"HEY YOU! Yeah you!"
"O-over here! We'd like to t-talk to you, if you don't mind."
"Don't go, please. Don't leave us alone... We need your help. I know this must all be a bit confusing..."
"I'm still havin' a hard time gettin' my brain around it."
"Don't worry Applejack, you get used to it!"
"But Pinkie, darling, are you certain... whomever might be out there can hear us?"
"Well maybe not hear us, but they can definitely see our words, so that'll work too!"
"Let's hope so, girls. We're gonna need all the help we can get if we're gonna stop this thing... And even they won't be safe from..."
"LOOK OUT, HERE IT COMES!"
"THEY FOUND US, IT'S A TRAP! IT'S A-"

It's a lovely day, and everypony is happy except for Starburst. Star's having an awful day, and all she wants to go home and stew. The last thing she needs is an insistent friend trying to make her smile. There will be no smiling on this day as far as Starburst is concerned.

Written for the Kilala97 Fan Works Fun Fact Contest! Based off of the fun fact for Cotton Candy: "Candy was Starburst's first and best friend when they were little. Since Star was a crybaby, Candy would always cheer her up. Now, even though Starburst is serious and tough, Candy makes it a goal of hers to make Star smile everyday somehow."

Cover art, as well as Starburst/Cotton Candy/Prism Bolt/Golden Delicious/Anthea, are created by the wonderfully-talented Kilala97.

When Amy leaves for her honeymoon after her wedding to Golden Delicious, the Apple Family asks Adam to help on the farm in her stead. Adam wants to prove to Big Macintosh and the Apple Family that he is more than just a fashion designer's assistant.

Edits done by:
Zyrian

After Pinkie's new cake test run goes awry, the Cakes are left with a hole in the wall. Mister Cake goes to the hardware store to pick up supplies to fix it, with the help of his kids.

Too bad he forgot just how much a cart full of building supplies weighs.

Prereaders:
ZOMG
Brasta Septim

Picture from Apertureindigo

Pinkie wakes up in an mental institution accompanied by a whole new body, to find her life has been the result of mental illness. How can you cope, when you find out your whole life, has been a lie.

story inspired by
TypewriterError's "Believing Stories"
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/30847/believing-stories

Cover art http://thelivingmachine02.deviantart.com/art/My-Little-Ponies-217281029

Cadance, Celestia, Shining Armor, and Twilight Sparkle are enjoying tea when the Bard of Book Reviews (or Bob, to his friends) breaks into their room. He then proceeds to explain to Twilight Sparkle that not all books are special.

Let's all do what we can to let Bob know we care, people. As far as the gift fic goes, I tried to utilize his penchant for absurdity.

Twilight Sparkle has a secret. Not one that can change the world or overthrow the Princesses. But it is one that hangs over her head every day. One that colors her every thought and action. Or at least, that is how it seems to her. But when a rainbow colored pegasus asks her out on a date, will she learn to see past it, or will her secret tear apart a budding relationship?

Inspired by the excellent fic Asylum by Daemon of Decay.

Takes place before "A Canterlot Wedding."

Thanks to SilverSugar for the cover art. You can check out her other works here

After the rousing success of her first party, bringing joy to her parents and sisters, Pinkie Pie left her home to teach that joy to others. On her first day in Ponyville she stumbles across a struggling Sugarcube Corner, and resolves to help out the business.

Twilight reads an EXCITING book! Join her on this literary adventure!
Reviews:
"Jumbled has won at FIMFiction" - Syeekoh
"Well, we know that whoever approved this one is the weak link who allows the trollfics" - hockeygoalie1992
"Bumblebees taste like fruit juice" - Shalrath
"I have achieved enlightenment. I am weeping tears of terrified joy."-TOW
"This is one of those things that makes you want to bury the claw end of a hammer in the writer's genitalia." -Mythril Moth.

Edger Allegore Poeny is a poet and social commentator, but when his agent discovers a hidden group of horror stories and publishes them, Edger is met with growing acclaim. He is invited to Ponyville to perform a reading of not only his work, but also his poetry. However, when he arrives, Edger can't help but notice that some of the ponies there bear a striking resemblance to characters in one of his stories.

(This would fall under the category of 'slow burn horror', where the horror builds only slightly until the very end. This also falls under the category of "Gothic horror" given its focus on atmosphere to evoke a sense of despair, rather than exclusively on action.)