When words fail Applejack amid her grief, she turns to Granny Smith for wisdom.

But the grief in Granny's heart runs deep as well. And the anger that goes with it may run deeper than words or wisdom.

This story appeared as a finalist in the April 2018 Writeoff, "Just Like Old Times." Cover art by Skunkiss! Editing assistance by Moosetasm and Impossible Numbers! Featured on FImFiction 2Feb2021!

Officially, the hippogriffs retreated from Mount Aris rather than stand and fight the Storm King. But not everygriff went quietly into the deep. Now as a liberated Seaquestria prepares to rejoin the world stage, Pinkie Pie is called to bring holiday cheer to the last living hippogriff who refused to retreat.

If only her true task was even that simple.

This story was written for Marina Stars as a (slightly overdue) part of Jinglemas 2020! For more information about Jinglemas, check out our group! Editing assistance by Moosetasm! Pinkie vector by InfiniteWarlock! Featured on FimFiction 31Dec.2020-1Jan2021!

Sometimes a shortfic stands on its own, a longfic ends sooner than I expected, or I have something to showcase from a group collab. This anthology covers such things from my “early years” of 2015-2020. While a couple of these are unfinished, they've all received some level of feedback or polish. Quick descriptions, most recent first:

• Victory’s Lament - History is written by the victors, but the loss of one’s conscience makes the privilege bittersweet.
• Starlight fixes “Spice Up Your Life” with... Sniping! - Whoever said violence never solved anything clearly wasn’t creative with it. As we’ve established, however: Starlight is very creative. The restaurant business will never be the same.
• The Other-Other Mare - Spike’s youthful infatuation with Rarity often leaves her walking a fine line, as he truly is dear to her, if not always in the way he wishes. But Spike is growing up in all sorts of ways, and goodness knows Twilight doesn’t know how to talk to him about some things.
• Starlight fixes “The Gift of the Maud Pie” with... Attention to Detail! - Manehattan’s missing pouch shop proprietor was far from an innocent stallion. But so is Starlight, if you think about it. Sometimes it takes a villain to catch a villain...
• Rumbling Thunder - When brotherly love meets brotherly revenge, the only safe place is upwind.
• Starlight fixes “Applejack's ‘Day’ Off” with… Sabotage! (And Six Sigma! (And Bacon!)) - Barnyard bungee jumping takes a tasty, but temporally tenuous, turn.
• You Gotta Know When To Hold ’Em - The Pies are proud, upright adherents to an old-world tradition about how to live one’s life. Ironically, the forebear of their line was not.
• An Invasion is Born - Pony Joe has an exciting gift for his new special somepony. More than anything, he hopes she'll stop by and collect it.
• Lightening her Load - Applejack knows a thing or two about making a deposit on the side of the road. Good thing too, because it's going to be Rarity's first time.
• Starlight fixes “The Mane Attraction” with... HEAVY METAL! - Trixie's appreciation for everyday household goods takes an unexpected turn.
• Starlight fixes “Power Ponies” with… SWAT-ting! - Kids these days, with their modern ways of breaking up somepony else's good time...
• Starlight fixes “Rarity Takes Manehattan” with… Violence! - I mean, why spend ~22 minutes of airtime cleaning up after a jerk like Suri Polomare when you could just do this instead?
• Starlight fixes “Spike At Your Service” with… Admonishment! - Sometimes even a soon-to-be Princess of Friendship needs a (verbal) smack upside the head.
• Like Nopony Else - Maud Pie’s deep uniqueness can be both a blessing and a curse.
• Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken - Limestone Pie will never give up, no matter the odds.
• The Eye That Floats, Silent and Unblinking, in Petunia Paleo's Sandbox - The Doctor rushes to somepony's aid... but whose?
• Hell Awaits (original version) - An initial draft of what would become the actual prologue to To Serve In Hell, my long-running thriller set in the Season 5 finale's Nightmare-verse.
• Tequila Sunrise - Aliens place a trio of creatures in a setting that plays to each of their weaknesses.
• Snakes on a Train - Daring Do says the line. You know the one!
• Inescapable - Babs Seed has a really bad day.
• The Inevitable Clopfic - An author's editor offers advice. (Not actually clop.)
• The Seduction of Princess Cadance - A wisepony receives an offer he dares not refuse. (Also not clop.)

