My Stories: Good Places to Start

Going Up The story of a very ordinary pony's extraordinary day. by Chris 4,571 words · 606 · 9
Letters from a Senior to a Junior Changeling A series of notes sent to a young changeling in the field by her superior. by Chris 9,395 words · 219 · 3
The Purloined Pony When a young foal goes missing, it's up to Carrot Top to step in and save the day. by Chris 32,468 words · 256 · 4
To Make a Spark The tale of Cadence's ascension to alicornhood. by Chris 4,188 words · 342 · 6
Wyrmlysan After the fall of Discord but before the rise of Nightmare Moon, Princess Luna hunts a dragon. by Chris 3,231 words · 327 · 7

If you're looking for a place to dive into my fiction, these are some of my better works across a range of genres. Have some blurbs! ***** GOING UP: "This is a fantastic story and I heartily recommend it to everyone. It's a short, charming, simple little tale of a pony with an impossible dream and her friend who found a way to make it come true." -InsertAuthorHere ***** LETTERS FROM A SENIOR TO A JUNIOR CHANGELING: "... what makes this story such a work of genius is how it uses the letter format to expertly tell a story without devolving into lengthy passages of exposition or losing the story's excellent pacing. Sometimes the most restrictive forms can lead to the most creative outcomes, and this story is a great example of that." -John Perry ***** THE PURLOINED PONY: "In other words, try it out, cause it's awesome." -Sethisto ***** TO MAKE A SPARK: "[T]his piece is very relevant to both my interest and my Internets. Liked, Faved, cuddled a little." -Skywriter ***** WYRMLYSAN: "[T]his is a really powerful piece of historic world-building with a whole slew of awesome implications. Plus, I just love seeing old, mythic pony awesomeness. This is the kind of stuff legends are written about." -PresentPerfect

My Stories: Good Places to Continue

The Sweetest Water Nothing is without a price, as many discover to their sorrow. Few are those who truly know themselves, and fewer still are those who know which prices are worth bearing—and which hide perils threatening that which they most treasure. by Chris 2,167 words · 103 · 4
...That Counts Finding the perfect Hearth's Warming present for someone you barely know is hard. That's doubly true when you're Star Tracker, and the pony you're buying for is Princess Twilight. by Chris 1,783 words · 52 · 1
A White Hearth's Warming A young Sunset Shimmer, spending her first Hearth’s Warming in Canterlot as Princess Celestia’s personal student, comes to the terrible realization that there’s not going to be any snow for the holiday. She decides to do something about it. by Chris 2,039 words · 133 · 2
The Circle and the Cross After returning from the first solo mission the Friendship Map has ever given out, Rarity calls her friends together to tell them what she encountered—and what she now knows she must do. by Chris 5,839 words · 190 · 4
Artistic License When Princesses Celestia and Luna visit a public art gallery, they come upon a painting of Celestia, banished to the moon. They react to this in the only reasonable way: artistic criticism and analysis. by Chris 2,964 words · 869 · 7

More stuff I've written! If you liked the stories in the first box, try these on for size.

My Stories: It's Never Enough!

Future Considerations It's hard to get a group of politicians to agree on something. Even when they all agree. by Chris 2,248 words · 118 · 2
The Fall of Discord A translation of the ancient epic describing the battle in which Discord was locked in stone. by Chris 4,978 words · 45 · 1
Relinquishing On one day each year, Celestia and Luna turn control of the sun and moon over to a group of the most powerful unicorns in Equestria. Twilight is finally old enough to take part. But she can't. by Chris 1,053 words · 184 · 3
Demise Reprise Rainbow Dash kills herself. Again. And it's up to Twilight and the girls to bring her back. Again. by Chris 3,714 words · 440 · 12
Bantam Tales Short-shorts, minifics, and other bric-a-brac by Chris 14,767 words · 64 · 2

These stories are mostly older works, or fics that have narrow appeal. If you just can't get enough Chris (or if you've got a hankering for alliterative poetry), give these a shot!

Feb

6th

2024

I've Always Been Old, Even When I Was Young · 9:10pm February 6th

Today at school (i.e. work), a first-grader stopped me in the halls to ask if I knew about "When there were two buildings in New York and they flew planes into them and they fell down and half the people died."

Rather than get into the details with him, I simply responded, "Yes, I was in high school when it happened, it was very sad."

To that, he replied, "No, this was a long time ago."

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Tape Deck #145 · Last Monday · · ·

Even though the first time I even saw the show itself was only in March of 2023, and never experienced the Canterlot Library group or your review blog when they were active, I'll still be appreciative of the work you put into them. (I've glanced at a few of your reviews, and they seem to be written well.)

However, the main reason I came here in the first place was the Carrot Top profile picture. Great choice. She's terribly underutilized on this site.

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