It's Christmas day and Ben Cartwright is anything but in the Christmas mood.
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Adam is rushing home from college, trying to make it home on time. Along the way, he meets some strange characters who present him with a gift for his father, then disappear! But was it real, or was it all just a dream?
Little Joe's birthday just won't be the same since Pa has to be gone, so Adam agrees to a campout in the woods on All Hallows Eve - never guessing what terrifying events that innocent choice will put in motion.
Life on the ranch has struck a calm, happy medium. Pa Cartwright, now a proud grandpa. As like the rest of the Cartwright's Ben is blissfully unaware of the danger lurking. Only one man has an inkling - a portent of the horror which awaits!
Ponderosa Nightmares 2020--- Revenge is the subject on this particular Halloween night...at the Cartwrights' expense.
During a storm, the younger Cartwright brothers, Hoss and Joe, encounter a creature unlike one they ever saw before!
Plot elements:
Hero: Roy Coffee
Villain: Demon
Plot Element: Crystal Ball
Written for the Ponderosa Nightmares challenge, this takes my short story, "The Goblin's Ghost" into more detail.
The plot element was a swamp, the villain was a goblin, and the hero was Buck.
Adam receives a strange package and refused to open it. Ben, overcome by curiosity, opens it and unleashes a monster. Hoss is the only one who can save his family.
Written for the Ponderosa Nightmares challenge.
Here's my attempt at a Halloween story for the Ponderosa Nightmares Challenge 2012 with plot elements.
The Hero is Chubb
The Villian is a bear
The Plot element is a statue.
Oh and in Navajo, Shush means Bear.
In the tradition of Ponderosa Birdman and Ponderosa Matador comes Ponderosa Werewolf. This story follows My Brother's Keeper and has all four Cartwrights involved in finding a gruesome killer, or are they searching for a wolf?
This story is a Boomer's Exclusive and will only be available here.
Rated PG for violent content.
A Christmas ornament leads to a discussion between father and son about faith, hope, and love.
Adam tells his children the story of how he rescued Santa from their chimney the year before.
An intruder takes advantage of an innocent little boy in order to rob the Ponderosa. Disclaimer: I don't own Bonanza or the Cartwrights. Original plot and characters are property of the author. No money was made from this story.
Sheriff Coffee has his hands filled with a Ponderosa murder investigation, and then a vulture shows up determined to claim the very alive suspects.
This story was written for the 2020 Ponderosa Nightmares Challenge.
A Cartwright Christmas Tale---
Adam comes home for Thanksgiving from college.
Twenty-two year old Hoss is caught in a snowstorm on a mountain trail. Fortune is with him when he finds a cabin owned by two young men. They recognize Hoss's last name and share a story of the two families crossing the Great Plains together. Their parents parted ways many years ago. Now the next generation renews the friendship.
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.... #9 in the series.
Also available in eBook format — please pm me for that.
Adam and Joe are held captive by Captain Jack in an asylum. Good thing those Cartwright's taught their horses how to get back to the Ponderosa Ranch on their own.
How can a 10-year-old boy hate Christmas?
Ben’s granddaughter, Lizzy gives her grandfather a special Christmas gift. This story touches upon the importance of family, remembering those who have passed and those that cannot be with us. Just a short story for the Holiday Season. Enjoy!
Adam must overcome obstacles to make it to his engagement party on time and give his fiancee a special gift.
May contain spoilers to A New Home and Jenna's Ring.
Warning: Contains references to violence
Disclaimer: I do not own any recognizable Bonanza characters or the setting created by David Dotort. No copyright infringement is intended. Original characters are the property of the owner.