Blindness, contrary to what Rainbow had always imagined, was not like being in a dark room.

Winner of the first Anonymous Contest for the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Group . Originally written in 75 minutes, this version here has received some mild refinement.
The art is by Mark Chadwick on Flickr and is licenced under a Creative Commons license.

This story is a sequel to Portent

"You know," Sugar Belle began, looking into her son's eyes, "One of these days I'm not gonna wake up when you shake me."

Winner of the Palette Cleanser Contest for the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Group . Originally written in an hour, this version has received some mild refinement.

High in the air, Rainbow always felt free and unbound.
But it was all the treasures of the earth that kept her coming back down to the ground.

Third place entry into the 'Broken Wings' contest for The Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Group. Originally written in 30 minutes, this version here has received some mild refinement.
This is additionally a contest prize for the wonderful wishcometrue, who requested some wholesome raritwidash.

"On those foggy mornings, I looked for the most beautiful thing I could see, the one thing the fog hadn't taken... And I held on tight."

Winner of themoontonite's Curated Contest for the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Group . Originally written in an hour and presented here with minimal edits. Thanks to Red and Ruby for help with the description.
The prompt was 'Foggy Morning'

“Twilight, do you ever wonder what’s out there?” Rarity piped up, "Because I heard there are bears in the woods."

Third place entry of Undome Tinwe's Superstitions Contest in the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Group.
This was written in approximately half an hour, and this version here has received some expansion.

“Pinkie,” Maud asked, “Have you ever thought about something, and then it was real?”

And Pinkie just laughed, endeared by the naivety of the minds of fillies.

Winner of the 'Siblings Contest' in the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Group. Written in an hour and presented with minor edits here.
Appropriately edited by my good friend, the amazing wishcometrue, with additional edits made during the contest by my other good friends themoontonite, Red and Zontan. Mistakes are because of edits I made after consulting them, and I thank them all sincerely for the help.
CW: Child abuse, Trauma

In one of Canterlot's many bars, Winter looks for some company for the night.

Winner of the Braided Tails Contest in the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Group. This was written in an hour and presented here with some minor edits.
The contest prompt was 'Sunless Winter'

Plenty of ponies had their ideas about what fear was, but most of them were wrong. King Sombra knew what fear was. 

Entry into the Colourful Characters Contest - Spike for the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Group. Thanks to TheLegendaryBillCipher and Flashgen for their notes during the contest.

This story is a sequel to Incandescent

A mare reflects on her love for her sister.

This story is a spiritual sequel to Incandescent.
It is also a gift for Zontan for being an excellent writer, a great mate, and for not muting me as much as he probably should.
Thank you to the wonderful wishcometrue and the magnificent themoontonite for prereading and help.

Twilight knew that when two ponies loved each other as much as she and Rarity did, moving in together would make everything better.
So why wasn't that happening now?

Winner of the 'Classic Contest' in the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Group. Written in an hour and presented with minor edits here.