You’ve seen Humans in Equestria… but have you seen them done quick? Will PonyRunner420 crumble under the pressure of one frame tricks, uninvited couch commentators, and suspiciously self-aware NPCs, or will he successfully kill Celestia in record time?

A short story about the magic of speedrunning, and it’s power to bring people across the world (and across dimensions) together with the common goal of raising money for charity, and just killing Celestia really fast.

Featured 2023/01/10. You’re supposed to brag about this here right

The opening day at Silver Frames’s art gallery is quiet, and disastrously empty. That suits Crackle Cosette just fine. She’s got her eye on one particular painting, and she’s not planning on buying it. But that’s it, there’s nothing else to see here.

2nd place winner of Bean's Writing Group's 'New Blood' Contest!

This will eventually become part of AdmiralSakai's Extended Cut, but right now it stands alone.

Sabot Élégant, a famous and mysterious food critic, visits a new up-and-coming restaurant in Ponyville. Disappointment ensues.

1st place winner for the New Blood Contest!

"This night was going to be perfect."
--Prince Blueblood
(misattributed)

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An entry for the New Blood Contest, featuring a bug in an unusual matchup.
Check out Bean's Writing Group, tell me if you find anything good: https://www.fimfiction.net/group/215333/ (checked)

Dieselpunk: A retro-futuristic subgenre of science fiction that merges the aesthetics and technology of the first half of the 1900s with post-modern sensibilities. A departure from the optimism and wonder of Victorian-styled steampunk, Dieselpunk is the point where technology is no longer human and honorable, but industrial and horrible.

A machine is one idea. A gun is another. When you marry them together, you get something else entirely. Delve into various quick bites of the Dieselpunk aesthetic, told through the lenses of familiar characters.

Written for the 1000 Words Contest II

Starlight Glimmer and Applejack both know they should probably break up.

Silver medalist in the 1000 words contest (group / info). Category: angst

Inspired by the Bleachers song "Stop Making This Hurt" (spotify link) and its music video (youtube link). That's also where I got he cover image!

Thanks to The Sleepless Beholder, Emotion Nexus, and RDT for their feedback and editing!

Earth-pony Twilight Sparkle has always been a little "out there". But while testing her latest crazy idea, she finds that there are places even farther than that...

For more of this AU, check out the entire series:

• When Ponies Fly
• The Two Unicorns
• Pinkie Pegasus
• The Muse of Fire

Dusk Shine is completely fine with being a stallion.

Sure, he doesn’t like it, but I mean who does, right? He isn’t good enough to be a mare, like his friends are, so there’s no way he could be transgender.

Feeling out of place and alienated around his closest friends has to be some kind of friendship problem, and that is what he’s here to study after all.

Maybe once he fixes this hole in his heart, he’ll understand why his friends seem to want him around. Maybe he’ll even be somepony who deserves them.

Some ponies still remember when the newest princess and her fiancée were replaced by members of an unknown species. For those of you close to the affected, these memories remain fresh in the mind. And many of you are still looking for answers.

But what happens if a human knocks on your door during this time? She claims it is a visit by chance, but she has something in common with these previously unknown shapeshifters.

“Gore” tag is for maximum 800 words of PG-13 rated violence. “Crossovers” tag is for the things related to World of Darkness setting.

Based on the television show “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic,” property of Hasbro, Inc.

Edited by PseudoBob Delightus and JBL. Preread by my precious wife. Many thanks to them!

For more information about the story please check the blog here. Also feel free to ask questions in comments.

P.S. I noticed that this story has a number of attributes of a rational fic as it stated on TV Tropes. I intended to make characters not dumb, so it might lead to other things.

Reader, in ancient days, the old lords of the world numbered in thousands. Then hundreds. Then even less.
Now, they are found only in tapestries and fanciful ballads.
The creatures are all vanished. All but one.

Rumors say there are more of him, somewhere far away. A young and supposedly gifted mage called Star Swirl, and Heartstrings, a gentle spinster, have joined him on a journey to find the rest.

Featured in The Royal Guard's Fic Spotlight #5
TV Tropes page (that could use more love)