The dragons have returned. They've been a thorn in Equestria's side since the beginning. They scheme, dreaming of vast Equestrian lands rich with plunder, of flame-roasted ponyflesh. At long last, the dragons have committed to war, all wings united in their final push to break Equestria. Nopony dares stop them.

Twilight has been expecting this. How could she not? The last time dragons turned a greedy eye to the north, their presence alone nearly destroyed the nation. It can't happen again. It won't happen again. Twilight has a final solution to save Equestria — but at what cost?

Set several decades after Twilight's inevitable rise to prominence, Strangehorn draws on the satire of its namesake, examining the uncompromising drive to harmony that has made Twilight — and Equestria in her wake — the power it is today. An unsurprising tack given the brief tale's pedigree: Strangehorn is a semi-sequel to Blackacre, the political thriller set thirty years before the time of the show we remember.

Both Strangehorn and Blackacre are canon, of a sort, telling of a much darker sort of story than those we usually see on Saturday mornings. Unlike its predecessor, Strangehorn is an experiment in the short form; I gladly solicit commentary on it.