It's the aftermath of what could have been a cataclysmic event. The Sun, however, was defeated successful, and now slowly sinks beyond the distant skyline, never to be seen again. Moving forward, Equestria will be powered by artificial light. Surveying the aftermath, Twilight, Celestia, and Sunset have a short conversation about it.

Of course, since these ponies already know what happened, no further context is necessary.

Written for Bean's Writing Group. Art with NovelAI.

Twilight, ever the tutor, has devised a challenge for her friends to test their skills at linguistics, wit, and most importantly, brevity. In order to win, they will have to write short stories for five categories - Drama, Slice of Life, Horror, Comedy, and Experimental. The catch? Their stories all must count less than 200 words!

Nopony felt more up to the challenge more than Pinkie Pie.

And it's your lucky day - Twilight has chosen YOU, dear reader, to be one of the judges! Below are Pinkie's five entries into the five categories! Let her know how she did. She's very excited!

An entry into the 2nd A Thousand Words contest, under the "Experimental" category. I guess.

I wanted to write for all five categories, but as the deadline loomed, life kept happening, and so this is what I decided to come up with. Please enjoy!

Cover art by NovelAI. Yes, all of them.

During one of Sweetie's routine shifts, she stops to ponder what it truly means to be "on the clock".

i wrote this for the quills and sofas "among us" speedwriting challenge

FEATURED! Bonus contest: if anyone can correctly cite me the source for the name of the monster in this story, I’ll give you a prize. No, I didn’t come up with that incredible name.

Written for Bean’s writing group. Prompt: “Discord gets sued”.

Fluttershy has had quite a week. Nothing has really gone right, her anxiety has kept acting up, and Discord’s been gone for days.

When he finally comes back, he looks…different.

Things aren't going well for Twilight. Celestia seems to be upset with her, things are starting to make less sense, and she keeps seeing that face in the mirror.

Rated T for short descriptions of violence and one description of slight gore.

A griffon on a mission is not to be deterred. Through hellfire and scalding stones, across the yonder breach, a griffon must make her way. There's no other way to get there but through an inferno. And so she does it, for she is a griffon of courage, and that's all that matters.

Gilda has her mind set. There's no going back - this is the only path forward. The tears of her homeland, the blood of her enemies - soon, none of it will matter in the grand theater of life.

She will get what she came for. She will protect the ones she loves. She will stop the dragon named Yoh’r Ruk.

Written for Bean's Writing Group. As with my last Bean fic, the context of the prompt is a bit of a spoiler, so I'll share the prompt in the closing Author's Notes.

This is an entry to the Cozy Glow Contest #3. The prompt selected is:

That weird foal was being so extra ‘specially nice to her. Rejecting the pathetic loser was going to be just the best!

Minor edit: rating changed to T upon re-evaluation. This fic contains implied dark themes, but no graphic depictions or descriptions of death.

Cozy Glow is in a new space. An orphan relocated to Ponyville, she’s looking for a new start. The Manehattan committee decided the School of Friendship would be a nice place for a pony as lost in life as her, but her cynical nature and dark outlook on life is making things hard.

And this weird filly won’t leave her alone.

The Great and Powerful Trixie is a pony who can take the licks. A pony who can stick it out, through thick and thin. It's true - Trixie need not be lectured about patience or karma, she is indeed above it all! Trixie can wait it all out, she says. But deep down inside? Perhaps it's true...

The Great and Powerful Trixie has feelings, too.

Written for Bean’s Writing Group.

Rainbow Dash is fine.

Written for the Quills and Sofas Poetry Slam Contest on 9/9/22. My prompt poem can be found in the authors notes.

EDIT: FEATURED! Told you I’d make it, mom.

I've decided not to tag a key story element for the purpose of keeping spoilers down. This tag is not anything conventionally disgusting, anything to do with snuff, or any fetish. If you are sensitive to dark content, please view the tag below:

Trigger warning: Suicide

Toola Roola, truck driver extraordinaire, trudges through a less-than-stellar day of trucking.

This is a crossover between My Little Pony (Gen 3) and Spintires, a 2014 Steam game about off-road trucking in remote parts of Russia.

Guess which one of these things I was able to tag correctly.