Short Changed, a pony in the human world trying to make an honest living.

In a unjust and dishonest world.

Will she make a few Doll Hairs or go broke?

A Pony on Earth Story.

Written For Admiral Biscuit's Not A Contest.

This story is a sequel to Team Boat

J.H. Wilkins is a prominent Cleveland businessman in 1850, managing a grocery store. Word reaches him that a sudden fire in Akron has destroyed the mill which usually supplies his flour.

He books passage on the canal boat Sylph, and starts a the long and slow journey south on the Ohio & Erie Canal to set matters straight, and locate a new supplier.

The trip turns out to be more than he bargained for, however, when he catches the eye of the boat's captain... a lady pony!

Authors Notes

Edited by AlwaysDressesInStyle
An entry into Admiral Biscuit's not-a-contest. Thanks for the boost, Admiral!

The Great and Powerful Trixie buys a cellphone, but it doesn't work the way Trixie thinks it should.

An entry into Admiral Biscuit's second not-a-contest featuring ponies who misunderstand Earth's technology. Pre-read and edited by Admiral Biscuit.

I printed this fic out specifically to line my cats' litterbox with it. -Jim Qwilleran

The only thing Great and Powerful about this story is the overuse of third-person. -AlwaysDressesInStyle

Bob Dole gives this story two thumbs up! -Bob Dole

Trixie is confused. This story is about Trixie but isn't good. -Trixie Lulamoon

In all of Hitch's many years, one constant has held true for Winter Wishday: it was always at grandmother Figgy's house, just the way she liked it. Well, not this year! This year she insisted that she wanted to see what Wishday would be like in Maretime Bay. At Hitch's place.

Which means Hitch and Sparky need to get all of Maretime Bay ready to hold to best, most perfectly-planned Winter Wishday ever!

Hopefully nothing will go wrong.

Please let nothing go wrong!

Additional tag: [Sparky Sparkeroni]

Written for Vivid Syntax for Jinglemas 2022!

Cinder Glow builds a guitar.

One little detail of canon altered, making this very slightly AU.

Written for Admiral Biscuit for Jinglemas 2022.

On a cold Winter night, Police Chief Miranda Rights tries to arrest a very special visitor. With gifts.

Meant as a gift to Estee for the Tryptych Continuum and in particular Miranda Rights, the beleaguered and frequently overloaded Ponyville Chief of Police in the center of Chaos. (and occasionally host to Discord) Rain or shine, quiet nights or rampaging monsters, the thin blue line of the Ponyville police never breaks. (although at times it frays a bit)

Cover art patched together from several sources including Copper Top the police pony and Jean Sapin for the Christmas tree vector.

Now featured on Equestria Daily

This story is a sequel to Princess Celestia Hates Tea

Princess Celestia helps to banish a hoofful of inner demons lurking deep in the heart of a troubled author. Metafiction, again, ensues. Something of a coda to "Princess Celestia Hates Tea".

Now with a Spanish translation by Spaniard Kiwi!

This story is a sequel to Trunk-Or-Treat

Another year has passed, and Halloween has rolled around once more. Last year I took ponies to a trunk-or-treat. This year I'm hosting a costume contest.

While this is a sequel to Car Wash and its existing sequels, there's no need to read any of the other stories first.

The crossover event half a dozen people have been waiting for… A blockbuster fanfic three years in the making (or possibly cobbled together last night in a rush to get it posted in time for Halloween/Nightmare Night).

The Business Trip series crosses over with the Car Wash series.

All the ponies you love have come together under one roof for a costume party. My roof. I really hope my insurance policy is up to date.

I apologize for the cover art. This may be one of those times when not having any art at all might be an improvement...

The student six order from the drive-thru. Smolder wanted a burger, but everyone else agreed on tacos.

If this performs well, I will write a stoner chapter.

Inspired by the weird anomaly that is semillon.

An inspired linguist. An ancient stone tablet. And the story of how a new species, made in love and forged in fire, came to be.

1st Place in the Everfree Northwest Iron Author Competition 2022. Many thanks to the judges -- Aquaman, Grand Moff Pony, and Xepher -- for their kind comments, and to my fellow winners: FanOfMostEverything, Mica, Scampy, Steady Gaze, and Admiral Biscuit.

Editing by LevelDasher (who is now on a much-deserved editing sabbatical).

Cover Art by CadetRedShirt [DeviantArt] [Twitter]
(I commissioned this one. Give Cadet monies and she will make art and/or sing for you!)

Story notes in this week's MT File.

Featured on EQD, 10/23/22.