Twilight's run out of ideas for new inventions, so she invents something to fix that.

No one said the machine would produce good ideas.

Preread by the lovely csos95, Majin Syeekoh, Arkadios, and ChudoJogurt!

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Fluttershy can’t awaken from her nightmare, if it even is a nightmare. Nopony knows predators and prey better than her, but she'd never truly felt like prey before. She only has to make it until morning.

An entry in A Thousand Words Contest II

Reading by Wendigo Studios

Welp, it’s the 1,000th Summer Sun Celebration, and Nightmare Moon is back! However, the pony populace seems to think she looks like a panther, for some reason. Chaos ensues.

Inspired by StallionOfDarkCavalry’s incessant comments about how Nightmare Moon looks like a panther.

Gallus is really bad at buckball. Like, really bad. Which wouldn't be an issue if it weren't for the fact that the other team also has a male griffon on it. Which is making this 'friendly game' feel more like a life-and-death competition.

Maybe Ocellus can help him figure out what's going on.

Preread by the wonderful TheManFromAnotherTime!

What does it mean to be a plush? What does it mean to be Pinkie Pie?

Thanks to PseudoBob Delightus for proofreading.

Thanks to Visharo for pre-reading.

Rainbow Dash learns that she is not the Element of Bravery. Written with a word-count of exactly 1000 words.

Apple Bloom has a plan for the Crusaders to test countless special talents at once. There's no way this can go wrong!

Never mind the fact that every adult pony in town just shuddered.

A much expanded version of an entry in the January 2015 Writeoff Competition. Prompt: All In

Mysterious shops that aren't there the next day are common in many worlds that have at least some magic to them. They appear in a variety of forms, from shady booths in exotic bazaars to squirrely hucksters with infinite-capacity trenchcoats to cosplay supply tables at convention vendor halls. But the classic, poorly lit store overstocked with mysterious trinkets is a timeless symbol of the plot device salesman's art, and Equestria is no different. Canterlot alone has eight of them, none of which maintain a single address for more than a week at a time and all of which reinforced by wards that protect them from angry customers looking for refunds.

None of that is going to stop the pair of angry orange hind legs approaching the front door of one at rapid velocity. After all, you have to buy something to count as a customer.

Inspired by the Time Action Glory Challenge's "April Tomfoolery" prompt and the pictured Starbucks menu item, which really did exist at one point in time.
Rated Teen for very mild innuendo and much less mild bodily processes.

After hearing Twilight's favorite Hearth's Warming story, Starlight was inspired to join the celebration... but it's still mostly made of ponies she doesn't know, and musical numbers only do so much.

Good thing there's a pony there who can empathize, and who's willing to listen. Maybe too willing...

Cover assembled from this and this. Set during Season 6.

This was written for IgnitedSage as a part of Jinglemas 2020! For more information about Jinglemas, check out our group!

It's a quiet afternoon in Canterlot. Celestia is taking a break from her princessly duties, drinking some tea as it is wont of her to do. And as she sometimes likes to do, when she's relaxing, she's watching the Sun. When you're one of the few who can stare directly at it without hurting your eyes, you might as well take advantage of it every once in a while.

An entry into the 2nd A Thousand Words contest, under the "Slice of Life" category.

Suggestions and prereading courtesy of Reviewfilly.

Audio reading by Lotus Moon.