A letter arrives from a mysterious mare. There are no names, no dates, only a place and an outpouring of love from a tender heart yearning for a new, beautiful unicorn in town. She asks for nothing from the receiver, save a reply with the promise of trying something new, both in life and on paper, from one pen pal to another.

Entry for Thesmokingguy's (Un)Happy New Yuri contest.
Category: Unrequited Yuri
Edited by: Me, Myself, and Pet the Koi.
Preread by: Jymbroni and Tamia_98
Cover art is from the Ponies at Dawn: Anthology album's cover art on Bandcamp.

An afternoon working the Wonderbolt Reservists Race Day gets turned upside down when a sudden surprise rears its head, dragging a reluctant Bon Bon back into the saddle of Agent Sweetie Drops. With the help of her marefriend, Lyra, they leap into action to uncover the mystery lying beneath a—with little to go on, the potion-making private eye, Zecora, steps in when no pony else will to help a poor mare in way over her head. Will one lone zebra be enough to save Twilight Velvet from the darkest corners of Manehattan?

Exquisite Corpse Horse is a chaotic writing collaboration between members of Cafe Hay. This prompt's theme was "Reverse Course Horse" where the last chapter was written first with subsequent authors having to write the preceding chapter. Each author was only given access to the chapter written before theirs and a 200 character message. Results certainly varied.

This backwards facing Exquisite Horse was written by these lovely authors by order of appearance:
Rego, AltruistArtist, The Red Parade, The Sleepless Beholder, Dashie04, PseudoBob Delightus, FanOfMostEverything, EileenSaysHi, Silver Needle, and Rego (me again).

Previous Exquisite Horses:
Cheerilee's Normal Day
It Was Just Supposed To Be Lunch

"Just like in the stories, ponies keep their princesses in the tallest towers of the castle! I can't believe how dumb they are to tell everyone! First, I'll replace that princess getting married, then I'll... do cool stuff with the love I take, and then Equestria will be mine!"

A last-minute entry for the site-wide Dialogue Only Contest
Preread by: The Sleepless Beholder
Cover Art: Do You Swat It? by Techy Cutie @PonyTechy on Twitter

Now with a Russian translations! Available at FicBook, PonyFiction, and Tabun (Everypony.ru)!
Translation by: GORynytch
Editing and Proofreading: Mordaneus, Oil in Heat (AKA Gannibal Lector), Fogelman, and Taur00

Mane Melody survived its first few weeks and a visit from Phyllis Cloverleaf, letting Jazz Hooves finally find her place at the newly opened salon. When she is left in charge on a slow day, a strange customer stumbles through her door. As she gets to know the timid mare, Jazz discovers that showing just a little kindness in something as mundane as hoof care can make all the difference in the life of another.

Entry for The Red Parade's May Pairings 2024 hosted by the Original Pairings group.
Edited by: TheAncientPolitzanian
Preread by: Jymbroni, Scriblits Talo, and ItsVelvet
Cover Art: Heartfelt Hooficure by @Marenlicious on Twitter
Commissioned the artwork while at ポニコン11!

When the leaves of the world burst into deep reds, oranges, and yellows, earth pony towns all over Equestria chase the cold winds away with Fall Weather Friends Day festivals. From budding relationships to old flames, relations of all kinds gather from across Equestria to enjoy the season, including a peculiar pair of bitter and sweet stallions.

The dichotomous couple intends to make the most of their visit to the friendship capital of the world, Ponyville, by seeing the sights, savoring the fun and festivities, and ignoring the terrified screams of the locals, all the while deepening their love for one another. As long as they have each other, nothing will be able to stand against their star-crossed love, both figuratively and literally.

