Forthcoming stories · 8:45pm May 13th, 2016
I'm cleaning up and posting the write-off stories I wrote last year. Displacement and Twinkie were the first. I had only 1 chapter for Twinkie, but it was lonely, so I wrote 2 more after I released it.
Most of the rest are coming out as new chapters of The Twilight Zone (because Roger won't increase the write-off short-story word limit to 900 
), usually one per day, skipping weekends:
21. The Gentle People (dark): The gryphon tribe that tried to follow a pony goddess. Based on Black Robe.
22. The Element of Audacity (Twilight, Dash, Cthulhu): It would take a very brave, very stupid pony to defy the Eater. Most people didn't understand this in the write-off. That was my fault. I rewrote it to make it clearer. It's 50% longer now.
23. The Mechanical Donkey (Cranky Doodle alt-universe): A colt working for the school paper uncovers an old donkey's secret. Most people didn't understand this in the write-off. That was their fault, so I didn't rewrite it to make it clearer.
24? Fozzymandias: Fausticorn poetry. Not from the write-off.
25? The Gift of Lethe: Another Celerity ship; needs more rewriting.
26? Necessary Evil: A very short piece on Tirek's motivation.
27? Faith: A darksad story about the obsolescence of alicorns. Needs more rewriting.
I'm not posting "The Last Page" unless I can make it more pony. It just ain't canon Sombra, so I don't know what to do with it.
"The Twilight Zone" is now my longest story. Curiously, no one has ever reviewed it. A curious fact, that, which I am merely idly remarking on.
Also in The Twilight Zone, I changed Luna's response to a guard in "The Quiet One". Not a big change. Other stories I've made minor tweaks to lately included The Mailmare (but am still rewriting chapter 1), Detective & Magician, Burning Man Brony (I think just the "big hands" scene)... probably a few others. I don't know why I'm telling you this. 
There's no need to reread them.
I have another Twinkie story in my head, though I don't know whether I can write it this weekend. It's a cheerful story, and the idea has been sitting in my head for weeks now, waiting for me to be cheerful enough to write it.
I'm coming out with a new chapter of "Moments" Real Soon Now. I also realized I'd taken the sex out of "Moments" for EQD, but EQD hasn't published it because they want an explanation of what Discord is doing, so I may write a temporary sexy-times mature-rated chapter 3 until such time as I do (or don't) deal with Discord. I'll mention it in a blog if I do.
I have a Derpy story called "Useless" which is okay, but I feel like it's the subplot to a larger story, one that involves Luna and Derpy kissing. I may or may not write that. I have a draft of a 2nd chapter for Mortality Report, and a plan for a novella-length extension of it, but it's such a time investment that I don't know if I should get into that.
I'm most excited about "The Gathering" and "Anonymous Dreams".
"The Gathering" is a very short story, 1140 words (750 in the write-off), in which Dotted Line saves Equestria. I'd really like it to be featured, but its short length probably makes that impossible. It can't be on EQD, either. 
"Anonymous Dreams" is a 2nd-person meta-clop-story that got shot down in the write-offs (you know who you are). I think I'm going to go full-bore explicit with it, but not in an arousing way. In a violent, triggery way. It's necessary. You'll know which I did from the tag when you see it. It's a serious story. I hope it's an uplifting one. It needs the most rewriting, but it's got the most promise.
I'm still unhappy with chapter 4 of "Fluttershy's Night Out", and CinnamonSwirltheBreaded's comment explains why best.
I just realized I'm publishing 2 stories about hugging this week. I hope this doesn't damage my bad reputation. I don't want to become known as the Thoroughbred of Hugs. 
Welcome to new minions Gba500, Greed the Giving, and MightyFenrir! (Odd; I thought MightyFenrir was already following me.) I released the last chapter to Twilight Zone while the Europeans were still awake, so maybe that paid off--I got 2 new minions despite getting only about 100 views.
And this is why I love you. Please don't kill me.
Getting Internet followers these days seems to require making a witty twitter or Tumblr account and getting something to go viral. Sadly, based on what shows up in the feature box, fimfiction probably is not much different than the general Internet in terms of what type of content gets clicks.
Holy shit, that's hype. I really appreciate that you make a fic exactly as long as it needs to be. A lot of people could do the concepts you do but they would either be too short or too long.
Just to let you know, I've got an upcoming section in Letters that was very, very influenced by The Gathering. I'll credit. It was very emotional.
I'm going to trust you on this, because to choose to not trust you on this means obsessively re-reading those stories and possibly also combing through internet archives.
There's no way that could go wrong.
3943107 Which section is that?
BTW, are you posting Trixie And Her Amazing Pet Changeling today? I plan to post The Gathering in an hour, but don't want to go head-to-head with it.
3968865 Trixie-Changeling is fully drafted, but not fully written. (Which is a *dramatic* shift from my normal method of writing, which is to sit down and start rambling with a general goal in mind somewhere six months down the line) I'm peeling the draft into its own document so I can look back and compare the two in order to make future stories better. See, I do listen to what you say
Letters: It's in the next arc, which I *need* to get drafted out. In short, Monster is faced with the prospect of seeing two of her friends die and attempts to flee far, far away in order not to face it. (Don't worry, I won't hurt them. And it will be awesome!)
I probably don't have anything ready to post any sooner than July, although I was considering posting the first chapter out of Farmer Bruener Has Some Ponies on June 22, the Summer Solstice (more or less) to match with the EiH timeline of events.