Creeping Darkness

by Pen Stroke

There is a shadow to all of existence, a place that all worlds are shielded from by a thin veil. A Dark Place, where a single presence plots and struggles to consume all creation with its darkness. The author Alan Wake is one who has defeated this Dark Presence, but to save his wife and his world Alan had to remain trapped in the darkness.

Now, through his struggles to return to his wife, Alan has unintentionally released the Darkness and an old villain upon Equestria. To fix the mistake, Alan starts a new story with Twilight Sparkle as the protagonist. Can the unicorn find the strength to face the darkness, or is all of Equestria doomed to be the victim in the dreadful horror story?

Note: Story assumes no preceding knowledge of the game Alan Wake. Written for any MLP:FiM fan to enjoy.

209 pages, ebook

First published August 27, 2011

Reviews

[Jason Pos · Rating 5 out of 5]

That I really enjoyed. A very different story.

[Facedeer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've never actually played Allan Wake, but it turned out not to matter - I was able to follow what's happening in this crossover quite well and it was still quite enjoyable. The author deliberately wrote it with enough background built in. It might be a good idea to skim through a plot summary first, though.

Allan Wake is a dark game, and this is a dark story, but one needn't fear about it getting too dark - it's like a creepy campfire ghost story, really. Quite nice. Also, if you're a fan of Pen Stroke's Past Sins series, you may be interested to see Nyx's first appearance in this story - not the same character as in Past Sins, but more of a prototype that the author reused and built upon in the later story.