Sunshine Smiles enjoys the promise of a new day, the rosy reds of dawn, the moment when the new sun's light kisses Equestria.

Moonlight Raven prefers the thoughtful solitude of the night, the soft shadows of moonlight and the peaceful silence of a slumbering city.

A short story involving rock and roll, necromancy and the wasteland.

My entry for the Fallout: Equestria group's short story contest.

Hey, name's Pipsqueak. I was a pony who, when he was little, wanted nothing more than an adventure. Well, now I've got one, and it goes beyond even my wildest dreams. Who would have thought that such a big part of my life would start with a small green ring, and three little words: Green Lantern's Light!

Trixie wows the crowd with her dazzling displays, and mastery of all things magical.

Winner of Rage Reviews' F*** THIS PROMPT! #2 contest.

The prompt is ""Your self-insert takes over Equestria."

A lonely stallion makes a wish, and a powerful stranger grants it. Then Equestria is overrun by really friendly pony clones.

War has left Rainbow Dash with many regrets. She is alone and trapped in the mind games of a military artificial intelligence gone mad. Or is she? It's hard to tell what is real and what isn't with AM...

A contest entry for F*** THIS PROMPT! #3.

The (rather difficult) prompt was "A Princess duels a character from a 'mature audiences only' franchise." I chose to cross over with the world of "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream". Originally a short story published in 1967, it was later adapted into a video game by the same name in 1995, which developed and expanded the plot, characters, and the inner workings of AM.

Cover image from here by RatchetHuN.

For as long as Equestria Online existed, Ashton has been involved with 'the Scene' tearing it apart. Selling 'spells' for the game to do things that most ponies in Equestria couldn't, using faint exploits in its API to erode the barrier between the game and the rest of the internet. He had no illusions about the superiority of his work--but so long as he respected CelestAI's boundaries, his spells kept working.

But then his best friend's sister got cancer.

Now there's no spell in the world that can keep him from emigrating to be with her, leaving Ashton alone. All around him, civilization's thin veneer crumbles as homes empty into Equestria. But Ashton isn't going to emigrate, not if he has any say about it.

The problem for Ashton is that humans are systems, and aren't immune to exploits either.

Part of the Optimalverse universe of stories. If you've never seen a story in this universe before, you might want to try out the original first, or at least my first. None of my previous work is required to understand this one, however.

This story was commissioned by Two Bit, who requested a more serious exploration of identity, transformation, and the fae nature of CelestAI.

As usual, particular thanks go to my editors Two Bit and Sparktail. And gratitude to Zutcha as well for the cover.

Some ponies like chocolate or flowers or a trip to the spa, or maybe just staying at home and chilling with their special somepony.

KitKat isn't one of those ponies. Her idea of a perfect Hearts and Hooves Day is . . . different.

The Unity Day party at Sweet Apple Acres goes awry after surprising accusations are leveled at Applejack, on account of some difficult-to-discern lyrics.

Find Iron Wolf's dramatic reading of this story, in a super cool Polish accent that kicks the whole thing up to 11, here.

Sunset Shimmer and her friends defeated the evil, memory-wiping villain Wallflower Blush. Reformation, however, takes time.

Sunset Shimmer agrees to teach her discipline with the patented fighting style.

This story participated in Sunset vs. Villain competition.