Fluttershy's friends might call the gentle pegasus sensitive. But they don't know the half of it. What is she always so afraid of, anyway? And why is SHE the one pony who can go toe-to-toe with the Avatar of Chaos himself?
An accurate student progress report for Sunset Shimmer might get her expelled, or perhaps institutionalized. Fortunately, Vice Principal Luna knows how to write...tactfully.
Cadance wonders what Flurry Heart is the alicorn princess OF. Twilight Sparkle turns perfectionist (Ha! I'll bet you never saw THAT one coming!) and tries to figure out who's more inadequate, Flurry Heart or her mother?
"Any regular old unicorn can do magic. That's nothing special." Years ago when they were fillies, that's what Twilight told Trixie. What if Trixie had listened?
Starlight Glimmer tells Smolder an ancient story, about a king who was far too greedy for gold and gems until he made a terrible mistake. Smolder gives a rebuttal.
Luna tries to prove she's really Celestia's mother. Will she succeed? Contains at least one lawyer joke, but it's about EQUESTRIAN lawyers, so it's ok.
When Twilight was still Ponyville's unicorn librarian, she learned a surprising secret from Rarity. Twilight surprised Rarity with a secret of her own. (Warning: This story is silly, and contains at least one plot twist.)
Princess Celestia finally tells Twilight Sparkle the TRUTH about Queen Chrysalis' attack upon Canterlot. When Celestia tells a story, she usually has a reason, an agenda. This time is no exception.
Some of you have already heard of John Cage's famous orchestral work, 4'33" (wikipedia link). Others of you might be reading about it for the first time.
For this contest, write a story somehow inspired by John Cage's most famous and also easiest to perform musical masterpiece.
Supervillain: easy to trigger into a lengthy monologue! Writer: easy to trigger into a lengthy dialogue where writer plays all the characters by talking to themself.
Law enforcement agencies looking at people's internet histories, this is one clue to distinguish between writers and mass murderers I guess.
Idea for a parody of generative AI: behind the curtain, a search engine returns images from the internet that it didn't make, images which were chosen using the prompt but which might not actually completely FIT the prompt because they were not made by the search engine at all.
'The Chinese billionaire's hedge fund crashed our AI stocks, now let's see if we can crash HIM'
Pony acrobat Wind Rush used springboard, trampoline, and trapeze to create an amazing illusion of flight. She perfected her skills through half a lifetime of hard work. But now, every pegasus can fly, and Rush is the least special pony of all.
Dear Mister Quillifer: This new draft of my chapter book for our toy company's publishing division is, as you ordered, about Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle, our two most popular characters. Also, I don't even know what a 'self-insert OC' is.
When Quiet Boy was a small child, he found an imaginary friend in a book. He loved her, and she loved him. Even now, sometimes, he wishes she was real. (A fanfic and AU for Horizon's classic "Quiet Boy and Moon Horse")
On the very same morning that Princess Celestia mysteriously goes missing, a bright green alicorn turns up in the Palace gardens, basking in the sun and refusing to do any work.
Twilight Sparkle investigates why people so often can't see Wallflower Blush. Sunset Shimmer helps, and discovers more than she'd ever imagined possible.
Killflower explains the true meaning of gender reveal parties, with a spectacular example. But will Killflower's wife EVER find out whether Killflower is really a stallion or a mare?
Canterlot High School and its surroundings become a 'Mad Marex' style wasteland, because the Cutie Movie Crusaders made ONE terrible mistake. (Also a holiday special, especially if you're in Australia!)
My user page has a few links to stories I really liked by other people. Here I'm trying to make that a little bit more systematic so I can put THIS on my user page.
(Disclaimer: If or when I realize some other story belongs in here, I might edit this post after initial publication. Or maybe I'll just make a new blog post? 'idk')
Edit/Update: The search by 'heat' doesn't treat story length in quite the same way as the Featured Box's full algorithm does, so the results are NOT entirely comparable. When I tested this initially, the Box had such a large proportion of Anon stories in it that any discrepancy in NON-ANON story results wasn't initially obvious. Sorry!
You've probably heard of the Ten Commandments, and the Seven Deadly Sins. Some pony philosophers have their own list. In a few days of sweetness and fluff, six good-hearted ponies break all the rules and EARN all the Red Tags.
When Twilight was still Ponyville's unicorn librarian, she learned a surprising secret from Rarity. Twilight surprised Rarity with a secret of her own. (Warning: This story is silly, and contains at least one plot twist.)
Partway though her second year at CHS, Sunset Shimmer unexpectedly learns she's been appointed a princess of Equestria. Also, her old homeland needs her to return immediately.
The stories that have Spike in the cover art or title are the ones that focus mostly on the Spike ship. The other stories have Spike shipping as a secondary or minor aspect.
Spike realizes he's a 'furry.' But he also has the rough, violent intimate instincts of a dragon, so he can never truly be himself with soft-skinned furry creatures like ponies. A Spike x Angel story.
Stories by Mockingbirb that Equestria Online Has Recommended?
Equestria Daily sometimes mentions Mockingbirb, usually with story links. If this search works correctly, you should be seeing at least nine or ten fourteen or fifteen mentions.
Seriously, the key to finding EqD links to stories by Mockingbirb seems to be using the Equestria Daily website's own site search form (near the top of the site's front page) and using quotation marks around my username "Mockingbirb".
EXAMPLE of a Top Favourites Gallery, With Some TEST ENTRIES
La PrincesseDiplomacy and cultural exchange; important duties that Twilight needs to learn as a princess. Fortunately, this is made much easier when she meets a foreign pony willing to help. Now, if only they could actually understand each other.by Monochromatic
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Diamond Tiara Buys a Little SisterDiamond Tiara is off to the Ponyville Hospital to shop for a new little sister, but she should be careful. She may get more than what she expected.by Georg
9,292 words
· 757 · 7
A Pony Named NopeIn an unremarkable city, in an unremarkable hospital, to two unremarkable ponies, a filly was born. A filly who was all too remarkable. A filly who radiated Destiny, and Adventure. Her parents did not approve.by Nyerguds
17,561 words
· 1,183 · 16
Selected EqG Stories (By Me; An Ancient List I Should Probably Update Or Something)
What Worked Last UniverseAfter a nasty breakup with Sunset Shimmer, a Twilight Sparkle discovers a way to travel to parallel universes. Millions of Sunset Shimmers who've never met her. It was a perfect plan...until it wasn't.by Mockingbirb
6,995 words
· 72 · 4
Spike realizes he's a 'furry.' But he also has the rough, violent intimate instincts of a dragon, so he can never truly be himself with soft-skinned furry creatures like ponies. A Spike x Angel story.
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