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De Writer


After a long dry spell, De Writer has sort of returned. I am now writing again. Watch this space for more new tales and more chapters of the latest

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This is a collection of short, fun Nightmare Night themed stories
Nightmare Night -- It was only a bad dream, right?
Theme Party -- It looked like nopony was going to come to his theme party, not after last year's Police bungle! His party was saved by some late comers.
The Sweet Spot -- Leroi made a bit of a mistake when he tried to threaten the owner of the Sweet Spot to get goodies.
Nightmare Vision -- Was the Nightmare Night chant from the graveyard a prank?
Putting the Bite on Trottingham -- Prilla was not having a happy Nightmare Night until she stopped by the Sweet Spot and accidentally made a wish.
Nightmare Night at Grumpy's Cave -- A Rom mare comes to Gumpy to get her sister healed. The Ponyville Council has closed down all Nightmare Night parties to boost their Charity gala. Grumpy invites the Rom to his cave for NN and the party snowballs!
Nightmare Night Surprise! -- Unger was "digging up the past" when the past caught up to him!
The Tail of the Ghost -- Master Sargent (Ret.) of the Royal Armored Pegassi and the Royal Road Fast Post is given the Royalmont Chateau by their Highnesses. The Equsetrian National Bank finds that it is unwise to mess with a Royal Gift -- that happens to be haunted.
VIGNETTE AT A HAUNTED MANSION PARTY -- Nemmie goes to spend Nightmare Night in the haunted ruin of Crawfeather.
THE EMPTY GRAVE -- It is unwise to betray a real witch.
GNAWED EVEN -- Even monsters have natural enemies.
CRACKING THE CODE -- What could possibly go wrong with cracking an ancient code in a graveyard – on Nightmare Night?
REPOSSESSED -- What happens when a being of the Underworld tries to collect the soul of Sawnax?
NIGHTMARE BLESSING -- Penny looks like a “fake witch” pony to Red.  He jumps to the wrong conclusion.
DEAD EASY -- Ferd made two mistakes on Nightmare Night.  First was trying to rob the Sweet Spot.  The second was making a wish …
BONNIE BONES -- A young unicorn filly was abandoned in the cemetery because of a stunted horn.  She was raised by some who are no longer ponies.  She gets taken to Miss Cherrilee’s school by the truant officer.
CRAGENMARE -- What reason could there be for a Nightmare Night party for foals in the ruin of ancient CRAGENMARE, far outside of Ponyville?
LUNA’S NIGHTMARE NIGHT -- How does Princess Luna spend a night that really is ALL ABOUT HER?
SQUEAK’S NIGHTMARE NIGHT -- Squeak, a preternaturally long lived thestral, who helped Caramel Treat’s shop on her first Nightmare Night Celebration, drops in to see his friend on another Nightmare Night after some years have passed.
BEHIND YOU! -- Cortwrong makes the mistake of stealing Sarrie’s manuscript.  He looks where he should not have.
THE LUCK OF BLACK CATS -- Black cats may bring bad luck, especially if you are doing bad things!
NIGHTMARE NIGHT AT THE SWEET SPOT -- Roe, the magical wish granting deer in disguise, throws a Nightmare Night party for his pony family and some friends.
BLOOD RED ROSE -- Pointea makes a spell to draw some company for Nightmare Night.  Did she get the spell done right?
NIGHTMARE NIGHT LESSON -- Luna accepts an invitation from Caramel Treat and Fangrin to preside over their Nightmare Night celebration as the Nightmare. She teaches both an unruly Count and a young filly just who is REALLY important to Equestria.
A QUIET EVENING -- The CMC enter the Ponyville Cemetery with the goal of setting spring "ghosts" to frighten off some vandals. They have some help from Bonnie Bones and a few others that they did not expect.
NO REFUND A meeting in the Ponyville Graveyard reveals that it is unwise to try cheating either Death or Grumpy Goat!
CRAWFEATHER! -- Just outside of Ponyville lurks the haunted mansion of Crawfeather TRIGGER WARNING: Multiple murders by ax, poison and stabbing. You have to get those ghosts in there somehow, right?
POSSESSION -- This tale is set in Sawnax’s youth. It is a prequel to REPOSSESSED. Sawnax is a rotten colt, who blames others for the results of his own actions. Claficus, a demon, offers him a chance at revenge. It does not go quite as he hoped that it would.
A BONNIE DAY -- Bonnie Bones is out in daylight though the Nightmare moon shares the sky with her sister. Morgripe and his buddies come to vandalize the graveyard in daylight just before Nightmare Night, thinking to avoid blame by being out and about with witnesses on the night.
BONNIE BONES’ ERRAND -- It is the day before Nightmare Night and Bonnie is out shopping! She has a bit of a run in with Morgripe’s old graveyard vandalism accomplices but gets what she was after. She goes to a Nightmare Night party later.
THE MORGRIPE REPORT -- Bonnie Bones is interviewed by a reporter from Ponyville’s Dark Secrets magazine about the disappearance of Morgripe.
INVITATION TO A FEAST -- It is the night before Nightmare Night. Melissa, the reporter, true to her word, brings her story to Bonnie Bones for approval. She discovers some things about Bonnie and is invited to share in a Nightmare Night with Bonnie in the Borderlands of Nightmare.

