Story updates! We have a bunch tonight thanks to Comic Con distracting me. Find them all below the break!
Story: Starlight Over Detrot: A Noir Tale (Update Part 25!)
[Comedy][Adventure][Dark]
Author: CEO Kasen and Chessie the Cat
Description: Monster attacks. Crime. Illegal hallucinogens made from electric fruit.Starlight Over Detrot: A Noir Tale (New Part 25!)
They say things didn't use to be like this. They say things were different, before Luna came back 60 years ago, but Detective Hard "Hardy" Boiled of the Detrot Police Department has never known any world other than that demarcated by the seedy streets of his beloved decaying metropolis; a world in which the coroners sing and dance, surveillance bugs have personality disorders, and the Chief of Police is a scarier entity than most of the eldritch things the city attracts.
The grey unicorn who turned up dead outside the posh High Step Hotel seemed like just another case, but her missing horn is just the pointy tip of a very large and nasty iceberg. It's up to Hardy and his friends - a rejected monster hunter, a psychic cab driver, and an underground antiques heir - to find out what’s going on in an investigation that promises to turn Detrot upside-down and inside-out.
Especially if Hardy has anything to say about it.
Story: Hard Reset (Update - Sequel 2 Part 5,6,7,8,9!)
[Adventure][Dark] "While the basic premise of this story may be familiar, the engaging style and technical skill of its author make it more than worth your time. And, y'know, the explosions and changeling fights help a lot too." - Pre-reader (/\)
Author: Eakin
Description: Twilight isn't having a very good day. An experimental spell blew up in her face, an army of changelings is attacking Canterlot, and she just died. Yet somehow, it looks like it's going to keep going downhill from here.Hard Reset
Given the chance to correct what's gone wrong, Twilight swears she's going to fix all this even if it kills her. Which it will. Frequently.
Story: Petriculture (Update Sequel 5 Part 3!)
[Normal]
Author: Kwakerjak
Description: In an effort to keep her mind occupied, Twilight Sparkle decides to delve once again into the grand mysteries of Pinkie Pie. This time, Twilight's focus is on her claims of growing up on a rock farm: like so many things related to Pinkie Pie, the idea that somepony could grow rocks as an agricultural product makes absolutely no sense. However, the investigation eventually leads Twilight to a rather... surprising discovery.Petriculture
Story: The Sword Coast (Update Part 9!)
[Adventure][Crossover][Dark] Finally a Baldurs Gate crossover!
Author: AdrianVesper
Description: When a dark enemy begins hunting the young wizard Twilight Sparkle, the walls of the fortress library of Candlekeep cannot protect her. Not even her mentor, the archmage Star Swirl the Bearded, can keep her safe. With a price on her head and the shadow of death on her heels, her only hope for salvation is the Magic of Friendship. Perhaps, with powerful allies at her side, she can find answers and uncover the truth about her destiny.The Sword Coast (New Part 9!)
(This story is inspired by the Baldur's Gate CRPG series by Bioware, but you do not have to be familiar with BG to understand its events)
Story: The Conquering of Love (Update Book 2 Chapter 19!)
[Adventure] [Dark]
Author: Littlecolt
Description: Inspired by the fan video of an alternative ending of season 2. Twilight Sparkle finds herself inside a cocoon in the throne room of Canterlot Palace along with her friends and many other ponies. She is thrust into a dream world by Chrysalis who is feeding on the feelings of love and friendship she and the others will experience in their alternate realities. Twilight's happy dream doesn't last long, though, when a strange yellow gem brings her back to reality...The Conquering of Love (New Book 2 Chapter 19!)
Story: Sketchy Salad Symphony (Update Sequel Part 7!)
[Normal] [Shipping] [Slice of Life] [Light Comedy]
Author: Sketchy Sounds
Description: What's it like to live in Canterlot, home of the princesses, assorted renowned celebrities and sophisticated ponies?
Well, it all comes down to who you are, really - and if you happen to be a fairly ordinary earth pony, you can get on with life quite easily with few distractions.
But what happens when life plays you an interesting hand, and suddenly you're thrown into the spotlight?
This is a tale of the everyday, and how it can turn from ordinary to extraordinary with a twist of chance.
This is a tale of friends, of laughter, of love and of life.
This is a tale of who we are, and how we got here.
This... is Sketchy Salad Symphony.
Sketchy Salad Symphony
Story: Omega (Update Part 15!)
[Adventure][Dark]
Author: Goldenwing
Description: Dissero is just a simple merchant unicorn, leading his four friends around Equestria on the same boring, routine routes, make the same trades, scratching out a living in his airship and living as pitifully close as he can to his dreams. But all it took was one mistake, and now he and his friends are stuck outside Equestria, in the cruel and unknown Outer World, with the most dangerous crimelord known to ponykind hot on his tail and nothing but his crew and the ship they've stolen to keep them alive.Omega (New Part 15!)
Story: Pony Age: Origins (Update Part 38!)
[Crossover][Adventure][Grimdark] I think this time slot is dedicated to throwing random crossovers out and seeing how you guys react. Naruto didn't work so well yesterday, but the pre-readers actually liked this one! (I honestly gambled with the Naruto one since no one would review it, sorry :p)
Author: OmegaPony11
Description: The Ponyspawn have invaded Equestria, and it is up to the newest addition to the Grey Wardens, Twilight Sparkle, to find them means to drive them back! With her friends and allies at her side, can Twilight defeat the evil tide before all of Equestria is devoured?Pony Age: Origins Part 1