Sometimes there are things in this world that scare us. But that's ok. Such things are normal.

It's ok to be scared from time to time, and even fun occasionally. You just have to remember to giggle at the ghosties, guffaw at the grossly, crack up at the creepy, etc. etc. Because none of it can really hurt you if you just keep perspective.

But sometimes, we come across certain things that we can't just laugh away. Sometimes a simple giggle isn't enough.

Because sometimes, the ghosties are real.

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This is my entry for the 2012 Nightmare Night fic-writing event. It was written in a single day with basically no planning beforehand. Let it be known: I am not overly proud of this story. It was just a fun little experiment to write something outside my comfort zone and boy howdy was it ever that. Anyways, this is not meant to be taken seriously so just dive straight in and prepare to be... what's the word... scared? I dunno, maybe. Prepare to be something, in any case.

A journal is found in an empty apartment in Canterlot, in its pages contains the tragic tale of a pony's search for the missing foals of Ponyville

About two weeks ago Apple Bloom finally got her cutie mark. She has been having trouble remembering things for the last week and a half.

Could this be coincidence? Or is something else involved here?

[Comments contain spoilers. Beware!]

In the end, was it all just that? A game? Pretend?

Sneak a peek at crime detective Eyeglass' research, as she reads the journal of a victim of one of the worst mass murder cases Equestria has ever experienced.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders have been been labeled "Blank Flanks" for a while now. While learning the proper technique to Applebucking, an accident happens. What does it mean and why is Applejack scared?

Read by: Silversoul1k - Oct. 29, 2012

Image courtesy of FreeFraQ of DeviantArt.

In a world full of magic, mere words can pose a deadly threat. When simply reading a sign can instantly infect the unwary, and cases start to turn up all around Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle casts the only spell she can find that can give her the time she needs to find the cause of the plague. But then she has to figure out how to stop the epidemic... without being able to read.

Editing provided by Spabble
If you like this, try Rainbow Typhoon
Audiobook on YouTube and for download on SoundCloud
Spanish version translated by MIkimoco
Russian version

Due to a typo on her permit to build a new barn, and the meddling of a recalcitrant bureaucrat, Applejack is stuck running a bar, at least until Mayor Mare gets back to town. So sit down and have a drink in Ponyville's least likely watering hole!

When Rarity is overwhelmed with making designs for an agriculture exhibition, she turns to Applejack for advice. But when she gives Applejack a hair style treatment in return, the apple farmer lets her accent slip from southern drawl to sophisticated Manehattenite. The result? More fancy parties than you can shake a candy apple at!

The Cutie Mark Crusaders ask Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy about what happened just after the events of the Cutie Mark Chronicles; specifically, what happened to Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash immediately after the race. Reluctantly, Dash and Fluttershy delve into a tale. A tale of a young Fluttershy's amazement at the world she had landed upon, and a filly Dash's desperate quest to save her from that most evil of places: THE GROUND.

Twilight Sparkle's imagination as a child was unbelievable, probably due to all those books. Which also make up the amazing Fort Book, Twilightopia's first stronghold against the country of Armor! With the help of Captain Smartypants and Private Cadence, General Twilight defends her fort against her brother's advancing army of one!
A tale of Twi's childhood told from her point of view.

Inspired by the cover picture.