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Eleanor has never had a birthday party. In fact, she doesn't even know when her birthday is. Will her family give her the birthday she deserves? Candy is going to do his best to make sure Ellie has a day to remember. A continuation of 'When Lost is Found.'
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La vida de Joe tiene sus giros y heridas que el tiempo intenta ayudar a sanar pero unos acontecimientos hacen que el destino tenga que intervenir de la peor manera
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After a long journey, Adam Cartwright returns to the Ponderosa expecting nothing more than a quiet night, only to find his younger brother entertaining an unexpected guest.
But when the evening takes a sudden and violent turn, the Cartwrights realize too late that danger has already crossed their doorstep.
Unarmed and trapped in their own home, Adam and Joe are forced into deadly compliance, where every move could cost them everything.
And as the night stretches on, one question becomes painfully clear:How far are their captors willing to go… and will the Cartwrights survive long enough to find out?
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Twelve-year-old Adam Cartwright has walls high enough to keep out an army.
Unfortunately, God sends something a little more unassuming.
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When Adam returns to the Ponderosa with a wife and a business partner, Joe learns he didn’t know his brother as well as he thought he did.
A post-canon examination on why Adam Cartwright left the Ponderosa and how he might return.
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Summary: When Adam invited Joe to come to Europe for a holiday, he never imagined the consequences.
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Summary: A WHN for "The Gamble." As events unfold subsequent to their being exonerated of robbery and murder charges, Adam fears more was at stake in Alkalai than the Cartwrights knew.
Rated: T -- (3,570 words)
Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.
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People can get strange ideas when they find out the Cartwright boys are only half-brothers.
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A mini what happened instead for the beginning of The Magnificent Adah. Joe convinces his friend Mitch to join him at a controversial show in Virginia City. Adam catches them, but isn't sure he should turn them in to their fathers.
**Spanking and/or mention of spanking of fictional children, which I don't condone irl**
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Little Joe and his friend ditch work and head to the seedier part of town to try their luck at the illicit poker tables. In a surprise to no one, they get caught.
**Spanking of fictional characters, which I don't condone irl**
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While Ben is away, fifteen year old Adam disobeys Marie to go on a hunt and is very rude in the process. Ben gets home just in time to deal with Adam and help him sort out his guilt.
**Spanking of fictional characters, which I don't condone irl**
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Not long after Adam returns from college, he begins to wonder if he should have come back at all, as his father doesn't seem to recognize he's not the stripling youth he'd been when he left home more than four years earlier. It takes a wise young woman of the world to potentially set both Cartwright men straight and help heal a rift that threatens to destroy the family.
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- Chapters:
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- 6
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Marie Cartwright comes home from assisting a neighbor woman in need to find …
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- 2,108
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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- 15
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- 109
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An older brother mourns his believed failure in keeping a promise.
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After Adam is pulled out of the river by Tom Wilson, they get to talking - there's a reason men like him get what they want.
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Written for a challenge on another platform. Details three visits of the Cartwright brothters to the Saucy Sally, an establishment in San Francisco.
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Loosely based on the play by Aeschylus--with my apologies. Adam's wife, Sibella, decides to start a suffragette movement in Virginia City using the best weapon they have--sex.
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Hoss teaches Little Joe to play chess. Cross-posted on Bonanza Brand and written in response to a quarterly challenge.
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Remember, Remember (A Stranger Passed This Way bonus scene) by HgMercury39
Fandoms: Bonanza (TV 1959)
25 Aug 2025
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A Stranger Passed This Way focuses on Ben's perspective, with Adam and Joe almost ignored aside from their disagreement with his approach.
What might they have said or thought that night, with the prospect of losing a brother in the morning and their own father a poor source of comfort for once? -
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This is a continuation of the lives of Adam and his wife in Australia. There is no Book 3 so this resolves many issues raised in the first story--and about 20,000 words shorter. There are adult situations and language.
