Work in the orchard had always brought Applejack joy. Seeing her cherished trees grow and her apples shine never failed to put a smile on her face—even if those smiles have grown a little dull as of late. She never once complained about an honest day's work.

But now, like so many times before, she has to visit the one place that appears dark even in the brightest of days. The place that reminds her of her failure.

Written for Bicyclette's second A Thousand Words contest in the category 'Slice of Life'.

Dramatic reading by StraightToThePointStudio.

Thanks to Equimorto and Jessi for proofreading and the Anons of /fimfic/ for giving feedback.

Sandbar and Ocellus contemplate the nature of the changelings' main form of sustenance inside of a ring of magical fire. It's a nice bonding experience.

If there was an award for "Longest Losing Streak to Crystal Prepatory Academy," it would go to one school, and one school only. You might not know which one I'm talking about, so here's a hint: their mascot rhymes with "Blunderdolts."

Rated T for brief mention of drugs. Set pre-EqG 1.

Recommended by TCC56. Review by Loganberry.

A kingdom needs a protector to defend it.
A protector needs a weapon to defend the kingdom.
A fundamental truth from the times where Luna was the hero of Equestria instead of a nightmarish fairy tail.
So now that Luna has finally returned, she is in need of a new weapon to protect the kingdom once more.

But when swinging a sword becomes a major obstacle for the princess, is it the fault of the blade, or the one who wields it?

An entry in Imposing Sovereigns III, using the prompt Luna/Kindness.

Pre-read by the always amazing daOtterGuy who as if he wasn't amazing enough, also made the cover art!

Now with a reading by StraightToThePointStudio!: Reading

Applejack tells her family about her new relationship. It doesn't go well.

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Now with a reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAwUbOgtPSc
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Rated Highly Recommended by PresentPerfect!

After learning about the Rainbooms’ previous adventures, Sci-Twi steals Sunset’s journal to write an urgent message.

Mention of an attempted suicide.

This fic was written for the A Thousand Words Contest II in the category horror. Check out the other entries here.

Huge thanks to RDT for proofreading it!

Twilight's silhouette used for the cover art was made by Wissle.

Rainbow Dash was beautiful, the most beautiful pony to be born in a century — and so her fate was sealed. Beauty must be sacrificed, and so Rainbow Dash must die.

Winner of the 2023 EFNW Iron Author Contest. I think I beat out about 40 other writers, and it was hugely exciting to win. Hope you enjoy the read!

Prompts were: vibrant vestigial, vexing volcano, verdant vegetable. Pretty insane for prompts, but Xepher had to pronounce all the Aztec words in my story so I think we're even.

Everypony in Ponyville is celebrating the heroic return of the creatures who saved Equestria from Queen Chrysalis' evil kidnapping plot.

Everypony is happy to hear the news that the changelings, once the ponies' most terrifying enemies, have been changed by the power of friendship into something beautiful, something wonderful, and most of all, something friendly.

Maybe it's not the best time for Fiddlesticks to take Applejack aside to share her darkest secret, then. But secrets, like guilt and shame, have a way of burning inside you, demanding to come out.

Second place in a Quills and Sofas contest. Seriously, come check us out, it's fun!

Editing by Stinium Ruide. (Thanks so much!)
Prereading by several Quills and Sofas members, including The Red Parade, wishcometrue, Vis-a-Viscera, rainsilent, Krazy, and Decaf.

"You’ve reached Octavia Melody. I can’t come to the phone right now. Please leave a message at the tone.”

Fiddlesticks makes a long overdue phone call to her sister.

Yet another Sofa and Quills Speedwriting entry. Written in the span of an hour with the prompts 'sad' and 'without a trace.' Placed second.

Thanks to Lofty and Zontan for helping out and to everyone else on the server for leaving comments. Congratulations to Moonshot for winning!

Can we please give Fiddlesticks a tag

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Whenever Time Turner touches a pony, he knows how and when they are going to die.

This makes living a regular life rather difficult.