Joe leaves the Ponderosa ranch house and moves to his new home with his bride. This was originally a submission for a Bonanza Ballads challenge. This is a part of "The Joe and Karie Stories".
It is autumn as 16-year-old Little Joe and his brothers check on the line shacks. They come across something sad. A submission for the 2018 Autumn At The Ranch Challenge.
It is spring, and the winter has passed. Five-year-old Little Joe wanders off to find his mama who died couple of months earlier. This is about the incident that is referenced by Ben to Little Joe in the episode "Between Heaven And Earth". I originally wrote this story back in 2001. I entered it in a Bonanza fan fiction contest, but it didn't win. I recently came back to it and rewrote it for the Spring Awakens Challenge.
Why has Little Joe been getting into fights at school? Can Adam reconnect with the little brother who once looked up at him in awe?
Written for the Spring Awakens Challenge 2020.
The Cartwrights discover dangerous and unwanted company on the Ponderosa. This story was a submission for a Bonanza Ballads challange
15-year-old Little Joe and his family run into trouble while heading home after a cattle drive. This story was for a Bonanza Ballads challenge.
When 11-year-old Adam learns that his pa has remarried he fears that Mama (Inger) will be forgotten. He's also not sure what to think of Pa's new wife Marie. Story written for the Autumn At The Ranch challenge.
Joe comes home shot and fighting for his life. His family and friends hope and pray he will make it. This started as some paragraphs submitted to a challenge for Fan Fiction Weekend 2018.
Joe and his brothers are in Virginia City. He is now telling Adam that Hoss has disappeared. What is going on? This was a submission for Fan Fic Fun.
Some wishes come true as hoped for, some wishes just can't be, and some wishes come true in ways not expected. It is the middle of winter and two weeks before Christmas. Joe and Adam find stowaways hiding in their wagon. This story includes two characters from the episode "The Hayburner". Written for A Winter's Tale 2019 writing challenge.