Tied for second place in Bicyclette's M/M Shipping Contest III hosted by the M/M Shipping Contests! group
Edited by: TheAncientPolitzanian
Preread by: Jymbroni, Alchemik, Falkenlied, and Arkadios
Cover Art: Pop-Rocking OCs by pop @rockin_candies on Twitter
Inspired by Crooked Beetles' Good OC x Bad OC Thread on Twitter

Featured from 11/16/23 to 11/20/23. Thanks so much!

In the aftermath of a concert gone royally wrong, Pipp Petals must make her daring escape from the castle alone before she can be arrested along with her mother. When she stumbles across the crown jewel of her kingdom, the smallest princess decides to live up to her duty and protect the family heirloom from any would-be thieves.

At least, that's the plan...

An entry for Bicyclette's A Thousand Words Contest II hosted by the A Thousand Words group.
Edited by: TheAncientPolitzanian
Preread by: Jymbroni
Cover Art: Smol Pipp by Kayle Rustone on Twitter
Now with a YouTube Reading by RainbowInfinityReadings

For months now, Ponyville Schoolhouse has enjoyed peace and harmony, but such tranquility can never last. A new bully has risen to power, striking fear into everypony at school, and her name is Dinky Doo! When she's not listening attentively in class, taking a test, or doing her homework, she becomes the baddest of the bad. It falls to Miss Cheerilee to set the filly back on the straight and narrow before it's too late, at least according to Dinky herself.

An entry for The Red Parade's 2023 May Pairings Contest hosted by the Original Pairings group.
Edited by: TheAncientPolitzanian
Preread by: Jymbroni and Alchemik
Cover Art by: Askpinchy on Tumblr
Featured from 05/13/23 to 05/18/23. Thank you all!

Now with a Russian Translation on Ponyfiction!
Check out the blog post on The Herd (Табун).
Translated by: NovemberDragon on FimFiction
Russian Version Edited by: Randy1974 and Nuclear-pony-Jack on The Herd (Табун)

This story is a sequel to The Guard of a Different Stripe

Despite the world around her changing constantly, Applejack has remained firm in her simple, country life. The world may change around her, but as long as she's got her family, her friends, and her farm, the old-fashioned apple bucker of Ponyville has no reason to change herself.

However, when a mysterious Equestrian Collie emerges one night from the Everfree Forest, her stable farming life takes a turn for the stranger when the pompous pup needs more than just her affection.

Takes place after The Guard of a Different Stripe, but can be read alone.
Edited by: TheAncientPolitzanian
Proofread by: Alchemik
Preread by: King (AKA Kingsredarmy)
Cover Found Here: Sweet Apple Acres by ZIG-WORD
Special Thanks to Bicyclette for helping with the Short and Long Descriptions.

Custom Tag: [First Person Zecora]

When Zecora is asked to show cosmetics from her herbal collection,
She finds herself in the middle of an elaborate misdirection.
Caught in the struggle to thwart a changeling plot,
She must find a way to help guard Canterlot.

Judge Prize winner in Bicyclette's Crackship Contest hosted by the Original Pairings group
Edited by: TheAncientPolitzanian
Cover Found Here: Guard Fleur de Lis

Featured from 3/2/2022 to 3/5/2022 (JST). Thank you very much for your readership!

Since before the founding of Equestria, when darkness threatens the harmonious balance of the world, souls of heroes are called upon to save it. The greater the power, the more potentially disastrous the coming doom. So when a new, mysterious pony ascends to alicorn-hood, Twilight Sparkle immediately calls upon her former mentor for aid, bringing the power of the royal sisters to help determine the cause of her sudden appearance.

Will Equestria be ready for the potential threat that can come with such a powerful force being unleashed? It will take courage, patience, and weathering the ire of one rather angry mother to survive.

Edited by: TheAncientPolitzanian
Pre-read by: Perfectly Insane and Stormfox
Cover Art: Extra Life's Logo edited by Myself
Inspired by: Jan Animation's series, Button's Adventures, and his Deleted Scene: Hearts and Hooves Day
Featured from 12/29/2021 to 01/02/2022. Thank you!