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A Survivor's Guide to Grimdark Equestria

by the7Saviors
So remember when I was just suddenly in Equestria? Everything had gone to hell and I died from blood loss like half an hour after I got there? Yeah well, I'm alive again and in a different Equestria... and this one doesn't look too much better...

Good news? I'm alive and healthy, for whatever that's worth at the moment. Bad news? I'm still in Equestria.

'Oh, cool!' I hear you say to yourself, 'now maybe we can find out what the hell happened back there!'

Nope, sorry folks. I still have no idea what the hell that was all about. I might still be in Equestria, but it ain't the same Equestria I was in before.

How do I know?

Well first I have to start by telling you what Discord just told me about my current... situation.

Thinking on it, I'm not sure if anyone's ever had cover art made with a self insert character on the cover or not, but Mix-up managed to pull it off pretty damn well.

Check out his page on Fimfiction or any of his stuff on deviantart if you're interested. The guy does good work.

Also now has a youtube reading done by the eponymous Swift Blade Productions! (No I'm not sorry, go check out the prologue)

Incomplete
Suicide / Self Harm
Horror
Adventure
Violence
Profanity
Gore
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Dark
Death
Alternate Universe
Human
Narcotics
 
STMD

173603 words: Estimated about 14 hours to read
Download:textHTMLePUB

53 Chapters:

  1. The Prologue -- Or how I got Completely Screwed Over 2018-06-07 03:29:33 UTC
    3941
  2. Equus I -- It Goes About as Well as You'd Expect... 2018-06-07 15:12:13 UTC
    1151
  3. Equus II -- Not Exactly my Idea of a Dream Cruise... 2018-06-09 15:25:52 UTC
    1779
  4. Equus II -- Apparently Rarity Made a Huge Mistake 2018-06-12 11:59:11 UTC
    2776
  5. Nightmare 2018-06-17 13:46:46 UTC
    1292
  6. Equus II -- In Which I get Some Visitors 2018-06-18 13:57:10 UTC
    1889
  7. Equus II -- Some Things Happen, both Expected and Unexpected 2018-06-22 13:49:14 UTC
    2139
  8. Equus II -- It Didn't Work 2018-06-27 13:24:39 UTC
    2011
  9. Equus II -- I Have a Plan, Hopefully it Works... 2018-07-04 13:13:04 UTC
    1753
  10. Equus II – I Will do What I Must 2018-07-10 13:13:51 UTC
    2115
  11. Equus II – A Good Night's... Rest? 2018-07-15 10:40:41 UTC
    1714
  12. Equus II – Man's Best Chance 2018-07-20 11:07:54 UTC
    1715
  13. Equus II – Of Myths and Melancholy 2018-07-25 15:20:17 UTC
    2073
  14. Equus II – An Unfortunate Escalation 2018-07-30 13:40:00 UTC
    1840
  15. Equus II – Things Escalate... Quickly 2018-08-04 14:03:35 UTC
    1857
  16. Equus II – Not Exactly Setting me up for Success... 2018-08-13 14:51:07 UTC
    2492
  17. Equus II – Dead Men are Told no Tales 2018-08-19 14:43:26 UTC
    1841
  18. Questions 2018-08-24 12:31:44 UTC
    1978
  19. Discussion 2018-08-29 17:11:43 UTC
    1957
  20. Repairs 2018-08-31 04:13:14 UTC
    1416
  21. Equus III – Night of the Living Dread 2018-09-09 04:28:36 UTC
    2016
  22. Equus III – Yup, Sounds About Right... 2018-09-14 05:19:16 UTC
    1950
  23. Equus III – Now We're Alone, Together 2018-09-21 14:40:30 UTC
    2222
  24. Equus III – Of Course it was Him, Naturally... 2018-09-22 02:17:06 UTC
    3665
  25. Equus III – Breakfast with the Book Horse 2018-10-03 18:12:55 UTC
    3944
  26. Equus III – Cat's out of the Bag 2018-10-10 17:33:38 UTC
    3026
  27. Complications 2018-10-22 06:03:51 UTC
    3178
  28. Equus III – The Chaos Within 2018-11-20 18:13:18 UTC
    2093
  29. Equus III – They Never Said it Would be Easy... 2018-12-03 14:49:59 UTC
    2103
  30. Equus III – The Burden of Knowledge 2018-12-19 17:40:05 UTC
    3168
  31. Equus III – The More Things Change... 2019-01-19 18:08:34 UTC
    2545
  32. Equus III – I Can See Clearly Now... 2019-02-15 05:24:48 UTC
    4707
  33. Blame 2019-03-16 05:44:08 UTC
    3399
  34. Machinations 2019-04-17 19:47:31 UTC
    6257
  35. Decision 2019-06-05 14:40:01 UTC
    2753
  36. ??? – [323DAYS] 2020-04-24 14:32:14 UTC
    3544
  37. Earth(?) – The Long Road Home 2020-07-27 01:16:52 UTC
    3237
  38. Earth(?) - My Apartment and what We Found There... 2021-01-15 13:43:07 UTC
    3982
  39. ??? – And thus I was Given a New Purpose 2021-05-23 19:01:51 UTC
    5422
  40. White 2021-09-06 01:46:55 UTC
    3428
  41. Equus IV – Paint it Black 2021-10-02 14:02:57 UTC
    4698
  42. Equus IV – Welcome to Lovecraft Country 2021-10-03 17:23:38 UTC
    5672
  43. Equus IV – A Colloquy in the Cramped Crystal Cave 2021-11-08 02:49:34 UTC
    5357
  44. Equus IV – I Need a Hero 2022-02-20 02:19:35 UTC
    5106
  45. Equus IV – (Reluctantly) Crossing the Threshold 2022-08-24 02:00:51 UTC
    5769
  46. Equus IV – Good Help is Hard to Find 2023-01-29 02:19:29 UTC
    6328
  47. Equus IV – An Eldritch Tragedy ~ Part I 2023-03-12 14:59:30 UTC
    4733
  48. Equus IV – An Eldritch Tragedy ~ Part II 2023-05-07 13:42:19 UTC
    5124
  49. Equus IV – Return of the Book Horse 2023-11-21 13:33:35 UTC
    5168
  50. Equus IV – Fare Thee Well, O Placid Island of Ignorance... 2023-11-23 17:49:01 UTC
    3999
  51. Equus IV – We Cannot Live in a World of Chaos... or Can We? 2023-11-25 21:44:49 UTC
    5756
  52. Equus IV – Kill 'Em With Kindness 2023-11-28 00:00:58 UTC
    4409
  53. Agreement 2023-12-04 15:00:03 UTC
    5116