With Hearth's Warming drawing nearer, few ponies are kept quite as busy as mailmare Derpy Hooves with as she fulfills her numerous deliveries and responsibilities to the residents of Ponyville. At their behest, however, the wall-eyed pegasus finds herself trading her winter garb for summer duds as she takes some time off work for herself this holiday season.

Little does she realize that certain strings are being pulled together behind the scenes, culminating in a holiday surprise that Derpy could never have expected!

As requested by publiq for Jinglemas 2023. Hope you enjoy!

Cover art by me

Bon-Bon struggles with the memories of her life in S.M.I.L.E. - the tensions and horrors of it haunt her nightscape. She can speak about them to no one: not only are they secret, she knows the things she faced and sins she committed are beyond what Equestria can handle.

Lyra Heartstrings wants her marefriend to spend the night with her, instead of retreating away to hide.

Even a mountain can be worn down by the rain, and now Bon-Bon must expose Lyra to what keeps her up at night.

Written for the LyraBon Contest, which it won!

Featured 09/27/2022!

And now with a live reading from Skijarama!

Reviewed by PaulAsaran, with a rating of Pretty Good!.

Featured in Equestria Daily's 15 More Awesome Lyra and BonBon Fanfics To Read on 7/6/2023!

Princess Luna is dead. Princess Twilight is missing. Princess Cadance is trapped in the Frozen North. And Princess Celestia...

In this new world, there are three rules:

Walk in the shadows.

Avoid the sun.

Fear the light.

Follow them, and you might survive.

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Have a Happy Nightmare Night~

Lyra shares far, far too much information with Big Macintosh about her love life.

Written for EQD's Writer's Training Grounds #011.

(Audio version by Pony Tales.)

(A request from A Man Undercover who originally wanted to do the idea but eventually gave it up for adoption. Takes place right after "Amending Fences" for obvious reasons.)

Although Twilight's trip back to Canterlot to reconnect with (and apologize to) her old friends was a big success, there was one friend she didn't get a chance to see: Lyra Heartstrings.

Even knowing that her old friends don't bear a grudge against her, Twilight is still determined to apologize to Lyra just in case. And since Lyra lives in Ponyville, Twilight sees an opportunity.

Upon returning to Ponyville, Twilight seeks out Lyra in order to have a talk. But how did Lyra view Twilight's behavior in the past? Is it possible that she holds a grudge like Moondancer did?

Ever since Bon-Bon left for a new life in Manehatten, Lyra's life has lost its focus. She gets up, she goes to work, she eats, she goes to sleep. One day she knows she's going build up the courage to tell Bon-Bon how she really feels about her and they can live happily ever after.

That day will never come. Something terrible is happening in Equestria. Something that could be the end of the world. The Smooze has arrived and no-one can stop it, not even Twilight Sparkle. What hope then does Lyra have?

This story is a sequel to Princess Trillicorn's Private Stash: Azrail's Daughter

I do enjoy a good book, from time to time. So long as it is a book of my choice, even if another Pony suggested it.

They said I like Humans, that I am an Anthropologist who desired to be a Human. Maybe it is true, to a point. At least it is fun in literature.

I had ended up in the new library in Ponyville, where Twilight Sparkle found me and suggested a book for me to read.

3/14/24 Still Alive Edition

There's only one pony in Ponyville that the Mane Six have never met. Pinkie Pie has never thrown him a party, Applejack has never sold him a mug of cider, and Twilight has never seen him check out any books. And as far as that unicorn, Lapis Print, is concerned, that's exactly how it should be.

Lapis can't risk them knowing where he lives, what he does for a living, or even what his name is - if he gets his way, the Mane Six won't even know he exists, and nopony in Ponyville will miss him once he's gone.

It should be a piece of cake - after all, it's not like the biggest magical power in Equestria is about making sure everypony looks out for each other, right?

(Rated Teen for language - mental cursing mostly.)

What is memory? Why do the things that matter most sometimes seem to slip away, while that which haunts and breaks us down might never leave our minds?

Her name was Lyra Heartstrings, but no one will remember her.

A short, unofficial, comedic sequel to shortskirtsandexplosions' Background Pony, dreamed up by Ponky and another guy in Italy.

Even a Princess deserves a little treat every now and again.

Now, if only she can find the time...