A note written in an unknown language. An escaped Nightmare bearing gifts. A young colt afraid of the dark. A pegasus in search of a predator. A collection of short stories celebrating Nightmare Night.

Subject: Andrew Johnson. Reason: contact with potential extraterrestrial threat. Date: 11/28/2018 Time: 10:03 AM

Applebloom tries to prove she can be responsible by raising a tree. What could go wrong?

Everypony knows Princess Celestia can't possibly have a dark side. Sunset Shimmer is about to find out just how wrong everypony is, and in so doing, find that Celestia understands Sunset more than she ever thought possible.

When a zebra has grown accustomed to being shunned, trying to become a part of a community is not easy.

Luna's nightmares herald the arrival of nine warriors from another world, who have unwillingly been turned into ponies by the force that brought them there. Why were they transported to Equestria? And what is the horror that haunts Princess Celestia?

Sunset becomes the butt of a joke that she has no idea about.

Twilight can't stand the perfect newcomer in town; that's nothing a sledgehammer won't fix!

Side story to "The Not-So-Normal Adventures of King Sombra and Pinkie Pie". Pinkie reflects on her relationship with Sombra after she finds out he's been injured from Tirek's attack on the Golden Oaks Library.

Does Sunset really know Adagio as well as she thinks?