In the silence and comfort of the Royal Canterlot Library, a young Twilight Sparkle considers her future while studying the words and thoughts of Princess Celestia's previous students.

2nd Place Winner of Ciderfest's 2023 Iron Author! The prompts were: Legacy, The Space Between, Journal, and Injury.

Cover art by: RhythmPixel used with permission.

Starlight and Trixie come up with a new way of avoiding paying taxes.

Prereading by SockPuppet
Cover by Horses are Fuckin Weird
Reading by Skijarama

Fleur, Frosty Orange, and Alizarin Bubblegum make a traditional Maltese dish.

Prereading by SockPuppet and Cinder Vel

Apple Bloom attended one of Twilight's talks about magical constructs that emulate creature's intelligence. But why limit that to magic, when good ol' Earth Pony ingenuity can do the trick?

Many thanks to Alumx for the cover art!

Now with a Russian translation, courtesy of CuTiE_PoNY-JacKie!

Diamond Tiara was having a good morning. Then her mother dropped dead. Then things got weird.

A collaboration with SockPuppet. Inspiration in the author's note at the end.
Story notes

Two fake vegetarians and a vegan sell weed, contemplate love.

Prereading by SockPuppet
The Spring Fling Contest entry. I don't interact with any other contests.

Sweetie Bot learns to play chess. Rarity gets checkmated by her electric bill.

Brainstorming and prereading by SockPuppet. Sweetie Bot Vector by java--jive.

Pipp and Zipp eat some delicious food and fight crime.

Inspired by this tweet.
Edits by SockPuppet

It's Hearthswarming Eve and Gallus has started to really feel the distance that has been building up between him and his friends since he decided to join the Royal Guard. But now, he was invited again to visit, and how could he say no to Smolder?

Written for GaPJaxie for Jinglemas 2022

Camp Everfree gets a new zipline while Diamond Tiara copes with her parents' divorce.

Very loosely based on a possibly (un)true story.

Prereading and bouncing ideas around by Sock.