like the bunkhouse, and belonged as much to the hands as to his father, at least in Little Joe’s … Continue reading Cleaning Up (by DJK) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  1290     Adam came awake and lay in the stillness. Hearing the chimes, he counted them slowly, started to rise, and then settled back against the pillows again. Tugging the bedcovers up under his chin, he rolled onto his side and allowed himself to drift … Continue reading …And He Shall Not Depart From It (by DJK) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  1100     “Do you think them Spaniards really had as much gold as the stories are always saying?” Mitch Devlin inquired in general of the group of boys sitting around him in the schoolyard. Swallowing the last of his sugar cookie, Little Joe Cartwright replied, … Continue reading Spanish Gold (by DJK) →

Summary: Category:  Bonanza Genre:  Western Rated:  PG Word Count:  1280     Roy Coffee stood and looked through the bars of the cell at the boy sitting on the bunk. The sixteen-year-old’s elbows were braced on his knees, and his head was buried in his hands. The sheriff sighed almost imperceptibly as he unlocked the … Continue reading The Company You Keep (by DJK) →