Rarity is asleep, Sweetie Belle is looking for her doll and Opal might be an eldritch monster beyond ponykind's comprehension.

A silly idea inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft.
(The story takes place a few years before S1)

The story has been adapted to an audio reading/fan episode format using the AI voices!

Sweetie Belle wants revenge for something the school bully did to her but later learns that all actions have their consequences.

This story is staged way back in the early episodes of season one (Episode 8: Look before You Sleep) it is also my semi-first attempt at a grimdark. I would love to hear your feedback.

(Picture provided by Zachmoviefan who has also done a reading!)

When Celestia and Luna tell Twilight that being an alicorn comes with challenges and trials, and that she needs to control herself and her magic, they refer her to an old book on meditation. Twilight is skeptical at first, but she reads it anyway.
When she gets into it she finds that the book is not filled with sensible, helpful tips on meditation at all, but the message inside gets into her head. Eventually she starts having visions, and one vision in particular will not leave her mind until she brings it into the real world. The consequences change her views of Ponyville - and her duty to it - completely.

This story is a sequel to Ordinary World

There's something deadly in the Everfree Forest, and Fleur de Lis' distracting magic is the only thing keeping ponies away and safe. But when her decoy fails, she has to go find out why.

Big McIntosh is doing Fine Crime a favor when he spots a strange mare in the woods. Thinking she might be lost, he follows her deep into the Everfree.

By coincidence or fate, Fleur and Big McIntosh are stuck together in the Everfree. Big McIntosh doesn't take to her shallow nature, and she's not too fond of his disinterest in the hottest mare in Canterlot! But they'll soon find out there's more to each other than meets the eye. Together, they must struggle to survive the local wildlife and the fatal cold of a winter's night in the Everfree.

But not all the threats that thrive in the forest are natural.

The Fleur-Verse
Chronologically from Top to Bottom:
Shadow Pony
Reddux the Tyrant
No Heroes Part I - The Roster
No Heroes Part II - The Journey Home
Lightning's Bolt
The Weed
The Challenge of Fleur
Ordinary World
A Challenge for Fleur
Sweet to Eat: Tales of Nightmare Night

After an awkward incident with Twilight at Sunday brunch, Fluttershy notices something strange happening to her garden.

Written for the Barcasts' "Halloween in April" contest. Preread by AShadowOfCygnus.

Everypony knows that Rarity did not participate in the last Nightmare Night's festivities in Ponyville.
What was she doing, then? Did she work on somepony's costume? Maybe she needed some time just for herself? Or perhaps she was partying, after all?
The truth is, she was strolling through the Everfree Forest.
Alone.

Live reading here, courtesy of The Living Library Player Society!

Note: this story was written for EQD Nightmare Night 2012 October FanFiction Contest, link.

After a long day in town, Fluttershy feels ill. While trying to recover, she has strange dreams and starts to recall meeting somepony on her way home that day. Hopefully, she'll recover soon, and be able to enjoy another blue, sunny day with her friends.

CW: Animal death and Suicide.

Expanded from an entry for the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting's "Colorful Characters: Fluttershy" contest where it took second place. The only requirement for the contest was to write a story centered on Fluttershy in an hour. However, I've had the idea for ages, and glad I finally wrote it.

The woods are lovely, dark, deep... and dangerous. But Dinky wasn't planning on going anywhere near them. Her mommy told her not to, and she always listened to her mommy...

Thanks to Elric of Melnipony for letting me bug him and offering a number of suggestions that improved things.

Twilight lies alone in her bedroom, but she does not sleep. She will not sleep again. Still, she stays in that old, familiar room. There is nowhere else.

"Excellent depiction of desolation and the only reasonable action when time runs out." —FanOfMostEverything

An entry for the Thousand Words Contest II, in the Horror category.

Cover image by Henry & Co., from Unsplash, available under this licence.

A stallion is out climbing the mountains north of the Crystal Empire. When the glacier he and his companion are on cracks, he finds himself trapped deep within an icy crevasse, where hunger, sleep deprivation, and the bitter cold wear on his body and mind.