Cover art of my OC, Nutmeg, by Bluegrass Brooke! Featured on FimFiction 19Dec.2020!

Limestone Pie: a 20-year-old homeschool graduate who can't imagine life outside of working her father's quarry.

Flash Sentry: an 18-year-old senior at Canterlot High with no bloody clue what he wants to do in life.

On the surface, these two seem like an unlikely pairing. But when a chance encounter over heavy music pulls them into an unexpected love triangle, the pair find a spark of attraction that rocks.

An early version of chapter 2 appeared in the November 2015 Writeoff, "Like the World Is Ending." Custom cover art by Captain Wuzz! Pre-reading by Dubs Rewatcher, 621Chopsuey, and Soufriere! Featured on Equestria Daily 25Apr.2017! Also featured by Seattle’s Angels! And at long last, featured on FimFiction 06Jun.2019!

Tirek’s destruction of Golden Oaks Library left Twilight Sparkle borderline uninsurable. Now only the greatest financial advisor in the land can save her... but at what cost?

Sex tag for tax implications.

A story request for Super Trampoline. Cover art assembled from here and here. "At what cost" gag purloined from Aragon. Featured on FimFiction 18Feb.2019-19Feb.2019!

Sixteen-year-old Limestone Pie is chafing from a lack of good female support—in all senses of the term. But when a bra-hunt at the local mall reveals an otherworldly force that's hell-bent for leather (or cotton) about leaving her hanging, Limestone has no choice but to trust her mom for help—even though Cloudy Quartz wouldn't know a good bra if it hit her in the face.

Sex tag for anatomical references and thematic elements.

This story appeared as a finalist in the September 2017 Writeoff, "True Colors." Custom cover art by PraysForAPrankster! Editing assistance by Moosetasm and Dubs Rewatcher! Featured on FimFiction 27Dec.2018-28Dec.2018!

Sometimes young Petunia Paleo's dreams seem impossible.

Good thing dreams are Princess Luna's specialty.

This story was expanded from its original appearance as a finalist in the December 2016 Writeoff, "Has That Always Been There?" Cover art assembled from here and here. Featured on FimFiction 26Dec.2018-28Dec.2018! Featured on Equestria Daily 4Jan.2019! Also featured by the Royal Canterlot Library!

The third most unbelievable thing is that Zephyr Breeze landed a girlfriend.

The second most unbelievable thing is that it's Sunset Shimmer.

But the single most unbelievable thing? That would be who Zephyr’s cheating on her with, and why.

Sex tag for dialogue and thematic elements.

This story is an entry for Oroboro's Sunset Shipping Contest: Journeys. Brainstorming/pre-reading/editing help by Moosetasm and Georg! Cover art by The-Park! Featured on FimFiction 10Sep.2018!

The year is 20X6. It is the future. And Young Hero Twilight-chan leaps into action, defending Neo Canterlot against a threat far greater than the average kaiju or humongous mecha attack.

For as it turns out, Twilight-chan's steadfastness as a hero is reflected in innumerable variations across the infinite multiverse... and something is collapsing the boundaries that hold those dimensions apart!

This story was expanded from its original appearance in the February 2017 Writeoff, "The Twilight Zone," with the assistance of MisterNick and Posh! Fantastic custom Twilight by The-Butcher-X with background/lettering by yours truly. Featured on FimFiction 4Aug.2018! Also featured by Seattle’s Angels!

Big Macintosh knows himself. He knows how life works on the farm. And he definitely knows that ponies don’t return once their lives are over.

But when somepony Big Mac doesn’t expect begins appearing at Sweet Apple Acres, he finds the biggest questions lie not with the visitor, but with himself.

A draft of this story appeared in the February 2018 Writeoff, "No Turning Back." Editing assistance by Xepher and Moosetasm! Featured on FimFiction 31Mar.2018