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baxil http://www.tomorrowlands.org horizonwrites
User ID: 13,911
Registered: 14th Feb 2012
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The fantastic colors of the liminal.  The eternal dream of the elsewhere.  A hoof ever in both worlds.

When not in Equestria, known as Baxil, suburban dragon.

I write in Scrivener and recommend it highly.  If you've studied Anglo-Saxon I'd like your help.  

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WALL OF EGOBOO

"Horizon, like Ray Bradbury in 'The October Country,' has a knack for writing things that are sweet, funny, and creepy-sad at the same time." – Bad Horse

"The first thing I thought upon reading Hitchhikers was that the gods of ponyfiction … had smiled upon me." – Ezn

"[No Regrets] is incredibly well done." – Daetrin

"Horizon rewriting 'My Immortal' is, unironically, a better story than things appearing in the feature box." – Bradel


FURTHER PONY READING

Back in 2012, most of my writing time went into Dark Side Of The Moon, a MLP/D&D forum-based game I ran to completion.  It got literary.  

My favorite moments players contributed to game: We learn how Daylight Savings Time nearly restarted the Celestial War … Luna goes undercover for a day (a major inspiration for Hitchhikers) … Gemini Star fights a dragon and her doubts … Luna has a breakdown … Flare Star quits the Guard to serve justice.


FURTHER NON-PONY READING

If you can't wait for me to scribble more ponyfic, I've written several hundred thousand words (in short stories and novellas) set in The Tomorrowlands Universe, an alternate Earth in which the sudden (re)appearance of mythical creatures and magic sent history into a screaming left turn ca. 1996.  Start with:

Dangerous Waters [Slice-of-Life] (7,375 words) - In search of a therianthrope homeland that doesn't exist, the New Atlantis Project has decided to take the next logical step: Make one. This article follows the crew of the MV Discovery on one of their expeditions to test the feasibility of raising a new island in the South Pacific.

Change Of Mind [Tragedy] (7,600 words) -  An idealistic and driven mage, Alethea, has just hit the jackpot: a spell that lets people consciously modify the behaviors that are causing problems in their life. But once those problems start to follow her home, she has to figure out if she's really prepared to accept the price she's paying to change the world for the better.

Dinosaur Gods [Slice-of-Life] (5,600 words) - It's just another day at work for a tour guide at New Atlantis' foremost museum — until one of his guests starts smiling at the 65-million-year-old statue known as the Atacama Dragon. Nobody smiles at the Atacama — adults go silent at its aura of ineffable importance, and kids find it a boring hunk of rock …

Upcoming Stories (updt. 2013/05/21)

Secret Collaboration Project - ~500 words - Status: DUE MID-JUNE

Social Lubricant [Mature] [Romance] [Random] - 14k words - Status: IN EDITING

Sequelitis! Auction Commission - 2600 words written - Status: IN PROGRESS (last written: 4/16)

Hitchhikers Chapter 5 - 5k words - Status: IN PROGRESS (last written: 2/15)

Haylander: The Longest Night [Adventure] [Crossover] - 20k words - Status: IN PROGRESS (last written: 3/4)

Haylander: Origins [Adventure] [Crossover] - 11k words - Status: ON HIATUS (waiting for H:TLN)

My Harshwhinnial Chap. 14 - Status: c'mon guys april fools is over (last written: 3/31)

Stories You Haven't Read But Should (Short Form)

[Romance] [Sad]
Every immortal has her first love. And every immortal has her first loss.
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[Comedy] [Slice of Life] [Alternate Universe] [Human]
An eccentric team of political operatives must race to prevent a war between technology and magic.
1147
[Dark] [Adventure]
Nine months was all it took for one earth pony to put Princess Celestia on the defensive.
693
[Dark] [Random]
Twilight Sparkle forgets to take her medicine one day and pursues a hazardous quest of holistic introspection. Milk, socks, griffin cuisine and toilet humor are contemplated.
231

Stories You Haven't Read But Should (Long Form)

[Sad] [Dark] [Comedy] [Adventure]
A series of mysterious circumstances leads the Canterlot Police to discover a plot as old as time.
501
[Romance] [Crossover] [Adventure] [Alternate Universe]
The crew of Sereinity travels the fringes of the 'verse, salvaging and trying to avoid feds.
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Latest Stories


Melt

Long ago, at the top of the world, Love ruled a magnificent frozen empire.  Then the sun rose, and darkness fell.

Based on T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."

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Fugue State

Ponyville has a problem: Twilight's friends all switched Cutie Marks, and the musical numbers are flying thick and fast.  

Lyra has a problem: She can't handle the way musical numbers get into your head and take you over.

Bon Bon has a problem with that.

