In keeping with the teaser I posted a while back, I have published my latest fic, The Once and Future Queen. It stars a throwback to the absolute earliest era of recorded Pony History -- decades before even Star Swirl and the Pillars -- but it takes place in modern Equestria. It will have thrills, chills, spills, and multiple musical numbers. I hope you all enjoy it!

Working on the second chapter of Her Majesty's Hidden Swords, not much left to go before I complete it. After that I'll keep plugging away at it until FiM ends, because I've got something real to show y'all.

Hello all my few dozen followers. It is I, that fan of 80’s pony, Al-1701. And I’ve been actually posting content, yes-no?

Okay, enough with the Don Carnage imitation.

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So I’m sitting there at 99 stories, and I was stuck. I wanted it to be impactful.

Meaningful. I wanted it to knock people’s socks off because you know it’s my hundredth story.

So I’m sitting there paralyzed not writing anything because I wanted it to be perfect. Which it turns out is a bad idea because then you don’t get anything done at all.

So in the end I wrote something that I wanted to write. Screw the majesty, I’m in the fic business for fun.

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Apparently the British satirical magazine Private Eye is now listed on numerous 'fake news' sites for having covers like this:

This, coupled with the existence of the show Friends, leads me to the conclusion that comedy is a largely unpractised art in the USA.

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Today's story is here for a very good reason.

Why Are You Here, Your Majesty?
[Drama] • 8,405 words

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Hey Guys, wonder if you might show a bit of love for the stories of Tornado Firehooves. He's feeling a bit down right now and I think a bit of positivity might help. He writes based primarily on G1 ponies but has incorporated them and the other generations of MLP into what I think is a unique concept.

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While clearing out my “Read It Now” bookshelf of stories which were more than a month old, I ended up noticing a number of stories that I had put off reading that had what seemed to be intriguing premises and got sucked into reading them instead of cleaning out my bookshelf.

Oh, well.

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Hi! I've had quite a bit to say lately, haven't I? I've been pretty busy too, both online and off. If you'd like to know about some future Ice Star projects, keep reading.

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