Zecora crafts a strange brew on a spooky evening. What is she making? And what’s happening in the sky...?

This story was written for the October 2017 Writeoffs, where it reached the finals and placed thirteenth, appropriately enough.

Grandmother Bessibelle, a Minotaur, owns a haberdashery where she sells fine men’s clothing, but she has fallen on hard times. Her grandson Gneebert tries hard to help her, with little success.

But perhaps a shaggy visitor from the realm of Equestria holds the solution to their problems, and also the key to Gnee’s heart.

This story was written for the July 2017 Writeoffs, where it failed to make finals.

Here I am in an afterlife, of sorts. But somewhere along the way, I lost a large chunk of my real life.

There’s only one being who could have reasonably pulled any of this off. There’s a problem, though. She doesn’t exist.

Yet.

Written for the December 2016 Writeoffs, where it placed sixteenth. Caution is advised.

This story is very non-canon Optimalverse, and should therefore be approached with even further caution.

Note the self insert tag. Blatant wish fulfillment ahead. Did I mention caution?

Grief can give you new perspective.
Anger can give you new strength.
Love and wisdom abide.

Written for the November 2016 Writeoffs, where it reached ninth place.

Pinkie has a bad Hairdra day and winds up peeking further beyond the Vale than she’d have liked.

But, more certain than death and praxis, she’ll make sure everypony else has fun again.

Written for the October 2016 Writeoff, where it won first place.

Note: This story is written in the style of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake, a classic work of English literature that is notorious for being hard to read. While this story is not as cementically dense as FW, it is still full of wordplay, literary references, portmanteau words and puns and will be a challenge for many readers. If this isn’t your sort of thing, try one of my other stories. If you’re game, dig in! It can help to read the story aloud.

Image background by Chaz1029, foreground by Mahaugher, with edits to both by GGA.

Thanks to Morning Sun, FanOfMostEverything, Quill Scratch, Baal Bunny, and Not_A_Hat for criticism, suggestions and corrections.

She had an appointment in a distant place, but there was time for a little fun along the way…

For Estee’s Swift Selections contest. Rated “Teen” for implied bouncy-bouncy. Cover art by OhNoNoel.

[12/04/2016] The deeply resonant Illya Leonov has honored my story with an audiobook! Youtube / Soundcloud.

Just what became of six legendary Equestrian heroes? And where did the first Alicorns come from?

The answer is both more exalting and more disgusting than one might expect.

Rated “T” for Turbid, “IM” for immaturity, and “S” for unapologetic silliness.

The Critics Rave!

“…a classic undignified farce…”—A British Gentleman

“…I am impressed, amazed, shocked and appalled. I’m impramazocktapalled.”—AlphaBrony

“GGA burns the good faith I had in him after the Riverdream Manuscript…” — Anonymous

All his life, he’d had one goal. Dealing, negotiating, manipulating, while defying the advice of his family, his friends and his business partners, he built the company that built the first atomic Moon rocket, and thus began Humanity’s future in the stars. But his one great dream—to go to the Moon himself—was always denied him, right up until the very end… At which point, he found himself in a peculiar situation.

He was the Man Who Sold the Moon. What price will the Moon put on him?

Based on the short story Requiem, and also The Man Who Sold The Moon, both by Robert A. Heinlein. Reading Requiem first is recommended but not necessary. (If you have an e-reader or an e-reader program and an Amazon account, you can get a free sample which includes the short story.)

Rated “T” for a bloody lip.

The cover art is an edited screen shot from the movie Destination Moon. Credit to datNaro for demEyes.

Thanks to Estee, Humanoid, and book_burner for their cogent suggestions.

A forgotten manuscript reveals an odd journey purportedly undertaken by Lord Dunsany, a Promethean explorer of the Lands of Dream. While the manuscript has yet to be authenticated, its contents are interesting enough to merit my posting them here.

Thanks to Estee and Humanoid for their assistance in preparing this transcription, and their invaluable advice.

[5/25/2015] Now reviewed by Seattle's Angels, and featured at Royal Canterlot Library.

[5/26/2015] And now, by grace of Illya Leonov, there is an audiobook! Youtube / MP3.

Rainbow Dash buys some bagels. It turns out to be not as straightforward as she thought.

Rated “Teen” for innuendo. Cover art by “Sweetie Belle.”