Coal has just moved his store, a strange place he named Lender’s, away from a city too busy for his tastes. This village has to have maybe a quarter of Manehattan’s population, surely the village of Ponyville will be a bit calmer, right?

Right?

I've rewritten the first chapter, and I'll be continuing this story for a bit while I take a break from The Days Passed. Not sure where I want this one to go, but I've been reading Tales from the Gas Station by Jack Townsend and I'm feeling motivated. Gonna give this at least another chapter, maybe two, before switching back over to Days. Le'see what happens, yeah?

Twilight Sparkle worries about her friends. Currently her thoughts are preoccupied with the new guest of a certain yellow Pegasus, one with twice as many legs as it should have.

She was right to worry.

An entry for Ocalhoun's Big 250K Contest, and a continuation of their story Arachnophillia.

Spike shows up on Fluttershy's doorstep at the crack of dawn, professing heartbreak and asking for a shoulder to cry on. Fluttershy does as every pony should: she makes him a pot of tea, and sends him off to bed.

This is the story of where that takes them.

This turned out to have three endings. In order they are Bad, True, Happy, and have been placed in the story where they would have occurred had I written them 'in flow' if you will. They are not tied to each other and you only need to read the one you want to get an end to the journey. Thank you to everyone who supported this to the end. It was a lovely trip

Cover art gratefully borrowed from Airy, over on Tumblr. Give a peek for more cuties

Featured briefly on 12/22/16! Thanks all, for the wonderful Christmas gift!
Featured briefly every time I actually update! You guys have no idea how happy that makes me, thank you so much!

River Serenade woke up locked in a room, with nothing but himself inside. The ceiling is mostly on the floor, the wallpaper long torn away, and the walls themselves seem to be bowing under a great weight.

The only thought occupying his mind is getting out, and then getting home.

Special thanks to the proofreader 0_0, who looked at this story in his free time. Another thank you to The Descendant, who wrote the fantastic story The Silent Shore and helped me, albeit unintentionally, with the atmosphere in this story here. And to Merlos, for I know he'll see this story even though he doesn't follow me. You're a great friend

Comet Seer, fiction writer and near shut-in. Looking out of his window at the sunset, he feels the urge to celebrate the finishing of his latest novel, and invites his neighbor along to dinner. After a wonderful night, he leave her at her door with a small kiss and hopes for another evening like this one. His death impedes the process slightly. Slightly.

Not a mystery, probably not a romance either... Likely just a Slice of Life, innit?

UPDATE 6/24/15: Am looking over this, I still enjoy the idea and I'd like to go somewhere with this. Look for a rewrite, and maybe new chapters.

Timothy was just another marshal, wandering the country and taking care of what needed to be taken care of. Orders from on high come crashing into his life, and he finds himself sucked into the life of Ponyville. Or rather, sucked into the edge of Ponyville, as he squats in the ruins of The Castle of the Two Sisters. Hunting in his spare time, he ponders life as he slowly makes the ruins livable, and the Everfree a little safer.

Just a little.

Based off of When the Man Comes Around by GentlemanJ, borrowing heavily from this trope and the like.

Please remember that I am not the writer GentlemanJ is. This is not the best fic in the world. No, this is just a tribute.

EDIT: Slated for rewrite 7/22/15
EDIT SQUARED: Rewrite commenced, 9-6-2019

It has been years since I met him. Running from people I once thought of as friends, for the second time in my life. I took the gift he offered, not thinking too deeply of what it was I was doing.

I don't think I regret it.

Contains blood and made-up words, tags will be edited as the need arises. Added Crossover tag due to http://www.fimfiction.net/blog/332531/how-to-get-your-story-approved

2023 EDIT: Oh man oh geeze oh man. This story was written before the season 4 finale and before I'd even watched most of that season. I'm taking the crossover tag off, because this doesn't actually have a crossover in it. Right now I'm just editing through the old stuff, but...
I really liked this story. So we'll see what happens, as ever. Gore tag for the first chapter only, and it's very clinical, so I'm not adding it to the story.

Spike's side of the story, told as if everypony were human. Kinda actiony, kinda spyish, I mostly wanted Spike to have his own story and this is what happened.