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My Harshwhinnial

This is a poni adaptation (NOT a troll fic!! bcuz my OC is ALICORN not a troll!) of the best fanfic ever written except the original was too dark an goffik.  So now it's abt sports and MEdal is Miss Harshwhinny's son.  He does sports things and inspects cities for the inter Equestrian games.  With his friends and sometimes his mom.

Written for the best group on FIMFiction which is about the best pony on FIMFiction!  (But my OC is awesome too)

Also -> As seen on the Pony Friction Vault!!! w/ interview

Also also -> listen 2 dramantic reading by Skywriter!!! (charp. 1-7) oH mY bUCKING aLICORN thx u

Also sports

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Princess Luna Picks Up Hitchhikers

... and learns important life lessons.  An erratic series of encounters loosely based on true stories.

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"Congratulations, you have written the first 'Proper Noun Verbs A Noun' story that does not actively disgust me." - Prereader Benman

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The Lotus Eaters

On an unassuming carnival midway in central Equestria sits the key to your dreams: A machine that lets you, for a short time, live a life in which your greatest regret never occurred.

These are the stories of what happens after those fantasies are over.

Each chapter is a complete and self-contained vignette (though their order of presentation is deliberate).  

It's set in the same continuity as my previous story No Regrets.  Reading that first will enhance your enjoyment of both stories, but is not required.  Each stands alone.

After you're done with TLE, here are the author's notes (contain mild spoilers).

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No Regrets

A story about two alicorn sisters who love each other, and the worst decision they never made.

(Featured in the Everfree NW 2012 conbook • Featured on EqD)

Now with FIMFic-exclusive bonus material!

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A few weeks ago, I mentioned some big news I wasn't quite yet at liberty to reveal …

So!  You may have noticed, if you're the sort of person who notices this sort of thing, the appearance of a certain story over at the Pony Fiction Vault:

I have, of course, graced its hallowed halls before, but now I'm there as a resident instead of the literary equivalent of a streaker dashing down a football field.

If I may allow myself a moment of self-congratulation:

… there, done.

And now on to the important part of this: The Vaulting comes with the requisite author interview, so if you're curious about my writing tips, my tech-support Sherlock Holmes pastiches, or the unconventional story behind my pen name, give it a read.

I'll open up comments here to further questions (or discussion of how much better My Harshwhinnial was, or whatever).  Ask me anything! [1]  I don't bite.

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[1] If you want to ask/tell me something but don't feel comfortable speaking up, you can also ask anonymously via my author tumblr.

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#469585 · 2w, 1d ago · · ·
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>>467074 Thank you!  It certainly feels like a big landmark. :yay:

#467074 · 2w, 3d ago · · ·
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Congrats on your .1 kilopones!

#464402 · 2w, 4d ago · · ·
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>>463642

Awesome!  That's a big compliment, to hear I've gotten someone's mind going.  Drop me a line when you publish it! :twilightsmile:

#463642 · 2w, 5d ago · · ·
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Your story One Knight Stand gave me some ideas for a story I've been thinking about. Thanks for the inpiration! :twilightsmile:

#443123 · 4w, 2d ago · · ·
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#443115 · 4w, 2d ago · · ·
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>>443078

Good question!  We don't seem to share any groups or have any followed authors in common, so it's a mystery to me too.  Possibly I've left comments on something else you've read?

If you're following theycallmejub (and given your apparent interest in dark stories, you probably should be; "Eyes Without A Face" is gruesomely magnificent), I kicked off a long debate over there about unlikable protagonists which I've heard several people cite.

Anyhow, enjoy your stay! :twilightsmile:

#443078 · 4w, 2d ago · · ·
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Why is your name familiar? ANd it's not because I know Benman, or you yourself. Was it a story? *checks* Nope. So... how could I possibly know you, Mr. horizon?

#418939 · 6w, 13h ago · 1 · ·
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So I was just strolling down memory lane and found this from your first comment on Silver. The first time you reached me, actually.

Glancing over Chapter 2 (though I don't have time to read it now), it looks like you're planning on retelling the major story of the first show.  That actually feels a little disappointing after such glorious and careful worldbuilding.  I really hope that you establish your mane-six-fight-Nightmare-Moon premise as quickly as possible, and then don't hesitate to push your story in different directions.  If I wanted to see the Mane Six fight Nightmare Moon exactly like they did in the show, I'd just watch the show again...

It tickles me to tell you that you shall live to regret those words. :rainbowwild:

#414719 · 6w, 2d ago · · ·
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>>413113 Check CiG's recent blog posts to see where the livestream was, and look whether there's archives. But I don't think so. I think this was in the chat, not the audio.

#413113 · 6w, 3d ago · · ·
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>>412349 Holy smokes, awesome!  Is there a transcript or a recording up somewhere?  I might have to track that down for the Wall of Egoboo.

>>412586 See latest blog.

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