"Most things out here are ambivalent. The animals, the forest, they don't care about you. But the river? The river is trying to kill you."

"I have found that in our darkest days, we judge ourselves not in terms of what we can do, but in what we fail to do."

CW: death by drowning in the background, implied suicide attempt

Entry for the Twilight Files contest. This story is a media fic best read on the site. If any piece of media is not working (and Red is still active on FimFic) please let him know.

Lofty doesn’t reply to that. The sky flashes white and a roar of thunder sweeps them up. “Are you sure you wanna do this?”

“Yes!” Her voice cracks.

“Holly. I don’t think you do.”

“I do.” It comes far weaker this time. Her grip on the wheel falters.

Lofty sighs. She puts a hoof on Holiday’s shoulder. “It’s not too late to turn around,” she whispers.

Entry for the Lofty Holiday contest.

Lightning never thought she knew what beauty was. Until she met Fiddlesticks.

Hey, you. I'm running a FiddleDust contest. Check it out. :)

Wallflower Blush is absolutely certain of three things:

One, no sane person working on the student government reads her emails.

Two, Strawberry Sunrise reads her emails.

Three, Strawberry Sunrise is a bitch.

Written for the Thousand Words Contest under the category Experimental.

Roseluck is alone in her store. Alone with the thing she knows isn't really there.

For the 1000 words contest (group / info). Category: angst

In the middle of a city determined to bleed her dry, Apple Fritter is struggling to hold on to what little she has left. Then along came a debt collector named Strawberry Sunrise.

Winner of the Quills and Sofas Second Duos Contest, co-written with the brilliant Shaslan who also did the cover art!

One cold winter night, a rogue meets a Royal Guard cadet in the middle of the forest. Neither wanted to, but sometimes in life you don't get a choice. Years later, Sunset Shimmer would meet Shining Armor again.

Written for WandererD for Jinglemas 2021. Please don't ban me oh god.

Pre read by Lost!

Lyra loves doing things for her friends over the holidays. It takes a toll, though. But she'll get by.

Written for Franso for Jinglemas 2021. CW: This fic contains a very minor amount of indirect self-harm/body horror and some fairly minor bits of gore.

Preread by Lost and Aurora! Thanks!

After a slight mistake, Flash Sentry finds himself placed on temporary leave from the guard. His salvation now apparently rests in art (of all things), but for Flash it may be a fate worse than death.

A fic exchange gift for daOtterGuy! Written with help from Wish, thank you! Cover art by Snow Quill!

With every breath and heartbeat, two lovers drew further apart. With every second they spent together, two lovers drifted away like icebergs at sea.

Written for the mxm shipping contest.