When the Elements of Harmony are unavailable to fight off the monsters threatening Equestria, it falls to the long arm of the Royal Guard to protect the land. Lately, they’ve been stretched pretty thin.

The prospect of fighting a dragon becomes much less romantic when you fight it alone.

As a princess, Twilight Sparkle is only allowed one weekend off per year. All she wants to do is enjoy her meticulously-planned free time without being interrupted.

Unfortunately for her, the forces of evil--and the bureaucracy tasked with stopping them--have other ideas.

Octavia has a hard time opening up. Who could blame her? Vinyl doesn't--but it doesn't stop her from trying.

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A short style experimentation.

The life of a traveling musician is difficult. For Octavia, home is no longer a place but a cello case. All the same, she continues looking for new places. Every week brings a new city and a new hotel room. Every night brings a new gig or a new bar.

Late one of these nights, she finds herself roaming the streets of Canterlot, the city that once fooled her into believing it was home. Now she's just there for the gigs.

Trouble looms in post-war paradise. Rarity’s overly generous sales strategy coupled with her unsavory dealings in the illegal Equestrian fur trade have sunk her deep into debt. With every day bringing her closer to homelessness, she is forced to assume her ex-life as a highbrow thief under the hoof of Equestria's last great crime lord, Don Noir.

Meanwhile, Twilight Sparkle searches for a way to help her friend. Her solution: bank robbery! Teaming up with a disgraced and disfigured con-pony, Twilight dives headfirst into the murky depths of the Equestrian underworld. Will she be able to sort everything out by the time Rarity's rent is due? Or will she wind up behind bars just in time to see Rarity wind up on the streets?

Set seven years after a cataclysmic war between pony and griffonkind, An Artist Among Animals chronicles a leader’s descent into corruption, a coward criminal’s mad dash for redemption, a broken veteran's struggle to save his soul, and an artist’s battle to retain her morals while still finding a way to make tons of cash.

Cover art by Acreuball.

Vinyl Scratch sits in a coffee shop, staring out the window at the bus stop down the street. Today she must choose between an old life of habits and a new one full of uncertainty. Too look forward--or to fall back.

A story set to Mingus's Adagio Ma Non Troppo.

Octavia walks away from a fancy house on the north side of Canterlot. She doesn't know where she's going. The stars glow like open windows of apartment buildings high above her. All she can feel is small.

Seeking someplace smaller, she walks.

Inspired by Schoenberg's Transfigured Night. Art by YoMilbert.

An unspeakable act of violence shatters the fragile barrier concealing Octavia's secret life from the world.

Naturally, she drinks.

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Dedicated to psp7master.

Every day, Pinkie Pie cooks dinner for her marefriend, Twilight Sparkle.

Every day, it gets a little worse.

The world ends, right? Of course it did. But who in the great struggle to survive the end of ponykind remembered to save the music?

A story build around a series of chord changes from the jazz standard "Blue and Sentimental"--in essence, an improvisation.

Loser of the More Most Dangerous Game contest. Now with Author's notes!