The fantastic colors of the liminal. The eternal dream of the elsewhere. A hoof ever in both worlds.
Has never embedded hidden messages in white-on-white text.
When not in Equestria, known as Baxil, suburban dragon.

I'm one of the curators of the Royal Canterlot Library, spotlighting the fandom's best stories. I'm also a regular medalist (and former champion) of the Writeoff Association competitions. I write in Scrivener and recommend it highly. If you've studied Anglo-Saxon I'd like your help.

"[Horizon would] be a young hip pastor if they were actually cool, and willing to get f**ked up on ‘shrooms with the lads. He’s always on the look for impromptu fishing trips, he feels ready for a hike on the hills any time. Late, at sunset, you feel he’d sit by your side, pocket knife in hand, peeling an apple and eating pieces off the blade—and he’d tell you that life has a meaning, that God is alive in the ripples of still water." –Aragón

WALL OF EGOBOO

"Horizon has a way of getting under your skin, slipping past the shields like a knife in the Dune books, too slow and yet sudden … He is always several steps ahead of you. Always." –Cynewulf, in Queen of Clubs' Seattles Angels feature
"Cold in Gardez doesn't really do bad ponyfics, and much the same applies to horizon." –Louder Yay [Loganberry]
"The odd bit between [Administrative Angel and Devil May Care] is how very different they are as stories. That ... Discord done right ... is the thing following the somber, heavy atmosphere of Administrative Angel and makes it work says a lot about the author." –PaulAsaran
"Winning writeoffs is kind of [horizon's] superpower." – Bookplayer
"In what world do I have more followers than you? … You are one of the 'holy crap I want to be that good someday' people." –SPark
"[Thou Goddess] is ultra-romantic writing at its finest, wickedly clever, perfectly written, with a beautiful measure of desperation." –Soge
"Note to self: Do not read really good ponyfic right before trying to post some of your own. Invariably crises of comparison will result." –Skywriter, on Hard Reset 2
"You're the best kind of bastard." – Eakin
"I made the mistake of reading Quiet Boy and Moon Horse in the corner of the cafe … then I had to leave, because tearing up in public is not exactly the image to project at snooty Southern Law School. Christ, I had forgotten your powers." –Cynewulf
"Horizon rewriting 'My Immortal' is, unironically, a better story than things appearing in the feature box." – Bradel
"[No Regrets] is incredibly well done." – Daetrin
"The first thing I thought upon reading Hitchhikers was that the gods of ponyfiction … had smiled upon me." – Ezn
"Horizon, like Ray Bradbury in 'The October Country,' has a knack for writing things that are sweet, funny, and creepy-sad at the same time." – Bad Horse

FURTHER PONY READING

Since I'm a regular participant in the monthly Writeoff Association competitions, you can read (early and rough versions of) my upcoming works there.

Back in 2012, most of my writing time went into Dark Side Of The Moon, a MLP/D&D forum-based game I ran to completion. It got literary.

My favorite moments players contributed to game: We learn how Daylight Savings Time nearly restarted the Celestial War … Luna goes undercover for a day (a major inspiration for Hitchhikers) … Gemini Star fights a dragon and her doubts … Luna has a breakdown … Flare Star quits the Guard to serve justice.

FURTHER NON-PONY READING

If you can't wait for me to scribble more ponyfic, I've written several hundred thousand words (in short stories and novellas) set in The Tomorrowlands Universe, an alternate Earth in which the sudden (re)appearance of mythical creatures and magic sent history into a screaming left turn ca. 1996. Start with:

Dangerous Waters [Slice-of-Life] (7,375 words) - In search of a therianthrope homeland that doesn't exist, the New Atlantis Project has decided to take the next logical step: Make one. This article follows the crew of the MV Discovery on one of their expeditions to test the feasibility of raising a new island in the South Pacific.
Change Of Mind [Tragedy] (7,600 words) - An idealistic and driven mage, Alethea, has just hit the jackpot: a spell that lets people consciously modify the behaviors that are causing problems in their life. But once those problems start to follow her home, she has to figure out if she's really prepared to accept the price she's paying to change the world for the better.
Dinosaur Gods [Slice-of-Life] (5,600 words) - It's just another day at work for a tour guide at New Atlantis' foremost museum — until one of his guests starts smiling at the 65-million-year-old statue known as the Atacama Dragon. Nobody smiles at the Atacama — adults go silent at its aura of ineffable importance, and kids find it a boring hunk of rock …

Default usericon: horizon art by Onnanoko, recolored and modified by Arcum42. (Thanks also to Southpaw.)
Usericon, 1/2019-6/2019: Art by mousbones.
New usericon 6/2019: Art by Nadnerb.