This story is a sequel to The Sixty-Third Rule

Soulmates are supposed to stay together forever. But forever is a long, long time. Back on Earth, it was understood that broken hearts were far more common than happy endings. Can ponies really love each other enough that it never fades, even after countless lifetimes?

Silver Star worries about this. As usual, he's probably wasting his time.

This story is set in the Optimalverse, and I strongly recommend reading the other stories in my continuity first.

Fluttershy prepares to move to Ponyville with Hearth's Warming only a few days away.

Written for Malthus Freud for Jinglemas 2019.

For years, Double Take has been the most-wanted criminal in Equestria. No other thief has taken as much fine art and jewellery as him. On top of that, his contacts on the other side of The Gate, in the human world, have made it worth his while to smuggle gold across the interdimensional border.

So when it comes time to escape the heat, there's no better place to escape to... right?

4th place winner of the pony-to-human Autumn TF Contest hosted by Two Bit.

In the oldest park in Canterlot, a painter brings the last church in the city to life in oil on a canvas. She does so in a trance. There are ponies who think the Temple of the Moon should be demolished, but she's not one of them.

Take a look into the Kaleidoscope.

This story is a sequel to The Horizon Behind Us

Silver Star is only just recovering from a magical ailment that gives him unexpected spell surges. After a night of strange dreams based on a recent tabletop roleplaying game, it transpires that he's not... quite as cured as he seemed.

And now he has a problem. Well, two problems.

This story is set in the Optimalverse, and I strongly recommend reading the other stories in my continuity first.

Cover art by SiMonk0, with additional illustrations by HuckleberryPony!

In the distant future, a mind awakes to find itself without a body.

It remembers who it was.

Who she was.

Her name, once, was Luna.

It's not a date, because then they would be dating. But they're not.

Trixie doesn't know if she's even into mares.

Lyra just wants to find somepony to love.

Bonding over zombie-killing and nachos is as good a bet as any.

Entry into the nineteenth Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Competition. Conceived and written in one hour; completely unedited. The prompt was "just this once everybody lives".

Everywhere she goes, Wandering Star takes her humble mason jar and its precious contents.

And she goes everywhere.

Someday, she'll find the place where the jar is meant to be opened. But not yet.

Entry into the fourteenth Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Competition. Conceived and written in one hour; completely unedited. The prompt was "a worthy end".

Sometimes a pony's dreams are more than just benign scenarios inspired by life. Sometimes there is more at stake.

Sometimes even Princess Luna feels out of her depth.

Entry into the eleventh Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Competition. Conceived and written in one hour; completely unedited. The prompt was "spurred to action".

Flash Point has a quest. Liminal wants to help. But being friends with a time traveller might not be the easiest thing in the world, and it might not be entirely safe...

Entry into the ninth Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Competition. Conceived and written in one hour; the prompt was "here we are again".