When a certain Minotaur known for his attitude and tendency to pull crazy poses comes into a high-end china shop, chaos ensues.

Winner of Honorable Mention at the Everfree Northwest 2014 Iron Author Competition. Written in just two hours, and unedited from the original for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!

Our lovely horse ladies go to the bastion of Amarecan cuisine

Cadance is an Alicorn, a hybrid species that is born with the gift of unnaturally long life. She is also married to the stunning and heroic Captain, Shining Armor. It is a union that is truly ageless, "until death do us part."

But Shining is a unicorn, the likes of which don't live for nearly over a thousand years... As everything changes around her, Cadance must deal with the biggest shock of all: losing her mortal husband.

Late one night, as the rain pounds away at the stained glass windows, Luna reflects through their shafts of bleeding moonlight the days that transpired before the Nightmare took over.

Inspiration credited to the incredible song Under a Glass Moon by Dream Theater

Vinyl Scratch is stuck in a rut. She's the favorite DJ at every hot spot this side of Equestria, but so what? Life feels a little less than meaningful.

A lot less than meaningful.

When a group of shadowy ponies shows up and offers a way to expand her mind and get a new groove on life, how can she resist? After a time, though, she soon finds that escape is a poor substitute for reality...especially when both her dearest friends and her life are at stake.

Cover art graciously provided by *Gig-Mendecil on dA

"Big" Jim Cooley: the stallion that everypony in Buck City looks up to, both in fear and awing respect. His skill out on the plains is matched only by his madly inflated ego.

Applejack, set out west to seek fortune as a cattle wrangler, gets pulled into an adventure that she can't possibly turn down. But when she finds out this "typical" cattle run is a suicide mission that goes right across Buck City's desolate and savage-ridden plains, will she ditch a chance at the opportunity of a lifetime?

Based roughly on the song Ballad of Big by Genesis

"Tsk, tsk, Twilight, this won't do. This won't do at all.

You've gone for far too long without it, my faithful student.

I think it's time to put on your halo."

Cover art provided by ~TheSharp0ne on dA

No, not that kind of tank.

When a vagabond pony gifted with a taste for the arcane visits Twilight, he shatters every perception she could safely assume as being absolutely true. When everything you know could be a lie, then where do you start to build from the ground up?

And what happens when the message he spreads isn't what your beloved ruler wants you to hear?

Six individuals are unwilling victims to the dreadful psychological disorders that loom over us all. Their painful experiences show Twilight that, through these Six Degrees, one can only overcome mental anguish through compassion and understanding.

A careful weaving of a story through lyrics, and a tribute to a beautiful album. Based off of the songs in the album Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence by Dream Theater.