Twilight’s greatest enemy and deepest regret are one and the same.

The feeling’s mutual.

Artwork by Maxima

Stuck in an elevator while the rest of their friends deal with the danger of the day, Rarity and Twilight discuss their romantic relationship.

This story is a sequel to The Last Pony on Earth

Abigail wakes after a devastating bus crash, trapped inside a strange body she doesn't recognize. Her friends are missing, her surroundings unfamiliar, and the scattered evidence of transformation around her defies explanation.

First she has to find her friends. After that, a way home.

Written for the 10th anniversary of the release of Last Pony on Earth. Does not require information from that series, since the protagonists are as ignorant as any new reader.

Zutcha once again did the cover like a pro. Editing by Two Bit and Sparktail.

Nopony in town paid much attention to the antiquated farm wagon on runners piled high with a cargo concealed under an old tarp—but Spuds did. What could be piled so high, and yet light enough that a pair of teenage siblings could tow it?

One mystery was solved as the tarp came off at the mercantile, but that led to more questions, and presently a tour of the homestead was arranged, and Spuds learned not only how wicker is harvested, but also what kind of pony harvests the thatching for his roof and makes the broaches that hold it to the rafters . . . and also make the laundry pegs that hold his sheets and blankets on the clothes line.

An entry for the No Dialogue contest
Pre-read by AlwaysDressesInStyle

There's nothing like that first day in a new town. Fresh arrivals get to explore. Truly seeing everything for the first time and for this particular newcomer, that means the judgments start coming immediately. After all, if she's going to live here, then it's clearly very important to figure out exactly whom she's going to be looking down upon. And spotting that ridiculous yellow pegasus moving down the streets, happily talking to herself about having gotten 'seven at once'... well, obviously that's going to be Subject Of Ongoing Ridicule #1. Now if our recent arrival can just find the few locals who are actually intelligent enough to appreciate the jokes...

Don't worry about welcoming the new mare to Ponyville. In fact, let's not even bother with getting her name. She's not going to last that long.

Now with author Patreon, SubscribeStar (for the very first time), and Ko-Fi pages.

Cover art from vector capture by BlackGryph0n.

In a bar somewhere in Griffonstone, Gilda tells the tale of the best and worst relationship of her life.

Entry into Bicyclette's Crackship Contest 2022
Thanks to Mitch H and Solstice Shimmer for editing.
Cover image based on this image by PyroPk

“For a relationship that should have been acid all the way down, I like that there was some genuine connection at the heart of it. Beneath about fifty layers of acid, of course. They're sweethearts really.”

— Botched Lobotomy

“This is peak Gilda.”

— FanOfMostEverything

Twilight decided that her time had come: after years of only owning books and reading books, she was finally going to write a book of her own.

Too bad her friends are more interested in getting alcohol poisoning than helping her with her research.

Entry for The Comedy (Is Serious Business) Contest under the prompt: We Learned Something, Alright.

Normally I hate delays caused by roadwork, but not this time. This time I followed a paint convoy for an hour.

Not because painting road stripes was that interesting, but because of who—or what—was picking up the cones.

Quillfeather has been tasked by Nightmare Moon to write a poem that will venerate her to her newly-conquered citizens.

He cannot.

There's too much at stake.

Written for the A bronze medalist in the A Thousand Words Contest III, in the Drama category. Read the other entries here!

The title comes from the song of the same name by the Mountain Goats, although the song and the story share little in common.

With some poetical assistance by the ever-lovely alafoel. Preread by the wonderful Octavias Melody and the fantastic Arkadios!

Given 4/5 stars by Loganberry!

Recommended by abrony-mouse!