A Canternet outage hits Maretime Bay and Zephyr Heights. Without proper online communication, Hitch and Zipp can only send old-fashioned written letters to each other from their corresponding locations.

A story told through letters and texts, Hitch and Zipp tries to solve the outage while keeping the public calm. They write back-and-forth letters helping each other, teasing each other, and even reach the point of revealing their true affections for each other.

With an upcoming test in government class, it's up to Twilight Sparkle to explain the intricacies of the US election system.

"This story is great! Just great! The best thing I've read, and I've read quite a lot."
- Donald J. Trump, 45^th President of the United States

"This story can be described by three letters: G-O-O-D. Good!"
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 46^th President of the United States

"This story should be required reading for all students in the United Kingdom. It is important for them to understand our partner in the Special Relationship."
- Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

"This proves elections in Russia are better."
- Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation

"The greatest essay on politics in America since the Federalist Papers."
- Dr. Larry Sabato, Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia

Starlight isn't a child person. But Sunburst is.

She was not good enough for him.

That was the thought that stabbed through her mind as she watched Sunburst play with Flurry Heart, gently playing with the toddler in front of him, seeming enamored by him as they together danced around the Hearths Warming tree, the younger filly leading her husband around and pointing at the ornaments she put up.

Starlight was never like that with young kids.

Or what it means to be a parent.

(Jinglemas story for XP45)

EDIT: Featured?! Didn't expect this - and second in the box! So surprised. Thank you!

As a professional athlete, Dash goes to regular physicals. As an Element Of Harmony, she goes to regular magicals too. Soul examination is her least favorite part, but at least the patient blacks out while their spirit is in capable hooves.

Starlight Glimmer's hooves have questionable capability.

This is an entry in the Snippet Series, an anthology of old oneshots that I (and my good buddy Str8aura) wrote based around interesting pics I found. New ones will be posted every other Thursday for the foreseeable future.

They say that reading it will send a pony to insanity. Twilight knows that's nonsense.
She knows a simple story can't make her go mad. It's perfectly safe.
Now if only she felt safe around Spike...

Winner of the Ponyfest 3.0 Iron Author Competition. This was originally written in 2 hours with the prompt: Include: Hippogriffian Culture, A Rare Fruit & An Artistic Pursuit. This version has received some editing.
Many thanks to wishcometrue for her editing and Syke for helping with the descriptions!

Rainbow Dash was beautiful, the most beautiful pony to be born in a century — and so her fate was sealed. Beauty must be sacrificed, and so Rainbow Dash must die.

Winner of the 2023 EFNW Iron Author Contest. I think I beat out about 40 other writers, and it was hugely exciting to win. Hope you enjoy the read!

Prompts were: vibrant vestigial, vexing volcano, verdant vegetable. Pretty insane for prompts, but Xepher had to pronounce all the Aztec words in my story so I think we're even.

The Apple family house is empty. Winona sits alone, waiting for the day it'll feel full again.

Featured as of 7/17/23

Kirin coffee is the best there is.

There is absolutely nothing suspicious about it.

An entry for the A Thousand Words Contest II in the Comedy category.

As a guard prepares for his duties, his son asks him why he is a guard, prompting the stallion to make the question a teachable moment.

I wrote this in celebration of U.S. Mermorial Day.

Rated Teen because of some sensitive topics being discussed.

A struggling author receives an unexpected visit.

This story was written in just over an hour, and took first place in a Quills and Sofas speedwriting competition. For the competition, I decided to use a 1950 Royal Quiet De Luxe typewriter to write it. The original pages can be seen on the second chapter.