In the cosmos of the collective unconscious, a filly's dream dims and quakes, threatening to collapse in on itself. The cause won't be as simple to fix as a few ghost stories or a spat between sisters.

A heavily refurbished entry in the December 2014 Writeoff Competition.

From the time as a filly getting her cutie mark, Sparkle Pen was prone to a mysterious illness known as Sleep Writing. Alone it was harmless but with her power to bring fiction into reality, she nearly crippled Equestria. It's been years since she dealt with the illness and her stories haven't affected anyone in years.
But one night of restless sleep and the scratching of quill echo through the night and all the internet's nightmares have been unleashed unto Equestria.
Now she must fight her way through Rainbow Factories and Cupcakes to find her missing pages and rewrite the fabric of this dimension. Or perish in the attempt.

Now in their early 20s, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy have been dating since high school. In that time, Fluttershy has gone on to gain a job at the local Canterlot Pet Store. Of course, we all have bad days, and today is one of them.

So when Rainbow Dash discovers a small cat-eared headband and costume tail in their room, Fluttershy decides it's time to reveal a small secret she's been keeping for some time. After all, when someone like her puts this much effort into caring for pets of all kinds, why can't she be the pet for once?

This is a story about a non-sexual fetish, and as such, will discuss and make references to sex, but no sexual acts will be portrayed.

Content Warnings for: Pet Play, Casual Nudity, Moderate references to animal abuse

Edit: Made the feature box! 8/09/2022

I was not expecting this story to get this level of attention, so I cannot thank you all enough for reading :)

So little is remembered about the days of Ancient Equestria. Now, with the magic of friendship restored, the curiosity of Sunny Starscout sets her eyes upon a strange old journal among her late father's belongings.

"The Daylight Horror" by Twilight Sparkle. Between those pages, Sunny discovers a harrowing tale, suggesting that the late Princess Twilight was quite the versatile horror writer.

After all, it is just a creepy story... isn't it?

Content Warnings: Disease, Implied Violence, moderate domestic abuse

Inspired by (but not a direct crossover with) Hollow Knight.

Edit: Made the feature box! 25/10/2021
Edit 2: Now with an audio reading!

This story is a sequel to The Deep

Down there in the darkness, centuries of evil
And his arms will take you deeper and deeper
God lives underwater, we all seek his kingdom
And you feel his embrace, sweeter and sweeter

For more than a month now, Rarity has been bedridden, stuck in a seemingly endless nightmare-filled sleep. Despite warnings from both Celestia, Luna and Discord, she conspires to travel to the Saddle Arabian mountains in search of answers and, hopefully, a cure.

But what she doesn't know is that these answers could lead her to a horror beyond her wildest imagination.

Sequel to my first ever horror fic, The Deep. Prior reading recommended, but not required.

Inspired by the Candlemass song of the same name and, of course, the works of H.P Lovecraft.

Oh, ye great mysterious - Thousand leagues of blue
No one knows which mysteries are hidden
Beneath your surface

Your awful stirrings seem to speak of some
hidden soul beneath

- Ahab: The Pacific

The ocean holds many secrets, hidden away in the deepest expansion, far away from prying pony eyes. With Rarity becoming a reluctant explorer, whisked away in a magical bubble that plunges her beneath the waves, not even in her wildest nightmares could she imagine what awaits her all the way down there...

Inspired by the works of H.P Lovecraft and the Funeral Doom Metal album: "Call of the Wretched Sea" by Ahab.

Now with an audio reading by Illya Leonov: https://youtu.be/-ZkgeyAmsn0

Legend tells of a shadowy demon that consumes the souls of the living. When Applebloom is found comatose in the Everfree, Twilight comes to learn the horrifying truth—some legends are real. Spurred by fear, she ventures into the darkness of Applebloom's nightmare, and the unimaginable terrors within.

[Cover art by Conicer]

Twilight accompanies her friends on an outing. During the outing, she hears a voice that she shouldn't have heard.

And the voice hears her when it shouldn't have, either.

Written for the Rage Reviews: F*** this Prompt #16 (characters breaking the fourth wall)

Something dark and horrifying is found wandering the outskirts of Sweet Apple Acres. Applejack goes to investigate, but what will the discovery reveal?

A Halloween story. Pre-read by ShyNight.
Now with a reading by Crafty Arts!

Now with a Russian translation by Nuclear-pony-Jack and Randy1974

Tap.

Tap.

Tap.

The sound again and again, tapping on her door. The young mare could only try to ignore the tapping and the scratching at her door.