Drought and Famine stalk the ancient and now long vanished kingdom of Gyptia. A band of slaves led by Rom Inna Callin, cast out by their Master, are forced out onto the deadly desert of Celestia's Anvil.
Lost, dying of thirst and starvation, they are found by the old donkey trader Marchhare. Even his wagon of food and water cannot get them back to Gyptia. It MIGHT get them to Equestria.

Reign of Frogs ~ WHY are there amphibians flopping down all over town?
Colts! ~ HOW did Hayseed break Farrier’s window?
Punch Line ~ The party crasher Skywise finds an awful truth about Duke Knoseup's party.
How I Lost My Leg ~ Pestered by fillies and colts, the retired adventurer Wildun tells them how he lost his foreleg.

Banana-Pie was recently out of the Trottingham Orphanage.
Going to make a pie, he finds something unique in bananas. Seeds!
When Mortimer breaks into Banana Pie's apartment, events lead him to his unique avocation and the unusual ability to grow bananas in a locale like Ponyville.

Commissioned by ask-the-chan-family and posted here with permission

The tale is set in the Alternate Universe of Thomas the Writer, the same as EDUCATIONAL TOY.
Celestia wants to throw a surprise party to celebrate the many heroic magical battles that Thomas, her consort, has fought to save Equestria. Thomas’ sister Nova, a demon, finds out about the party and sets out to wreck it.

This story is a sequel to ON THE ROADS OF EQUESTRIA, part 4 of the Origin of the Rom

The tale of how the Rom of Equestria’s Roads came to the attention of the Princesses Luna and Celestia after more than 200 years of being concealed from them for the purpose of criminal gain by most of the nobility.
Coming to the defense of the Rom against an attack by her own guard causes Luna to become The True Embodiment of All Nightmare.

This story is a sequel to Fortress Canterlot!

Princess Luna comes to the Kingdom of Camarg to meet and learn from the pony who could make such excellent laws as she and Celestia have seen.
On the way, she and her party disrupt an unauthorized tax collection scheme.
At the Court of Camarg, a noble is found to be attempting unlawful Necromancy.
Why would he do such a thing?
What comes of it?

This story is a sequel to From Darkness to Dawn

Celestia and Luna, along with their step father De Writer, return from the Sunrise Isles, where they have been trained in the use of their Creator Magic for correcting the heavens.
They find that a cult of unicorns led by the "Sunlord" are claiming credit for the fixing of the heavens. The Cult Leader opposes them.
Gaining some followers, they return to the big ledge where they sheltered a hundred years ago. There, they build the earliest parts of Fortress Canterlot.
They succeed in defeating the forces of the Sun Lord, founding a kingdom with their creator Skyglow, Titan of Life Creation as the titular Queen and accepting to themselves the role of Princesses.

This story is a sequel to De Writer and the Orb of the Ages

History is often not at all like what we are taught. The beginning of Celestia and Luna's powers are a case in point.
These events are also described in Hearthwarming Eve / Starvation's Night . The peaceful early lives of Celestia and Luna are shattered by fire and sword! Fleeing for their lives with their foster father De Writer, they learn many hard lessons. They also begin to understand and use the magic of Creation itself …

History is often not at all like what we are taught. The beginnings of Celestia and Luna is a case in point.
The world was young, as worlds go, when De Writer invented the first writing and opened a school. One of his students was not at all what she seemed to be.
The fillies Celestia and Luna join his class as a result.

In the AU of Thomas the Writer, a small problem has come up. Thomas' friend the old blue unicorn mage, De Writer, has given Thomas' daughter Dashie an educational toy.
De Writer's idea of an Educational Toy is a WHAT?
Just something that De Writer picked up during his Inter-dimensional travels. He used it to get one of the teas that he is infamous for.
Thomas was not thrilled by the toy. It has become unaccountably damaged.
Dashie has brought it back for De Writer to fix.