Never The Final Word (Vol. 1)

by horizon

About / Table of Contents

Author's Note:

This is a collection of microfics and minifics rescued from the comments sections of other authors' stories, which continue or revisit those fanfics — embracing and extending, and reflecting on questions raised by the work.

Due to the nature of the collection, this contains spoilers for other authors' stories.

Each chapter is self-contained. At the top will be a link to the source story which it was written in response to. I recommend reading the source story before reading the continuation; each of the sources were thought-provoking enough to demand a response in story form. However, if you'd like to dive right into the continuation, there will be a one-paragraph summary of the source story in spoiler text, providing enough context to start reading immediately.

Without further ado … onward!

Table of Contents

2014

horizon's "The Next Day" ([Slice of Life])

… continuing darf's "Cumuliform" (1750 words, [Slice of Life])

horizon's "Demesne For Sale" ([Comedy] [Sex])

… continuing MrNumbers' "The Demesne Of The Reluctant Twilight Sparkle", from ~Chapter 3. (80,000+ words, [Romance] [Comedy] [Slice of Life])

horizon's "White" ([Sad])

… continuing Appleloosan Psychiatrist's "Pink, Blue, and Ivory" (8518 words, [Tragedy])

horizon's "Frozen Prison Blues" ([Comedy] [Lyrics])

… continuing Benman's "The King's Lament" (364 words, [Lyrics])

horizon's "As If This Wasn't Meta Enough" ([Slice of Life] [Meta])

… continuing Skywriter's "Hoardsmiths" (2670 words, [Slice of Life])

Georg's "Leaving The Nest" ([Slice of Life])

… continuing Estelien's "This Is My Last Letter", from Chapter 1. (1502 words, [Sad])

horizon's "Stellar Fire" ([Tragedy])

… continuing KitsuneRisu's "The Incandescent Brilliance" (8207 words, [Tragedy] [Sad])

Sozmioi's "Upon Reflection" ([Slice of Life])

… continuing Cold in Gardez's "The Glass Blower" (9444 words, [Romance] [Dark]).

Duplex Fields' "Badass Waterwheels" ([Comedy])

… continuing Horse Voice's "The Writing On The Wall" (6207 words, [Dark] [Adventure]).

PoweredByTea's "All A Dream" ([Slice of Life])

… continuing Skywriter's "Martial Bliss" (1514 words, [Comedy] [Random]).

Georg's "Dear Beloved Graddaughter" ([Dark] [Comedy])

… continuing Bad Horse's "Fluttershy's Night Out" (5354 words, [Romance] [Sad]).

horizon's "Splinter Cell" ([Comedy])

… continuing FanOfMostEverything's "Aftershock" (1809 words, [Human] [Crossover] [Slice of Life]).

GhostOfHeraclitus' "Who We Are, The Princesses Would Destroy" ([Slice of Life])

… continuing kits' "Who We Are" (18,828 words, [Slice of Life]), as resolved by the Civil Service protagonists of "Whom The Princesses Would Destroy…".

PoweredByTea's "The Duel" ([Comedy] [Adventure])

… continuing Skywriter's "The First Time You See Her" (38,213 words, [Slice of Life]).

horizon's "An Even Grater Love" ([Romance] [Random])

… continuing Cloud Hop's "Em Dash" (1644 words, [Comedy] [Slice of Life]).

2015

horizon's "Shaggy Dog Story" ([Comedy])

… continuing Skywriter's "Shipping Sickness" (2286 words, [Romance] [Comedy] [Random]).

horizon's "Ruin Value Meal" ([Slice of Life] [Equestria Girls])

… continuing Titanium Dragon's "Ruin Value" (3281 words, [Dark]).

RobCakeran53's "Saving The Records" ([Nonfiction])

… continuing TheBandBrony's "Save The Records" (2771 words, [Slice of Life] [Alternate Universe]).

horizon's "Twilight's Choice" ([Romance] [Random] [Comedy])

… continuing KitsuneRisu's "Oh, News" (blog post).

horizon's "Since You Asked" ([Comedy])

… continuing horizon's "Twilight's Choice" (above).

GhostOfHeraclitus' "Elementary, My Dear Twilight" ([Slice of Life])

… continuing PoweredByTea's "The Wrong Fork" (1138 words, [Slice of Life]).

Themaskedferret's "Sheepish Talk" ([Slice of Life])

… continuing FanOfMostEverything's "The Perfect Barnstorm" (1830 words, [Comedy] [Slice of Life]).

horizon's "Hunka Hunka Barning Sludge" ([Comedy])

… continuing Bad Horse's "Party Knight" (246 words, [Incomplete]).

River Road's "Where Blackmail Might Or Might Not Happen" ([Comedy])

… continuing MrNumbers' "The Demesne Of The Reluctant Twilight Sparkle" (80,000+ words, [Romance] [Comedy] [Slice of Life]).

River Road's "Brave Little Pony" ([Romance] [Sad])

… continuing King Of Beggars' "The Surprisingly Complicated Love Life of Spike the Dragon" (46,430 words, [Romance]).

Kencolt's "Another Point Of View" ([Comedy])

… continuing GhostOfHeraclitus' "Any Other Business?" (785 words, [Comedy]).

horizon's "Not It" ([Comedy] [Romance])

… continuing GaPJaxie's "Screw It, I'm Bored" (888 words, [Comedy] [Crossover]).

2016

Lunae Lumen's "The Greatest" ([Comedy])

… continuing Aegis Shield's "Human Rituals" (7817 words, [Human] [Slice of Life])

GhostOfHeraclitus' "Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen" ([Drama] [Slice of Life])

… continuing Bad Horse's The Gathering (1172 words, [Drama] [Slice of Life]).

horizon and FanOfMostEverything's "All Bark, No Bite" ([Comedy])

… continuing GroaningGreyAgony's If I Was Wooden Matter...? (364 words, [Comedy])

GroaningGreyAgony's "After Saying Yes" ([Alternate Universe])

… continuing Defoloce's Friendship Is Optimal: Always Say No (108,822 words, [Adventure] [Dark] [Human] [Gore])

Georg's "The Substitute" ([Drama] [Comedy])

… continuing Chris' "Relinquishing". (1053 words, [Sad])

Lunae Lumen's "Cutting Ties" ([Dark])

… continuing Darth Link 22's "About Last Night" (61,780 words, [Romance] [Comedy])

FanOfMostEverything's "Unleash The Macking" ([Comedy] [Equestria Girls] [Romance])

… continuing PonyAmorous' Unleash the Magic (Under Controlled Experimental Conditions) (1035 words, [Comedy] [Equestria Girls])

Monarch Dodora's "Sombra's Sonnet" ([Drama] [Comedy])

… continuing AugieDog's "Villain-elles" (556 words, [Slice of Life])

Georg's "Plan B" ([Slice of Life])

… continuing Baal Bunny's Bowled Over (5825 words, [Slice of Life])

horizon's "Only, Only, Only Me" ([Tragedy] [Sex])

… continuing Corejo's "Only, Only, Only You" (1594 words, [Romance] [Sad])

Sept. 2017 note: This anthology is now closed, but the project continues with Never The Final Word, Vol. 2, curated by FanOfMostEverything.