After Rainbow Dash's pet tortoise Tank finally goes into hibernation for the winter, the usually plucky blue Pegasus finds herself even more depressed and lonely, and having no fun coping with her pet's absence. A touching tale of separation anxiety, and a surprise solution...

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After the events of 'May the Best Pet Win' and 'Tanks for the Memories,' here now is a story idea I've been pondering for nearly a year now: What if Tank wasn't the right choice for 'Best Pet' after all? And...what if the first runner-up got a second chance to prove himself? Just read for yourself, and see.

You've read about Gilda Griffon meeting Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street? Here now is, not a sequel, but a follow-up to that story. This time it's Cranky Doodle Donkey, Ponyville's least sociable resident, who suddenly finds himself in a strange place, where nothing makes sense to him, or impresses him. It's the world of The Electric Company, and whom should he happen to meet, but the resident crank himself: J. Arthur Crank. Let the sparks fly!

Synopsis: Gilda Griffon suddenly finds herself on the street of the most famous American children's educational TV show, and meets up with its, heh...least agreeable resident.

Just a little experiment, while taking a break from my other stories. This one's kept me up for several nights, after I dusted off my old DVD box set copy of 'Sesame Street: Old School, Volume 1.' I knew Gilda of MLP was reminding me of someone else I'd seen before on TV, but I couldn't quite get it...until now. Also, I realize this isn't the first MLP/Sesame St. crossover fanfic on this site, so I'm not trying to steal anypony's thunder. I just thought this would be a great idea for a Gilda-Oscar mashup. Read the results for yourself. Smash...or trash? You decide.

Forced by the landlady he rents a house from to 'get a REAL JOB, or GET OUT,' the once proud Super-Duper Party Pony Cheese Sandwich, now faced with mounting debts and a drying-up party career with only dwindling income to show for it, is forced to re-examine his life, his dreams, his goals, and worst of all----face the reality of becoming a normal 9-to-5 workhorse, like 'everypony else.' Party's over, Cheese. Welcome to.... what, exactly?

This story has been written out of sheer terror and desperation, as a coping tool for making a tough life-changing choice for me: continue my career as a community health care circuit entertainer (a life of pure happiness but not much money) or take an overnight industrial assembly job (a life of pure drudgery and plenty of money for bills, but not much happiness.) If your arm (or hoof) has ever been twisted like this, you already know how painful and confusing this tale is going to be, before ever reading it. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK...

After a summer holiday visit to a friend in another dimension---a world with a country called America populated by humans----Twilight and Spike come up with ideas for Equestrian parody songs based on American anthems. They decide to organize a recital at Canterlot Castle to debut these songs at the next Summer Sun Celebration----and the results are, well... mixed, to say the least. Each chapter of this story features an Equestrian parody of a familiar American patriotic tune. (It was to have debuted on the 4th of July weekend, but a 'failed moderation' has pushed it back a month or two. Here's hoping this new version will pass, and be completed by Labor Day weekend. Enjoy, and Viva Equestria!

When two kinds of ponies who are social opposites of each other can't get along, it's up to two world-famous unicorn salesponies to arrive on the scene with the answers to their problems---and make a few bits in the process. A fiction story inspired by MLP's Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 as well as Dr. Seuss' The Sneetches. (What triggered this one for me, however, was the Season 5 premiere episode: The Cutie Map. (I had pondered adding Starlight Glimmer to the story, but that seemed unnecessary once I finished the draft.)

A support group for formerly evil characters turned good is started in Equestria. Seems they've been getting a bad reputation all around the country, and so they can't get new jobs or move on with their lives. But one new member is having extreme difficulty coping with her new legal stigma, and is fearing for the future.

Ever since Rainbow Dash made that unforgettable 'Grinch' face on the TV screen, many fans have responded with picture-comparison's to Dr. Seuss's The Grinch. And while some have attempted to mimic the old master's rhythmic rhyme to match the pictures----I've seen few attempt this rhyming with a full-fledged story draft. Others may try; some may have already tried, but here now is MY OWN attempt, just for argument sake. Inspired by Hasbro's MLP:FiM's "May the Best Pet Win" & "Tanks for the Memories" and Dr. Seuss's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." This author claims no ownership of characters or story; only of this draft.