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The Hat Man


Specialties include comedy, robots, and precision strikes to your feelings. Hobbies include hat and watch collecting. May contain alcohol.

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Jul
7th
2022

Improvements to "Scenes From A Hat": Now with tags! · 12:15am Jul 7th, 2022

"Scenes From A Hat" has now been updated so that each chapter title lists the genre and characters relevant to each story, so readers can skip stories that do not interest them and focus on the ones that do. After all, no one story is going to be everyone's cup of tea. So if you've skipped "Scenes" before, it should be easier to hop into it now and pick out the shorts you like! And if you check below the break, I've got a list of each short story and its premise in case any of them look interesting to you. I hope you enjoy! (And, uh, sorry for the lack of updates these last few months. I'll explain later.)


Here's the list of stories we've got so far and their premises. Stories I personally recommend are in italics:

  1. "You're Welcome" (Comedy) - Princess Luna, on the cusp of her abdication, outlaws naughty dreams. Someone's gotta tell her the truth...
  2. "Normal" (Drama, Slice of Life) - Pinkie obtains a potion that would make her sister Maud "normal," and able to express herself the way other ponies do. The question is, should she?
  3. "Spill the Wine" (Comedy, Romance) - Lyra and Bon Bon are forced into an awkward luncheon with their parents. Lyra's parents don't know she's gay. "Sweetie Drops's" parents didn't know she was alive. If they can just hold out until dessert...
  4. "Pastries in Klugetown" (Slice of Life) - A big fishman from Klugetown sells pastries. In the wake of the Storm King's defeat, a pony arrives and challenges his worldview.
  5. "Lost in Sidequests: Epic Loot!" (Comedy) - Discord has modified the friendship map, and now friendship quests play out like RPG quests. Cheat codes, sidequests, and awesome loot rewards are the new norm. (I'm pretty proud of this one; it's quite funny, especially if you're even remotely familiar with old-school RPG mechanics from tabletop or video games.)
  6. "Statuesque" (Adventure) - Starswirl the Bearded and the other Pillars of Old Equestria are hot on the trail of a monster that has turned the entire populations of several towns to stone.
  7. "Cruise Control" (Sci-Fi) - In a future world where everything has been automated and endless entertainment is a word away, a young adult pegasus wonders why his flank is still blank...
  8. "Credit Where It's Due" (Comedy, Slice of Life) - Applejack discovers that the Flim Flam brothers have unleashed their most sinister, seductive scheme upon Equestria: credit cards!
  9. "Yaksidentally in Love" (Comedy, Romance) - Sandbar is at home on a rainy day. Yona, who is terrified of storms, gets caught in the rain and seeks refuge at his house.
  10. "A Change Would Do You Good" (Slice of Life) - Smolder envies Ocellus's ability to physically change herself into whatever she chooses. The reason why reveals a deeper truth. (Written for Pride Month, 2021; trans themes present)
  11. "Song of Cicadas" (Drama/Slice of Life) - The end of summer approaches, and Granny Smith finds herself caught up in a torrent of memories and emotions as she reflects on the long life she has lived...
  12. Pips and Seeds (Comedy, Romance) - Pipsqueak gets lost in Manehattan. Babs Seed notices him and offers to guide him to his destination. Hopefully, their wildly different accents won't get in the way of communicating their developing feelings to one another...

And that's what we've got so far. Enjoy!

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