I'm actually quite pleased with these

Cold Light Sweetie Belle searches a vast desert world for her lost friend Scootaloo. But she finds a great and terrible secret sought by a number of dangerous ponies. A secret that could spell the end of the world. by Scramblers and Shadows 123,158 words · 188 · 11
Class "In her every motion there's nothin' but pure, unapologetic life. She's doin' what she loves, she's good at it, and there's nothin' sexier than that." by Scramblers and Shadows 7,064 words · 68 · 3
The Stormclouds Beneath Your Hooves Rainbow Dash goes out for one last weather mission. by Scramblers and Shadows 3,290 words · 116 · 4
Conversations with Dead Ponies Tonight the dead return to see the living. For one night, from sunset until sunrise, each living pony will be visited by one dead pony. Secrets will be unearthed, and unheard tales from the depths of history to the near past will be revealed. by Scramblers and Shadows 12,128 words · 91 · 1

Sometimes I have thoughts

These are some blog essays that I'm not ashamed of

Like a kick in the teeth
A tribute to Iain Banks -- 06/04/2013

Crowding and Leaping; Focus and Trajectory
Some comments on the craft of writing, inspired by Ursula LeGuin -- 13/08/2013

On responding to criticism
Guess -- 26/09/2013

On writing rules
A critique of EQD-style criticism and writing rules -- 28/11/2013
(My favourite essay.)

"I'd rather alienate every last reader than not do exactly what I want."
Should you write for yourself or your audience? -- 01/03/2014

Genre Protectionism: An Infantile Disorder
Why the war between literary fiction and genre fiction is silly -- 23/07/2014

Sep

29th

2017

Cold Light is complete · 9:42pm Sep 29th, 2017

.... and I'm two days late in announcing it, because my life is hectic and not very fimficcy nowadays.

Still, I want to make a note of this. I started Cold Light to see if I could actually write a genuine fantasy novel. Three bloody years, it took, but I did it. I finished it, and it's one of the three stories on here that I'm actually halfway proud of.

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TAll this I did for Equestria
MLP: FiM
Dark
Sad
Little sister, I confess. I released Nightmare Moon. I released Discord. I brought the Changelings to Canterlot and I brought the Crystal Empire and King Sombra back. All this I did for Equestria. All this I did to save Equestria.
Celestia
Scramblers and Shadows · 2.6k words · 116 2 · 2.5k views
TConversations with Dead Ponies
MLP: FiM
Sad
Slice of Life
Tonight the dead return to see the living. For one night, from sunset until sunrise, each living pony will be visited by one dead pony. Secrets will be unearthed, and unheard tales from the depths of history to the near past will be revealed.
Main 6
Scramblers and Shadows · 12k words · 91 1 · 1.7k views
TClass
MLP: FiM
Romance
Slice of Life
"In her every motion there's nothin' but pure, unapologetic life. She's doin' what she loves, she's good at it, and there's nothin' sexier than that."
DJ P0N-3
Octavia
Scramblers and Shadows · 7.1k words · 68 3 · 1.9k views
TCold Light
MLP: FiM
Romance
Adventure
Sweetie Belle searches a vast desert world for her lost friend Scootaloo. But she finds a great and terrible secret sought by a number of dangerous ponies. A secret that could spell the end of the world.
Scootaloo
Sweetie Belle
Scramblers and Shadows · 123k words · 188 11 · 4.2k views
TFrivolity
MLP: FiM
Romance
Slice of Life
Pinkie Pie has had a crush on Rarity for many months. After discovering Rarity feels the same way, she finds herself tagging along on a business trip to Manehattan.
Pinkie
Rarity
Scramblers and Shadows · 7.9k words · 58 6 · 2k views
TDon't Stop Dancing, Scootaloo
MLP: FiM
Slice of Life
Scootaloo can't fly. Is she going to let that get her down? Of course not. She's Scootaloo; she won't let a silly thing like flightlessness cramp her style . . . Right?
Scootaloo
CMCs
Scramblers and Shadows · 12k words · 48 0 · 1.5k views
THunting Nightmares
MLP: FiM
Dark
"This is no innocuous storybook horror to be swept under the mental rug at daybreak. Two reasons: First, when I awake, I am cold and alone, and I am still being hunted. Second, I think they can get to you from within your dreams."
Other
Scramblers and Shadows · 1.8k words · 9 1 · 601 views
TThe Stormclouds Beneath Your Hooves
MLP: FiM
Sad
Rainbow Dash goes out for one last weather mission.
Rainbow Dash
Scramblers and Shadows · 3.3k words · 116 4 · 2.8k views