Neighbors

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As far as Golden Harvest is concerned, the newlyweds who live next door are fine ponies. But Carrot Top, the mean little voice inside Harvest's head, doesn't see them quite the same way.

Written for the 221st Writeoff competition with the prompt, "The Hugs Went Away Again," the original version of this story took 2nd place. It's been extensively rewritten and expanded since then.

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Georg

Georg #1 · Oct 29th, 2022 · 3 · ·

Reminds me of how Niven had the Known Space series where the ARM hired all the paranoid schizophrenics, and only let them slightly off their drug-leashes to deal with problems that ordinary agents couldn't. Came in very handy when the Kizinti attacked.

"A civilization has all the ethics it can afford."
--Larry Niven

Warrior of Virtue

Warrior of Virtue #2 · Oct 29th, 2022 · · ·

Pretty little psychos.

TheUndeadEmpire

TheUndeadEmpire #3 · Oct 29th, 2022 · · ·

Haven’t ever read this yet but very interesting concept. The character in the pics name could be carrot top or golden harvest, both work fine and I wouldn’t be surprised if there have been continuity errors where a background character has had multiple names and the idea one of those names is a voice in the others head or an alternate personality is really interesting.

Baal Bunny

Baal Bunny #4 · Oct 31st, 2022 · · ·

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Thanks, folks!

I wrote about half this story back in March, but couldn't figure out what it was actually about. Then I wrote "Cut Me Like a Curse" under my AugieDog ID, and that got me thinking about those ponies who have multiple names "in canon." And that gave me somewhere to go with this, so here it is!

All I remember about Niven's ARM stories was the main character's imaginary arm. It's been decades since I've read any of his stuff, now that I think about it...

Mike

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