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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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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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Marie Cartwright comes home from assisting a neighbor woman in need to find …
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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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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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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.
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Adam and his wife of convenience leave for Australia and a new life in the outback of Queensland. This is Adam-centric.
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Ben's daughter who was dead for the past 20 years, isn't! She returns to her family under less than ideal circumstances.
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Fandom Character Death Match Tournament Bracket 28, Round 3, Match 3: Adam Cartwright vs. Brian Robeson by magic8ballzz
Fandoms: Bonanza (TV 1959), Brian Series - Gary Paulsen
25 Jul 2025
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In the unforgiving Nexus Arena 7G, where the Multiversal Death Match Tournament demands a single survivor, Brian Robeson, a boy hardened by wilderness survival, faces Adam Cartwright, the principled rancher of the Ponderosa, in a desperate battle for life. Amid a dense, treacherous forest, Brian’s cunning resourcefulness and primal instincts clash with Adam’s seasoned tracking skills and resolute strength. This heart-wrenching tale explores themes of survival, necessity, and the devastating cost of victory, culminating in a tense and tragic showdown that leaves only one standing.
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- Part 847 of Fandom Character Death Match Tournament
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Fandom Character Death Match Tournament Bracket 28, Round 2, Match 5: Adam Cartwright vs. Hans Landa by magic8ballzz
Fandoms: Bonanza (TV 1959), Inglourious Basterds (2009)
25 Jul 2025
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In the desolate ruins of the Nexus Arena’s cathedral, where the Multi-Fandom Death Match Tournament forces unlikely combatants into mortal conflict, Adam Cartwright, the principled rancher from the Ponderosa, faces Hans Landa, the cunning and ruthless SS officer, in a deadly clash of grit and guile. Amid crumbling pillars and fractured light, Adam’s practical resolve and raw strength meet Landa’s manipulative intellect and deadly precision. This tense tale explores themes of survival, morality, and the triumph of straightforward courage over calculated cruelty, culminating in a gripping showdown that leaves only one standing.
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- Part 841 of Fandom Character Death Match Tournament
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- 1,668
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Fandom Character Death Match Tournament Bracket 28, Round 1, Match 9: Adam Cartwright vs. Rowdy Yates by magic8ballzz
Fandoms: Bonanza (TV 1959), Rawhide (TV)
25 Jul 2025
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In the eerie, crimson-lit Grand Coliseum of Nexus Prime, Adam Cartwright, the principled rancher from the Ponderosa, faces Rowdy Yates, a hardened cattle drover, in a brutal showdown forced by the merciless Multiversal Death Match Tournament. Trapped in a desolate arena with no escape, the two men, bound by honor yet driven by survival, engage in a desperate struggle of wits, skill, and raw instinct. As gunfire gives way to a gritty, close-quarters brawl, the story explores themes of morality, sacrifice, and the shattering cost of survival, delivering a heart-wrenching tale of two good men forced into an unthinkable act.
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- Part 829 of Fandom Character Death Match Tournament
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