"Then Twilight looked up at me with this shattered look, and I realized....
Her foal is dead on account of I let him realize that we’re all just Winonas."

The first draft was a co-bronze-medalist in the the MLPChan /fic/ writeoff for December 2012.

The talented Ponychan /art/ denizen Spirit Shine provided us with a beautifully poignant portrait of Spike's First New Year's Alone as a picture prompt (also: was gracious enough to let me use the image as a cover). I ran with it and decided to have Applejack kill Spike.

It's not as bad as it sounds. Luna's there to keep him company.

Originally an entry that placed 6th out of 15 in a Ponychan Fan Fiction Contest.

A little wistful melancholy built around a music box.

Thought I might throw in a link to the Westphalia Waltz; the fiddle tune that echoed in my head as I wrote this.