A linguist's trip to the Crystal Frontier, delayed by illness, is endangered by fire in the sky and a looming civil war.

This is the story of two ponies-- or rather, ponyoids. The first is Chrysalis, nearly dead in the aftermath of A Canterlot Wedding. The second is Bold Words, a struggling author who has a near-dead changeling queen crash through his roof. Wonderful.

With Luna now on Earth, everyone's having to do a little adjusting. Governments scramble, religions proclaim, and mobs form. But among it all, the attack on board the Hornet raises an important question: who is responsible? And what do they want?

When two proud, yet down-on-their-luck ponies volunteer for Harmonics, Inc., they get more than they asked for. Especially when a "routine" exploration mission goes terribly wrong.

As Luna begins to learn about Earth and its various-- problems, Charlie Duke has much bigger problems. He's now the only qualified xenologist on Earth, and the Russians want him. And they're willing to go to great lengths to get him.

It was the middle of the night, and Flim Flim Flam was driving. But he was so tired. He never saw the corner, in the driving rain. He never saw her step into the street.

Now that first contact is finished with, now what? Unfortunately, things don't go as anyone had planned-- but today was just that kind of day; the kind where everything was unexpected.

Vinyl meets Octavia's parents after engagement. Misunderstandings and awkwardness ensue. Also choking.

And so it was that Naponeon's invasion of Equestria was finally turned back, and then defeated-- hilariously.

Oneshot-- When Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to step on the moon, he finds something Unexpected with a capital U. And it's very much alive-- and equally curious.

My name is Descarte Orphanson, and I am a monster.