In the distant past, before a Hearths warming tale, Cosmic Dust abandons her fellow unicorns, unwilling to leave her homeland. Underneath the snow she finds something she won't soon forget.

A mammoth being of ancient metals and gears has awakened from the earth with the sole intention of destroying every villain in Equestria. Untouchable, unmovable, Discord remains as its last target of worth. Now the Spirit of Chaos must beg for Celestia's aid, even if things are so much more complicated than he would have ever wanted.

The Monster of the Year contest is coming up, and Scootaloo has an entry sure to give Ponyvillians the scare of their lives: a murderous spirit from Zebra folklore.

Beyond known reality, something awakes, called by the speaking of its name. It draws closer, closer, to the little town at the forest's edge. When night falls, its reign of terror shall begin.

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Cover art by totallynotabrony. (Source.)
Edited by GaryOak and Reia Hope.
Creature design by Necros66.

Am I dead?
No. I can feel my limbs. They're numb. I can't move.
Have I been captured?
There's a sound. Voices. Women. Talking about me.
Oh God—there's something attached to my spine!

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Audiobook by Scribbler Productions.
An entry for The Most Dangerous Game.
Speedpaint of the cover art.
Edited by GaryOak.
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No one will suspect a thing....

WARNING: Blood, Knives, Murder, Psychopathy, and Overall Unsettling. Please, read at your own risk.

Also, this is mostly just dipping my toes in horror. Obviously, as you will see, I’ve never written horror, so I probably did things wrong and/or made this real crappy and bad. It mostly a learning trial for me.

The "Great and Powerful" Trixie is a down-on-her luck magician that is broke and struggling to find a gig. One day, she purchases a ventriloquist dummy in an attempt to reinvent her act. The dummy, dubbed "The Amazing Presto," turns out to be not your average dummy and Trixie soon finds herself in a battle against her pint-sized partner. Can Trixie triumph against Presto or is it curtains for her?

Inspired by the 1978 movie Magic, the 1988 film Child's Play and The Twilight Zone season 3 episode "The Dummy"

Written for The Barcast Halloween in April Horror Stories Contest