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  • Friday
    The Knife’s Edge

    The other day I got a message from ZanarNaryon telling me they had created a TVTropes page for To Serve In Hell. Now, TVTropes can be a dangerous place to start reading, unless you have a few hours to spend getting lost in it. But if you want to check it out, please

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  • 52 weeks
    Not with a bang, but a whimper

    Hey friends.

    I didn’t used to believe in writer’s block as such. I always thought the phenomenon was a manifestation of something else in a person’s life. I also thought the cure for it was just to sit down and write any garbage you can. Editing should never mix with drafting, and if you can get yourself to stop editing, you’ll achieve more and better drafting—which can then be edited.

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  • 97 weeks
    Ping 2: Live and In Person

    Almost exactly 2.5 years ago, my family and I bought tickets to Whinny City Pony Con 2020. Of course there was no such con, at least not in a physical capacity. But good egg that he is, Charlie Worthley (con organizer extraordinaire) has made it effortless to transfer our tickets from that long-ago time to right now, despite all that’s transpired between.

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  • 131 weeks
    Ping

    I live.

    Time's gotten away from me.

    2020 got weird. My 2021 started with an honest effort to get back to normal. But after I started getting treated for depression, I began to see more and more ways to improve things in my daily and family life that hadn't fit together very well in years. Including some of the core issues that had pointed me in the direction of MLP in the first place.

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  • 149 weeks
    Artistic Expression

    It's been too long. Things are great. Really, really great. Not so much for writing, but for different modes of expression and life.

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May
9th
2017

A guide to my stories · 2:23am May 9th, 2017

I've written a diverse bunch of stories. All are E- or T-rated and have received an investment of time and seriousness, but most are one-shots, making it less obvious where to start.

Pic from here. Credit to Soufriere for the idea of making a guide.

So try this: below is a complete list of my published stories on FimFiction (which I try to keep updated), presented in loose categories by characters, setting, or theme, along with some notes about each category. Of course they’re all good (:derpytongue2:), but the best place to start is probably with an interesting-sounding story in your preferred category.

(Special note for Writeoff people: I've got a supplementary guide for stories that started over there.)


"Greatest Hits"

I'm proud of these. Check 'em out.

THeavy Rock
Limestone Pie and Flash Sentry find unexpected love and unimaginable loudness as they navigate a path through social anxiety, heavy guitars, and the occasional love triangle.
CoffeeMinion · 25k words  ·  150  5 · 2.6k views
TTo Serve In Hell
Nightmare Moon has brought oppression and eternal darkness to Equestria, but Rarity and Rainbow Dash may yet risk prominent positions in her service to fight for a better world...
CoffeeMinion · 101k words  ·  258  19 · 5.3k views
TPower Pony Adventures: El Taco Loco vs. The Red Menace
Starlight Glimmer finds herself pulled into a magical comic featuring the Power Ponies, but the most shocking revelation is that she isn’t the only outsider fighting to survive in the comic world! Can both escape together, or is it winner-take-all?
CoffeeMinion · 7.8k words  ·  53  5 · 1.5k views
TThe One Where Discord Gets All The Mares
Discord finds himself as the unlikely focus of a massive amount of love-magic-gone-bad, and must fend-off every female in Equestria in his attempt to reach the only pony who can break the spell...
CoffeeMinion · 6.7k words  ·  611  26 · 13k views
EPetunia and the Coelacanth
Princess Luna intervenes when a young filly's dream seems impossible.
CoffeeMinion · 2.7k words  ·  215  2 · 2k views
TBra Quest!
One mother. One daughter. Two cups. No survivors.
CoffeeMinion · 6k words  ·  139  6 · 2.2k views

Family Fics

I enjoy writing about families. The Apples, Pies, and (fanon related to) Derpy Hooves have given me lots to write about. Plus, the Pies include my favorite pony of all: Limestone. Grumpy pone is best pone!

