Sugarcoated

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She remembers the swift wind and the rolling grasses and the thundering hooves on the plain, her ancestry, her birthright, her heritage... all gone.

The demons descended and enslaved her race, warped them and thwarted what she could become. She wanders now with ancient memories, the aftertaste of metal in her mouth and a skin-crawling itch where the saddle once rested on her back.

...Is that another herd in the distance?

This story is part of Nightmare Night in April. Art by GGA.

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GroaningGreyAgony

GroaningGreyAgony #1 · Apr 10th, 2023 · 2 · ·

I’ll let this one speak for itself. The first draft of this story was entered in the January 2018 Writeoff, where it took third place.

Lurks-no-More

Lurks-no-More #2 · Apr 18th, 2023 · 6 · ·

Horses, shoeing other horses! Madness!

Rocket

Rocket #3 · Apr 18th, 2023 · 3 · ·

That is deeply impressive!

Hey its that Pony

Hey its that Pony #4 · Apr 18th, 2023 · 3 · ·

I liked this. Very cool perspective horror.

Moproblems Moharmoney

Moproblems Moharmoney #5 · Apr 18th, 2023 · 7 · ·

Unsettling and intrueging.

We occasionally see "real horse in Equestria" fics, but they're all too often rather saccharine. This is grim, and very **very** raw. The bizarre, alien, nature of Equestrians who are anthromorphisized just a *tad* too much, would understandably scare the already traumatised creatures. I've often wondered in an IRL horse would be more equivalent to a Neanderthal to your average Equestrian

FanOfMostEverything

FanOfMostEverything #6 · Apr 19th, 2023 · 6 · ·

Outstanding bit of xenohorror. A synthesis of the treasured and the tormentor that may well be worse than anything the riders could create. Thank you for a haunting read.

Griseus