An isolated island. A grand hotel. The nation's finest innovators. And one VERY dead pegasus. A mystery unfolds, and when an innocent girl is accused, it's up to Turing Test - an adorable robot pony - and a famous detective to solve the case.

A mysterious probe arrives in the skies above Equestria after a 5000-year-journey. Once discovered, a mare's voice tells of a lost colony at the galaxy's edge and begs for rescue before giving these last words: "I am sorry. I hope this was enough."

Stories about monsters disguised as treasure chests were thought to be no more than legends. When Sunburst finds the last one in existence, the Changelings come to him with a demand: to kill it and send the species to extinction.

Octavia feels like she is living in Vinyl Scratch's shadow, a bit part to the DJ's main act. But then the opportunity of a lifetime comes. The only caveat: she'll have to cancel a duet performance with Vinyl on Hearth's Warming Eve.

Princess Luna, newly back from her banishment, begins dreamwalking again and witnesses something all too real...

A series of strange and singular stories picked properly from a proliferation of perplexing and pleasing prompts now audaciously authored into an annotated anthology by a meticulous, methodical man in a high, haughty hat.

When race determines status, earth ponies sit at the bottom of society. But new tech that runs on solar power promises to even the score. When the Crown bans it as "sun theft," outlaws called "Shiners" take up the fight. This is their story.

Rainbow Dash flies home for Hearth's Warming when she has a disastrous crash with Santa Hooves himself. With the big guy out of commission, the holiday spirit can only be saved by her! ...Oh, and Death himself as Santa, of course.

Familiar: Your robotic best friend, made just for you. She will love you, care for you, and live every moment of her life devoted to you. But when all that she lives for is suddenly gone, one Familiar must find a reason to go on.

Derpy is asked to house-sit for the Doctor. She's eager to help out her favorite stallion... until she has one of her mishaps and smashes one of his watches. How expensive can a "Ponex" watch be, anyway?

Hearth's Warming with family? Awkward. Introducing your family to your girlfriend? Worse. Not mentioning to your super traditional family that your girlfriend is a ROBOT? Buckle up, Maud Pie...

A Cease and Desist letter may spell the end for the Rainbooms. They'll need to fight for their band's future in this tale of music, litigation, the 60s being kinda weird in general, and Rainbow Dash being a frickin' idiot.

Aboard a rocket ship, Stellar Skies and crew are about to become the first ponies in orbit. But as the countdown begins, she remembers the stallion and life she left behind.

Radio. The first national broadcast across Equestria is about to happen. But even as radio towers are raised across the nation, Princess Twilight calls upon three musicians to make it truly historic.

Newlyweds Lyra and Bon Bon want to spend a quiet Hearth's Warming together. A holiday-themed monster and Bon Bon's old monster-hunting agency have other plans for the pair...