Secret Santa fics! · 2:00am Jun 18th, 2012
The pre-readers did this thing where they anonymously swapped story prompts (using protection, of course) and wrote stuff. I was not involved because A) not a pre-reader anymore and B) so many writing contests, but I've read a few of these and they've been pretty great.
Also, you should all be watching these folks because they're awesome writers.
Author: Alexstrazsa
Story Title: The Princess and the Pupil
Link: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/32241/The-Princess-and-the-Pupil
Prompt Received: Twilight visits Celestia, and must fend off Celestia's advances because she's really not interested in pursuing a romantic relationship with the Alicorn Princess. Points for no surprise shipping with Luna. Extra points if Twilight is straight. Triple Points if it's not with Shining Armor.
Author: Argembarger
Story Title: dumb pinkie what have a statue romance
Link: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/32606/dumb-pinkie-what-have-a-statue-romance
Prompt Received: Pinkie Pie falls in love with Discord and sets about freeing him. Discord reciprocates her love.
Author: Benman
Story Title: My Even Tinier Ponies
Link: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/32421/My-Even-Tinier-Ponies
Prompt Received: Applejack is convinced that she's hearing apples talk to her. She goes to Twilight for help.
Author: Blueshift
Story Title: Home Is Where The Harp Is
Link: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/32513/Home-Is-Where-The-Harp-Is
Prompt Received: Pony scientists develop a chemical that makes everypony's house go away in away that even magic can't undo. Now that everypony is homeless, Twilight Sparkle must develop her own chemical to bring their houses back before her friends do the unforgivable: comfort each other in their loss and develop romantic relationships with each other. How horrifying! [sad][random]
Author: Chromosome
Story Title: Cutie Mark Crusaders: Foal Laborers
Link: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/32483/Cutie-Mark-Crusaders:-Foal-Laborers
Prompt Received: At Ponyville's school it's time for work-placements, a practical assignment where the pupils learn what life in the real world is like, and the citizens of Ponyville get free labour.
Author: Cupcakes
Story Title: Zecora Does Ponyville
Link: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/32291/Zecora-Does-Ponyville
Prompt Received: Zecora falls prey to poison joke and must work through whatever form her infection takes. She needs another pony's help to create a cure this time for a reason you must determine.
Author: Daffodil
Story Title: Taxing and Waning
Link: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/32555/Taxing-and-Waning
Prompt Received: While Princess Celestia is away, Princess Luna is arrested for 1000 years of tax evasion.
Author: Ninestempest
Story Title: Right
Link: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/32919/Right
[Prompt Received: I have no idea, because Nines was too busy being an overachiever and didn't finish in time for the people I copied the journals from to include him. :B
Author: PineappleSkitter
Story Title: Faded Grace
Link: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/32539/Faded-Grace
Prompt Received: A background pony or ponies feels overshadowed by the Mane 6. Ever since Twilight came along, nopony has had to really solve any big problems that came up. They don't like it, but what would they DO about it?
Author: Siraj
Story Title: Hypothesis of Collusion
Link: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/32622/Hypothesis-of-Collusion
Prompt Received: Pinkie Pie exposes a conspiracy.
Author: The Mechanic
Story Title: The Window
Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vkd0Rb8DxOl74gFpuC4Beay2kwZJvvoYEUWmvOKM8CI/edit
Prompt Received: One lazy Ponyville day, Twilight Sparkle doesn't really feel like doing anything. So she sits by her window and observes the ponies below.
You're no longer a pre-reader? When did this happen?
181507
Back in April, the week before I got my job. :B
181673 Oh. That's a pretty good reason. I don't think I've removed a single thing from my 'to-read' list since I got my full time one. Congrats!
196108
Yeah, I haven't either, which is why it's over 700 fics now. D: