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Twilight Sparkle comes to be with Pinkamena in front of her. Just those two in a home and Pinkamena wants Twilight to stay around, forever, or else. What is Twilight to do in this situation? Why is Pinkie acting like this? And can Twilight escape with her life?

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A sleepover at the Crusader's clubhouse quickly becomes a life and death situation when Scootaloo is the only one who shows up at the clubhouse.

With nothing but a pocket-radio and a map she has to help her friends survive from a creature that's chasing them and guide them back to the safety of the farm.

All she can do is wait in safety while her friends might die and hope that their voices won't cease speaking, for the voices are the only prove that they're still alive...

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Equestria has seen better days even before the return of Nightmare Moon herself; of course, if one were anything like a certain princess, then perhaps the tale was already told: as a matter of fact, it was how her legacy had been cemented from the start.

On the other appendage, what many of her subjects don't know is how damaged it all is; although with proper governance and good values, trouble brewed, boiling and doubling: foreign aggression and domestic woes went in pairs matched, heavens fell, hells raised.

Such is the life of Twilight Sparkle, the princess' pupil turned princess herself as is: the time, unknown but otherwise treated as tbe dead of night itself as far as the eyes see; the place, some facility in which still remains unknown to the public, let alone kith and kin.


Written for the A Thousand Words Contest II in the Horror category, but otherwise inadmissible.

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Weddings are high-risk feasts for changelings. Such unpredictable surges of love feed an entire hive for multiple years if they survive.


Written for 2023’s edition of the Thousand Words Contest


Yes, “Kevin” is the fanon name for the changeling featured in Slice of Life.

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When Granny Smith arrives at Ponyville Hospital with a broken hip, Nurse Redheart resolves to take care of her.

An entry for A Thousand Words Contest II in the horror category.

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She was tired of being a joke. Tired of being a failure.

Experimental neurosurgery seemed like the best option.

Now, for the first time, she can see the world as it truly is.

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On this 400th anniversary of the Crimson Week, the Canterlot Archives is proud to present Poet Laureate Songbird’s most famous work. Written for Princess Celestia over the summer of 617 during her melancholic “Rump Regency,” it details the origins of that horrible week and was an attempt in Songbird’s own words “to be a balm on the wounds that continue to plague us today.”

Please enjoy this all-time classic from the Darkened Sun era of Equestria's literary canon.

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Are you new to Silverstream's story? Start listening to her messages here.


I am Silverstream and I'm the reaper of this world. A world full of darkness; the sun, the moon and the stars have stopped to exist. It is my home, my rightful place.
Once I had friends and they are gone, too, but I don't need them anymore. I am alone and this is my chosen destiny. I have learned who I truly am, a monster, and I am meant to haunt this world that was made for me.
This is the apocalypse, the end of all things, and I record it with my mobile phone. If you find it, listen to my messages. But if we ever meet, don't stand in my way.
I will have no mercy with you.


There is a reward tier for this story on my Patreon account. For 1€ (1.03 US $), you can read all new messages by Silverstream 10 days in advance of their release here on FIMFiction.net.


Silverstream has a new message for you: Begging.mp3

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Twilight lies alone in her bedroom, but she does not sleep. She will not sleep again. Still, she stays in that old, familiar room. There is nowhere else.

An entry for the Thousand Words Contest II, in the Horror category.

Cover image by Henry & Co., from Unsplash, available under this licence.

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After an adventure with toys, twilight and her friends, the CMC, and Starlight this time, all wanna go on a spooky adventure! They meet up with a boy named Zach, his friend Champ, a girl named Hannah, and a book writer named R.L. Stine. They then fight a bunch of monsters while trying to defeat the mastermind behind it all. Will they be able to stop the monsters or will they be sent to the depths of a book and be doomed to turn into words forever?

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This story is a sequel to To Dust You Shall Return


There is something wrong with Twilight, and the Mane Six have to figure out what before it’s too late.


Here’s my entry to Quills and Sofas Speedwriting’s latest Expanded Universe contest! This is a prequel fic to Silent Whisper’s To Dust You Shall Return, which I highly recommend reading either before or after this story. Probably before, if you want to get the contest experience. Go check it out and give it some love!

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Through clouded eyes, it dims so dark
With each breath heavy, she need not speak
A weight upon her soul so could not move
Burden by duty, the princess could not move.

Yet cocooned, she did not know
Lost in dreams, in a green goop
Far from rescue, she remains subdued
Celestia, locked away, silently subdued.


Created for the Thousand Words II contest in the "Horror" category.

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Fluttershy can’t awaken from her nightmare, if it even is a nightmare. Nopony knows predators and prey better than her, but she'd never truly felt like prey before. She only has to make it until morning.


An entry in A Thousand Words Contest II

Reading by Wendigo Studios

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Fluttershy can't deal with the panic attacks anymore. Feeling unsafe in her home, she attempts what comes naturally to her: peace.

Thanks to 6-D Pegasus for proofreading.

Entry into A Thousand Words Contest II.

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Octavia plays a song for her beloved.

This story was written for the 2023 'A Thousand Words' contest in the 'Horror' category. If you enjoy this story and would like to receive one of your own, see here for more details.

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Here are 36 pony limricks. All of them suck.

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In a world where ghosts and supernatural anomalies are a reality, an unsuspecting human named Anonymous finds himself thrust into a new role as part of a specialized unit dedicated to researching and investigating the paranormal. Offered by Princess Luna herself, the opportunity promises a generous salary, tax-free benefits, and an escape from his mundane existence. However, as Anonymous navigates his new surroundings, he encounters a quirky cast of bat ponies, including the mischievous Aether, the stern Bright Eyes, and the enigmatic Dawnlight. Together, they embark on perilous missions, facing the dangers of dark magic, haunted homes, and the mysteries of Black Hoof Hill.

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Twilight (Sci) Sparkle enrolled into Canterlot Highschool not long after the Fall Formal incident.

On the surface, the school appears normal; but within these walls lies a dark secret of one student, 'Sunset Shimmer' whom disappeared after an unfortunate "accident".

No one dares speak of her name, in fear of incurring her wrath that still remains. Is this legend true? Or will Twilight prove there's no such thing as a demon?


Image by Shy-Debby
Inspiration by MOTI - Star

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I'm shocked I got Featured not even 24 Hours after! Thank you!! :pinkiehappy:

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Ponies always said that Spearhead could bring a canvas to life like no other.

Little did they know how right they were.


Thanks to starcoder and Thesmokingguy for helping with the story and TheDriderPony for helping with the cover art!

Entry for the A Thousand Words II contest under the Horror category!

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Twilight is a alicorn, but alicorns live far longer than a most creatures. What happens when death takes her friends one by one in a very short time? Is death really to blame or are there other forces at play?



Characters: Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Shining Armor, Princess Cadence, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Zecora, Rara, Minuette, Vinyl Scratch, Tempest Shadow, Spitfire, Bon Bon, Braeburn, Lemon Hearts, Twinkleshine

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Realising the rest of her friends are selfishly aging without her, Twilight takes special measures to make sure this never happens again.

Written for the 1000 words contest. I don't really have much else to say, just... 'enjoy'.

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Twilight's mind is beginning to falter. Her memories are steadily fading, her life feels near to its conclusion. She decides to immortalize her friends and the memories they've shared so they can be cherished and appreciated until the end of time.

This is her final story.

Entry for the horror category of the 1,000 words story contest.

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The opening day at Silver Frames’s art gallery is quiet, and disastrously empty. That suits Crackle Cosette just fine. She’s got her eye on one particular painting, and she’s not planning on buying it. But that’s it, there’s nothing else to see here.


2nd place winner of Bean's Writing Group's 'New Blood' Contest!

This will eventually become part of AdmiralSakai's Extended Cut, but right now it stands alone.

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Twilight awakens in darkness.


Written for the second Thousand Word Contest, under the Horror Category!

Thanks to ScarredVirtue for pre-reading!


Now with an audio-reading by Mystery Pony Fiction!

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Something sleeps in the waters of Bilge


Content Warnings for Implied Mutilation, Abuse, Eldritch Horrors

Written for the A Thousand Words Contest II Contest in the Horror Category.

Preread by The Sleepless Beholder.

Written for the Gay Contest Speedwrite in the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Group.

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This story is a sequel to Onkalo


Pipp Petals gets a little too involved in ClipClop and HoofTube challenge streamer culture.


This is an outrageously stupid story written purely as a sequel/parody of Seer's brilliant horror fiction Onkalo, which is itself a sequel to Flashgen's brilliant horror fiction Pneuma (this links to an older, Google docs version of the story than is presently available on fimfic, and is the version on which Onkalo is based). Reading these stories is not only imperative to enjoying this fiction, but is highly recommended in general. Much love to the great minds behind some of fimfitiction's greatest horror <3 and thanks for laughing along with me!

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This story is a sequel to Canon Perpetuus, Canon Perpetuus, Canon Perpetuus


Twilight Sparkle, shocked with missing thinking
Sees a thing which did, just now, efface
Itself from all memory and meaning
But just how long has she been in this place?

Twilight Sparkle, shocked with missing thinking
Sees a thing which did, just now, efface
Itself from all memory and meaning
But just how long has she been in this place?

Twilight Sparkle, shocked with missing thinking
Sees a thing which did, just now, efface
Itself from all memory and meaning
But just how long has she been in this place?

Pseudo-experimental literary faffery; a vaguely Gödel, Escher, Bach influenced E-rated horror story in the round.


Created for the Thousand Words II contest in the "Horror" category.

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The right to rule Equestria is granted to those with power.

The unicorn who seeks Man, is the unicorn who seeks power.

A guide to wings and rule. For unicorns only.


An entry for the A Thousand Words Contest II in the ‘Experimental’ and ‘Horror’ categories.

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Chiffon Swirl is confused. Pear Butter was just here.

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happy literal last minutes of Pride Month!

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A coffee shop has recently opened in The Crystal Empire. All of the people working there love their jobs, and all the customers love the food and drinks that are offered.

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Listen and understand. The Grimace Shake is out there. It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.

... or until you try it and see how it tastes. One of those two.

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I wasn't worried. I wasn't worried about anything specifically, I certainly wasn't worried about this. But it's okay. Accidents happen. Things can be fixed. Just wait. No matter how wrong it feels. No matter what's happening. Everything will be okay. Stay calm. It's all under control.


An entry into the 2nd A Thousand Words contest, under the "Horror" category.

Title and suggestions courtesy of Reviewfilly.

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It started small. Pictures out of place, or mislabeled books. But then, it changed. Entire new rooms, long and dark corridors. Moondancer was sure something was strange with her home, and she was determined to find out why. The line between reality and nightmare becomes blurred as she goes deeper down the rabbit hole. Will she able to keep her sanity by the end of her trip?

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Twilight was never comfortable with the decision made on that day. After a decade of cleaning up the messes her predecessors had left behind, she couldn't in good conscience leave another behind for whoever followed in her hoofsteps.

Written for the Thousand Words Contest II in the Horror category because sometimes you just gotta.


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And apparently A dramatic reading by StraightToThePointStudios
Think that's actually a first for me.

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Sunburst calls his mother to the Crystal Empire with a message saying he needs her help. But the thing he needs help with turns out to be more terrible than Stellar Flare could have possibly imagined.

Created as my Horror entry for the 2023 Thousand Words Contest.

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When the sun rises, Canterlot will burn. That's what Moondancer has been hearing all night. She hates the false hope those words bring. They have failed her before.

Written for the A Thousand Words II contest, as Horror.

Special thank you's for Dewdrops on the Grass for pre-reading and EileenSaysHi for editing.

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A short existential horror. Apple Bloom accidentally time travels a fraction of a second into the past, and realises she's the only one there. The world continues on around her, yet she's not in it.

The present is an infinitely thin span of time bordered by endless past and future. Everyone you know and love balances on that line. What if you fell off?


Written to be exactly 1000 words for the 1000 word contest (Horror).

Cover image made by me. Special thanks to SpoonierThanThou and Steady Gaze for pre-reading!

Featured 22/06/23 - 24/06/23. Fanfic reading. Translations: Ukrainian

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It's a stormy night. Sunny, Izzy, and Hitch are hanging out at the lighthouse when Zipp bursts in, soaked to the bone and scared out of her wits. Soon, they find themselves facing their greatest and most terrifying challenge yet: Pipp's gangster rap phase.

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Discord had never cared much for trivialities such as centuries. But now?

Now he has too little time.


Written for Bicyclette's second A Thousand Words contest in the category 'Horror'.

Proofread by Equimorto and Jessi.

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After learning about the Rainbooms’ previous adventures, Sci-Twi steals Sunset’s journal to write an urgent message.


Mention of an attempted suicide.

This fic was written for the A Thousand Words Contest II in the category horror. Check out the other entries here.

Huge thanks to RDT for proofreading it!


Twilight's silhouette used for the cover art was made by Wissle.

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Excerpts from the Journal of Twilight Sparkle, recovered by Canterlot Interdimensional Expeditionary Force on Sojourn #4, approximately 2 Equestrian Years after last contact.

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Inspired by the "Seeds of Extinction" Haunted House from Universal Studios Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights 28.

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twilight receives a book from princess Celestia but doesn't know why, curious she opens it to find various file printed sheets in the pages of the book, she lands on a specific one and makes her greatest mistake.

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Twilight is full fooled.


Era: Season 9.


Image: by Caero Asercion, with rights to the image alone at this link.

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Sunset and Twilight have known each other for a good number of years now. They've grown incredibly close over that time; falling in love, moving in together, and even getting married. Ask any of their friends, and they'd tell you it was a match made in heaven. Truly, there isn't a thing in the world that could pull these two apart.

... Except perhaps, a single lie. More specifically, the truth behind the lie.


A Horror submission for the A Thousand Words Contest.

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As the newly donned Element of Loyalty, Rainbow Dash is entrusted to protect Equestria. What that means, however, can be skewed. A new acquaintance reveals a friend in a different light, leading her down a dark path.

This was written for "A Thousand Words Contest II".

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Medusa is like every other seapony. She's just a little ill, right now.


