Because it's October, and there's a religious festival of some kind at the end. There are a lot of those, this time of year, but I like religious festivals about scary things best.

(source from a Google link to a Pinterest page and I'm too lazy to sort it out)

Candidates include:

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Hello everypony. How have y'all been doing? In all honesty, things have been pretty complicated/stressful/frustrating here on my end for more reasons than one. However, I'm writing this post to let y'all know about a major milestone we've accomplished: The Needs Of The Many, my first entry in the Guardian Of Equestria Saga, has, just today, reached 100 upvotes. I can't begin to express how much this means to me, having a story I wrote about 7 years ago just for the heck of it reaching such

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Lightning Dust nudged the shopkeeper on the withers. "Pally, I'm looking for this guy called Blueblood, you seen him? Blonde, kinda wimpy, talks prissy? He looks like you asked an eight-year old to draw a hairdresser."

Blueblood caught the mother's eye. "Terribly sorry to bother you, I wondered if you'd seen a friend of mine. She's a teal pegasus by the name of Lightning Dust. Short and very angry, her face looks a little bit like a political cartoon."

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It's that time again. Ice Star is bored between writing again. Ask me stuff. Story questions, writing questions, and about-the-author questions are all good. Most questions are. Just don't be a dick, I guess.

Plus, there are a lotta not-fun things in people's feeds lately.

Given how I'm in the process of rewriting Into Equestria from the ground up, I figured I'd might as well at the very least give y'all the chance to see what the story was going to be for some time. Keep in mind that the current iteration of Into Equestria is no longer considered canon to Pony-Me, even if the description has not yet been changed to reflect that.

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Aaaand we’re finally here.

What can I say, folks – it’s been a journey. I almost feel emotional writing this announcement.

This contest literally started as me idly muttering “would be cool to make one of those m’self one day” in a public chat. And now look at this! Forty-seven entries, more than four thousand views in the original announcement, we took over the featured box, and overall? I’m sure we all had a lot of fun.

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