Sgt. Sunset Shimmer is dying. Struck in the stomach by a bullet during the heat of combat, she now lays helpless on a deserted battlefield, the conflict having moved on without her. There's not a living soul around to help her... or so it might seem.

Until she's approached by a being from her past, one that she'd desperately hoped never to see again, a creature to which she has given much and owes much more... and one that might be able to save her life.

Choices, choices...

Sex tag is for verbal insinuations only. Violence tag for some descriptions of blood and broken bones.

Featured 9/18/22-9/19/22!

Written for the Sunset Shimmer x EG/MLP Villains "Bad Romance" contest. Read the other stories here! Pre-read by The Sleepless Beholder and RubyDubious. Featured for Equestria Daily’s Sunset Shimmer Day 2023!

Not long after her release back into the general population of Ponyville, Screw Loose vanishes without a trace. During a search of her home one week after she was last seen, a video recording of her apparent final hours is found. A video explaining that she was being hunted by creatures which evaded sight. A video intended as a warning.

A different perspective on "Peripherals" by electreXcessive and Flint Sparks.

Cover art assembled from various screen captures and vectors, mostly from here.

A Enemy has returned of horrific and fearsome. In times past he did a menace and performed a cruel, now he is back and the pony's know not what to do. All that they know is they must prepare... to face The Gorilla.

Twilight has taken notice that Pinkie Pie has an extremely unusual set of abilities, and Twilight is determined to find out the source of Pinkie's Power. However, she might not like what she finds

Octavia plays a song for her beloved.

This story was written for the 2023 'A Thousand Words' contest in the 'Horror' category. If you enjoy this story and would like to receive one of your own, see here for more details.

When Apple Bloom goes missing, Applejack desperately searches for her missing sister. She finds Apple Bloom trapped inside a well. But what she pulls out may not be her sister at all.

Artwork provided by Glen Gorewood

Youtube reading: "The Well" by Sparrow9642

2nd Reading: The Well by Mystery Pony Fiction

Twilight wakes up in a Dark, wet, room. She's lost, alone, and no idea how to get home.

Her body has been changed. She retains some features, but she is what can be described as a monster.

She's been down there for days, surviving on the water that reaches the underground she's in. She's hoping for something to happen, because right now, she's trapped...

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~

Medusa is like every other seapony. She's just a little ill, right now.

This story was written for the Thousand Words Story Contest, Horror Category. It placed somewhere. The coverart is an image by Cahan

Beneath the City, where the sunlight never touches, I wander. Will you wander with me?

Now with an incredible reading by Lotus Moon, Archer, and Script Singer. Go check them out!

Thank you to The Legendary Bill Cipher, Zontan, Lofty, Red Parade, Moonshot, and Stynger Skies for prereading, editing, and thwacking me over the head when things don't make sense. In theory, I could do this without you all, but it'd be worse and every other letter would be in comic sans.

Written in the great Quills and Sofa Speedwriting Group, for the second "Neural-Network Generated Candy Hearts" panic fiction contest. Wanna know why so many of our stories keep being awesome? Come find out on our Discord, where we write many words and sometimes things happen.

And thank you to Firefoxino for a wonderful review!