Ponies

Puedo escribir la reseña más triste esta noche. Escribir, por ejemplo: "Hay niñas con cuchillos, y sangran, copiosamente, ponies, a lo lejos".

Increíblemente corto. Increíblemente triste. Increíblemente inolvidable.

I get it. It's not very subtle, with only the ponies having names or personalities, but because it is so very short, I'll let that slide.

I like it because of that viciousness, and the "cotton-candy blood". It reminds me of Shirley Jackson.

I get it. It's not very subtle, with only the ponies having names or personalities, but because it is so very short, I'll let that slide.

I like it because of that viciousness, and the "cotton-candy blood". It reminds me of Shirley Jackson.

Downloaded for free from http://www.tor.com/stories/2010/11/poniesWhat the hell did I just read? One thing's for sure, I'll never look at my collection of My Little Ponies the same way again. (Yes, I'm an adult who still owns toys from her childhood. You wanna make something of it?) Horror, allegory, psychological insight into the monsters that are children...all I know is, I'm frightened, very, very frightened.

This is not for everyone. It is grotesque and horrible, fantastic and disturbing. If Lord of the Flies was set at an all girls birthday party it would be Ponies. It is short, but it will stay with you for a long, long time, that's for sure. It won the 2010 Nebula, and deserved it.

This one honestly broke my heart and really horrified me. I mean, I think that was the point. And if you like horror stories that are trying to teach a lesson, this one might be for you, but it’s certainly not for the faint of heart.

After reading this all I can say is was it really necessary to take THREE cookies? Greedy! No wonder bad things happened...

Kidding!

This is a really short short story, and really disturbing. Chock full of cruel girls that I imagine look just like Bratz dolls, massive amounts of product placement for a 3 page story, sacrifice and disillusionment, this story cuts deep for being so little.



Definitely read this one - Ponies can be found here.