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The Changeling of the Guard Not all changelings are fit for life in a hive. But that doesn't mean they're capable of life outside it, either. Join one such changeling as he tries to find his place in Equestria, and what the difference is between survival and living. by vdrake77 234,929 words · 3,882 · 56
A Dodgy Business Applejack returns to Dodge Junction to help save Cherry Hill Ranch. Against her are trolls, a gang of kleptomaniacs, and a dainty but psychotic griffon. On her side is the most accident-prone pony in Equestria. by MLP-Silver-Quill 45,680 words · 396 · 4
Void Trials 2: Horizon Shocked by the raid on Equestrias colony on the planet of Horizon, Shetland Sparkle must learn to live with those she lost. But when investigators of the Hyena Empire arrive, it seems that something sinister is happening behind the scenes. by Obsi 128,626 words · 25 · 0
Riverdream at Sunset: a Manuscript Lord Dunsany has a curious adventure in the Lands of Dream, in a realm where beasts can talk and the sun rides low in the sky. by GroaningGreyAgony 7,791 words · 211 · 6
Familiar Dash has a pet robot! She's just the best. by GaPJaxie 10,267 words · 748 · 24

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TReaping Rainbow: A Very Grim Hearth's Warming
MLP: FiM
Dark
Comedy
Rainbow Dash flies home for Hearth's Warming when she has a disastrous crash with Santa Hooves himself. With the big guy out of commission, the holiday spirit can only be saved by her! ...Oh, and Death himself as Santa, of course.
Rainbow Dash
Pinkie
The Hat Man · 6.5k words · 39 2 · 561 views
TScenes From A Hat
MLP: FiM
Anthology
A series of strange and singular stories picked properly from a proliferation of perplexing and pleasing prompts now audaciously authored into an annotated anthology by a meticulous, methodical man in a high, haughty hat.
Lyra
Bon-Bon
Main 6
Maud Pie
The Hat Man · 24k words · 67 3 · 451 views
TPassing Familiarity
MLP: FiM
Dark
Drama
Sci-Fi
Familiar: Your robotic best friend, made just for you. She will love you, care for you, and live every moment of her life devoted to you. But when all that she lives for is suddenly gone, one Familiar must find a reason to go on.
Suicide / Self Harm
Alt. Universe
OC
The Hat Man · 44k words · 151 5 · 1.1k views
ETime-Less, Price-Less
MLP: FiM
Romance
Comedy
Slice of Life
Derpy is asked to house-sit for the Doctor. She's eager to help out her favorite stallion... until she has one of her mishaps and smashes one of his watches. How expensive can a "Ponex" watch be, anyway?
Derpy
Doctor Whooves
The Hat Man · 2.1k words · 42 2 · 485 views
TThe Iron Horse: Robot Rock
MLP: FiM
Romance
Comedy
Sci-Fi
Hearth's Warming with family? Awkward. Introducing your family to your girlfriend? Worse. Not mentioning to your super traditional family that your girlfriend is a ROBOT? Buckle up, Maud Pie...
OC
Pie Sisters
Maud Pie
Cloudy
Igneous
The Hat Man · 16k words · 137 1 · 1.4k views
TThe Rainbooms vs Copyright Law ©
Equestria Girls
Comedy
Slice of Life
A Cease and Desist letter may spell the end for the Rainbooms. They'll need to fight for their band's future in this tale of music, litigation, the 60s being kinda weird in general, and Rainbow Dash being a frickin' idiot.
Sunset Shimmer
Rainbow Dash (EqG)
Sci-Twi
Fluttershy (EqG)
The Hat Man · 1.3k words · 145 3 · 2.3k views

