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Thanks to Tipper, who had an idea that I turned somewhat inside out and back again.

Locked in a room with a vampire, Twilight Sparkle awaits her own death.

"I'm counting off the seconds until you die," the domineering redhead said coldly. "One. Two. Three. Four. Five..."

This story might or might not be an entry in the A Thousand Words Contest. (Who even knows? I don't think I'm all that good at tag targeting, and an author can only have one final entry per category.)
_{(Initial contest announcement with more details is here. It already has at least fifty or sixty entries, so at this point I'm just trying to torment Bicyclette by promoting the contest even more to help make her and her co-judges read more stories than anyone has ever had to read before!
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Starlight Glimmer wants to rescue Trixie Lulamoon from a world-spanning catastrophe. Trixie wants to see the catastrophe first.

The author's note talks about where one of this story's ideas came from.

Probably not eligible for the current 1000 words contest...for reasons.

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When Equestria is infiltrated by changelings, the only solution is to starve them out. No matter how long it takes.

Content Warning: See story title.

_{(It's 1000 words long...I guess I could enter it in the contest.)}

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Prereaders: FanOfMostEverything, RDT

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Note to Contest Judges: More than seven weeks after I posted this story to fimfiction.net, this story DID turn out to be an entry in the "A Thousand Words Contest." (I was having trouble deciding which story to put into which official contest category.) I guess the point is, stories were not added to contest folder in the order of publication.

(Prereader thank-you in author's note.)
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Did you ever wonder how full-color animated films are made in Equestria?

Twilight and Dinky Doo find out...even more than they expected to.

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About the Art: I wanted to depict part of an animation museum's special exhibition, and I was lucky enough to find the wonderful image inside this picture frame! (On display in Equestria by special permission of the artist, funkyfurs. However, any sloppiness in hasty cross-dimensional art compositing is all my fault.)

This story is guaranteed to contain at least one (1) crossover by the very end, as specified for the contest/event "Who Crossed Over My Little Pony? (1/19/22 -- 4/1/22)"

When magic's slow decline dooms Equestria, ponies write letters to a future they don't expect to see.

_{This story MIGHT turn out to be an entry in the "A Thousand Words Contest," maybe?
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In a world where insectile monsters feed on ponies' laughter, and the word 'chuckle' is almost synonymous with death, Maud teaches a very special comedy workshop to save ponies' lives.

Alternate Title: "The Laughter Thieves"

Preread by Techno Flare.

Art Source: Mockingbirb edited fanart by athos01. Art used with athos01's permission. https://www.deviantart.com/athos01