Life can be rough.

People tell me I'm good at writing dark, sad, or tragic stories. On a few occasions, I've had someone highlight a twist they felt was particularly gut-wrenching and ask: "How did you come up with that?"

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Due to my landlord not having the building habitable when he promised, I suddenly have three days off work and nothing to do during.

Give me a story prompt. I'll write something for every prompt I get -- might be long, might be short!

From WandererD's Discord chat:

Petrichord at 9:54 AM
I just miss the idea of writing fanfic from back when there was only one season of the show
heck, even half a season
before worldbuilding and the villains and everything else was crazy
and a lot of fan stories, as far as i remember, were basically just inter-mane 6 shipping

GaPJaxie at 10:17 AM
Okay
@Petrichord We can fix this.

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Some of you may have noticed that Familiar just vanished from my story page! It was probably hackers. Or perhaps a magnetic storm.

But it definitively isn't related to my entirely original short story Familiarity which is being submitted for actual publication! To a publisher who insists the content you submit can't be available online.

Certainly not.

HP Lovecraft is one of the best known horror writers of all time. While most people today know him for Cthulhu, he first achieved fame for his iconic character The King in Yellow—an unknowable supernatural horror that can drive men mad with its presence.

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I had a long plane flight today, which gave me six hours to read a bunch of pony stories. They were good fun, and the flight felt quick and painless. But now I'm in the hotel, and I'm kind of bored.

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Once upon a time, at a company that I will not name but which you have almost certainly heard of, a senior vice-president wished to find his daughter a job. She had some trouble with employment, not due to a lack of ability, but a lack of focus. As he put it, she was a very bright woman, she just needed a chance.

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Bronycon panels were great this year! A few people at the con asked for the slides I used, so, here they are! Enjoy.

Good Clean Fun (NSFW)

Advanced Writing

When I left for Bronycon this year, I mentioned to a friend of mine at work that I had high hopes. Every year I've gone to Bronycon, there's been some huge, positive event in my life that occurs during the con itself. At my first Bronycon I finally kissed the girl, at the second I met someone who got me a great job, and at the third there were some positive personal events and my depression got a lot better.

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