Rockhoof is trapped within a time loop trying to save his friends from death.

Teen Rating for intense themes. Death Rating for explicit but non-graphic depictions of character death.

Preread by The Sleepless Beholder, Dewdrops on the Grass, and LuckyChaosHooves

Edited by EileenSaysHi

Written for the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Among Us Contest with the Imposter prompt "Running Out of Time"

Entry for Bicyclette's Science Fiction Contest 2023

Inspired by the video game The Sexy Brutale

Rarity’s eyes were shut, and the velvety darkness behind her eyelids was soft and comforting as Opalescent’s fur. The only sound was the crackling of the logs on the fire, and the only sensation the delicious rise and fall of her marefriend’s ribcage.

A Quillmas gift for AshleyNoble.

You stand at the water's edge. Feeling the waves sucking at your feet. You think of her. When do you not? With her wings and her spiral horn. Her crown and her kingdom. She is everything you aren’t.

Principal Celestia muses on what it must be like to be a princess.
TW for dark thoughts and a suicide attempt. Other than that it doesnt really need the T rating.

Reaching your greatest potential has its cost.

It's one that Sweetie Belle thinks nopony should have to pay.

This was written for a Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Group's panic. We're on Discord here if you'd like to join us!

Applejack loves Rainbow Dash. She does. Or...she did. Maybe sometimes love just isn't enough.

An exploration of what might happen a little further down the road in AJ and RD's relationship. Don't get me wrong, I'm a firm AppleDash shipper, but I do sometimes wonder how well they would work out. They would both certainly have a lot of learning and growing to do.

Written in September for the QnS poetry slam contest, with the prompt ‘a mans a man for a’ that’ by robert burns. Won joint first.

This is a compilation of one Cross Stitch's journal in relation to what is referred to as the "Rumours Incident" that occurred in Gulp Gulch.

Written for the Quills and Sofas Speedwrite "Power of Three".

Preread by The Sleepless Beholder, Dewdrops on the Grass, and LuckyChaosHooves

Inspired by Flashgen's story A Fleeting Light in the Darkness and the animated short Backwater Gospel (CW: Gore, Violence).

Nothing is more of a temptation to Luna than secrets. But one secret Luna uncovers goes back to the earliest days of Equestria, one which Celestia is trying desperately to keep hidden.

Now, Luna must walk into her sister's dreams to understand the past she missed... and save her sister from the the same darkness that once consumed her.

CW: implied thoughts of suicide

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Originally done for a Quills N' Sofa's speedwrite on "Second Chances" in September 2021, where we took a story that we were not happy with and re-wrote it. The original version of this story was done in July 2020. Thanks to Lofty, Vis-a-Viscera,and Draconequus for encouragement and edits.

Cover Art by Yakovlev-Vad.

Notes on the story in this week's MT File.

A bat pony shows Twilight a hidden world - she only needs to listen.

This story was written in just over an hour, and took first place in a Quills and Sofas speedwriting competition.

Life is more beautiful in the movies

Winner of the Quills and Sofas 2nd Anonymous Write Contest

Thank you to Wish for helping with the art and description, and Silent for listening to me rant about the fic

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Zephyr Breeze announces to Rainbow Dash that he's been seeing someone, and no longer has any interest in pursuing her. Rainbow Dash is initially relieved.

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my B story for Pride Month 2022. it's still Pride Month somewhere!

the first draft of this story was an entry in the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting "B is for Bisexual" Contest