Monster attacks. Crime. Illegal hallucinogens made from electric fruit.

They say things didn't use to be like this. They say things were different, before Luna came back 60 years ago, but Detective Hard "Hardy" Boiled of the Detrot Police Department has never known any world other than that demarcated by the seedy streets of his beloved decaying metropolis; a world in which the coroners sing and dance, surveillance bugs have personality disorders, and the Chief of Police is a scarier entity than most of the eldritch things the city attracts.

The grey unicorn who turned up dead outside the posh High Step Hotel seemed like just another case, but her missing horn is the pointy tip of a very large and nasty iceberg. It's up to Hardy and his friends - a rejected monster hunter, a psychic cab driver, and an underground antiques heir - to find out what’s going on in an investigation that promises to stick more than a cupcake into the very eye of Detrot.

Especially if Hardy has anything to say about it.

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Additional editing by coandco Sig_Awesome, Hinds, Clint, and Raccoon!
Featured on EQD - 5 Stars!
Cover art by MisterMech (http://mistermech.deviantart.com/)
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This story takes place in Calm Wind's Wonderverse, between Act 2 and Act 3 of Piercing the Heavens, though hopefully it's understandable on its own.

"The impossible happened... Rivet started making mistakes.”
“Doesn’t everypony make mistakes?”
"Even if ‘everypony makes mistakes’ was a legitimate excuse, most ponies mistakes don’t almost injure ponies, and definitely don’t almost kill ponies.”

Rivet is, before anything else, a genius. A master of machines and the lead engineer for the Wonderbolts, he's the first pony you go to for all problems mechanical, from inventing new training equipment to rapid repairs. It isn't much exaggeration to say he's one of the rivets holding their base together.
They leaned on him so much, it seemed only natural that he start to buckle under pressure. The machines he designed to get the Wonderbolt recruits up to speed have started to malfunction, and ponies have narrowly avoided getting hurt. Now he's under probation, forced to take a break from his work.
No one is listening to what he's saying.
No one is seeing that a saboteur is on the loose.
With both his job and the well being of the Wonderbolts on the line, he calls the only person he can rely on to solve the case. He calls his old friend and rival, ex-detective Keen Eye.

Pinkie is taking a train ride home and says goodbye to her friends. With her trusty detective’s hat and magnifying glass, can she figure out who done it? Who is serving dinner? Who has her missing rock? Who packed a party cannon into Pinkie’s luggage? Who’s stolen one million bits? Who’s committed murder, and why? You know, just the basics.

Edited by: Level Dasher

Featured on Equestria Daily: 10/22/14!

Through a long-forgotten mirror buried deep within Starswirl the Bearded's laboratory lies the equine kingdom of Hevosenvalta. There, the unicorn medical mare Silver Scalpel has just received an honorable discharge from Her Majesty's cavalry due to injuries she sustained on the frontier. She finds herself at loose ends in the capital city of Ehwazton until a chance encounter with the aardhorse detective Currycombs changes both their lives forever.

The cover art was commissioned from Wilvarin-Liadon, and the first chapter, "A Study in Sorrel," was originally published in NonBinary Review #9, Spring 2016. But the rest of the stories are all new to the site here.

When Princess Celestia is found dead, a new ruler must take the throne. Without the Princess's leadership, many opportunist factions find themselves free to act as they see fit. Until now, Equestrian politics had often been overlooked, thanks to the benevolent Princess of the Sun wisely presiding over them. Now, betrayal and secret plots run rampant in Canterlot's court. Five ponies are sent to the different corners of Equestria in an attempt to save their broken nation.

Special thanks to Galrion, Coldsilverd, and Striving for Harmony for proofreading everything and helping me brainstorm ideas.
I wanna thank my editor, Derpypaws, who's a great help for grammar and punctuation. He also designed and vectored the Captain Silvermane cutie mark.
The cover art was made by DarkFlame, here is his deviantart. Also, check out his tumblr ask blog.
Cutie Mark vectors by Hawk9mm, you can find his deviantart here. Scootaloo's cutie mark by Lahirien.
Also, I wanna thank Alptraum Mond and Throttlesky for extra tips and proofreading.

This story is a sequel to The Misdemeanor Private Detective Agency

Six months after our breakthrough case at The Misdemeanour Private Detective Agency, and I - Nocturne - was ready for a well-earned break.
Disappointingly, with a royal summons to attend the first Dragon Treaty, a couple of ponies I wish I'd never met, and a theft that could cost everypony their lives, it seemed that my break would have to wait. But then, perhaps I shouldn't have chosen a career in detective work.

Reading the previous story is not required to understand this one. Feel free to take a look at it if you want, though.

Set in the backdrop of 50's noir Hell's Bakery, Los Pegasus. These gripping crime thrillers stars Serendipity Eggstrum Ponetti. An unforgettable story of loss and redemption as our anti-hero tries to get rich quick. In a city with four million stories, this is only one of them.

Edited by the talented Politicalunrest2400

When a banker is found dead in his office, Shining Armour is called in to investigate. He quickly finds a diary detailing the ponies every move, which becomes the staple for the investigation.

As the young Guardpony hits dead end after dead end, the case begins to cut closer to home than he would like, and he learns the advantages of having a very organized pony for a sister...

A murder mystery that ties together checklists and schedules with lies and trickery.

Teen for murder

Crystal Ponies aren't built to be Defense Attorneys. They are literally too transparent. Their emotions affect their physical appearance. That, Alexandrite tells herself, is why she consistently refuses every client her bosses try to offer her. Unfortunately, cases of theft and vandalism still have to be defended, so when Alexandrite once again says no, Escutcheon Herald takes on the case, and he brings her as his co-counsel so that she might learn a thing or two.

This is a short, bonus prequel to the story of Alexandrite: Ace Attorney (Coming Soon!). While not necessary to understand the full story, it should serve as a good base to launch yourself into the world and connect, just a little bit, with the characters and events. Keep an eye out here, because more fics with Alexandrite are on their way!

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This story is a sequel to Turnabout Time

A royal coup, a friend in need, and a murder that should have been forgotten.

These are the trials the new attorney Malum Prohibitum will have to face. Join him and a few others as they investigate murder cases to find the truth.

Takes place about a year after Turnabout Time.

Contains the last three cases in the Turnabout Equus series.