TA Change in Three Parts
MLP: FiM
Slice of Life
Dust has lived on the edge of Ponyville all her life, keeping to herself and studying. When she makes a big discovery, she's eager to run to the castle and spread the good news! But why don't the ponies of Ponyville seem happy to see her?
OC
Main 6
GaPJaxie · 8.6k words · 1,263 82 · 13k views
EPlum Jam
MLP: FiM
Romance
Sci-Fi
Slice of Life
It beats working at the cardboard box factory, but maybe a change of pace isn't what really makes you happy. Maybe if you slow down for long enough, you'll find the something or someone you lost a long time ago.
Human
Alt. Universe
Celestia
OC
ScarletSet · 12k words · 108 4 · 1.5k views
E"Teach Me Goodness"
MLP: FiM
Slice of Life
Cheerilee bids farewell to her friends and students before going back to school in Fillydelphia.
Diamond Tiara
Cheerilee
Posh · 22k words · 288 5 · 2.8k views
ENineteen Neighty-Four
MLP: FiM
Comedy
1984 pony style!
Crossover
Alt. Universe
Twilight
Pinkie
Trixie
Shining Armor
Blueshift · 8.3k words · 1,206 15 · 20k views
TSix Stages of Grief
MLP: FiM
Romance
Drama
Sad
Pinkie's parents are missing, presumed dead. Applejack is there to pick up the pieces.
Violence
Suicide / Self Harm
Death
Pinkie
Applejack
mushroompone · 23k words · 95 8 · 774 views
EThe Maretian Chronicles
MLP: FiM
Sci-Fi
Where have all the ponies gone in this strange new world? Ask the children and you will find they never left.
Alt. Universe
Twilight
Georg · 1.7k words · 109 7 · 1.1k views

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The Iron Horse: Everything's Better With Robots! A cute robot pony. A mysterious origin. A princess who believes anyone can learn friendship, even a cold, logical machine. A journey begins... by The Hat Man 581,327 words · 1,233 · 29
Reaping Rainbow Rainbow Dash comes face to face with Death himself! And he's... surprisingly cordial, actually. But when Rainbow ends up in his debt, there's only one way to get back to the life she knew: take up the role of the Grim Reaper herself. by The Hat Man 40,779 words · 616 · 5
The Reality I Choose Battling Starlight Glimmer, Twilight finds herself in another alternate timeline. Only this time, she finds herself in the Golden Oak Library with the Princess of Friendship: Sunset Shimmer. by The Hat Man 6,736 words · 1,351 · 18
Sticking Points "The stars are GONE!" Twilight declares at an emergency faculty meeting at the School of Friendship. Is an apocalyptic-scale disaster impending... or is this a classic case of Twilighting? Starlight's got a guess... by The Hat Man 1,227 words · 116 · 2
Scenes From A Hat A series of strange and singular stories picked properly from a proliferation of perplexing and pleasing prompts now audaciously authored into an annotated anthology by a meticulous, methodical man in a high, haughty hat. by The Hat Man 23,858 words · 67 · 3

Some of my best and/or most notable work.

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22 KM To Nerdiness

22 KM To Nerdiness #154 · Jul 7th, 2022 · 1 · ·

3169406
Lol, anytime!

Been too focused on my original fiction to read anything else.

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The Hat Man #153 · Jul 7th, 2022 · 2 · ·

3169403

Awesome! 🤓
I never read anything of yours tbh, I just like chatting around, lol

Ah... well!

Feel free to browse around if you would like to check any of my work out. And either way, thanks for asking. Never a bad thing to ask if someone's hanging in there.

22 KM To Nerdiness

22 KM To Nerdiness #152 · Jul 6th, 2022 · · ·

3169402
Awesome! 🤓
I never read anything of yours tbh, I just like chatting around, lol

You're doing original fiction, too? Noice :3

Glad to see you're still kicking, bud!

The Hat Man

The Hat Man #151 · Jul 6th, 2022 · 1 · ·

3169400
Always. Sometimes lazily, sometimes by the skin of my teeth, but I am ever one for hanging on.

Thanks a bunch for checking in! It has been a hot minute since I put something out there, but I do want to publish more. I've just been busy working on my own original fiction and a few other RL things. But you can count on seeing more from me before long.

22 KM To Nerdiness

22 KM To Nerdiness #150 · Jul 6th, 2022 · 1 · ·

Hanging in there, Mr. Hat?

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Yep... It's back, and so am I. :) · 6:45pm Dec 24th, 2022

If you've been missing it or missed it the first time, folks, here's a seasonal treat, just in time for the holidays: A Very Grim Hearth's Warming, Chapter TWO! (And only 364 days later, how about that! )

Reaping Rainbow: A Very Grim Hearth's Warming

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