EBaby Limestone Rides to War
With one brand-new baby sister and another on the way, young Limestone Pie is mad as Tartarus… and she's not going to take it anymore!
CoffeeMinion · 1.7k words  ·  131  1 · 2.4k views
EA Dinky Little Problem
Sparkler pushes Derpy toward a difficult decision.
CoffeeMinion · 2.1k words  ·  119  2 · 3.3k views
TResults May Vary
Derpy and Berry Punch are coerced into starting a single-moms group.
CoffeeMinion · 5.1k words  ·  73  2 · 2.2k views
EA Little Space
The morning after Bright Mac and Pear Butter’s wedding, Granny Smith sits alone in a cafe, trying to process everything that's changed. When Mayor Mare comes looking to talk with her, Granny isn't sure if she's quite ready to face her old friend.
CoffeeMinion · 1.2k words  ·  166  1 · 2.7k views
EFather and Son
Big Macintosh knows there’s no coming back from the other side. But one day a familiar face returns, stirring-up long unfinished business. It can’t be who it seems to be, but what else could it mean?
CoffeeMinion · 3.5k words  ·  47  0 · 1.6k views
TPeace Through Superior Pie-er-Power
It turns out Limestone's talent is for making margaritas. (That's not limestone in her cutie mark; it's rock salt.)
CoffeeMinion · 1.6k words  ·  47  0 · 779 views
EAn Apple Asunder
Friendship is magic. But magic has limits.
CoffeeMinion · 1.9k words  ·  48  0 · 587 views

Serious Comedy

Allergic to crack but still looking for a laugh? Try these.

TYou've Got Spam!
[Co-written by Georg!] Faced with an unrelenting scourge of misspelled junk mail, Twilight Sparkle stands determined: if the mail must go through, it's gonna have to go through her.
CoffeeMinion · 3.9k words  ·  120  2 · 2.3k views
TDaring Do and the Goggles of Shipping
Discord thought they'd stay buried forever. Now they've resurfaced, and at the worst possible time...
CoffeeMinion · 7.6k words  ·  185  8 · 4.5k views
EMistress of the Dark
A moonlit tale of friendshipping, dark rituals, and SCIENCE!
CoffeeMinion · 1.8k words  ·  92  0 · 1.3k views
ESanta, Bring Me A Dinosaur!
Most ponies don't believe in Santa Hooves anymore, but for the first time in ages, he's gotten a letter. There's just one (very large) problem with young Petunia Paleo’s request...
CoffeeMinion · 3.5k words  ·  57  0 · 1.4k views
TTwilight Sparkle Saves 15% Or More On Her Insurance
Tirek’s destruction of Golden Oaks Library left Twilight Sparkle borderline uninsurable. Now only the greatest financial advisor in the land can save her... but at what cost?
CoffeeMinion · 2k words  ·  86  1 · 1.3k views
TMurder Most Fowl
It's a lovely morning in Canterlot—except the castle is overrun with horrible geese.
CoffeeMinion · 1.5k words  ·  69  0 · 947 views

Time Travel

I grew up on Star Trek and Back To The Future. The fics here vary in genre but have a common thread of temporal shenanigans.

EConscience
The Doctor is determined to save a life, regardless of what it may cost him.
CoffeeMinion · 3.5k words  ·  37  3 · 1.1k views
TFluid Exchange Under Closed Timelike Curves
Berry Punch discovers that alcohol and time travel make strange bedfellows.
CoffeeMinion · 1.5k words  ·  60  3 · 1k views
TTime Enough For Wub
When a lost and confused Star Swirl the Bearded all but falls into her lap, Vinyl Scratch must confront her own past heartbreak to help him remember the mission that brought him to the future.
CoffeeMinion · 8.8k words  ·  54  2 · 1.2k views

Darkness and Drama

Though the header's a bit of a catch-all, these stories all aim to make you feel something.

TLooking For Trouble
Ten years after the Friendship Games ended in disaster, Sunset Shimmer’s self-imposed vigil over Canterlot keeps its survivors relatively safe. But one day a stranger comes to town looking to unearth a secret that Sunset had buried in the past...
CoffeeMinion · 6.9k words  ·  29  3 · 958 views
EChange We Can Believe In
Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon discover just how much they disagree about the changelings joining Equestrian society.
CoffeeMinion · 1.5k words  ·  71  0 · 1.8k views
TLove, Or Something Like It
The mare of Spike's dreams has taken his heart in her hoof... but he can't escape the feeling that something isn't right.
CoffeeMinion · 2.1k words  ·  139  8 · 4.6k views
EPurple Rain
As Countess Coloratura discovers her true voice, a onetime pop star in the twilight of his career ponders whether her rise means the death of his dreams for a comeback...
CoffeeMinion · 1.5k words  ·  50  0 · 1.2k views
TThe Power of Love
Queen Chrysalis believes that she has tasted every kind of love. One day, she learns how wrong she truly is.
CoffeeMinion · 1.8k words  ·  57  2 · 2.1k views
TImpermanent Vacation
Cheese Sandwich crosses paths with a deadly and determined seeker of the legendary Alicorn Amulet.
CoffeeMinion · 1.4k words  ·  36  1 · 545 views

Uplifting

Fics featuring friends helping friends feel better.

