For years, Double Take has been the most-wanted criminal in Equestria. No other thief has taken as much fine art and jewellery as him. On top of that, his contacts on the other side of The Gate, in the human world, have made it worth his while to smuggle gold across the interdimensional border.

So when it comes time to escape the heat, there's no better place to escape to... right?

4th place winner of the pony-to-human Autumn TF Contest hosted by Two Bit.

In the distant future, a mind awakes to find itself without a body.

It remembers who it was.

Who she was.

Her name, once, was Luna.

It's not a date, because then they would be dating. But they're not.

Trixie doesn't know if she's even into mares.

Lyra just wants to find somepony to love.

Bonding over zombie-killing and nachos is as good a bet as any.

Entry into the nineteenth Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Competition. Conceived and written in one hour; completely unedited. The prompt was "just this once everybody lives".

Everywhere she goes, Wandering Star takes her humble mason jar and its precious contents.

And she goes everywhere.

Someday, she'll find the place where the jar is meant to be opened. But not yet.

Entry into the fourteenth Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Competition. Conceived and written in one hour; completely unedited. The prompt was "a worthy end".

Sometimes a pony's dreams are more than just benign scenarios inspired by life. Sometimes there is more at stake.

Sometimes even Princess Luna feels out of her depth.

Entry into the eleventh Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Competition. Conceived and written in one hour; completely unedited. The prompt was "spurred to action".

Flash Point has a quest. Liminal wants to help. But being friends with a time traveller might not be the easiest thing in the world, and it might not be entirely safe...

Entry into the ninth Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Competition. Conceived and written in one hour; the prompt was "here we are again".

Many things are better than a deathbed.

What if you could escape yours, if only for a day?

Entry into the Quills and Sofas ROB-pocalypse 2. Conceived and written in one hour.

When an earth pony working as a trucker is fired for a fairly heinous mistake, her human friend cheers her up by showing her his decidedly smaller and faster vehicle.

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This was my attempt to do two challenges at once!

Conceived and written in one hour for the seventh Quills and Sofas contest. The prompt was "hard to handle". It came third place!

I realised it was also an opportune time to also have a go at AdmiralBiscuit's Labour Day Challenge! I didn't actually have time to include any scenes of her actually trucking, like I wanted, but... how interesting could it be? She sits there, listens to podcasts and talks to her buddy. Earth pony stamina to stay awake. 'Nuff said.

It is said that these forests are enchanted.

The deerfolk weave strange magic, magic that can bind, and trick, and mislead. But to a pony with a sixth sense for danger, the woods hold no terrors.

Perhaps it is not the deer's enchantments which present the real peril.

Entry into the fourth Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Competition. Conceived and written in one hour; the prompt was "trapped inside". Given two minutes of fixing post-contest to remove a confusing line.

One mind.

One soul.

Two ponies.

Harmonious Twins, as siblings such as these are called, are usually some of the happiest in Equestria. Not in this case.

Does it have to be this way?

Second-place winner of the Quills and Sofas Thousand-Word Throwdown. The entry had to have exactly 1000 words, the prompt was "denied; intertwined". Use the alternate chapter if you experience formatting problems.

Title art by SiMonk0!