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Bad food leads to bad dreams

Changelings are best ponies

Gotta make sure you have treats for all

Even the dead should celebrate

Fun that the Dead can have fun on Nightmare Night too.

Sounds tasty.

D'awwww, that was cute. And yes, changelings are best ponies.

Hahah, nice. Reminds me of Trick r Treat for some reason.

Tonight, we party till we die~

Reminds me of Trick or Treat also..

What are the synopses for the rest of the stories?

Comment posted by De Writer deleted Oct 4th, 2017

Thank you for pointing out the lack of synopses for many of the tales. I have updated the long description to include synopses for all current tales and will add more as I add tales this October!
I am hoping to add at least two or three a week!

Severely underrated. Where else can one go to for a simple, elegant taste of All Hallows spirit to whet the appetite during the lonely anticipating days of the fading light?

*laughs out loud* So fitting.
Good thing for Grumpy that Sawnax's immortality contract had been renounced though, or a refund might have been in order.

Greetings my friend.
I keep rereading these stories of yours and I think that they get better with each pass.
Hope all is well with you and yours.

B. D.

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Thanks for the lovely compliment on my stories.
Things are going well on most fronts. Writing is going slowly at the moment. You noticed that, I presume. It is going ahead, however slowly.
One project is moving along well. I am rewriting my canon to be more detailed and more readable. Since it is not technically a story, I will post it to my blog when done. After all, my AU is pretty different from the show and has diverged more with each passing season.
I hope that all is well with you too.

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Told you that I was doing some writing. This was not even planned. Saw a Fictober19 prompt that just set me off when I should have been working on a different piece!

Sawnax has about as much chance as a butterfly in a whirlwind. That is however, much better than nothing.
Really like the Rev.

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Thanks! Reverend Smallflower has some interesting depths. He is fun to write.

There is plenty for for mortals too.” After all your stories and a couple of years I finally found one. This is like looking for teeth in a hen yard!

Good riddance to Morgripe.

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Thanks for spotting that! I will get it taken care of immediately.

He was always a piece of shit. Likely he still is, wherever he is.” Truer words were never spoken.

Considering that he got "used for refreshments" by the creatures in the Borderland of Nightmare, you are so right! Bonnie is almost as adept as Marchhare at saying only true things while bending the truth into a pretzel.

"He was always a liar and braggart." Just got back from a job found this for you. good wrap up for the Morgripe arc.

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Thank You. I did like it too. It was fun to write. Did you notice the other new tales in the Bonnie Bones arc?
Had a fascinating suggestion from a tumblr fan, which I am working on!
I mean, how does the Borderlands of Nightmare celebrate Hearthwarming? Consider that the Ancient Ones and those in Nightmare part of the Ponyville cemetery were interred before the Hearthwarming Invasion. It was originally the cemetery of Red Hoof.
However, they have accepted Canbe as part of their group and do celebrate Nightmare Night, which, from their point of view is also a new holiday. Roe, Molly, Sis and Mort are also modern but accepted, too. Not to mention that Bonnie Bones comes and goes at will!

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Thank you for your comment. I do hope to write many more. I really like playing with Bonnie and the rest of the Borderlands of Nightmare crew. They are a fun bunch.

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