Starlight and Trixie, as part of their duties as staff of the School of Friendship, traveled outside Equestria for a recruitment drive. However, their trip to Mount Aris was waylaid by a problem with the railway. Still wanting to make good time, Starlight decided they should hoof it through the wilderness south of Equestria.

Just south of the MacIntosh Hills, the two find a vast forest before them. With every step inside, the canopy above grows thicker and thicker. They may never see the sun again.

This story was written for the Barcast's Halloween in April Horror contest.

Thanks to The Seer for some feedback/prereading.

Now with a reading by Cloud 9, starring Magpiepony and Celaena Winters.

The old potionmaker lives deep in the woods with her adopted daughters Lily and Daisy. Their days together are simple and sweet, and the flowers in their garden bloom every summer without fail. But in the darkness of the Everfree something else is stirring, and its roots stretch deep.

Written for the Q&S Flower Ponies Contest.

TW: Some gore and horror.

Juniper has twenty-two minutes of air in her tank to find Starswirl's lost time spell.
It will not be enough.

There are many ways of pulling off the color red in the world of clothes design, and Rarity's way just so happens to be a nationwide trend. However, in such a harsh and tough industry, there are ponies who must pay the price, whether they are enemies or friends.

They knew what they were getting into when they offered to help.

And with the precious material they possess, there is not a chance in Tartarus Rarity is willing to let them go.

Written for the 2024 rendition of Nightmare Night in April. You can read other entries to the event here.

In the wake of a harrowing experience in the caves beneath The Pie Farm, Pinkie Pie is left twice-cursed—first by disturbing visions, and then by a question: will she ever sleep again?
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Huge thanks to Chudo, RB, TMBT, Oblivion, Wayward, Smokinguy, and gapty for helping fine-tune the fic via prereading and editing.

Cover art done by MissTwipie.

And then Fluttershy got a paper cut.

Scootaloo ends up with her father's lunch by mistake. Reality is almost destroyed in the process.

A collaboration with RainbowBob.
Now featured on Equestria Daily!

What happens when a pony develops a phobia of a colour that surrounds her?

Asking for a friend.

An entry for Nightmare Night in April 2024 ( group | stories ).

Originally written for the Bean's Writing Group prompt "Trying to escape from somewhere/someone". On top of the prompt, and the "using color to convey emotion" bonus, I also tried to write it with only periods.

Thanks to RDT and Silk Rose for pre-reading and feedback.

A pony investigates the scene of a murder. One problem: no memories.

An entry for Nightmare Night in April 2024 ( group | stories ).

Excellent cover art by IrradiatedPirateBooty!
Thanks to gapty, Silk Rose, and Scriblits Talo for pre-reading and feedback.

Twilight is acting strange. Her friends have barely seen her around. Fluttershy, caring too much about her old friend to go on any longer without her, goes to Twilight’s house to see what happened to her. But what she finds is too much to handle, and she can’t seem to accept this new information. Fluttershy saw something she wasn’t supposed to see, and Twilight has an offer for her.