Shining Armor spends some time with his daughter while he is recovering from a war wound. They play chess, and talk about some thoughts the game brings up.

Written for the Father's Day Not-a-Contest challenge

Adagio Dazzle and Aria Blaze are living in complete and utter grief. No sooner had their necklaces been destroyed when an incident that they would rather forget comes to occur, destroying the trio and leaving a shattered duo. Through it all, a single girl sets out to make their lives more happy. With something sweet, of course!

Dedicated to all my friends down at Anti-Depression Ponies, and for all of you who feel down sometimes.

As Meadowbrook prepares for the next stage of her life, she finds a familiar memento in the hooves of a new pony.

Thanks to wishcometrue for editing.

Spike contemplates how close he was to losing his wings.

Octavia performs with the symphony, playing music for thousands. It's her dream job and she loves what she does.

But at home, in the quiet and the alone, she gets restless. She wants something she can't define-

The satisfaction of the night.

Title by Spectral

One beautiful morning, Twilight Sparkle decides she wants a free salad. After a small amount of theft, assault, battery, and arson, she sits down to enjoy what is sure to be the best tasting salad ever.

...Or she would have, if it weren’t for the Equestrian Intelligence Service locking her up as a potential threat to national security. Now, Twilight must escape a maximum security holding facility hidden deep underneath Canterlot. And to do it, she’ll need a paperclip, a spymare catsuit, an escape plan, and an alliance with the dastardly Drakbog, King of Frogs.

"There is only one rule: If you get hit, you're out."
Apple Bloom is dragged into an all-out civil war between the students of Ponyville Elementary, and soon enough the Crusaders are the only ones left to stand against a seemingly unstoppable evil.

Twilight is drawing, and Celestia is her canvas.

A figment of a young woman's imagination gets some tips from Derpy.

Inspired by the cover art, a mash-up courtesy of Super Trampoline via HiMyNameIsNickel, this story took 2nd place—out of two stories entered—in the 139th WriteOff contest, "Wind and Rain" and appeared in de-Ponyfied form in December of 2020 on the Zooscape website.

Tours are hard. Tours are harder when you have a crush on your fellow musician. Tours are harder still when said fellow musician cheats on you. No, you weren't technically together. No, it doesn't matter.

Now throw a shady deal with Equestria's most dangerous cartel into the mix. This tour's gonna be great.

Check out the fic reading here!