I spent pretty much all of Sunday reading Scribblefest entries, and this is going to be the last Scribblefest-centric review post. On the whole, the finalists had a number of very decent stories, and while I didn’t end up writing a review of every story, I did manage to write reviews for a good number of them.

As always, note that I am but one of nine Scribblefest judges, so my word is not the last one on these.

Today’s stories:

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[Mandatory comment from some weirdo]

You're fabulous.

Question. What kind of bear is best?

I like black bears because they are the ones you can't escape.

What's a drangus?

They're kinda like danguses and dinguses.

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What it says on the tin, folks. The first chapter of my 100th(!) story will be dropping at 7 pm EST tomorrow. It's the start of my adventure anthology for all the lore and parts of the mythos that never quite got their own solo tales. There will be lots about the Alicorns, other divine, and the origin of many species. For the three people and their alts that follow Missing Pages & Scrawled Footness, you'll like this one if there's stuff in the main arc you wished to see even a bit of in

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Fuck it. Here’s a thesis in two parts that literally nobody will like, ‘cause y’all fucking cowards.

• Being featured isn’t actually that hard. That’s how you get a popular story.
• Being featured ultimately doesn’t fucking matter. That’s not how you get famous.

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