Spike realizes he's a 'furry.' But he also has the rough, violent intimate instincts of a dragon, so he can never truly be himself with soft-skinned furry creatures like ponies.

A Spike x Angel story.

Content Anti-Warning: The violence is pretty mild, considering.

Before the School of Friendship, Cozy Glow tried to become an orphan.

_{(Story image is a cropped MLP show screencap from https://derpibooru.org/images/2246876)}

Did you ever read one of those stories where the author can't keep track of the difference between past and present tense?

Try LIVING IN one.

A pony goes to see a doctor, because he sometimes loses track of when things happen. Sometimes he also has trouble saying ponies' names.

But two things help him survive. One of them is hope. The other is Lavender Unicorn Syndrome.

(I made the story image by editing show screencaps, because why not?)

Is friendship REALLY the optimal technology? What if everypony could be happier by giving up some of our yucky, old-fashioned contact with reality?

A gentle satire of some science fictional ideas about "uploading" everyone's mind into a giant computer network.

Thanks go to Bananachips, who provided thoughtful preread comments that I probably misapplied.

(As usual, I made the cover image by editing MLP screen captures. Who knew that Alicorn Twilight even HAD a black catsuit? Now she does!)

_{(Does not require reading "Friendship is Optimal.")}

Some ponies who work in retail marvel at the stupid questions customers ask.

But wherever there's a problem, there's an opportunity.

(Maybe even an inexhaustible resource.)

This story is dedicated to Daniel P. You know what you did.

(Story image is from the MLP show.)

When human Pinkie Pie visits Equestria, she has to be a pony. And ponies can't have hands. Why is that?

Pinkie takes a hands-on approach to finding out.

(Contains at least one ridiculous or sensible origin story.)

Equestrian bank security is different than you might expect. And Rarity is very generous. But there are some things she can't easily forgive.

(Whether this story represents a 'story behind the story,' or an AU instead, is...debatable.)

Twilight Sparkle demands an explanation. She spends most of the story getting it.

Twilight isn't a kleptomaniac. She just likes things that remind her of Celestia.

Our society pressures people to be thin, no matter how unhealthy the obsession can become. What if we were idiotic enough to start treating other forms of self-harm the same way?

Running out of options, maybe Wallflower Blush would finally try to stand up for herself.

But she might overdo it.

Contains or references: anorexia, bulimia, related eating disorders, cutting, suicide, bad parenting, mass media giving terrible advice about how to look more attractive, Sunset Shimmer doing crimes, an innocent green-haired girl gone bad.

I thank bananachips for prereading a version of this story, and for helpful correspondence about it. This story's flaws, however, are not bananachips' fault.

(I made the cover image from show art. Details in the Author's Notes.)