TFor The Griff Who Lacks Everything
As Hearth's Warming dawns upon a liberated Seaquestria, Pinkie is tasked with bringing holiday cheer to a hippogriff whose battle never ended.
CoffeeMinion · 7k words  ·  59  1 · 940 views
EThe Counselor
On what's supposed to be the happiest day of Apple Bloom's young life, a lingering question drives her to seek out a pony she trusts.
CoffeeMinion · 1.2k words  ·  240  6 · 5.2k views
EA Very Cranky Hearth's Warming
Sweetie Belle encounters unexpected peril while trying to shovel her neighbor's walk.
CoffeeMinion · 2.4k words  ·  38  0 · 884 views
TCrowns and Mimosas
Heavy is the head that wears the crown, and fruity is the drink she reaches for.
CoffeeMinion · 1.5k words  ·  37  0 · 463 views

Stranger Things

Welcome to the wild side! I love taking crazy concepts and playing them straight. None of these are here to troll you or waste your time, no matter how wacky they look on the surface.

TRise of The 420: The Musical
Limestone Pie faces her ultimate test when a horde of singing, dancing, edgy red-and-black bat-winged alicorns attempts to pillage her farm. No, seriously.
CoffeeMinion · 2k words  ·  37  2 · 996 views
TCrisis on Infinite Twilights
Given a multiverse full of infinite possible realities, it stands to reason that at least one version of Twilight Sparkle would end up as a magical anthro-cat schoolgirl ninja. That's just *physics*, y'all.
CoffeeMinion · 3.1k words  ·  66  4 · 1.3k views
TSharktavia 40,000: In The Grim Sharkness Of The Far Future There Is Only Wharf
When a horde of EDM-gun-wielding Noise Mareines overruns an Imperial ship, her crew's last hope rests with a disgraced former Space Mareine held in a stasis-pod below decks...
CoffeeMinion · 2.4k words  ·  34  6 · 737 views
TStrange Obsessions
Bon Bon is tired of hiding her obsession. A masquerade party is the last thing she needs. But somepony else at the party feels similar, and their chance encounter could be the start of a deeper obsession...
CoffeeMinion · 2.3k words  ·  26  2 · 739 views
EGhost Dusters
The Doctor has his work cut out for him when Moondancer and Moonlight Raven accidentally summon a unique inhabitant of the spirit world.
CoffeeMinion · 2.8k words  ·  38  1 · 891 views
TStuck In The Middle With You
Ask your doctor if CoffeeMinion's shorts anthology is right for you! Side-effects may include monster attacks, crises of conscience, and alien abduction. Seek immediate help if you experience temporal displacement, or feels lasting more than 4 hours.
CoffeeMinion · 14k words  ·  22  3 · 879 views
TZephyr and the Real Girl
The third most unbelievable thing is that Zephyr Breeze landed a girlfriend. The second most unbelievable thing is that it's Sunset Shimmer. But the single most unbelievable thing? That would be who Zephyr’s cheating on her with, and why.
CoffeeMinion · 11k words  ·  71  12 · 2.1k views
TThe Brief, Torrid Love-Affair of Fernando the Straw and Madame le Flour
A parody of tragic romance, in which the titular couple faces an unfeeling world that forbids their love... for their passion cannot be denied!
CoffeeMinion · 2.9k words  ·  111  5 · 1.3k views
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Comments ( 4 )

Guides are a good idea. You aren't like me, with my column A: MLP40k fics or my column B: miscellaneous crackfics.

Ah, good.

Now I know what order to add all your stories to my "Favourites" lists in...
:twilightsheepish:

This "guide" thingy is a great idea! Why didn't I ever think of doing this? :raritywink: :trollestia:

Seriously though, I waffled on creating THE GUIDE for over a month until you told me to just do it. Best decision. And, yes, I saw where you gave me credit. I don't remember from whom I swiped the concept, though.

Yours actually goes much further than mine, since almost ALL your stories are on it. Mine exists simply because I'm a derp who writes interconnected stories out of order.

4525615 Honestly I kinda wish I could stick with a smaller set of categories instead of being all over the board. I probably wouldn't have done this at all if not for a recent moment where I was trying to remember a story I'd written and discovered I couldn't keep them straight in my head anymore. :derpyderp1:

4525635 Oh, you. :rainbowkiss:

4525687 I did help suggest that, didn't I? :twilightsheepish: No, I think yours makes a great deal more sense because you've got an actual couple of series. Mine is more of an exercise in combating my own forgetfulness, as well as to maybe give newcomers a way around the Archive Panic that a pile of 25+ very different stories might tend to create.

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