This story was written for the Thousand Words Story Contest, Horror Category. It placed somewhere. The coverart is an image by Cahan

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In Odd Squad, unicorn tears hold magical properties. They are able to cure any odd disease known to mankind, and as such, they were often sought out and obtained in bulk by Odd Squad Doctors and Nurses.

Long after the cure has been forgotten, Dr. O, head Doctor of Odd Squad Precinct 13579, decides to bring it back into the medical mainstream. Even if it means resorting to a prohibited method.


An entry for the A Thousand Words Contest II, under the Horror section.

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In the wake of another hedonistic sleepover, the Cutie Mark Crusaders wile away the last of their weekend lounging about the clubhouse, reading comics, listening to music and stuffing their faces with junk food. However, their after party revelries come to a screeching halt when an unscheduled rainstorm rolls into Ponyville that turns creatures into twisted nightmares. There is much they don't know about the situation but one thing is clear: never touch the rain. Now stranded without adults by a storm seemingly without end, the three must try to survive in a leaky shelter on nothing but the leftovers of their sleepover aftermath. As the waters continue to rise, the status of Ponyville or even the Apple family, just yards away, remains unknown.

A comfy horror story based on childhood memories of rain, floods, parties and classic kids' games spawned from overactive imaginations.

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It was supposed to be a simple spell. How did I make it? Just to test a theory. Just to see what was out there, beyond reality. It shouldn't be possible It wasn't able to affect anything. Why did I do this?


My submission to the Thousand Words Contest, Experimental category.

A contest? I was created for a contest?

Note; some formatting doesn't work on mobile. It's not much, but you only get the full intended effect on PC.

What effect? Why are you doing this to me?

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It's been fifty years since the last of Twilight's closest friends passed away. The burden of immortality is a heavy one that can break even the strongest of wills. But Twilight swears she's fine. After all, as long as she remembers them, they'll always be with her. And she has a very good memory, so it's like her friends are still there with her.

Still, Celestia does her best to offer a compassionate ear, just in case. It's just... what is that sound?


My submission to the Thousand Words Contest, Horror category.

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The Valley, a place only rumoured to exist, as the only surviving hoofful of documents were written by explorers, who uttered not more than a couple of words, lest the horrors returned to their mind.

When Daring Do first heard about it, she went to ask the only one who knew more than her about such things, the Guardian Ahuizotl, who merely warned her not to venture there under any circumstance...

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Someone help! I thought being here would be a dream come true, but it's turned into a nightmare! I don't know what to do, nowhere is safe. They won't stop until they get me, and I can't keep running forever...

...Oh no! I can hear them! They're getting closer! Someone help! They're coming for me! They're coming for me...!


Written for the Thousand Words Contest II


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06/07/23 - 06/09/23: Featured.


This story now has an Audio Reading done by the user GodzillaMan, go check it out if you're interested.

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Big AU! Massive crossover! All of your favorite cartoon characters have been invited to a tropical cruise...but what starts with fun in the sun ends with a fight for survival? Who will survive and who will achieve apotheosis? Human!Zim! Human!Gumball! Human!Webby! Human!Twilight!(and many more!)

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Sometimes, Pinkie sees things that aren't there.

Sometimes, those things are there.

Sometimes, they see her back.


Written for the A Judge Prize winner in the A Thousand Words Contest II in the horror category. Find the other entries here!

Editing and prereading provided by Perfectly Insane, ChudoJogurt, TheManFromAnotherTime, and Thesmokinguy, who are all fantastic people. Partly inspired by the Horslips song of the same name.

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Soarin is a hunter of Deviants, strange creatures that defy logic and common sense. Crippled with immense debts he has no hopes of paying off and an entity inside him that keeps misbehaving every chance it gets, he takes a chance on a random ticket to the Midnight Train. 

Everything gets worse from there.


Inspired by Project Moon and the game Limbus Company.

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When Rarity reveals she's feeling down about not having a date for Hearts and Hooves Day, Pinkie Pie takes it upon herself to cheer her up by sending her an anonymous gift. This leads to a series of hilarious misunderstandings which break everyone's hearts and almost start an international war. Also, an evil Shakespearean Abyssinian comes to feed off the drama.

PAIRINGS: Spike x Rarity (one-sided), Rainbow x Applejack, Fluttershy x Rarity, Spike x Ember, Sweetie Belle x Scootaloo, Diamond Tiara x Sweetie Belle and Pinkie x Mane 6.

WARNINGS: In addition to violence and discussions about sexuality, contains scenes of bullying and themes of anxiety and depression.

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Rainbow Dash wakes up on her birthday expecting an average day, and that’s what she gets until she’s unexpectedly murdered. She then wakes up on her birthday, with a sudden sense of deja vu. Can Rainbow Dash figure out why the day’s repeating before she loses all hope?

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