Been working 10 to 14 hour shifts six days a week since New Years. Leaving me a bit exhausted....

You know, I may inadvertently done something clever again. I mean, I was stunned when I was writing Stars, finally came up with a way for the ponies to win, and went back over the chapters I'd already written and realised I'd given them all the clues and Chekov's Arsenal they needed, but this time...

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OK - given that, somewhat to my annoyance, seaponies will be appearing in <i>MLP:FiM</i> books in the next few months, I've had to start <i>The Shadow Over Hinnysmouth</i> before canon invalidates my plot. But I need good names for various ponies employed in the hospitality industry, and for the various Hinnysmouth hybrids. Any suggestions? Puns always welcome.

On the other hand, the plot is coming together nicely. Anybody want to beta it?

"The Elements of Harmony are not the only elements. Consider the alchemical quartet - Earth, Air, Fire, Water. The symbolism is obvious, but with it the imperfection. The Earth Pony race, strong and durable. The Pegasi, of course. And the Unicorns in whom the spark of magic is kindled to a blaze. Robustus, Pegasus, Monoceras. What, then, of Hippocampus?"

- Ivory Tower, page 274 of the Neighcronomicon

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Since it seems to have become my niche, I'm brainstorming the next MLP/HPL piece - Lyra and a certain degenerate seaside town. Riffing on the Lyra as Seapony meme, of course. A salt-drunk pegasus named Mackerel Sky as an Expy of Zadok Allen is a must, too. But I don't want it to be a poor ripoff of The Shadow Over Innsmouth either....

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A new story, inspired by a sketch and suggestion Shea Vorbach sent me with his artwork for Stars

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/54016/The-Statement-of-Randolph-Carthorse

Lovecraft, of course :)